Would A Electric Blue Acara Cichlid Work In My Aquarium?

I plan on hopefully getting a 120 gallon tank when Black Friday roles around, and I’m trying to plan out fish for it. I found myself coming back to the peacock eel. I’ve done a bit of research on it and pretty much have decided that it will be the fish I will be building my tank around. Here is my stock ideas (question mark means I’m not sure if I will add):

Peacock eel
Corydoras (juli? Sterbai?)
Black skirt tetra school (10?)
Rubber nosed pleco or bristle nose pleco
Blue Gourami/powder blue dwarf Gourami?
Red tailed shark?
Cherry barbs?

What do you think of a Electric Blue Acara Cichlid in this setup? I’ve just read that they aren’t nearly as aggressive as other Cichlids (with fish other than cichlids) and don’t get all that big. This is the fish that originally made me want to get fish and I think it is really cool. Do you think it could work?

 

You could do a Blue Acara, but you'll need to make sure your tank isn't grounded if you want an electric blue acara.

 

You could do a Blue Acara, but you'll need to make sure your tank isn't grounded if you want an electric blue acara.

What do you mean by grounded?

 

>groan<

 

You could do a Blue Acara, but you'll need to make sure your tank isn't grounded if you want an electric blue acara.

>groan<

>sigh< I get it now. Electric.
I thought they/you were trying to say something about having a tank stand or not.

On a serious note, isn’t grounding a bad idea no matter the kind of puns-I mean fish- you have in your aquarium?

 

You could do a Blue Acara, but you'll need to make sure your tank isn't grounded if you want an electric blue acara.

Beside the pun, it would be okay to put a Electic blue acara?

 

>sigh< I get it now. Electric.
I thought they/you were trying to say something about having a tank stand or not.

On a serious note, isn’t grounding a bad idea no matter the kind of puns-I mean fish- you have in your aquarium?

Why would it be bad? You shouldn't have any current in your tank so it shouldn't matter. But grounding probes are relatively common in marine tanks where the water is more conductive and you have a lot more electrical equipment inducing currents in the water, or shorting to the tank. WIth the tank earthed it's more likely to trip your RCD when the fault occurs rather than waiting for a person to touch it.

 

Why would it be bad?

I read an article a bit ago. Just found it again.

Realizing now that there weren’t any other articles supporting that.

 

>groan<

Are you groaning from the pun or the idea of keeping the electric blue cichlid?

 

The pun

I think the acara would probably be fine, I just have no experience with peacock eels to know the compatibility of that pair.

 

I just have no experience with peacock eels to know the compatibility of that pair.

I’ve been told they are peaceful and mostly keep to themselves, as long as it’s not going to fit in it’s mouth (which is how most fish are anyway from how I understand it).