New UV on L191 Tank

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Added a new UV to the 170, with the short height and two powerful lights, the algae was making the tank look cloudy. Tank cleared up after 3 days

 

[thefredpit]

nice

 

[CVS1982]

Is this tank not way to small for such a big fish?

It looks likes the height is not even the length of the L191.

 

[BIG-G]

Is this tank not way to small for such a big fish?

It looks likes the height is not even the length of the L191.

He says in the first sentence it's a 170. These fish are primarily bottom dwellers they don't really need a lot of water depth. The main thing would be the width of the tank. I believe that this setup if fine for a single specimen.

 

[CVS1982]

The number of liters (i am European) is not the problem but personally i would would put this fish in aquarium with more height.

Just my 2 cents

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

He has 36" front to back to do what he wants. All he does, for the most part is sit in one spot for days and days, for so long that algae grows on his odontodes. Usually I have one light off, one on and he sits in the dark and the other half in the light and that's where the algae growth comes from, his other side has no algae or very, very little. For 3 days I had him in a 220 that is 23" wide on the inside, this guy is 23", he is better off in a 36" wide tank rather than being squished in a 23" wide tank. Every few days he changes to a new spot, sometimes under the light that is off, sometimes right in front of the 3200 gph wavemaker and sometimes he moves the wood and goes behind it.