Ideas for an all Amphilophus tank....

[DMD123]

Been thinking of trying an amphilophus tank. Currently have 3 hoga at about 5" that are being raised out. They were little jerks when first put in the tank but have settled down now. Looking to maybe keep just one of these and add some 'midevil' mutts or other amphs.

Tank has some current occupants but really only 3 large bichir are probably keepers. The tank itself is a 24" x 8' 300g filtered with 3 FX6's.

So any suggestions for an amphilophus tank?
Some general things things that Ive heard to have some success are to do an all male tank.
Also raise fish out together from small size. How many amphs would you try total?

 

[RD.]

I believe that Buddy's sbgbuddy all male amph tank is 300 gallons. This is the members set up that I would be checking out.

Amphilophus community.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBcMhRk3EAJ24l84iNTtCg I try and put videos on here but I always fail. So here’s my YouTube channel if you would like to take a peak. Thanks

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[DMD123]

I believe that Buddy's sbgbuddy all male amph tank is 300 gallons. This is the members set up that I would be checking out.

Amphilophus community.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBcMhRk3EAJ24l84iNTtCg I try and put videos on here but I always fail. So here’s my YouTube channel if you would like to take a peak. Thanks

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

Thanks RD! Will check out his posts

 

[DMD123]

So this is an old picture of my tank. The big Pearsei, and het both aged out and passed away from old age. It looks pretty empty now. So its an 8' long, 24" wide, 30" tall, 300 gallon tank.


Looking at what sbgbuddy has going looks to have 7 big amphs in his tank, I was thinking of doing five...

 

[RD.]

Looks good, although I don't know how well the bichirs would fair in an amph tank?

 

[DMD123]

Looks good, although I don't know how well the bichirs would fair in an amph tank?

Ive seen it done before with full grown amphs. The small guys seem to be the worst. The Hogas were nippy at first on the bichirs tails. They have settled in and ignore them now, everything seems okay.

 

[sbgbuddy]

The main thing is it has to be some what over stocked. But you having bichirs and bala sharks. I have no ideal if you using them to help crowd the tank will work. I’ve got much more then 7. At the moment more like 15 and my tank is a little bigger 375 gal. It could work but it’s always a gamble. Plus you have to do a lot of big water changes.

 

[DMD123]

Thanks sbgbuddy for that info. Im not sure I want to overstock that much. I was hoping to do maybe 5 amphs max... unless some other cool amphs become available. Currently on the hunt for some decent Midas

 

[lunsforj]

Fish farm USA on aquabid has F1 lake Nicaragua midas for sale. I bought 6 maybe 6 months ago and they are amazing fish. Thick and chunky, short blunt snouts and big heads. Many of his fish are from unrelated wild pairs. Mine ended up being a very nice grab bag. I got a barred male/female breeding pair, a super fast growing orange male, a second male that is all orange with black tipped fins and a pie bald female. I lost the smallest one early on before it had a chance to mature.

 

[DMD123]

Fish farm USA on aquabid has F1 lake Nicaragua midas for sale. I bought 6 maybe 6 months ago and they are amazing fish. Thick and chunky, short blunt snouts and big heads. Many of his fish are from unrelated wild pairs. Mine ended up being a very nice grab bag. I got a barred male/female breeding pair, a super fast growing orange male, a second male that is all orange with black tipped fins and a pie bald female. I lost the smallest one early on before it had a chance to mature.

Yeah, I had seen those and were wondering what exactly they were like. Thanks for the feedback! Any pics of them?