The downside and upside of downgrading

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JTRG05

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Unfortunately I'm moving soon, and just bought a new car, SO bills have become a littler larger than they used to be. Because of this I was forced to take down most of my tanks. I'm going from 7 tanks to just 1 tank, and gave away a good portion of my stock as well, and it was very sad to see them go :(

There is always a glimmer of light however, because of taking everything down, I'm able to stick it all in one tank.

Right now I'm keeping up a single 55 gallon with:
- 2 filters giving me almost 700 gph
- 2 powerheads rated for a 75 gallon (can't remember their gph)
- 2 40 gallon air pumps, 1 air stone for each end
- 75 gallon rated heater (tanks is against outside wall)

I also got to stick in the Ruffle and Amazon swords I had in my planted tank, as well as some of the Granite and Gneiss rocks I found in the quarry.

I'm also growing out 3 Texas's in here, hoping for a male, and I THINK I have one, but it is hard to tell. There is also 2 featherfin cats in there. I hope you guys like it, it looks like its the only tank I'm going to have for a while.

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Looks good and excellent choice of fish to keep in it, both the cichlids and catfish.

I feel the pain of having to downsize, but at least you could keep one tank up and running. A lot of people now a days have had to put them all in storage. So it could be worse!
 
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