my 75 gal is going into action

[hmt321]

I have had this 75 gal for a while now and I am going to build a stand where my 40 gal goes under it.

my question pertains to bio-load

I want to put a warmouth and a bullhead in the 75 gal, tank dims are 18" x 48", cant remember the height but i think it is 22", not sure

the tank will be non planted (i will float some duck weed, and other stuff on the top, but this will be lower light tank)

I will use a eheim 2028 canister for filtration
i will do 1/3 water change per week

with in 3 years the warmouth and bullhead (probably a snail) will be 9-11" and i do not want to be in a situation where i have to do 50% water changes every other day to keep my nitrates lower than 20%

I am assuming that a warmouth would have the same bioload as a oscar, but i am unsure about a bullhead

what do you think

 

[Chad55]

You could do it... It should be like having two large cichlids in a 75, bioload wise.

Chad

 

[guppy]

This should work, filter as for a community 125, as the warmouth needs a bit more O2 than most tropicals, what kind of bullhead, my fasvorites are speckleds/

 

[fishyz]

Just make sure you have good filtration and they should be good to go.

 

[hmt321]

This should work, filter as for a community 125, as the warmouth needs a bit more O2 than most tropicals, what kind of bullhead, my fasvorites are speckleds/

I will probably go for a snail bullhead or flat bullhead, I would realy like a spotted bullhead but they are not present in my area and i am unsure if i could get a small one or not. I will probably buy these fish rather than collect them myself, I want to start out with young fish and while i am sure i could come across a warmouth and a bullhead in the course of a summer, i want to stock the tank at the same time.

 

[ewurm]

In my experience, bullhead are a pain.