What size tank?.

[fishydude22]

I was wondering, what size tank would be good for 4 Green Terrors,4 Jack Dempsey's and,4 Convicts.

And I was also wondering what would be a good bottom feeder for these aggressive guys?.
I was thinking a sailfin pleco?.

 

[Somonas]

a 90
A big pleco.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

100gal + for all of those fish together Prob. even more.

Plecos maybe?

I'd love to see some pics of your discus, got any onhand?

 

[Managuense]

i would even jump and say that having all those fish as adults you would need a 180+ gallon tank.
M

 

[happytreestump]

thank you fishydude. i just went onto this forum to ask the SAME exact question about tank size about the same fish (jacks, terrors, plecos). but i would also like to add another question to anybody- instead of getting 4 jacks and 4 terrors, would a 55 or so be suitable for half that including a pleco and maybe another type of fish that can fend for itself?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

You mean 2 JD's 2 Terrors 2 convicts and a pleco?

I'd say no. These fish just get to aggressive and big to be kept all together (in these numbers) in just a 55gal.

IMO.

 

[Managuense]

ditto
M

 

[Flex26]

Originally posted by Managuense
i would even jump and say that having all those fish as adults you would need a 180+ gallon tank.
M

Amen to that. It seems a 180 gallon tank would be too small as well!! You would need at least 40 gallons alone for the convicts alone. So that leaves 140 for 4 GTs and 4 JDs. And by my calculations, that would be like 17.5 gallons for the GTs and JDs. Then add a pleco?! That sounds pretty crowded to me...

 

[SoulFish]

youd need a very large tank to house all those at once, in a 55 youd be able to do like 1 GT, 1 JD and the pleco

 

[wayne]

Big, big ,big - you would need a lot of floorspace for territorys, as much as bulk of fish. I wouldn't expect overcrowding to relieve fighting here

 

[Managuense]

overcrowding does NOT work with central/south american cichlids like it does with african cichlids.

all it would do is increase the number of bodies you would be pulling out daily.
M