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Dont forget the issue is water quality, bigger tank better quality, you can grow out a large cichlid in a 55 as long as you keep water quality...
The Amazonian;686399; said:
yes but you can only grow them out til they get close to size of the width of the tank. IE, I wouldn't grow a dovii out past 8-10" in a 55g, and thats pushing it.
Alot of people use the term grow out tank loosely. There's a difference between grow out tank and I want to pack 3-10 large growing/very territorial cichlids in a 55g because that's all I have right now and call it a grow out tank. Thinking if they don't do that then life just wouldn't be fair. Still suprised no one said anything to the guy keeping a midas in a 65g hex.
that would be me, the width of my tank is over 1.5 feet, and its about 2 feet tall, and it is a growout tank. so whats the problem?
RedDevilDon2005;686437; said:
Height is negliagable for the most part.
Width/Length are the concerning factors when picking a tank for such a fish. They will use height room but not near as much as width/length for swimming back and forth. The height could be one foot and it would be ok.
I can't believe that thing is only 18" wide. Unless I'm wrong you're providing him a 18"Lx18"W tank. I understand some people are on budgets and this is a growout tank but that's the suckiest footprint. That's all my point was.
RedDevilDon2005;686437; said:
well if it's growout ok, but everybody says that, and many of the people never get a larger tank, and hex's imo, suck in total fish room, the footprint of them is horrible, yours has no lenth to it at all, so how is the fish, sopposed to swim back and forth, even if it has width, it has no lenth to it, and height doesn't play a major factor in room for the fish. though i have seen a 360 hex, with a good footprint
RedDevilDon2005;686460; said:
Yes that's fine. I understand people aren't made of money or get in a pinch. As long as you get him out of there asap. I understand you got a good deal but you would have been better off with a 29g or 20g long or something even like a rubbermaid tub than that tank. Just a sucky footprint.
Actually that whole paragragh is negliagable as you can do what you want. Just hate the thought of a rd/midas in a 65g hex. That's all.
RedDevilDon2005;686463; said:
Sounds cool. Just make sure you go through with it and not have it end up like everyone else's "ponds"
