360 Gallon:
Well I've came am long way since I've been keeping Cichla. Some of you might remember when I got my 360 gallon a couple months back. Well I did do a couple upgrades to it. I had a couple small canisters that I put on it for some extra filtration. In Those canisters I put the polishing pads in there for the mechanical filtration. But the tank came with a 35 gallon storage tote as a sump. I put a spray bar on the pvc to gives the tank more oxygen. But I recently took that of and put a couple filter socks on there. I went to Amazon and bought a couple 50 micron filter socks along with 2 25 micron filter socks. I have a 100 micron on the outside of the 50 micron. And a 25 micron over that. Plus the bio logical media in the sump as well. I also went down to my local nursery and got a truck bed full of gravel for a total of $17. I only used about 1/4 of it for the tank and have my friend the rest. But after all that the fish seen to love it,the water stays clear, very clear. I do weekly water changes about 50% a week add salt all that. About once a month I do put Vitachem in there also. In this tank I have 5 F1 bahia kelberis 1 Mato grosso Azul, small silver arowana, 2 good sized Plecos, 4 red severums and a pike.
65 Gallon:
Now some of you might remember this guy. I got him about 2 months ago from Fish Heav3n. He's a 4" ipantgia kelberi. He's the only cichla in the tank right now but will soon get some more. He shares the tank with some small red head geos from Fish Heav3n. On just this 65 I'm pumping about 1100 gallon per hour of water. I have a FX5 on there and a Fluval G3 on there also. I also have a couple power heads in there. But here's pictures from both tanks and let me know if I need to change anything. Thanks guys
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Well I've came am long way since I've been keeping Cichla. Some of you might remember when I got my 360 gallon a couple months back. Well I did do a couple upgrades to it. I had a couple small canisters that I put on it for some extra filtration. In Those canisters I put the polishing pads in there for the mechanical filtration. But the tank came with a 35 gallon storage tote as a sump. I put a spray bar on the pvc to gives the tank more oxygen. But I recently took that of and put a couple filter socks on there. I went to Amazon and bought a couple 50 micron filter socks along with 2 25 micron filter socks. I have a 100 micron on the outside of the 50 micron. And a 25 micron over that. Plus the bio logical media in the sump as well. I also went down to my local nursery and got a truck bed full of gravel for a total of $17. I only used about 1/4 of it for the tank and have my friend the rest. But after all that the fish seen to love it,the water stays clear, very clear. I do weekly water changes about 50% a week add salt all that. About once a month I do put Vitachem in there also. In this tank I have 5 F1 bahia kelberis 1 Mato grosso Azul, small silver arowana, 2 good sized Plecos, 4 red severums and a pike.
65 Gallon:
Now some of you might remember this guy. I got him about 2 months ago from Fish Heav3n. He's a 4" ipantgia kelberi. He's the only cichla in the tank right now but will soon get some more. He shares the tank with some small red head geos from Fish Heav3n. On just this 65 I'm pumping about 1100 gallon per hour of water. I have a FX5 on there and a Fluval G3 on there also. I also have a couple power heads in there. But here's pictures from both tanks and let me know if I need to change anything. Thanks guys
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Wednesday is my last day! i have an extra sitting on stand by just in case. Im going to get some clear pvc! that seems to be the easiest! and probably would look better thank black.
