don, if you're setting up a new tank the best thing to do is take some of your filter media, and clean it off in the new tank. Just make sure the water is near the same temperature and dechlorinated. The tank should be cycled within a day. If you use sponge filters, those are perfect. If you don't use sponge filters, you should.
RED DEVILS & MIDAS PHOTO AND INFO THREAD
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Camphilophus;2155425; said:
i was told i need 2 fx5's. and usually when i get a new tank i take some of the water out of one and put it in the new. and do the filter stuff.
Red Devil;2154558; said:where are the pics....oh she is so beutiful..what a gorgeous girl..love her long fins..
so do i, thats kinda why i dont want to put her in with anything else. i dont want her fins to get screwed up
RedDevilDon2005;2155445; said:
thats what I used to do too until I started getting into bigger tanks, its easier just to squeeze a sponge filter now. Fx5's are rated for up to 400 gallon tanks. If I were you I'd just add a marineland emperor 400, or a ac110. The fluval should be bad ass enough to run a 220, but if it gets unplugged or something it doesn't hurt to have a backup.
Cleaned the beasts tank earlier today, didn't feed him today so I'd have the opportunity to get some pictures of him. Here, they are.
full body shot
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full tank shot
For the record, he came from petsmart in 2004-2005 as a midas. I know hes not pure, thanks. Spent the first two years of his life in a 29gallon, with 2 jack dempseys, and 2 female convicts. Probably reached 10" in this tank until I learned what I was doing. Now hes ~13" TL and resides in a 60gallon in my dining room by himself. Weekly 40-75% waterchanges, eats strictly large NLS cichlid pellets (I try to vary his diet but he won't touch anything else), tank is filtered by a cascade 1000 canister filter with a DIY spraybar by yours truly, marineland emperor 400 bio-wheel, and a hydro 5 sponge filter powered by a penguin 350gph powerhead, no air pumps. I keep his tank between 78-80* with a 250watt visi-therm stealth heater. My pH is 8 on all of my tanks.
full body shot
posing for the camera
best detail
full tank shot
For the record, he came from petsmart in 2004-2005 as a midas. I know hes not pure, thanks. Spent the first two years of his life in a 29gallon, with 2 jack dempseys, and 2 female convicts. Probably reached 10" in this tank until I learned what I was doing. Now hes ~13" TL and resides in a 60gallon in my dining room by himself. Weekly 40-75% waterchanges, eats strictly large NLS cichlid pellets (I try to vary his diet but he won't touch anything else), tank is filtered by a cascade 1000 canister filter with a DIY spraybar by yours truly, marineland emperor 400 bio-wheel, and a hydro 5 sponge filter powered by a penguin 350gph powerhead, no air pumps. I keep his tank between 78-80* with a 250watt visi-therm stealth heater. My pH is 8 on all of my tanks.
Hes the meanest fish I've ever owned, cannot clean his tank without being attacked. Hes always watching me, waiting for food, and waiting for me to walk by so he can bash his head into the glass and remind me that hes there. I think part of it comes from him having no shelter and being in such a busy part of my house, but that's my recipe for the perfect solo glass banger. One day I hope to breed him, but that will probably turn out disasterous unless its in a huge tank with a divider. He grew up with other fish though, and he never bothered the 2" petsmart "trimac" I kept with him after he had been solo for a few months so who knows, maybe he just hates people. I'm sure most people think the tank is small but it suits him well as long as I keep up on my waterchanges and he has rocks to move, hes happy. The only problem I've ever had with his tank was algae blooms and I solved that by painting the side that took in the most outside light. With around 100 fish, this guy is by far my only "pet fish." I'd probably never get rid of him unless I was offered something ridiculous like $500+. Thanks for reading my run on paragraph. 
