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i have 3 oscars and i was hoping i could make the tank a cichlid community. im know all the possibilties and what i could get but i would like to get some suggestions to see if there is a better ideas to stock this tank.

thanks

the tank is 6"l

some choices for tankmates would be chocolate cichlid, uaru, and severums. there are also plenty of Geophagus and Gymnogeophagus that might work if you want to keep only to South Americans, or there are tons of Central American cichlids that would work as well. A school of silver dollars as dithers would look nice.

heres a list that im sure will be changed but here it goes
-3 oscars
-2 severums
-6 silver dollars
-1 redheaded cichlid
-2 leporinus
-1 midas
-1 pleco

with that stock as far as id say u only need to worry bout size of the oscars vrs the other new fish but im not sure if ur oscars r adults or juvies but the tank wood look good

that stock list wouldn't work. If you have 3 oscars thats all you could have in their. even though its a big tank oscars produce lots of waste

-3 oscars
-2 severums
-6 silver dollars
-1 redheaded cichlid
-2 leporinus
-1 midas
-1 pleco

I'd go with something like 2 oscars, 2 severums the silver dollars and 2 bristlenose plecos. if you have excellent filtration (like 3 Aquaclear 500's at least) and keep up with your water changes (30-50% weekly) then you should be ok.

as far as filtration on the tank, i have a emporer 400, penguin 330, and a proquatics 2400.

will this filtration be okay?

Also, whoever it was that suggested the Midas is incorrect. A midas or a red devil are not good choices for tank mates with oscars. Unless you want some oscars floating belly up I'd stay away from a midas or red devil.

honestly, I would say no. you want your filtration to turn the full volume of the tank over about 10 times per hour with big messy fish like oscars. so to do this you'll need filtration that's rated at a total of 1350 gallons per hour. right now you have 970 gallons per hour with the 3 filters you have and that's the maximum flow rate. once the filters start getting a little clogged you'll be running much less than 970 gph. Personally, I'd leave off the Penguin and get 2 Aquaclear 500's. from [link=http://www.bigalsonline.com]http://www.bigalsonline.com" style="COLOR: #FF8080[/link] you can get AC500's for approximately $33 each.

scrap the syspilum and devil not comunity fish...

i'd leave out the Midas but thats just my opinion.