225 gallons, the cons are actually feeders that escaped gettin' nommed and started reproducin' in the rockwork, so there's actually a constant supply of snacks in the tank.
Almost all these fish were rescues or donations from folks who bought them with no idea what they were gettin' into and then were gonna destroy the fish after their tetras, platies, barbs, (insert any community fish here), etc. got nommed, or who realized that this fish didn't belong in a 20 or 29 gallon tank when it's nose was touchin' the front and it's tail was touchin' the back. I'm always gettin' hit up by people, ya know, "Hey, a buddy of mine has this fish that's killin' everything in his tank. Do ya want it?" Nom, nom, nom...yum. There's a drawback to havin' a reputation as the fish guy. I haven't used my 225 for fish I actually wanted in over 20 years. I actually was gonna make this a Lake Malawi rock reef tank and stay away from rescues when I set up the fish room 3 1/2 years ago. Guess I'm a softie...
The tank is filtered like crazy (2400 gph) and is a bit overstocked, everybody that wasn't already stunted is still growin' and they get along well, for cichlids. I've found over the years that the same strategy for overstocking used for African cichlids to reduce and divert aggression works with large SA/CA cichlids as well; it takes a much bigger tank and a helluva lot of filtration, though.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, my camera died a coupla years ago and my plan to get a new one last spring failed to come to fruition.
There's also a banded leporinus and a coupla large plecos, also donations, in there as well.
The three angels are in a planted 40 breeder with some tetras and otocinclus. I'm lookin' for some cupid cichlids to round out the tank.
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