^my rhom " big pokey" went from 4.5 to 6 3/4 inches in four months. no bs( i forgot to add his original size)
RHOM TANK SIZE???
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frontosablkrhom;2140486; said:^ no , put him in a 90 or a 100 and do lots of water changes, i had mine in a 20 for a while and saw no growth he was 4.5 inches i moved him to his current 60 gallon tank with a koralia 4 powerhead on a timer so it starts at 8 am and ends at midnight at one and of the tank i have a nice driftwood fortress and the rest is just gravel so he has plenty of room to have fun with the powerhead. people have been saying this fish is a very slow grower but from what im seeing if the conditions are correct you can maximize growth. mince is now 6 3/4 inches ive only had him for 4 months. and i dint see any growth until i moved him into the 60 set up the way i said. i highly reccomend trying this to anyone who wants to maximize the growth of there young rhoms. its really cool good luck with your rhom its my personal favorite fish.
So your saying a 55 should be suffient?
Rhoms grow very slowing after there first year. but they do however get very large. Go to you tube and search for hanible (sp) he's a bigggg rhom that I think someone here owns. And he's like 16"+ So I would go with a 120 it's 60"x24"24"
^ HANNIBAL! my all time favorite rhom diesel mack sold him. a 55 would be good until he hits 9 inches thats when im moving pig pokey to a 125. but you have to get a powerhead on a timer!!! i would get the biggest tank you can afford a 55 would be great for a long time if thats all you can afford. but just not for life.
A 55 isn't a bad tank at all to grow out a juvinile rhombeus. I aggree that at 9" (possibly a little more) you should be looking to upgrade. Its not going to happen over night either....like stated, its going to take quite a while.
If you can get your hands on a 50 breeder it would be a hard choice to make between that and a 55. A 50b has a length of only 36" (55 is 48") but the breeder has a 18" width from front to back where the 55 is only 12".
A 50b is a very nice tank and would work for your rhom for a long time...problem is that sometimes they can be a little difficult to obtain where the 55 is a dime a dozen.
A 40b has the same footprint but is I believe two inches shorter....50b would look more pleaseing to the eye for me...the extra depth would be worth it if possible.
congrads on the new rhombeus.
Yes in the future a 75 to 100 gallon will be needed but captive juvinile rhoms never reach the lengths of the full sized monster rhoms imported at those sizes. So that large of a tank will be years down the road. 55 would work for years but I believe the 50b would last the fish a little longer until the length became an issue. Theres no telling how long it would take the rhom to make it to that size. Some grow slow, some grow really really slow. Some will grow 1.5" in less then a year and some will grow .25" in that time.
Keep him on a good varied diet of prepared foods and keep up with the tank maintence at least weekly.
Get a good amount of filtration and some good current going through his tank and you'll have success.
Got any pictures to show off?
If you can get your hands on a 50 breeder it would be a hard choice to make between that and a 55. A 50b has a length of only 36" (55 is 48") but the breeder has a 18" width from front to back where the 55 is only 12".
A 50b is a very nice tank and would work for your rhom for a long time...problem is that sometimes they can be a little difficult to obtain where the 55 is a dime a dozen.
A 40b has the same footprint but is I believe two inches shorter....50b would look more pleaseing to the eye for me...the extra depth would be worth it if possible.
congrads on the new rhombeus.
Yes in the future a 75 to 100 gallon will be needed but captive juvinile rhoms never reach the lengths of the full sized monster rhoms imported at those sizes. So that large of a tank will be years down the road. 55 would work for years but I believe the 50b would last the fish a little longer until the length became an issue. Theres no telling how long it would take the rhom to make it to that size. Some grow slow, some grow really really slow. Some will grow 1.5" in less then a year and some will grow .25" in that time.
Keep him on a good varied diet of prepared foods and keep up with the tank maintence at least weekly.
Get a good amount of filtration and some good current going through his tank and you'll have success.
Got any pictures to show off?
Tango374;2141376; said:Got any pictures to show off?
I haven't taken any good picture but I will try to take some tommarow. Mostly now he is on feeders and frozen shrimp, but he will eat flake food which i give him roughly once a week. I was also thinking of feeding it crayfish which i can catch easily but im worried about parasites and also i dont know about the shell or the claws..(the shrimp i give him is pre peeled). any comments on that? im sorry for all the questions, but im fairly new to this and very interested.
I would ditch the feeders asap.
If you can keep the shells on the shrimp, then by all means do so but I have to de-shell mine. The shells are just more protein.
I wouldn't be putting anything from the wild in your tank. The chances of introducing something to your rhom are too great....same with the feeders.
I buy frozen shrimp prawns, catfish and tilapia fillets. The fillets are cut up to correct serving sizes for my rhom and stored in tupper ware containers in the freezer. There are also additives you buy to add more vitamins and proteins making them even better (I don't do that though).
I also offer frozen krill cubes and occassionally some bloodworms.
My old rhom I had easily trained to take pellets but I'm having a hard time with this one.
Get him off the feeders. Nothing worse then loosing a piranha...especially one as hard to get as a rhom to a sick feeder, plus the foods listed are way way healthier for him.
If you can keep the shells on the shrimp, then by all means do so but I have to de-shell mine. The shells are just more protein.
I wouldn't be putting anything from the wild in your tank. The chances of introducing something to your rhom are too great....same with the feeders.
I buy frozen shrimp prawns, catfish and tilapia fillets. The fillets are cut up to correct serving sizes for my rhom and stored in tupper ware containers in the freezer. There are also additives you buy to add more vitamins and proteins making them even better (I don't do that though).
I also offer frozen krill cubes and occassionally some bloodworms.
My old rhom I had easily trained to take pellets but I'm having a hard time with this one.
Get him off the feeders. Nothing worse then loosing a piranha...especially one as hard to get as a rhom to a sick feeder, plus the foods listed are way way healthier for him.
Tango374;2143460; said:Get him off the feeders. Nothing worse then loosing a piranha...especially one as hard to get as a rhom to a sick feeder, plus the foods listed are way way healthier for him.
I am not worried all that much about feeding him sick feeders as mine are quarentined 99% of the time (with 1% being i run low and i only have them days instead of weeks) I very much appreciate the other food sources though and im sure i will give them all a shot.
why dont you like to add the extra vitamins and proteins?
imo a 55 gallon would be your best bet untill he gets to about 7 inches. after that i'd get him in a 75 gallon or bigger something that has an 18"+ width. also do as many water changes as possible. feeders are actually more expsensive than other foods. i feed a combo of shrimp/talapia/catfish/salmon. you can soak the food in vitamins and minerals b4 you feed it or you can do it to a bunch of pieces and freeze it. which is what i do. my rhom is around 10" right now and its in a 75 gallon and he looks perfect in it. they only grow about an inch a year or so after they get past 7 or so inches.
