How "monster" can I go?

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Wow guys, excellent suggestions all over the place! How did I forget festae?!! One of my favorites. Rotkeil sevs are really nice looking and the jurupari is beautiful.
 
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I love discus but I don't love changing my water every day. I plan on doing water changes once a week. As far as budget goes, I can get away with buying any fish I please. I don't have the budget or space to go bigger in tank size. This spot I have the 125 in is 8ft exactly so I couldn't get an 8fter like I wanted. I was thinking about getting another Sunsun but do you think 2 is enough?
If you get adults and don't stick them heavily then I think you could easily keep the discus with weekly water changes. They will be expensive that way but if you are ok with paying for them. I would think a group of 6, maybe 8, would do great and be absolutely fine with once a week water changes.

Honestly, I like discus a lot and am a little biased to them but I truly think they would look very good in your tank the way you have it set up.
 
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I love discus but I don't love changing my water every day. I plan on doing water changes once a week. As far as budget goes, I can get away with buying any fish I please. I don't have the budget or space to go bigger in tank size. This spot I have the 125 in is 8ft exactly so I couldn't get an 8fter like I wanted. I was thinking about getting another Sunsun but do you think 2 is enough?
As far as the SunSuns go, I would think that 2, 525 GPH units should work fine. I have the 300 and whatever GPH on a 55 overloaded with turtles and it keeps the water crystal clear.

Even if you don't go with discus water changes are a be-atch. Is there any way you can rig a drip system in the space you have?
 

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it sounds to me like you want a big ish central american cichlid or something, i would try to find something in the 12" range, you mentioned grammodes. that would probably be cool, they do look a little bland to me color wise but might still be fun. trimac would be cool, or breidohri and pearsei are both pretty cool. i'm not a central keeper though so i cant speak too much on these fish
 
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I think another thing to consider is growth rates of prospective fish.
If you go three or four slow growing cichlids you're gonna have an empty looking tank for a while.
 
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jwd

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As far as the SunSuns go, I would think that 2, 525 GPH units should work fine. I have the 300 and whatever GPH on a 55 overloaded with turtles and it keeps the water crystal clear.

Even if you don't go with discus water changes are a be-atch. Is there any way you can rig a drip system in the space you have?
Good to know the Sunsun is working for you. I was worried when I bought them since they're not a big name brand. I really wouldn't know how to set one up. The way I do water changes now is pull a water hose through a window across the hall from me and I siphon water out through my window.

it sounds to me like you want a big ish central american cichlid or something, i would try to find something in the 12" range, you mentioned grammodes. that would probably be cool, they do look a little bland to me color wise but might still be fun. trimac would be cool, or breidohri and pearsei are both pretty cool. i'm not a central keeper though so i cant speak too much on these fish
yeah, that's what I'd prefer but I may have to settle for smaller cichlids until I can upgrade to a larger tank or multiple aquariums.

I think another thing to consider is growth rates of prospective fish.
If you go three or four slow growing cichlids you're gonna have an empty looking tank for a while.
That is going to be tough! I've gone through that once and I have zero patience so it was brutal. There have been some excellent suggestions in here and I'll likely go with some of them.
 

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I have 4 SunSuns. Plus I just ordered a mini one for a 20 gallon fry tank too. I just put a coarse pad in the bottom and a fine one on top. I fill the baskets with garden store lava rock. Clean them once every 4 or 5 months.
 
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