Central American Cichlids • 300 gallon tank mates

[rotccapt]

hey if anyone is interested i have started building the stand for this tank over on mfk in the diy tanks section look for me there

[rotccapt]

so i have decided to tweak my stock list and i wanted to get your opinions. i am going to ditch the balas and the turtle so:

1 tiger oscar
1 male nic
2 female nic
1 green terror
1 salvini
4 firemouth
2 pictus cats
(1 eb jack) still debating on this guy

[rotccapt]

how big do nics need to be before you can sex them? also how big before they start to color up? i have my green terror and 6 nics right now in a 46 gallon bow front till the tank is built

[CjCichlid]

I don't think there is really a specific size, but by 3in or so you should be able to be able to make out their sex pretty accurately. The easiest way to determine their sex is by looking at their fins. Males will have speckled fins while females will not. They should begin to color up around that size as well...

[rotccapt]

so after some reading im not sure if the oscar will work with my gt i tryed an albino but i think it died from a sever case of ich so we got a little bigger tiger and we saw alot of agression between the gt and the tiger then the next day the tiger was dead. do you think i will have better luck when i transfer them to the 300 gallon tank?

if i cant do the oscar what do you think of this

1 male gt (already have)
1 female gt
1 female nic (already have)
1 male jd (already have)
1 salvani
2-4 firemouth
10-15 giant danios (already have 5)
2 zebra pleco

[infoleather]

Do you have a man who lets a DIY plywood box in the aquarium glass or acrylic, or you do something you like?