Recent content by Tlouzuzu

No reason besides i havent gotten to do alot of research on em. But now that you mention it, im gonna look into that.

I will keep that in mind when stocking. Thanks!

Its going to be a single species tank. We could use some of em for feeder fish if they do breed too. We got a 75 with a friends 5" cichlid that murders everything. So we call her Murderfish.

Im not foreseeing any illnesses but he wants fry to really establish its community. Keeping them will be fine, he just might not get any fry. But, we will see.

Yes, 2 different tanks. I know the water is gonna be a couple degrees cooler than they need but he doesnt really care. Gonna try it anyway.

Just one, the other one is going to be shell dwelling cichlids. They dont really match water parameters perfectly but he really wants to do that regardless if the parameters are fit for the cichlids.

Kinda did already, so instead of pvc i went with a hose to help out. I will post pictures of it all when its all set up. I really do appreciate the feed back, its calm of mind. If you have any other tips im happy to hear them

Thats kind of how we are set up, using a 550 gph water pump for qbout 55 gallons of water. Making sure the flow rates on the returns and the overflows have enough flow rate.

Are you saying if its a 20 gallon you run at least 200 gph of filtration?

Sweet, i dont wanna go to high with it and have a crowded tank but i might add a few extra rainbows in so i can try for the 1:2 male:female ratio to get the best color out of them

So ive been in the hobby for a little over a year and ive taken a huge direction into diy. We built a cabinet to house 2 20 long displays with a 20 long sump tank hidden in the bottom. Overflows are established with a 550 gph water pump back to the the top and everything goes down accordingly...