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I have a 90 gallon tank with 8 clowns and 2 candy stripe plecostomus currently.

I wanted to ask the question if Severums (red, gold, or green) would be compatible with clowns? The water requirement are similar and I already have some drift/mopani wood in the tank to soften the water a bit.

Think this would be a mistake?

Severums can be hard fish to find suitable tankmates for sometimes. As with most larger cichlids, individual personality plays a large role in what fish you can add to your tank. Severums can be either placid and easy-going or bed-tempered and territorial as the mood strikes them, so any fish should be able to defend itself when necessary. Personally I would say no.

Graeme.