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jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 8:39:30 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Sept 25, 2010 8:39:30 GMT -6 Here's a few pics of my 220g. All south american fish.
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bgates Guest	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 9:07:17 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bgates on Sept 25, 2010 9:07:17 GMT -6 nice set up nice fish too

vladsbtch FORUM BEGINNER Posts: 7	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 10:29:13 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vladsbtch on Sept 25, 2010 10:29:13 GMT -6 Nice JD. Your arowana sure has grown..

jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 10:44:44 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Sept 25, 2010 10:44:44 GMT -6 Thanks!! Yeah, the black aro is getting huge. Probably 25" or so now.

fishme FORUM PARTICIPANT Oblique Posts: 503	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 10:57:37 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fishme on Sept 25, 2010 10:57:37 GMT -6 Gorgeous tank. Are those Peacock Bass in the second and fourth picture?
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angel FORUM BEGINNER My Husband's A Birdbrain Posts: 40	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 11:15:59 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by angel on Sept 25, 2010 11:15:59 GMT -6 I'm thinking they are. And they're spectacular!

jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 13:04:38 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Sept 25, 2010 13:04:38 GMT -6 Sept 25, 2010 10:57:37 GMT -6 fishme said: Gorgeous tank. Are those Peacock Bass in the second and fourth picture? Yes, they are peacock bass. They are cichla ocellarus that were caught in some of the florida canels

jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 13:06:05 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Sept 25, 2010 13:06:05 GMT -6 The abino red oscar is free to a good home if anyone wants it. It was given to me and I don't need to keep it.

jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	220g SA Sept 25, 2010 18:34:29 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Sept 25, 2010 18:34:29 GMT -6 WOW, a few of those might out grow the 220?
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Sept 25, 2010 18:34:29 GMT -6 jon carman said:

WOW, a few of those might out grow the 220?

Eventually I will probably need to dedicate my pond to them or upgrade tanks. I might end up upgrading to a 8'X3'X2.5 as a permenant home. I'm not sure yet. I'll be OK for at least another year. The catfish doesn't have a known adult size so we will just have to see on him. I'm hoping he stop growing around 2' but no one knows for sure. With my filtration I could probably keep the 2 bass, aro, and catfish in there but time will tell. I've always got the 600g pond if I need it but I'd really prefer to display these fish.

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220g SA Sept 26, 2010 12:46:26 GMT -6

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How much do the peacock bass eat? I had three that would eat 100 feeder goldfish per week. Between the bass, arowana, and tiger shovelnose, you must be shoveling the food into the tank! And I am sure the oscars are not afraid of the chow bell.

davidtcb1 Officer Posts: 2,001	220g SA Sept 26, 2010 17:26:23 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by davidtcb1 on Sept 26, 2010 17:26:23 GMT -6 Awesome JD!

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Sept 26, 2010 12:46:26 GMT -6 mruble said:

How much do the peacock bass eat? I had three that would eat 100 feeder goldfish per week. Between the bass, arowana, and tiger shovelnose, you must be shoveling the food into the tank! And I am sure the oscars are not afraid of the chow bell.

I feed the pbass my cull cichlids or anything that I have an overflow of. They will eat market shrimp and fish fillet chunks as well. Everything else eats pellets only. My filtration is a FX5 and a sump made for a 400g tank on it with a 1600g/hr pump. I do a 75% water change every week.

signde CLUB Posts: 817	220g SA Sept 26, 2010 18:14:04 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by signde on Sept 26, 2010 18:14:04 GMT -6 is that a shovelnose i see? when i was into SA i always wanted one but never had a tank large enough. just out of curiosity, what media do you have in the fx5?
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The catfish is a LEI X TSN so its a hybrid. TSN get about 3-4", the LEI's get around 30". Most hybrids don't get as big as either of the parents but there is just know way to know for sure until it's grown. I'll just upgrade as needed or dedicate my pond to them. It really is a cool catfish.

I only use the bio media in my FX5, no mechanical filtration. It has the filter pads and is stuffed with cyramic (spelling) rings for bacteria. FX5's are by far the best canister filter on the market for larger tanks. They are a pain to clean but filter better then anything else.