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I have a 300 gallon tank that’s 8’ long x 2’ wide x 29” high. It’s scaped with plenty of wood and my water is dead neutral. My filtration is a 75 gallon sump with poret foam as media AND a refugium section with pothos to help keep nitrates low. I’ve seen that people can get away with a mix of...

I feel like those are the only two foods I haven’t tried lol. I’ll try those, struggling to find them in my area. I tried to find a chain of custody but sadly they didn’t have much info for me.

About a month ago I bought a 15-16” fire eel that was nice and chunky from my LFS. I intend for him to go in a 300 gallon I have, but for the time being I quarantined him in a 40 gallon breeder. I made sure to put sand and a pvc hide in there that he often uses. I’m also sure to stay on top of...

I have this custom Quarter cylinder tank that has a 34” radius and is 36” tall (very tall I know). For the last 2 years I’ve stocked a group of 6 spotted Congo puffers and a large shoal of 40 cardinal tetras with corydora and panda garra to compliment. It’s been great but I’ve been considering...

Got it. Thanks a bunch for the info, will definitely keep an eye out for that.

Got it, thanks for the info. For my EBA I have one male who seems to breed with two separate females, after pairing with one. Not sure if that’s normal but I’ll do some research to ensure it won’t be too crazy of an issue with one male a 3 females.

Got it, appreciate the advice. I’ll definitely have to monitor things and rehome fish as needed. I put in another comment that ideal stocking would be: - 2 Oscar’s - 4 severums - 4 Electric blue acara (1m3f) - 5 geophagus (1m4f) - 1 Zebrina pike This accounts for removing some extra fish and...

Got it. Appreciate your help by the way, my first foray into bigger cichlids. Ideally, I’m looking at a final stocking of: - 2 Oscar’s - 4 severums - 4 Electric blue acara (1m3f) - 5 geophagus (1m4f) - 1 Zebrina pike I also would like to keep a chocolate cichlid but I’m definitely flexible...

I see. Definitely wanted Oscar’s, if I were to shift things to try to make them work, what would you suggest? Is there a stocking where I can manage to keep both Oscar’s and the pike? Sorry to push for it but the family definitely wants em. All in all I would say the Oscar’s are priority

Gotcha. My intended final stocking would be: - 4 severums - 1 chocolate cichlid - 4 Electric blue acaras (one male) - 5 geophagus sveni - 1 zebrina - 2 oscars If the pike gets in the way of this otherwise fair stocking, I can rehome it

I’m definitely planning on removing some fish, especially as they grow larger. I was actually told on a few forums that a zebrina wouldn’t be bad (potentially even too shy, was suggested I get an atabapo as it would be better suited). If the pike sincerely won’t work I’ll definitely rehome it.

So I have a 300 gallon (8’ long) that’s currently stocked with: - 6 5” Severums gold/red spotted - 7 Geophagus Sveni 5” - 5 Electric blue Acara 4-5” - 2 Chocolate cichlids 3” I also have a 3” Zebrina pike that’s been quarantined for a month. He’s eating vibra bites and sometimes krill flake...

I bought a group of 3 red severums about a few weeks ago. I had all three in a quarantine but one got bullied and I noticed some fin nipping and had to separate the bullied fish. Unfortunately, also turns out they had Ich and I’ve been dealing with a bit of an outbreak. I’ve been diligently...

I could have misread, but from what I saw on here it said that range up till 75 will result in 3-6 days life cycle. I didn’t see the article explicitly state going beyond 75 won’t speed it up even more. If it did say that could you point it out to me.

Appreciate the reply. I’m curious to see what other opinions I’ll get here. I feel like I’ve heard almost on every source I’ve seen that raising above 75 definitely helps speed up the life cycle of ich, so I’m surprised to hear that it doesn’t.

Unfortunately I’m starting to see an early ich outbreak in my new 300 gallon tank despite quarantining. Currently I only have 5 electric blue acara and 7 geophagus sveni in there. The only other inhabitants are a group of ramshorn snails in my sump refugium. I’m considering using ich x but I’m...

Sorry I wasn’t clear but I haven’t fully stocked the tank yet. I only have geo’s in the tank currently, The Oscar’s will be the last addition, so the next fish to go in the tank are those acaras. I have a 75 gallon tank as a sump filled with poret foam. I also have an fx6 as backup in the...

So I’ve been stocking a 300 gallon tank (8’ long x 2’ wide x 29” high) with a community South American cichlid tank in mind. So far I’ve stocked it with 7 3-4” Geophagus Sveni. I’ve had a group of 5 EBA (about 3-4” as well) in my quarantine tank for about a week now, everyone looks healthy and...

Got it, I’ll probably give it a swing and if it still doesn’t prove useful I’ll scrap the fx6 altogether. It’s good to know my sump can handle the filtration alone, I also used poret foam from Swiss tropicals to try and maximize bio/mechanical filtration.

Thanks for the input, I’m considering this as an option. Alternatively, someone suggested I place the intake of the fx6 in the sump which should eliminate the issues of the overflow fluctuating. Do you know if this method may help?