Day 1 Cichla Temensis-Growout tank

[The True Guapote]

Received my first pbass of what I hope to be several. Haven't had any fish for almost 5 years now. Started off with a standard 75 gallon tank, Fluval FX6 canister, Maxi-Jet 600, and my first Led strip light. Looking to do a mixed school as well as some Silver Dollars and maybe a few plecos.

 

[Dee eng]

What a lil booger! Haha soon to be a beast!

 

[The True Guapote]

Ya-he's gonna be a beast! Needs some buddies too

 

[jjollie]

looks great

 

[rlane]

Your little innocent looking temensis will VERY soon be this size eating you out of house and home. Enjoy him, they are my favorite of all the species.

 

[The True Guapote]

Picked up 3 kelberi to add to the mix as well as a couple of large pieces of driftwood and some anubias and Java fern.

 

[The True Guapote]

Your little innocent looking temensis will VERY soon be this size eating you out of house and home. Enjoy him, they are my favorite of all the species.

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Gorgeous temensis you have there!!! Stunner! I can only hope mine turns out to look that good!

 

[rlane]

Make sure you feed your little ones a ton. At that size they are sensitive, they need lots of food, feed them multiple times a day and keep the water warm, in the low 80's. Doing this they will grow quick and I've found that once they hit 6-7" they become very hardy.

 

[The True Guapote]

I've got my tank around 82F. I'm feeding a combination of mysis, brine, bloodworms, and hikari floating carnivore pellets. I've got a fx6 and maxi jet 600 in the tank for filtration/circulation.

 

[gangster]

Watch out for those kelberi.
The tem will make them lunch really quick.
YOu sure didnt listen very well after all the questions on what types of bass would mix well together. Those kelberi grow half as fast as the tem....if that.