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Experiment397

Experiment397

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ok so here it is. it is for a 125:
2 female jack dempseys
1 male blood parrot
1 male red texas
1 unsexed green terror
1 unsexed ornate pim catfish
3 unsexed pictus pim catfish
1 male bristlenose catfish
all coments welcome. i ordered my filter so i am not that far off. i am gonna use a fx5 and a hob(i dunno the name, its a 400 gph)
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Sounds good to me as far as bio-load and filtration, but I can't guarantee you wont encounter some problems with aggression.
 
Might have some problems with aggression, might not. Your dempseys will get huge in that tank. I had one in a 125 for over four years and he was 13" when he died.
 
the aggression might come from the catfish... some of those guys can get nasty
 
haywood;4393061; said:
Might have some problems with aggression, might not. Your dempseys will get huge in that tank. I had one in a 125 for over four years and he was 13" when he died.
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Size and growth rate are determined by your feeding schedule, your water quality, and waterchange size/frequency, as well as the genes of the fish itself. Tank size is irrelevent to a fish's growth as long as it meets the minimum requirements.
 
ya i am gonna have some kick A filtration so i should be good there. and the fish get feed every other day, or 1 time a week, depending on what their getting for food. and as for decor i am gonna be using lots of artifical roots and fake plants(so lots of hiding places) also gonna have pfs as substrate
 
Experiment397;4394865; said:
ya i am gonna have some kick A filtration so i should be good there. and the fish get feed every other day, or 1 time a week, depending on what their getting for food. and as for decor i am gonna be using lots of artifical roots and fake plants(so lots of hiding places) also gonna have pfs as substrate
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Then I doubt you will see any exceptionally quick growth rates in any of your fish. To keep your fish growing at a steady rate, you need to feed them at least once a day (which is especially important for juvies), and it is never a good idea to let young fish go an entire week without food regularly... that sounds like a great way to get the slowest possible growth out of your fish, and possibly even starve them to death. I would never feed any fish less than once a day if its growth hasn't naturally slowed yet, and I know of at least a couple members who always feed young fish at least 2x per day.

Also, good filtration doesn't = clean water, the only way to keep your water clean is by doing weekly waterchanges of 30% or more, or more frequent smaller water changes.
 
Yes, don't deprive the young ones food. I don't even feed my big fish that little. They all eat 2x a day, mostly 3x a day of a variety. Keep up with the water changes. It really makes a difference in health and growth.
 
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