My SA/CA growout tank

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robmcd

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So this is my 60g with its inhabitants. Please excuse the one african fish (at least it aint an african cichlid) the distochodus. Im selling it this weekend. Currently living here are.....
2 a. festae at 5'' (male and female)
1 Black con (had him since birth) 4''
1 c. sveni male at 5.5-6''
2 gold saums at 3'' (girlfriends best friend thought that they would look great in her discus tank. bad idea. now Im stuck with them)
3 chuco godmanni at 2.5-3.5''
1 common pleco at 6''
I know that this seems just a little overstocked, but Ive had minimal problems with aggression (only lost 1 fish so far, a little caquetia myersi that got thrashed by the con. broke my heart) and I do 10-15gallon water changes daily, so the water is pristine.
For filtration Im using 1 emperor 400, 1 whisper 30-60, and 1 magnum 350 cannister along with a 400 gph powerhead to add some current to the substrate and sorta sweep waste to the filters.

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looks great man thats alot of water changes to but fish look nice

but for the sake of your other fish i would pray those red terrors don't pair up nice selection of fish
 
Thanks killerfish. I actually hope that the festaes do pair up. If they do then the only fish that I really care about losing are the godmanni. The rest of them are just sorta riff raff fish that I saved from other tanks. The con is an evil little guy, the pike is the last one left of 5 that I tried to pair up, and the saums are a dime a dozen. I really dont want the saums but my girl wont let me give them away. If the festae do pair up, I just call up my boy Bsixxx (my unwanted fish donation boy) and bring the tankmates (not the godmannis) to him...
 
bigspizz;1618572; said:
Lookin good bro :)
Thanks spizz... I wish that I could give you this con. You would dig him. Really long streamers off of all his fins and is startin to get that ''broomtail'' look.
 
That con is real smooth looking!! Do you have any pics of him close up? Ship him to me :) I will ship you something back..lol Like a moss ball or decal, or something to compinsate...Cons are rugged. Bag him good, bag buddy, styro box, send :)
 
Taz2478;1618637; said:
Chuco is sweet

nice setup rob. keep that wc going and everyone should grow pretty quickly
Thanks Taz.. The WCs are waaay too easy!! It takes me like 5 min to do 10 gallons.
 
Really nice looking tank...and the fish of course. Digging the festae.
 
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