ok well my midas is 6" and is being held in a 50gal can i keep it in there its hole life or do i need something bigger
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thats good. but you wont be able to keep anything with him. i would also suggest upping your filtration
my midas is 7 inches now and growing quite hapily and rapidly in a 55G by himself. but eventually i will get something around 125G.
What are the dimensions of your tank? My made up rule about minimum tank size for solo cichlids is that the tank needs to be 3x as wide as the fish is long, and a couple inches taller and longer front to back than the fish.
i think its 36 x 15 x 20in and hes alone also i have a emperor 400 filter with a reo 800 power head
It wouldn't be cruel or anything, but you could do it okay. Of course bigger is always better. The fish will let you know if they are not happy in the tank.
The tank is good front to back and heigth wise, but it probably won't be wide enough. Midas can hit 15", which is a really big push in a 36" tank. It'll be OK until it hits 10" or so though.