I have seen DMACKs videos on you tube and it has made me want to get a couple of pbass. Im building a plywood tank 5'x3'x30" witch comes out to 230 gallons give or take. This will be the only home they will be in(my wife will make sure of that)for the rest of their life's. Knowing that I can't make up my mind. I would like some guidance. Thanks
Want to get Peacock Bass but have ?s
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what kind of guidance? what are your peacock bass questions specifically. it's much easier to answer specific questions than just pull random facts out of thin air.
no can do my friend
230 gallons IMO is not enough for one
your looking at 600+ for adult pbass!
they are open water fish and like space..
might as well scrap the pbass idea and look at cichlids
not trying to be rude..
maybe u can make it 8x3x24?
230 gallons IMO is not enough for one
your looking at 600+ for adult pbass!
they are open water fish and like space..
might as well scrap the pbass idea and look at cichlids
not trying to be rude..
maybe u can make it 8x3x24?
the measurements you gave for your plywood tank would actually make it a 280 gallon. for life.. and remember that peacock bass can live more than 15 years, and they never stop growing (though they do slow down considerably after the first few years), the only peacock bass i would think that would be ok (not necessarily ideal) in that size tank would be ONE or at the very most TWO Cichla Orinocensis.
i think there may be a smaller peacock bass but i don't remember which one it is, and Orinos are, by far, the most affordable of the small peacock bass (and prettiest IMO). i'll take my cheap ocellaris, temensis and orinos over all those high priced "rare" peacock bass any day.
i think there may be a smaller peacock bass but i don't remember which one it is, and Orinos are, by far, the most affordable of the small peacock bass (and prettiest IMO). i'll take my cheap ocellaris, temensis and orinos over all those high priced "rare" peacock bass any day.
In all honesty, you could keep a few a long time before they outgrew the tank if you started with juvies. Most people never keep a fish 10 to 15 years anyway, and plywood tanks usually develop leaks after a few years and are scrapped as well.
^^^I agree, possibly make the tank slightly longer though 6-8ft, Ive seen youtube videos of adults in 220 gallons and they look plenty happy/healthy.
good call in putting the fish's needs before your own interests (you dont see that much these days!) all cichla have the potential to reach 24". and ive seen 30"+ orinos in person. what people believe to be a 'small' adult cichla is in fact a fish that was stunted because its home was too small and did not reach it's full potential.CRF50HUGO;4433827;4433827 said:
your in socal i see. you should pay a visit to JohnPTC's shop and check out his 10,000g tank. look at the cichla he has in there, all over 24-30", and the monster Temensis are well over 36". then you decide if they can be kept in a 200-300g tank. for these reasons, i threw in the cichla towel a while back, and wont be doing it again
