options for a 75 gal

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

You guys rock, thanks a lot. Keep it coming.

After some time, losing the large piece of driftwood would be a must to give more swimming space.

I dunno. I'm pretty attached to that piece. Took a couple of years to have the Java fern cover it

the elong is one of the most active ps. [...], this lil mofo is not afraid of anything and very territorial.[...] one advice, i'd be you, i'd add a powerhead in your thank. elong are very active fish that could fit tight in a 75 gal, but will do well as long as he has to keep on swimming all the time.

territorial as in "single specimen", or territorial as in "only a few and nothing else"?
Also, my filtration runs 450 gal/h w/ spray bar. I'd still need a powerhead?

i don't know man. If I had a spare 75 laying around I'd put a jaguar cichlid in it. I know that's completely off topic, but there you go...

I'm just not a cichlid kinda guy

I saw your 1st pic and said "school of neons and discus", even though its off topic just thought i'd share

That's what my 40 gal is for

From the pics he posted, I'm pretty sure the lfs he mentioned is Shark Aquarium

I'll look into the other Ps y'all mentioned

HarleyK

 

[Tango374]

Almost all Serra's are single specimen fish. Some people with large rhombeus's have successfully kept some smaller fish (neons). The theory is that the 1" fish are just too small for a big rhombeus to put effort into catching and eating.
There have been a few keepers that have had success in keeping serras, which are highly recommended as keeping solitary, in pairs or even more. Not my thing....you're always dealing with fin nips and sometimes much more. It would be rewarding, however the price tag on this fish is too high to gamble IMO.

I run a Ehiem 2217 on my Rhoms 75 gallon tank along with a Hydor 4 powerhead. The power head is rated for 1200 GPH and he loves it. I'd highly recomend one if you go the Serrasalmus route.

 

[Diogenes]

Almost all Serra's are single specimen fish. Some people with large rhombeus's have successfully kept some smaller fish (neons). The theory is that the 1" fish are just too small for a big rhombeus to put effort into catching and eating.
There have been a few keepers that have had success in keeping serras, which are highly recommended as keeping solitary, in pairs or even more. Not my thing....you're always dealing with fin nips and sometimes much more. It would be rewarding, however the price tag on this fish is too high to gamble IMO.

I run a Ehiem 2217 on my Rhoms 75 gallon tank along with a Hydor 4 powerhead. The power head is rated for 1200 GPH and he loves it. I'd highly recomend one if you go the Serrasalmus route.

tango knows what he's talking about, I'd listen to him.

 

[HarleyK]

D - I appreciate all info I get - after all, that's the spirit of this site and the reason for starting this thread

Any schooling Piranhas for a 75 gal? With the wolf, I've now had enough of the "single specimen tank" theme

Thanks

 

[cichlidpsyco]

i would definately go diamond rhomb they look so amazing if i had an empty 75 thats what i would do with it hopefully someday ill hav the extra room for one i just love everything about them right now i dont hav the room lol i hav a 200 a 55 and a 10 and im buildind a 700-900 gal pond if i come across a free or very cheap 75 thats what im doing lol sorry for the repeat

 

[dpk2313]

Beautiful tank
Go for the elong there beautiful

 

[frontosablkrhom]

D - I appreciate all info I get - after all, that's the spirit of this site and the reason for starting this thread

Any schooling Piranhas for a 75 gal? With the wolf, I've now had enough of the "single specimen tank" theme

Thanks

if your patient wait till summer and get yourself some baby caribes. id get 4 maybe five because there may be cannabilism. if you add some silver dollars or something silver you will have less casualties. i have 2 that i got in august. i started with 5 and kept them well fed but still lost 3. so my best advice if you do go with caribe is to add like 4 silver dollars as dithers. good luck

 

[Diogenes]

if your patient wait till summer and get yourself some baby caribes. id get 4 maybe five because there may be cannabilism. if you add some silver dollars or something silver you will have less casualties. i have 2 that i got in august. i started with 5 and kept them well fed but still lost 3. so my best advice if you do go with caribe is to add like 4 silver dollars as dithers. good luck

yeah caribe's are really cool and would be cool in a shoal of 4. There's a member on here that had a similar setup if you want to get an idea of what it would look like. Caribe are really aggressive too...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193406

some caribe having a snack in the wild:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--HNPeyX4hU

more info
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/cariba.html

I take it back. Four caribe would be much cooler than a jag.

 

[anthony martinez]

elong all the way.

 

[cichlaguapote]

If your tank was a tad bigger I'd throw the idea of multiple S. Geryi out there..