Peacock Bass/75 Gallon

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I'm thinking of setting up a 75 gallon tank with a few Peacock Bass in it. what's a good number to get? I was thinking maybe 3...does anybody have any tips, experience, etc??


thanks in advance
 
5....

Five is always a good number to start with. Is the 75gal for life or for ???? many years? I/we like to keep our baby bass in the upper 80's with good water circulation and a lot of O2.

Tips:
Get them eating a very of foods when young.
A little to No meds below the 8'' mark.
Browse the cichla forum for A LOT of great information.
Ask questions is you have any problems.
 
haynchinook334;4728289; said:
5....

Five is always a good number to start with. Is the 75gal for life or for ???? many years? I/we like to keep our baby bass in the upper 80's with good water circulation and a lot of O2.

Tips:
Get them eating a very of foods when young.
A little to No meds below the 8'' mark.
Browse the cichla forum for A LOT of great information.
Ask questions is you have any problems.
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Yeah, the 75 will be for a while...how big do they usually get
?? I have a black mask elong right now, I want something else is a different tank...like a shoal, nice active somewhat aggressive shoal other than the piranhas I could get
 
it depends on what species you get, some can get about 2 feet.
 
A good size p-bass is around 10 lbs. A shoal would need a 300 gallon tank mimimum....probably more like a 500. Lots of great collections on this site!! They seem to be very popular these days.
 
JayAllure;4728308; said:
the 75 will be for a while...how big do they usually get
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A while as in a few months? Years? If more than a year, then not a chance. If you're in it for the long haul, you're going to need a BIG tank. Any species of cichla has the ability to reach 20-24".
 
JayAllure;4728308; said:
Yeah, the 75 will be for a while...how big do they usually get
?? I have a black mask elong right now, I want something else is a different tank...like a shoal, nice active somewhat aggressive shoal other than the piranhas I could get
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As what fishysocks stated, the smallest Pbass are 24''. Depending on the fish sp., some grow slower then others. Kelberi's and Orino's grow the slowest. Fallowed by mono's and Ocell. Pinima's, tem's grow the quicker of the bunch. I don't know about pinima's and azul's (never owned them). I'm just speaking from my experience.
 
JayAllure;4728256; said:
I'm thinking of setting up a 75 gallon tank with a few Peacock Bass in it. what's a good number to get? I was thinking maybe 3...does anybody have any tips, experience, etc??


thanks in advance
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I have a 75 set up with 2 peacock bass , 1 tiger oscar , 2 bala sharks , 3 redline torpedo barbs , 2 plecos , 1 geophagus deamon.

I can max out everyone except the 2 bass. They should get at least 20 inches long.

My 75 is 18 inches wide so it should be good for a year or 2.

I like a variety of fish and I have a thing for tiger oscars. I also need mop up guys to eat the oscars messy left overs.

I do notice my wild caught brokopondo ocellaris chases the tank raised mono peacock bass. With 2 bass there is aggression and a pecking order so to speak.

Suprisingly the geophagus deamon chases both my bass , and the oscar is totally passive with no aggression towards the peacock bass. I do notice the wild caught bass is starting to stand up to the geophagus as if hes getting tired of its b/s.

I am happy with the 75 , but I plan on getting a 180 someday. I want maxed out monster bass someday.

I will be happy with 1 or maybe 2 maxed bass barring any aggression issues.
 
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