75 gallon African Cichlid Tank

[chadw1920]

[morpheus]

looks like a nice mix and active tank. very clear water too. i like it

[Austy16414]

Lovin' the simple scape

[ptran]

Nice tank and fish. Love those rocks.

[ptran]

What kind of sand is it?

[chadw1920]

Pfs

[chadw1920]

Yeah you guys this tank is a 75 gallon due to the result of the 65 gallon tank that I had sitting on top of a bar that I took the sink out of it fit right in there but it was too heavy and I noticed it was slowly breaking through and you know it was almost getting ready to just fall right through that thing so I had to quickly break it down put the fish in some ice chest and I had to get another tank so I went bigger with the 75

[ptran]

Good thing that you notice in time. It could have been badd.

[chadw1920]

Yeah I about had a cow when I saw it

[chadw1920]

Thanks guys for the complements. I got a question though about the trophs. Could I fit a colony of trophs in this 75gallon. I have a americle wet dry filter that I was told it is good up to 150gallons and a ehiem 2217 and a aqueon 75 for filtration. Was thinking I may take these out and throw some trophs in. What are you guys thoughts?

[ptran]

Why not as long as you have superb filtration to keep high water quality and keep them happy. The key is keeping them happy. Many folks keep troph on here very successfully and can give you good advice.


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[chadw1920]

So I could do say 4 males and 16 female

[ptran]

That would be ideal size. With a colony of 20 adults, you might need to invest some more into more filtration. Also consider adding powerhead or wavemaker to add more current into the setup.

[chadw1920]

Yes I have a circulation pump in there already
How much more filtration do you think

[ptran]

I think rule of thumb is at least 6-8 times the tank volume for Troph. (I let other people keep me honest on this)

For example, your tank is 75 gallons x 6 = 450 gallons.

One possible combination:
Sump: 150 gallons
2 Eheim 2217: 2x160 = 320 gallons
Total: 470 gallon/hr
Plus powerhead