You are running two FX6s right? My eventual setup will have a homemade sump. Wondering what kind of flow these guys can handle. I know they are from deep water and don’t like too much current right?
210 gallon Frontosa build
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Yes, I’m running two FX-6 and they seem fine with it. I got my fish at 1.5 inches, and they always seemed okay with the flow.
Flow certainly won’t bother cyphos, it’s just not essential as it is with some species. In a closed environment like an aquarium, there is always gonna be a certain amount of water movement when using power driven filters, but even air driven sponges & matter filters create water movement in their function of moving water thru the media for biological & mechanical filtration.
Even as deep water fish that live in areas of the lake devoid of current, fronts & gibbs do just fine in aquariums that have “current” from returns or wave makers used to move detritus to filter intakes.
Even as deep water fish that live in areas of the lake devoid of current, fronts & gibbs do just fine in aquariums that have “current” from returns or wave makers used to move detritus to filter intakes.
Thank you. I’d like a good amount of movement. I was just wondering what is too much. Sounds like I’ll be fine.
I've only kept wild caught Zaire variants and they didn't like water flow caused by filters at all and actually avoided areas with any current.
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Alright, time for a state of the fish room post:
Bought some escargot shells to sprinkle here and there in the tank to give it more of a biotope flavor. I’ve been looking for 1.5 years now for real Tanganyikian neothauma shells, but they’re like hens’ teeth to find. So I pulled the trigger on these instead.
The fish seem to like them.
Not much else to report. Did my 3-month FX-6 cleanings at the start of September without any trouble. Fish seem to be growing slowly and steadily - though the smallest one is still tiny!
A few pictures:
Bought some escargot shells to sprinkle here and there in the tank to give it more of a biotope flavor. I’ve been looking for 1.5 years now for real Tanganyikian neothauma shells, but they’re like hens’ teeth to find. So I pulled the trigger on these instead.
The fish seem to like them.
Not much else to report. Did my 3-month FX-6 cleanings at the start of September without any trouble. Fish seem to be growing slowly and steadily - though the smallest one is still tiny!
A few pictures:
I’ve been messing around with some video footage.
The whole tank:
Some glamour shots of Homer:
The whole tank:
Some glamour shots of Homer:
Looking great mate! How much has Homer grown in the year that you’ve had him? Size then, size now?
What about the smallest one, size then size now?
What about the smallest one, size then size now?
Just checked as best as I could.
Homer is about 5 inches. Was probably an inch or inch and a half when I got him. However, he was not the dominant male the entire time. If you remember, I had another male that was growing to be the largest initially, but he sadly passed away. After that, and when I brought in the two larger females, this Homer really started growing quickly - at this point, he’s bigger than the two larger females.
I don’t know if that would affect the growth rate or not, but maybe.
The smallest fish was probably an inch coming in, and is now around 3 inches.
