I will be growing out some 1" central and south Americans in a 90 gallon and thought it'd be cool to start a little journal on their progress throughout the years to come.
Stock list :
F1Hoplarchus psittacus "True Parrot Cichlid"
F1 Vieja melanura
F1 Vieja maculicauda
F1 Geophagus winemilleri
F1Gymnogeophagus balzani Belle Union Uruguay
F1 Amatitlania sajica
All the vieja along with possibly the Amatitlania sajica will be placed in a 300 plus gallon tank and the geos, true parrots and gymnogeophagus balzanii will be placed in their own 180 gallon acrylic corner tank.
I'm an avid water changer, changing water basically everyday 50 to 75 percent of it to keep everything very healthy and also since I powerfeed these fish to give them the optimal growth and potential of best color. I have them feeding on a mixture of southern delight power feed pellets and southern delight veggie krill along with a little nls small pellet here and there for the fish that aren't quite big enough for the other crushed up southern delight pellets.. All these fish eat like constant pigs and feed them about 4 times a day but not too much to prevent any bloat from happening. The true parrots seem to be the most furious eaters of them all.
These fish will be moved to their bigger tanks within a year from now, especially the vieja since they grow so rapidly.
The tank is currently being ran on a fluval 306 canister filter and emperor 400 hob filter with lots of biological filter media.
Here are some pics of the tank and fish. I'll be moving the driftwood to create some more hiding places instead of having one veteran piece for the time being. I'll have to remove these pieces and add smaller pieces in the near future so I can provide more space for the fish to grow. Thanks for looking and enjoy.
Still need to get pics of maculicauda and balzanii. Will post some soon
Stock list :
F1Hoplarchus psittacus "True Parrot Cichlid"
F1 Vieja melanura
F1 Vieja maculicauda
F1 Geophagus winemilleri
F1Gymnogeophagus balzani Belle Union Uruguay
F1 Amatitlania sajica
All the vieja along with possibly the Amatitlania sajica will be placed in a 300 plus gallon tank and the geos, true parrots and gymnogeophagus balzanii will be placed in their own 180 gallon acrylic corner tank.
I'm an avid water changer, changing water basically everyday 50 to 75 percent of it to keep everything very healthy and also since I powerfeed these fish to give them the optimal growth and potential of best color. I have them feeding on a mixture of southern delight power feed pellets and southern delight veggie krill along with a little nls small pellet here and there for the fish that aren't quite big enough for the other crushed up southern delight pellets.. All these fish eat like constant pigs and feed them about 4 times a day but not too much to prevent any bloat from happening. The true parrots seem to be the most furious eaters of them all.
These fish will be moved to their bigger tanks within a year from now, especially the vieja since they grow so rapidly.
The tank is currently being ran on a fluval 306 canister filter and emperor 400 hob filter with lots of biological filter media.
Here are some pics of the tank and fish. I'll be moving the driftwood to create some more hiding places instead of having one veteran piece for the time being. I'll have to remove these pieces and add smaller pieces in the near future so I can provide more space for the fish to grow. Thanks for looking and enjoy.
Still need to get pics of maculicauda and balzanii. Will post some soon
