my 470 gallon cichlid setup fish room

my diy overflow system. how i hooked uo five tanks on one main system. 125 gallon, three 55 gallons, and one 20 gallon with a 70 and 100 gallon sumps. red peacocks,blue peacocks, jack dempseys, red devils, blood parrots, green spotted puffers, electric yellows, assorted ob zebras, plecos, silver dollars, and many more

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[Deelove2000]

Its pretty easy with them as I look for long extended fins in males. The will carry on and show bright colors versus the females which tend to grow larger. I have a smaller planted tank for my freshwater set up. I've been trying to breed bettas in smaller tanks. My 125g saltwater just spurred some ugly algae after 8 years. Come to find the new bulbs I changed were wrong spectrum. Beware of different manufactures bulbs. IT DOES MATTER. Busted my thumb up but will post vids soon.

[cichlidmania26]

@Deelove2000 thanks man i ll look for those differences. Breeding bettas? Sounds fun. Ya I've been hearing that about other bulbs. Its a problem I've encountered as well. I guess don't cut corners on bulbs. Thanks for letting me know its always nice hearing more proof. Ill check your channel out.

[Deelove2000]

Like all of us aquarist we always experiment. Nice tanks. Any breeding in there? I bred convicts and dempseys but not the African Cichlids. With the heavy population keeping the fry was close to impossible.

[cichlidmania26]

@Deelove2000 yes that's the best part of the hobby. Well thanks man. Breeding? Oh heck ya. I do a lot of that. If you get a chance check my newest videos of my new fish room. I have moved and re set it up at my new place. I just posted an update on my fish room. I breed mainly african cichlids. I might have a breeding pair of dempseys which ill probably breed once and sell them all. What kind of signs do you look for in a male verse female on dempseys?

[Deelove2000]

This is an impressive set up but why not use a larger central filtration tank for your system with a open trickle and build your distribution piping around that with floss media. I find that keeps the water clearer than the socks. I bet your water changes would be better served using that rubbermaid for the change reservoir. Nice tanks.

[cichlidmania26]

@Deelove2000 I'm sure filter floss cleans my water better. I do have two 50 micron sock on the system which fills up in a 48 hour period. But for what I'm doing on this setup its just easier too have the room. Don't get me wrong I have experimented and built this system your talking about it just didn't work for me. Hey man thanks for the comment and the good job!!!!!

[Vibsx2000]

@irecoredpornos it's all together

[irecordpornos]

thats not 470 gallons ur dumbass so ur telling me you could fit 470 milk jugs in there yea more like 120 not 470

[cichlidmania26]

@Deelove2000 thank you very much. Well I have two 1600 gallon filters on this system with two uv lights built in. But yes I could build a sump like everybody else uses but I gain 170 gallons of space for more fish and a larger water capacity for my bio load. Water change out? Once a month and I over do it with a 100 gallon change out that is so simple with a garden hose straight out the garage door. As time goes by I started adding plants on an aquaponics setup leaving me with almost 0 nitrates.

[cichlidmania26]

@kevleisa thanks