I just got my first 'monster' fish tank today, I'll be setting up and cycling the tank this week. It's a 55g tank, I don't know the footprint. I'm looking to get a Gold Diamond Rhom at 3"-4" long. So, I'm wondering, will a diet of shrimp and beef heart be good for this guy, how slow will it actually grow, and will he be able to live any kind of algae eaters, like loaches, a smaller plecco, or smaller <1" gold algae eaters?
About to order P (Gold Diamond)
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don't feed it beefheart, stick to shrimp, pellets, tilapia, cod, pollock, etc.
under proper conditions, your rhom should hit 6-7 inches within the first year and then slow down quite a bit after that. after a few years, you should look at upgrading to a 75 gallon tank.
nothing will be able to live with your rhom for quite awhile, if ever. at 3-4 inches, it will be fast enough to catch just about anything you put in there.
under proper conditions, your rhom should hit 6-7 inches within the first year and then slow down quite a bit after that. after a few years, you should look at upgrading to a 75 gallon tank.
nothing will be able to live with your rhom for quite awhile, if ever. at 3-4 inches, it will be fast enough to catch just about anything you put in there.
yeah 55g is not really monster. A rhom is gonna grow pretty slowly in a 55g. They already grow painfully slow in 125g+ tanks.
I meant monster tank as in monster fish, I know 55g isn't the best for P's, I will upgrade as the need arises and probably convert the 55g to a community tank. But would this Rhom be relatively easy to care for?
depends on what your plans are for the fish... if your goal is to grow it out to a decent size over the next few years, it's gonna require excellent water quality, a healthy and varied diet, and a bigger tank pretty quick.Kengel;3552311; said:
there's a lot of time, effort, and money involved in taking proper care of a fish that requires as much space as a rhom, so i definitely wouldn't say that it is "easy".
JoeDizzleMPLS;3552395; said:
Easy in comparison to other P's. I'll be getting a bigger tank later this year, car's sucking up alot of my money now.
It still needs roughly 80 degreeish water and a 7.0ish PH? I'm not very knowledgeable about P's and I don't see this particular kind listed in the sticky.
80f is fine, you don't really need to worry about ph unless your water comes out of the tap with a really high ph. there should be plenty of information to be found on the fish you are getting, just look for info on serrasalmus rhombeus.
Thanks for all the help 
, I don't have city water, so I guess I'm fine in that respect, gotta pick up the last tank supplies this week and I should get the P this weekend . Btw, do you have any recommendation on which kind of sand I should use as a base?
, I don't have city water, so I guess I'm fine in that respect, gotta pick up the last tank supplies this week and I should get the P this weekend . Btw, do you have any recommendation on which kind of sand I should use as a base?