300 gal Geo tank update

[hbluehunter]

Well i finally got around to shooting some new pics of the 300 now that all the rays are gone. I think i'm turning into a bit of a Geo Hoarder now though.. Will be thinning out a little though in the near future..
Tank will be re-done tomorrow again.. Getting all new sand and still on the lookout for more wood..
Sorry my photo skills aren't the best, still waiting for a MFK photo class..

 

[ceeej31]

Yeah, I think geo hoarder is a fairly accurate description
nice tank and stock!

 

[hbluehunter]

In case anyone wants to know, here's what's in there..

Stock List:
19x Geo sp Orange Head
7x Geo sp Altifron
2x Geo sp Abalios
2x Satanoperca Daemon
1x Satanoperca Jurupari
1x 30”Black Arowana
2x Red Severum
8x F0 Synodontis Multipunctatus
2x Marble Convicts
2x Bushynose Pleco (Breeding pair)
2x Angel fish (freebee and couldn’t pass them up.. lol)

Filtration:
2x Fluval FX5, with all 3 trays on each filled with ceramic bio rings
1x 40 gal sump, with 20lbs of crushed coral and 10+ gallons of ceramic bio rings.
1x Quiet One 6000 pump = 1506gph (sump)
1x Lifeguard FB300 Fluidized bed filter, rated for 300 gal tank
1x Quiet One 1200 = 296gph (bed filter)
2x Azoo back up air pumps running 2 sponge filters, rated at 0.15 cfm ea, will run 10-20 hours
1x Whisper 60 air pump running air disc
Think that's is..lol Looking at possibly adding a UV in the future also..

 

[vamptrev]

so this is where u been? lol

 

[Nemesis]

The geos look good. Why are you using crushed coral in your sump?

 

[hbluehunter]

Yea, had to take a break from rays for a bit.. I'll be back though.. Gonna try and come back with black..

Crushed coral is to buffer ph, for some reason since i moved my ph tanks after a couple days.. From tap it's 7+ and then drops below 6 with in a couple days.. Not sure what the hell does it, but i had to do something to get rid of the ph swings..

 

[smitty03281964]

You have some fish in there. Many may say too many. But it really goes to show that you can push the envelope if your willing to put in the labor.

 

[peathenster]

Dang! That's a lot of Geos Hope the aro won't snack on the baby OHs

Do you know how far your pH drops below 6? 6 may actually be preferable for those Geos.

 

[hbluehunter]

As far as the black goes he's never eaten a single fish in my tank, in fact I threw some feeders in for a gar I had awhile back and he wouldn't even eat a feeder.. He is the weirdest aro I've ever owned, he eats tilapia fillets and that's it.. Won't touch one other kind of food..

Don't worry about the numbers in there, I'm offloading 4-5 geo's as soon as I find them a new home. And also moving out the con's and angels also.. Then after I get a decent breeding group of OH's and Altifrons I'll start thinning the herd some.. Def not gonna keep this many all the time.. I neve planned on having this many at all.. Lol too many good deals all cane at the right time when I had cash to spend.

Not sure exactly how far it drops, my ph kit only goes to 6.0.. I just know when I did my test the kit showed bright yellow which was 6 or below. I had all the coral in there to buffer the water to 7+ for the rays I had.

 

[JK47]

That is allot of geos Mike lol! The OH's are coloring up well. Looks like the two males are already setting up shop?