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Hi guys I'd really like your help on this one.

I recently set up a cichid tank(everythings no bigger than an inch right now) including four blood parrots(their probably an inch and a half to two actually) a tiger Oscar(probably inch and a half) Jack Dempsey, red devil, firemouth, and jewel cichlid they are currently in a twenty nine gallon so it is overstocked which is why this works.

So my question is: I have prepaid for two S. brichardi to bring home Saturday.

In about a month everything will be moved to a hundred twenty gallon. In the fish store the cats are currently in a hundred forty with every fish and more than I have mentioned minus the Oscar, but the fish are a lot bigger. There are a couple smallish fish but mostly bigger. Now I've read up on these guys and have been told they're carnivorous and will very possibly eat all my little guys! What are your thoughts on the whole situation and any recommendations? Thanks so much for your help.

Ps. does anyone know the max size for these guys?

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For basic care information, including size:

As to these being carnivorous, yes, they will eat (prefer) a meaty type of food, such as blood worms and Tetra Prima to algae wafers or courgette. But they are not predators in my experience. I have a group of 5 in my 400 liter (approx 100g) tank, and the same tank has fairly small corydoras and reasonably fully grown (Colombian tetras).

I'm concerned however that you have a rather mixed set of cichlids, that prefer rather different conditions (Oscar and Jewel Cichlid will like soft/lightly acidic water, where the Firemouth and Jack Dempsey will prefer hard/alkaline water), have different temperament and grow to very different adult size. I'm pretty sure this will not end up well in the long term.

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Mats

Thanks for you reply, thats good to know about the brichardi's, andabout the water conditions and tempermentthats what i thought as well but apparantly the jewelled cichlid is not to picky,where i got these fish every single one has been raised in a 7.0 environment and done very well. the place where im getting the brichardis have a tank withe two huge jack dempseys, baby jewels and a variety of sizes and aggressions that i never thought could be mixed.apparantly the key is keeping an overstocked tank so they are too busy topick on any one fish and also territory. my huge concern is the tiger oscar, its going to grow faster snd bigger than anything in the tank and while i know they arent necessarily aggressive they do eat anything that will fit in its mouth. my hubby brought it home because it was being beat on by the other oscars and pretty much dead. apparantly if everything grows up together and if the oscars arent fed live thell be fine but im still quite sceptical. if you have any experience with oscars id appreciate your input~
thanks