I just transferred to my local state school and will be living at home so I have decided to build a tank housing cichla monoculus. The inside dimensions of the tank will be 72"x48"x36". So it will hopefully house a little under 500g upon completion. I plan on stocking it with 1 jardini arowana and the rest will be monos. My question is what would be a good number of monos that would allow them to live comfortably?
cichla tank size?
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IF you can build it 8ft in length it will really help in the long run but you could house 6 adult Mono in there for sure just do well over do your filtration and save some frustration on your part...
Yeh I would go 8ft with the same width and height that you plan on doing...And like Hulon said over filtrate your tank cuz you will be like me regretting it and spend a lot more time and money in the long run if you don't do it right the first time....
overfiltration would be at least 3 filter socks for your sump drip trays will work for a while but in the end not enough the waste becomes over whelming at a certain point the socks can be cleaned easally ..Also turnover rate plays a huge part in clarity overall clean look of a tank at 500 gallons you will want about 4000 gph of water turnover .....
thanks for all the help, my biggest tank is a 125 and I've never used sumps before. My plan is to build the sump (or something slightly scaled down) that VLDesign uses in his 1500g DIY. But all in all I am very unfamiliar with sumps. What are some good places to look for ideas and designs?
I agree with Hulon if you can get a 8 foot tank vs a 6 foot tank, you should. An 8 foot tank would also allow you to get a silver arowana. Jar's are notorious for being super aggressive when they get larger and might nip/stress your monos to death. Silver's on the other hand are generally peaceful, especially if you raised them in a community.
thanks for all the help, made a real rookie mistake and mocked up my design using 2"x4", without making the proper adjustments as they are really 1.5"x3.5".
So back to the computer to redesign this thing, I will also be listening to everyones advice and the size will now be 96"x54"x36" and I'm going to scrap the arowana, sticking with just monos as they are my dream fish and I would like them to be as comfortable as possible.
So back to the computer to redesign this thing, I will also be listening to everyones advice and the size will now be 96"x54"x36" and I'm going to scrap the arowana, sticking with just monos as they are my dream fish and I would like them to be as comfortable as possible.