I recently upgraded from a 36 gal tank to a 75 gal tank. It has turned out great.
From my 36 gal, I had the following occupants:
Yellow Lab - 3 inches
Blue Scolofi - 3 inches
Orange Leleupi - 3 inches
aulonocara baenschi - 2.5 inches
2 Syn. Petricola - 2-2.5 inches
1 Frontosa, unsure of which - 2.5 inch
My new tank has a DIY foam and concrete background. I did all of the rinsing and the testing suggested it should be fine, but I was nervous about adding my fish that I had grown attached to over the last 8 months or so, so I decided to buy a few new ones to test it out.
Troph Duboisi - 1 inch
a second frontosa at about 2 inch
Venustus at around 2 inches
The Venustus was a last minute decision. I brought up the profiles on my iphone while at the store and I decided that I was okay with its aggression ratings, and I read about it being predatory, but I missed the size that it gets to! Do I need to find another home for the venustus in the long run? What makes me worry is I am adding a few white calvus and Chalinochromis brichardi, and I know they will not grow at the rate of the venustus and I dont want them to get eaten.
As far as the tank goes, everything is great. The fish love all the extra room they have now, and everyone survived the 1.5 hours in the bag between my apartment and my new house.
From my 36 gal, I had the following occupants:
Yellow Lab - 3 inches
Blue Scolofi - 3 inches
Orange Leleupi - 3 inches
aulonocara baenschi - 2.5 inches
2 Syn. Petricola - 2-2.5 inches
1 Frontosa, unsure of which - 2.5 inch
My new tank has a DIY foam and concrete background. I did all of the rinsing and the testing suggested it should be fine, but I was nervous about adding my fish that I had grown attached to over the last 8 months or so, so I decided to buy a few new ones to test it out.
Troph Duboisi - 1 inch
a second frontosa at about 2 inch
Venustus at around 2 inches
The Venustus was a last minute decision. I brought up the profiles on my iphone while at the store and I decided that I was okay with its aggression ratings, and I read about it being predatory, but I missed the size that it gets to! Do I need to find another home for the venustus in the long run? What makes me worry is I am adding a few white calvus and Chalinochromis brichardi, and I know they will not grow at the rate of the venustus and I dont want them to get eaten.
As far as the tank goes, everything is great. The fish love all the extra room they have now, and everyone survived the 1.5 hours in the bag between my apartment and my new house.