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3 jacks,oscar,firemouth,red devil and a bottom feeder?
sound good ? all about 2 inches now.

it mite be ok for a while,but with some of them fish,once they get larger,fights will more than likely happen..
id think the red devil will cause trouble,and depending if a pair comes from the 3 jacks,they will dish out aggresion too...

The only thing that sounded good for was the LFS who gave you that advice they made $$$ and saw you coming.

As Hokese stated you will be heading for big problems sooner rather than later.
You will have to do some serious thinking about what you want to do. If all that info came from the one LFS I would be looking for a more honest and helpful LFS.

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ok so theres pretty mych 2 things that will happen either the red devil will kill everything or the jds will make a pair and take over half or the whole tank and will kill ur fish i would take out 2 jds and the red devil..... keep the oscar and a jd and add a larger sized raphel catfish and a pleco if u want u could add like 8 giant danios or 6 silver dollars or even u could ad like 4 tinfiol barbs to keep the aggression down.

well the lfs store sold us 125 tank stand lights filters for 299$ and each fish for 3.89$ so it wanst a bad deal!

im not new to this hobby.

well im just telling u wat will happen fr thos fish u wold want a 240 then i would add more fish into the tank....

With all good things growth must happen! Unfortunately, with the fish you picked, with growth comes aggression and possesiveness. Do you have a way of naturally dividing the tank? Say with slate or huge decorations. If and only if you can set up territories, you may be able to get "some" of them to get along. If you can partition the tank so the jacks have a comfortable territory, ok. The firemouth and oscar, I have huge doubts. I've heard the firemouth is just plain mean. And I know a oscar is just plain greedy. Once the oscar gets bigger than anything in the tank, say your goodbyes. He'll suck them down in one gulp or split them in two.

I think you got a great deal. But now you may have to buy another tank, or lots of additions (dividers and such) in order to keep your occupants. I think the LFS got you on the other end of the deal. Most (all) of these fish get pretty big and can be messy eaters. How did you make out on filters?

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Hi,
Yup, ya got a good deal on the tank and accessories.

But..."I'm not new to the hobby." So, why didn't you take
the tank home with you, set it up, fill it with water,
turn everything on, and let it run for at least 24 hours
to be sure that everything worked and nothing leaked?
Someone "not new" to the hobby knows, either through
trial and error, or listening to sage advice, that is the
way to start a newly purchased aquarium. While at the
LFS someone "not new" to the hobby looks through the
dealers tanks, and writes down the names of the fish that
they like and think they might want for the tank, and
while the new tank is "cooking in" the someone who is
"not new to the hobby" goes online and checks out the
choices of available fish to determine (if the someone
who is not new doesn't already know) how big they get
and what, if any, fish they would get along with.

JD's
http://www.willegal.net/tropical_fish/jack-dempsey.htm

Oscars
http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=oscarfish

Red Devils
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cichlid/RedDevil.php

Some bottom feeders grow to two feet long! What kind?

Frank


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im sorry i just got upset when i said im not new to the hobby without explaining.i got my tank a week before i got my fish.i have had many tanks with full succsess with cichlids. i know the red devil may be my main concern.
but i have had a 75 gallon with red devil,oscar,convict
and pleco without any trouble.i never had firemouth before though.

i have many hiding placing and natural setup.

i would never own a tank without thinking of the fish comfort.
look on youtube i see alot of overstocked tanks.

i like all your help ty for the advice!

not to be offensive to anybody or anything cuz the over stocked tanks with larger fish like arowanas, dats, and some larger catfish are for a temporay tanks and sometimes have larger ponds for them. i go on another site and most people on the got 240 gallon tanks and up the only way ur tank will work out is if u dont have the red devil and the oscar wont eat the other fish main reason is jds can get around 14 inches if ur lucky 10-12 inches is more common. the red devil will get more around 15 inches and is fast and mean as hell. The firemouth gets around 6 inchs but the oscars mouth will be way to small to eat it and firemouths are really fast.

what i see happening is the jds pairing up they take like half of the tank then that makes the red devil, oscar, firemouth, and jd on the other half of the tank...... the red devil will probly kill all the other fish or try to push them over to the pairs side if they for a pair..... just not good for the fish.

yes i see your point i have had luck with all my cichlids
and red devils never gave me any problem with o,s and jds
i will make adjustments i care for my fish.

the only fish i have had trouble is my 6"texas
he will not get along with anyone(i love him)
hes in 29 in my bedroom.

the 29 is a little small for him id get him like at least a 40 gal breeder or a 55. i have never had a overly aggressive texas cichlid.