125 gallon cichlid tank

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shoothebunnies

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Hi im new to the site so please bare with me.

I have a 125 gallon tank, it has been set up for about 15 months now. In the tank i have the following:

1 Convict
1 Jack Dempsey
1 Salvani
1 Green Terror
1 Tiger Oscar
1 Jaguar Cichlid
2 Placos
2 Quarry cats

Thats it for the fish i have a lot of large rocks and driftwood for them to hide around. My fish have all been in the tank since the begining, they get along pretty good. My oscar is about 12inches, the green terrror and salvani are about 8 inches, the jag is about 10 inches, the convict is about 5 inches and the dempsey is about 7 inches.

I have a magnum 350, a fluval 204 and 3 penguin 350's for filtration.
I have a 4400 air pump, and 300gal metal heater.

Is my tank large enough for these fish or should i get another 75 and split them up?

Thanks
 
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I would get another 75 gallon possibly a 90 gallon for all those. put the con,jd and oscar in the 75 perferrably 90 gallon along with a pleco. and that might work you may want to get rid of the plecos if they are common plecos they get huge and are waste factories.
 
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I have 2 plecos and they are 12 inches in length, I was told i would need them in a tank that large is this a misconception? Would i need to add any other fish to help keep the tank clean?

Thanks
Dustin
 
no but the plecos can get 18-24 inches the jag can get 18 inches plus the gt can get 12 inches. with the 2 plecos and the jag full size you are overstocked in a 125 gallon let alone all the others. Oscars can get 12-18 in and will need 75 gallons himself the best bet would actually be to get another 125 gal. in my opinion for all those fish or get rid of some.
 
Fish dont clean tanks, people do. ;) Plecos(common type) can get monsterous, they are really a fish that should not be sold in the hobby. In reality, they will not be healthy on a diet of algae alone. here is a good article regarding that. There are other(and better) options if you would like a fish that eats algae, but that should not be your main reason to buy one. Algae can be controlled by keeping your nitrate levels low(below 20ppm). You should keep up with water changes, making sure to vacuum the gravel. On that note, could you provide you water analysis results, as well as details as to your maintenance routine?

Sounds like a nice tank, but i too would advise splitting them up. Got any pics of the tank?
 
I think that you would be fine if you got rid of the plecos. But only IF you got rid of the plecos. Otherwise i also would split them up.


- Jighead
 
I will get some pics up today.

I have never tested my water. I have a vacuum kit for my magnum filter and vacuum out the tank on a weekly basis. I clean the canisters on a biweekly basis. (one of them every week) The penguin 350's are rotated so every week one gets a new cartridge the other cartridges get cleaned.

I have never had an algae problem i just bought the placos because the pet store told me too.

Thanks
Dustin
 
shoothebunnies said:
I have never tested my water
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I suggest you get a test kit and test your water parameters. I would recommend the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kit and although it seems you have an established tank I would still test to make sure the levels were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and less than 20 nitrates.

I would also recommend you get rid of the plecos, trade them in or find someone that has an outdoor goldfish or koi pond. My petsmart recommended pleco got to about a 1ft before I put him in my boss's goldfish pond. Its been about 2 years since and he's about 18'' now.
 
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