South And Central American Cichlid Setup Question

[orlok]

I have a 100L gal. setup with lots of rocks and African rootwood. I have a 5 in. red oscar, 15 in. pleco, juvenile 3in. Jack Dempsey, and juvenile 2 in. salvini. So far, everyone is getting along well. Obviously the oscar is the boss. I would like to add a juvinile firemouth.

How do you think this setup will work out?

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks guys!

 

[REDKID!!!]

i would think that 100 is to small for all of those when they are bigger... i would probably loose the JD or salvani if you wanted to add the FM or just skip it. I've seen that exact set up with the FM but the guy had a 125gal. tank. He had hiding places for the smaller fish, some fake plants in the back corners of the tank, some of the semi-big pebbles for substrate ( not like sand)

 

[balton777]

Your bio-load is pushing it already in a 100 gallon with just the 15" pleco and oscar in 6 months when your oscar is 10" and still growing. Oscars produce a lot of waste ya know. It might seem ok now cuz the fish are small but it'll fill out soon enough. I wouldn't add anything else. As a matter of fact I'd lose the salvini. Or keep the JD, salvini, pleco and add a firemouth but lose the oscar.

 

[REDKID!!!]

the oscar is fine in a 100 with other fish. Just loose one if you want the FM and incrase the filtration when the oscar gets bigger

 

[orlok]

Your bio-load is pushing it already in a 100 gallon with just the 15" pleco and oscar in 6 months when your oscar is 10" and still growing. Oscars produce a lot of waste ya know. It might seem ok now cuz the fish are small but it'll fill out soon enough. I wouldn't add anything else. As a matter of fact I'd lose the salvini. Or keep the JD, salvini, pleco and add a firemouth but lose the oscar.

Maintainence and filtration isn't a problem.

I have 2 Magnum 350 Pro Systems w/ Seachem Biomatrix media in the carbon containers, pre filters on the intakes (4 Bio-wheels total).

1 Emperor 400 w/ 2 huge bags of Seachem Purigen Media (2 Bio-wheels total).

2 Aquarium Technologies V sponge filters powered by a Coralife Luft airpump.

1 Lustar Jumbo Bottom Filter w/ filter floss and gravel for media.

Now I'm performing 25-30% weekly water changes. As the fish grow, the amount and frequencies of the water changes will increase.

I vacuum the gravel every 2 weeks (more frequently in time).

And filter maintainence is performed weekly on rotation.

 

[---XR---]

I have a 100L gal. setup with lots of rocks and African rootwood. I have a 5 in. red oscar, 15 in. pleco, juvenile 3in. Jack Dempsey, and juvenile 2 in. salvini. So far, everyone is getting along well. Obviously the oscar is the boss. I would like to add a juvinile firemouth.

How do you think this setup will work out?

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks guys!

i wouldn't do a juvi firemouth, to small, even at asult size. and balton, it isn't the size of the tank that matters with bio load, but rather the filtration and matenence in the aquarium

 

[phoenixx]

if your not too attached to the pleco i'd recommend trading it in becuase they are big crap machines. if your keeping it to control algae, good luck!

 

[---XR---]

the oscar is fine in a 100 with other fish. Just loose one if you want the FM and incrase the filtration when the oscar gets bigger

i love how you contradicted what you just lastely posted in this thread, and how before this he never mentioned what he was running as filtration

 

[balton777]

i wouldn't do a juvi firemouth, to small, even at asult size. and balton, it isn't the size of the tank that matters with bio load, but rather the filtration and matenence in the aquarium

Sorry XR you're right. I said that wrong. I just meant that the pleco and Oscar are going to make lots of waste so be prepared to do lots of water changes so not to overload the nitrifying bacteria. Is that correct? I don't want to give out bad advice.

 

[---XR---]

Sorry XR you're right. I said that wrong. I just meant that the pleco and Oscar are going to make lots of waste so be prepared to do lots of water changes so not to overload the nitrifying bacteria. Is that correct? I don't want to give out bad advice.

as long as filtration is proper, and from what i gather it is, then the amount of water changes would be the normal 20-25% a week, but i get what you mean.