spent 6 months stocking this...

[Fishkeeper88]

2 fire peacocks
1 orange blaze lithobates
1OB ruby red peacock
1 taiwan reef
1 eureka red peacock
1 electric blue ahli
1 fryer iceberg
1 regal peacock
1 blue moori
1 baenschi
1 deep red peacock
1 chipokea peacock
1 insignis
1 syno feather fin
1 syno short fin
2 golden algae eaters
and a ruby red growing in another tank to get bigger for this tank.
am I over stocked?
its a 55 gallon
i spent like 6 months stocking it with premium fish
spent over 950 dollars on the fish

 

[Cichlidjon]

what filtration do you have on the tank?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Your for sure over stocked

 

[Dean jones]

That's a 55 gallon,Jesus well over stocked me thinks ? But everyone's aquarium is different ? I've just found 2 of my 4 female Afra Jalo Reef are holding got a large net holding tank 10 inches by 6 inches...

 

[Fishkeeper88]

filtration is: fluval 305 canister filter, penguin 200 biowheel and an Aquaclear 70. 760 gallons per hour. most stages are biological. I overstocked on purpose to cut the territories. I still want oppinions

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Its overstocked for sure, but definately maintainable if you have a good water change schedule. Wish i had $950 to blow on fish lol. I think it looks great and you have some beautiful fish.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Its overstocked for sure, but definately maintainable if you have a good water change schedule. Wish i had $950 to blow on fish lol. I think it looks great and you have some beautiful fish.

thanks man I spent a lot of time driving up to 60 miles away to pick them out first hand.. the ruby red alone is an f2 supposibly and he is just an inch long already a colorful fish... i was lucky to get a few half price and still i spent a fortune... the eureka is getting his purplish blue... its awesome

 

[Fishkeeper88]

I feed 8 different types of food high quality flakes, pellets, wafers and whole frozen krill at different times and randomly. I have found that when i started feeding the krill and shrimp pellets for my catfish the cichlids enjoyed them also and they got brighter color and more patterns...

 

[Fishkeeper88]

water changes every four days of 15-25 % I have found works for this setup... I also breed baenschi peacocks in a smaller tank...

 

[Cichlidjon]

If your dedicated then more power to you!!! Ever gave thought to upgrading tank size?

 

[CichlidSensai]

Keep up on your changes and you'll be fine!!!! Fish get territorial move the rocks around! Great looking setup!!!

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Fluval Fx5

just got a fluval fx5 today filters 925 gallons per hour. so instead of running 3 filters at 760 gallons per hour i have one at 925 gph... also I took out the circulation fans because its a light current through the entire tank

 

[gman42]

Make sure to put the old media in fluval. This will prever a mini cycle

 

[HUKIT]

just got a fluval fx5 today filters 925 gallons per hour. so instead of running 3 filters at 760 gallons per hour i have one at 925 gph.)

Actually you'll have one filter pumping 600gph, that advertised flow rate is without media.

 

[cichlid_tank619]

Its overstocked for sure, but definately maintainable if you have a good water change schedule. Wish i had $950 to blow on fish lol. I think it looks great and you have some beautiful fish.

Wish I had that money too.. LoL

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Actually you'll have one filter pumping 600gph, that advertised flow rate is without media.

thanks for that information.... oh well its doing a great job and yes I used old bio max

 

[HUKIT]

thanks for that information.... oh well its doing a great job and yes I used old bio max

Even though their flow rates and tank size estimates are way over exaggerated its still a great filter. People tend to get caught up on GPH when available biomedia capacity is more important, one of the huge advantages of a wet/dry. I have 3 FX5's running currently and can't say enough good things about them until its time to clean the miserable thing!

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Even though their flow rates and tank size estimates are way over exaggerated its still a great filter. People tend to get caught up on GPH when available biomedia capacity is more important, one of the huge advantages of a wet/dry. I have 3 FX5's running currently and can't say enough good things about them until its time to clean the miserable thing!

lol you make cleaning it sound like a blast any tips or advice on this specific filter?

 

[HUKIT]

lol you make cleaning it sound like a blast any tips or advice on this specific filter?

Fluval FX5 Setup Tutorial Part 2 - YouTube

 

[Fishkeeper88]

awesome

this just happened... every one of my cichlids in one corner... so awesome