how do you maintain your cichla tank?

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bassinmike85

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in here all cichla keepers have their own ways of raising and feedibg (caring) for their cichla..how do you keep your guys tank clean? from filtration to anything that has to do with keeping it clean..

me..on my 150g i was going to run two fx5s but right now i am good with one..i have one fx5 both bottom and middle tray have bio media top tray has two chemi puri elite filter socks..i have one power head two heaters 250w,300w..everyone two to three days i siphon out the poop debri etc out the gravel..each siphon is either 5g,10g depending how much crap i pick up..then once every two weeks i do a 50% wc..my cichla have grown allot by always putting in fresh water for them..i feed randomly threw out the day..so how do you guys keep your tanks clean?

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I bought my 230 from a friend and I couldn't even tell you exactly what wet/dry I'm running only that it is a huge sump w/ a gen x pump. I had to buy a cpr cs202 drop box just to handle the 1500gp flow and I actually turn down the outpts because it has so much circulation. On my 125s I run eheim 2217 canisters w/ aquaclear 110s running big bags of chemi pure and I also added aqueon circulation pmps to keep oxygen levels up.
I also keep big bags of chemi pure in my sump on 230 and ammo chips. I do 40 to 50% water changes every week.

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On my 180 Im running 3 ocean clear canisters and a genX pump and I do weekly 50%wc's (working on a drip system), and on my 125 I have a xp4, a cfs 500, a sump with bioballs, bio rings, and bio home, and a uv sterilizer. My 125 also gets weekly 50% wc's.
 
Fx5. Sump lots of media.

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220 gallon eheim 2262 all eheim media and 2260 eheim seachem media two 300w heaters feed only once a day no poop on bare bottom only gets stuck on intake cleaned off once a week, 25% to 35% wc a week water stays pretty crispy need a uv, tile and better lighting. Good thread....
 
30lb glass filter backwash every 3-4 days. Wave 1/15hp pump. No gravel vac.
 
30lb glass filter two 75gl drip sumps one 75gl Bio reactor Three wave 1/15 pumps 400 pounds of sand and rock 100 pounds of driftwood never vacum sand.....
 
HULON said:
30lb glass filter two 75gl drip sumps one 75gl Bio reactor Three wave 1/15 pumps 400 pounds of sand and rock 100 pounds of driftwood never vacum sand.....
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Don't forget about the 58W high output UV..... oops was that a secret?
 
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