O.K., I don't know who has the Monster Fish Keepers name on YouTube but thank you for your past interest in my videos. I now have 4 butterfly Peacock Bass that I brought a buddy and he has them in a 54 gallon corner aquarium. He has been having to do 1/3 water change outs every week to deal with PH. The smallest fish is about 5 inches and the largest about 8. I have the ability to obtain a 200 gallon 2' X 2' X 7' aquarium, lid and stand and will be doing so to set up and split the fish up. If I bring the two largest to the 200 gallon tank, will that help my friend with the two smallest in the 54 gallon aquarium? And any information you might share for ideal ph would be great.
Aquarium Questions
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pH is usually not a problem in a cycled tank but rather the build up of nitrates. what is the ph and what is the ph of the tap water ???
bigger tanks always help.....
welcome to mfk
bigger tanks always help.....
welcome to mfk
Thanks for the quick reply........I don't know about the nitrates, I'll ask him when I talk with him. He said he dechlorinates the water through some filtration system. Keeping Peacocks will be new to me, I had a 55 tall that I used to keep some local gamefish in, but bream and small bass are tough as nails and really require little to no maintenance. I always heard a good rule of thumb was a gallon of aquarium space was good for an inch of fish. Do you think this is true? And also, my friend has the tank heated to 85 degrees because that's what I told him the water temp was that I caught them in. If he cooled the tank to 75 would that help with Nitrates?
83 ish is fine for pbass......... look up aquarium cycle and it will explain all fish+food>ammonia>nitrite>nitrate
the one inch rule may work for guppies but not for larger fish imo
the one inch rule may work for guppies but not for larger fish imo
Thanks a ton for your help........I'm off to bed, I'm at 20 hours now and fading fast. Thanks for your welcome and I look forward to posting more with y'all!
The one inch rule applies to larger fish only when you measure them in square inches. In other words, if you have a fish that's 10 inches long and averages 5 inches in height (from belly to the top of the dorsal). You're looking at 50 square inches of fish. You need at least 50 gallons of water for that one fish. Of course there are many other factors that apply to different species that have different requirements. This is by no means a rule, rather a general guideline.