The pentek spec sheet says this data is for 3ppm chloramine water and allowed up to 0.5ppm breakthrough at the end of filter life.
American cichlid fishroom tank sizes
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To be honest i think you should definitely go for the 125s if your goal is to keep pairs of the species you mention. A 75 , to me, would be too small for a fully grown argentea male for example, let alone a breeding pair of them. I've had 5" cichlid males kill their female in larger tanks than that. Your tanks would likely mostly need to be divided, leaving only 2' or so of swimming room for these bug guys. 8 tanks of successfully spawning pair, would be better to me me than 8 tanks of single males who killed their female. Chances are even in a 125 you may end up with a bunch of these being divided, at least a 125 will allow you room to do so. Just my .02
edit: some of the smaller species like dempsey would probably be do-able in a 75. Could do a mix, though I would go mostly 125's.
edit: some of the smaller species like dempsey would probably be do-able in a 75. Could do a mix, though I would go mostly 125's.
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