150 Gallon South American

[Amazonian13]

Hi there. Just some iphone pictures to start, but will take some high quality stuff eventually and a nice close up of all the fish. Let me know what you think. Just got the new tank up and running after the move to a new house, very sadly, had some cycling issues and lost my 6 month old tigrinus catfish I had spent years looking for to an overnight ammonia spike :"(, but everyone else is / has recovered well and levels are all perfect and all is well. Tank is 6 ft x 2 ft x 22" custom stand running with fluval 405 and fluval 305 with purigen and carbon. Will be fully planted soon, but now as you can see just has a few swords and others mixed with plastic for now. Currently housing:

(1) 10" Crenicichla sp. Atabapo or Crenicihla lugubris atapo (up for discussion)
(1) 8" Cichla ocellaris
(1) 8" Semaprochilodus insignis
(1) 6" Crenicichla sp. Tapajos Red
(1) 5" Hi-Fin Wolf Fish
(1) 5" Cichla monoculus

Also have a 75 gallon housing some loaches and (2) 2.5" Cichla orinocensis I am growing out for the 150 when they are no longer "snack" size. Let me know what you think!

 

[Amazonian13]

The Female Tapajos Red Pike hides all the time from the aggresive Atabapo male so was hard to get a shot. Got one of her in bag and others she is only peeking!

 

[Amazonian13]

Ocellaris and the smaller Mono plus some group shots...

 

[Amazonian13]

When theres feeders around the Atabapo Pike gets this dark black line down his lateral side and through his head looks awesome...

 

[Amazonian13]

Two Orino's Growing Out...

 

[Amazonian13]

Big Daddy Bass Napoleon and Alexander the Flagtail....

 

[Amazonian13]

Wolf fish only comes out of his cave at night and floats up in the plant you see floating in the top of the tank will get a good shot of him later

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

woooooooow

STUNNING

this has made my day, those fish are awesome!

 

[Amazonian13]

Thanks!

Thanks man! I got some shots of the wolf fish when he came out and a better look at my two little orinos...

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

They are all so stunning and in great condition, i'm in awe of that tank! Who's your favourite then?

 

[bettaowner]

The wolf fish and flag tail look amazing.

 

[Amazonian13]

Favorite

Hard to pick a favorite, I have had Alexander the Flagtail for almost two years so he has a soft spot, but my larger ocellaris Bass Napoleon I raised from a half inch fry who was getting bullied and almost killed in his original hatching tank and love how large and magnificent he is becoming. Also the pike cichlid is simply stunning swimming around with his long slenderness and that black white red dorsal is insane. This tank will eventually become a 225 -300 and will have a 6" tigrinus catfish, a 6" motoro stingray and a "4 inch azul bass or pinima / melanie if i decide to splurge.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

That sir was a paragraph from a true fish fanatic. And I must say, well done with raising that ocellaris, that's great how you rescued it!
please please put photos if/when you get the sting ray!!