265 Mixed African Tank

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deeda said:
New dimensions are 48x30x36 divided by 231=224.41 gallons not including the 2 FX filters, sorry to be a stickler. ?

I have only paid retail one or two times in my life when I first set up a 75G tank with Malawi cichlids. Now I get most of my fish from local fish clubs and auctions as juveniles and grow them up and watch them breed and sell off the juvies at the same places.

I just don't care for the look of lots of fish in a tank as I like to see their natural behavior of interacting and breeding. My solution for lots of fish is lots of tanks. :grinyes:
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Yes most of my fish are from local breeders or auctions very few from my lfs.
 
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celebrist said:
Nice!

Easy water changes are done water changes, smart call


I have a similar setup for water changes and love it. I am on a well so I don't have to treat the incoming water
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Wish we had well water. I just hit the tank with prime and refill. We have naturally high ph due to limestone here in the state so easy for cichlid care.
 
Stephen St.Clair said:
My African tank is roughly half the size of the OP's tank, stocked with 27 Cichlids & 5 Botia Loaches. It looks pretty full.
I'd need to stock an additional 50? Cichlids to match the OP's stocking density.
I don't have the skills to pull that one off. Lol.
The OP does have a nice setup and quite an array of healthy fish.
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curious what kind of filtration you’re using? Adding in UV and FX6 could help you easily add many more fish.
 
I run 2x AC 110's with a 50% weekly WC.
You are doing a fantastic job managing your set up.
I particularly like your hardscape.
 
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Stephen St.Clair said:
I run 2x AC 110's with a 50% weekly WC.
You are doing a fantastic job managing your set up.
I particularly like your hardscape.
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I do bi monthly changes of about 75%. The main FX6 filter gets cleaned both water changes, only clean the 1 with the uv sterilizer in line when water flow is down. I run no filter pads or carbon just stacked with ceramic rings. The rock is Texas holy rock with faux plants. I run 3 air pumps setup beneath the back rocks with 2 additional battery backup pumps in n case of power outage.

you could switch to larger changes bi monthly and get maybe 1 fx5 to replace one of your ac110’s, I swear by the fx series I know they’re expensive but they allow for this large amount of fish. I can add as many as will fit without any worry for equalized distribution of aggression throughout the tank. I also add about 2 cups ocean salt once a month to help with slime coat.
 
2 water changes per month? Is that the UV doing that? I have an FX6 and two eheims on my 150 and change 75% every three days or so.
 
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The Morning said:
2 water changes per month? Is that the UV doing that? I have an FX6 and two eheims on my 150 and change 75% every three days or so.
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Seems like too much water being changed. Why do you change so much so often?
 
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