200G 8x2 South American Tank! **New Pics 03.31.11**

[beN]

So Next month I will be starting my 8x2 200G.

The stock for this tank so far will be.

1X Indo Datnoid
1X Male Marble Motoro
1X FW Yellowtail Barracuda

I will be adding a lady freind for the Male ray. I hope they get along.

Do I add Peacock bass??? or just keep it to the 2 rays??

For Filtration..

to start:

2 Rena XP3's.
I am little worried though, that it might not be enough. So I am thinking of upgrading of course to either an FX5 or a big Ehiem (as per charles ).


Lets hear some feedback!!!

beN

[2wheelsx2]

Why do you not want to sump it? Once you get up to the 180 gallon mark, sumps make a lot more sense, give you more water volume and make maintenance easier.

The rays are already a lot of bio load already, along with the Red Heads once they are full grown, since they throw substrate around.

If you're not going sump, I would get 2 big Eheims (2080 or 2260 or 2262) or 2 FX5's. I wouldn't even bother with the XP3's. You'd be cleaning them non-stop.

[charles]

2 x XP3 are not going to be enough.

[beN]

I think the sump would act as a water hole for my four legged's..

damn cats & dog.

the xp3's will be temporary until i move my Fahaka over to my other tank.

I really want a cppl 2080's. I think i will add one big sucker with the pair of XP's. then later on add another of course bye bye xp's .

Now what about Powerheads. I am going to want more water movement in there.

Any suggestions of what make & model should work well with the rays. They absolutely love current. So I want it strong but not over powering for the Geo's.

[tang daddy]

Why do you not want to sump it? Once you get up to the 180 gallon mark, sumps make a lot more sense, give you more water volume and make maintenance easier.

The rays are already a lot of bio load already, along with the Red Heads once they are full grown, since they throw substrate around.

If you're not going sump, I would get 2 big Eheims (2080 or 2260 or 2262) or 2 FX5's. I wouldn't even bother with the XP3's. You'd be cleaning them non-stop.

Gary is right! Overfiltering cant hurt, you can always build your own filter using a 15g garbage can filled with pot scrubbers have a top feed through the lid and return from below.....

[2wheelsx2]

So no enclosed stand I'm guessing? For powerheads, best bang for buck is the Maxijets with the sureflo mod. I'm running a 400 in my 125 and it's more current than my plecos even need, and I have red hump geos in there.

[beN]

sorry tang daddy.

i love my fish alot but not enough to put a garbage can in my living room ...

id pefer the so called method "plugging it off".. lol

charles has me really hooked on this 2080 idea. it sounds like a great filter.

[2wheelsx2]

charles has me really hooked on this 2080 idea. it sounds like a great filter.

It is a fantastic filter. I have a 2078 and want a 2080 now because it's a bit shorter and contains way more bio than even my monstrous 2078.

[bonsai dave]

Hey Ben . Did you get the acrylic 200 gallon tank from the ad I sent you? The 2080 is a great filter but give pat a shout he might have a new 2262 for sale that filter is a monster is rate for fish tanks up to 360 gallons.

[beN]

ahhh thats something i must take into consideration. I will have to visit the fella again, to make sure that i can fit a fat, juicy canister under. Im pretty sure i will be able to.

in your opinon garry, do you think the $400 is justified for an ehiem. or do you spend half & get the FX5?? my gf will think fx5 for sure ...

but im with chucky here, that 2080 has a super amount of bio room, probably really important for 2 Rays & the group of Geo's.

Speaking of Geo's do you find that they are aggressive towards eachother. I am noticing alot recently. Maybe I have to many males??