90gal Cichlid Tank

[IronRyno]

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[SinisterKisses]

Nice. Who's that little guy who is peaking through the cave?

 

[sweetpickles7]

That is one massive tank!

 

[Hamburgler]

Looks great...is that a bala (or two?) in the back? It great to see one big like that.

 

[TabMorte]

I knew the Bala's got big but I have never seen one /that/ big. That's just HUGE.

 

[IronRyno]

that little guy is actually the other bala. Both are about 10"! I've had this tank going for about 2 years now.

(2) JD - 8" & 5"
(1) GT - 8"
(1) Firemouth - 6"
(2) Balas - 10" each
(21) Tiger Barbs

I really like this setup. I'm thinking of adding even more tiger barbs because I like them so much!

 

[TabMorte]

The barbs are schooling so nicely too it looks like! What a wonderful and HUGE tank.

 

[IronRyno]

some additional pics...



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[sweetpickles7]

Those are all just massive fish. Im alittle suprised that your tiger barbs dont get eaten.

 

[IronRyno]

I try to keep the big fellas well fed on pellets so that they leave the barbs alone. Seems to work ok.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Those are the biggest balas I've ever seen. Makes you wonder about people who get them for 20g tanks...

Have you ever seen spanner T barbs? I think they have other names too... anyways, they get up quite a bit bigger than the tigers, to 5-6" maybe. Might go well in that tank.

 

[IronRyno]

Never heard of those kind of tiger barbs. I'll have to check those out. Thanks!

It's kinda crazy that in a tank of Dempseys and Green Terror, that 2 bala sharks are the monsters!

 

[sphed]

do the bala's have much personality or are they just skittish?

 

[supra1997]

Very nice tank setup!

I miss my 125gal. I had a Jaguar, Dovii, and Red Devil in it before I moved into the city

I also had a nice 75gal with a massive Pacu in it! Biggest fish I have ever owned by far! I saved him from some goof ball whom had him in a 29 gallon tank. Poor fish couldn't even turn around in the tank.

Pics:
Big Guy 1
Big Guy 2

 

[IronRyno]

The balas are pretty cool personality wise. They play together alot, nipping each other and rubing up against one another. They pretty much always stay together. Cichlids have never bothered them. The only time they get real skittish is when I'm cleaning the tank. I had the lid off once and I swear one of the balas leaped a good 2 feet out of the water. Scared the crap out of me!
It was like a freakin mullet jumping!

 

[supra1997]

The Pacu in the picture I posted soaked me down entirely when I picked him up out of the 29 gallon he was in. The poor fish barley fit into the bucket I had him in. I got word that there was a good size pacu and he was in a 29 gallon tank. I assumed no idiot would have that big of a fish in that small of an area, but you can never assume in this world!