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Wow, this was a blast from the past when I got the email notification for this thread. I figured I’d take the time to update this thread on my experience. Since I posted this thread over 7 years ago I have downsized a lot in the hobby to the point where I only have my son’s 29 gal tank. I keep...

I love the vulture cats!

Yep, the only time I ever had to deal with ich was when I bought some smaller cichla, about the size you’re getting, and they came with it. Fortunately, I had them all in a 29 gal qt tank and was able to bump the temp up and add salt pretty quickly. They all survived and were growing well when...

Soak it in a tub with a few cups of bleach in the water.

When I had my 220 I did fin level water changes every weekend. I would even let the sump pumps drain that back into the tank so that I got well over 200 gallons out into my front yard. I kept two 55 gal drums with aged and heated water that I pumped back into the tank along with straight hose...

Here’s some pictures of mine. He ended up quite a bit bigger before I sold him. He’s probably about 12” in these pictures and he was easily 15” when I sold him.

I’m partial to the endli bichers. I had one in my 220 and they have a very wide mouth to body ratio. I did target feed mine with giant tweezers. They are very primitive feeders. If it comes to their mouth they grab it. I had mine eat a 4” peacock bass that was in the grow out tank with it when...

Fire eel is my top fish

I’ll throw in Han’s Discus as well

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These are some of the last pictures I have of them. The two longer ones were about 30” at the time and the smaller one was around 24”. I sold them to a guy that wanted all my fish for his 400 gallon show tank in his living room.

What a crazy coincidence that this thread was bumped the same month I decided to log in for the first time for several years. I actually sold the eels and my 220 back in 2019. It’s a long story… I’ll try to update the thread with some of the pictures I have of them when they were older.

I’m guessing the trip to Dayton, OH involved Gerber’s Tropical Fish. I live in Dayton and they’re the best fish store for a long way, maybe this section of the country.

My preference is definitely to use sumps with filter socks. I like to use sand so that the detritus doesn’t get down into it as much and I kept many bottom dwellers that kept the sand stirred up in my 220 (had a 55 gallon tank under it as the sump). Maintenance was to simply replace the filter...

IME, the gph rating SunSun gives is probably the bare pump sitting in water. Once you take into account the hose and fitting restrictions, and filling it with media, you will probably lose at least a third of that flow, if not closer to half. I would say you’d be lucky to get 800 gph once it’s...

Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I’ve been busy getting ready for a baby girl that we will be having in August. I had to get on here and let everyone know about this new SunSun filter I saw that will be coming to the US soon. The SunSun HW-5000 comes with an adjustable...

Looks like a peacock eel to me.

Can you provide more details about how you have it setup? I’d definitely be interested in trying something like this.

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/making-monster-food.699791/ Here’s the thread. It’s not a video, but there are pictures. I’m actually going to be making some today. You don’t have to use the exact ingredients that I do, you can get other stuff, but I do recommend making...

Only stuff I’ve made is stuff that’s stored in the freezer. I can post a link to a thread I posted about making food and the. Flattening it out in gallon freezer bags to store in my freezer. The flat bags are pretty space efficient, so they don’t take up much room. A 7-8 lb batch typically lasts...