265g office tank done pics

[danielratti]

Watch him if you do plan on getting a chrysti I had problems with mine for a little bit when I moved them over to the 450.  Now they just pick off the mbuna I've thrown in.

[Steve]

Yeah I defiantly plan on a Chrysti soon, thanks for the heads up, when I do get one I'll be sure to keep close tabs on those two.

Good day today, picked up the 2nd 45g wheeled can for storing/aging water so now I can do 90g(30%) water changes using aged water. I also added a few more fish to help get the aggression down and it is fully under control now, almost to the point of being down right mellow now. Added my big male Dimidiochromis compressiceps and Dragonblood I had from a 55g tank. And Wayne stopped by and gave me a really nice bleekeri and a trio of 4" male Venustus so they are currently in the tank for the time being. Adding those really helped settle things down in a hurry. Thanks again Wayne

Monitoring water parms very close still and they are right were I want them with 7.7ph, 0 nitrite, 5 Nitrate, do have .25ammonia but that is because it comes out my tap at that level (still waiting for a reply from the water dept on that one).

90g of water storage area


And a few more pics of the tank / fish in it now

[Steve]

Well just had to net my first fish out of this tank. My 6" spilonotus tanzania could not hang with the big boys so he's back in the 55g tank. Took me a full 15 minutes to finally get a net on him .....NOT FUN

[Ron]

I can imagine it'd be a pain with the net. Maybe DIY a temporary divider of some kind that can be slide in to help split the tank up to keep the fish from swimming around as large of a space?

[kodyboy]

That tank looks awesome!!!!!!!

[Steve]

Just got around to making a short couple min vid of the 265g aquarium as well as a brief tour around the work shop and office where the tank is located

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkSB4vR0cU&feature=youtu.be

[Sean]

Lots of really nice fish in that tank!

[Steve]

Lots of really nice fish in that tank!

Hopefully will be many more after the auction!

[Sean]

Same here, I have a few tanks empty right now and I plan on re-stocking all of them there. Can't wait to see your tank after!

[Steve]

Just set up a 75g in the 265g's filter room as a q-tank for new fish. Bring on the auction!

[Ron]

How many fish do you have in there currently?

How many until you think it'd be "full"?

[Steve]

You mean in the 75g or the 265g? In 75g right now just the Livingstonii and a 6" pleco. I only moved two of the filters (bio wheel 280) and a smaller filter to the 75 for the moment, but I have two other extra filters running  on a tank with a dozen 4"-6" comets & koi in it which I will move over to the 75g once I get more fish from the auction, that way it will be able to support the bio load with the increased amount of fish during quarantine.

In the 265g currently there's about 12 cichlids, 10 Syno cats, 6 clowns and 3 plecos. Not sure how many more till I deem it full, but still a ways to go for sure.

[Ron]

In retrospect I did leave that ambiguous. My question was aimed at the display tank.