Progress pictures from the day I got him till now

[Vertigon_z]

1. 5 Jan

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2. 20 Jan

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3. 2 Feb

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4. 7 Feb

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5. 22 Feb

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Awesome Flowerhorn i see his Kok growing too. Can't wait to see more updates of this fella.

 

[Ruturaj]

Moved to Seattle yesterday, he lost some body weight and hump size during 2 x 3 day fastings (I had to fast him for 3 days for local move, fed him regular for 3 days and then 3 day fasting and shipping to Seattle).

 

[Ruturaj]

This us the new setup.

75 gallon marineland aquarium, stand, hood, lights
Fluval fx4 filter
Seachem tidal 110 HOB
Eheim jager 200W heater

Added a king kong parrot and common pleco.

Might setup a 40 gallon tank and use the above lights there and get new one for 75.

 

[Jexnell]

Keep us updated on the progression.

I am curious on long term use of the Seachem tidal 110 as its rather new to the industry vs the standard in the industry the Aquaclear 110's.

 

[Ruturaj]

Keep us updated on the progression.

I am curious on long term use of the Seachem tidal 110 as its rather new to the industry vs the standard in the industry the Aquaclear 110's.

Would be updating all relevant threads I created. I had a aquaclear 70 on my 40 gallon, will use it on new 40 gallon tank. If I didn't have canister on 75 I would have got 2 x AC110. Because of canister I decided to try tidal because of the surface skimmer and self priming.

 

[Jexnell]

Would be updating all relevant threads I created. I had a aquaclear 70 on my 40 gallon, will use it on new 40 gallon tank. If I didn't have canister on 75 I would have got 2 x AC110. Because of canister I decided to try tidal because of the surface skimmer and self priming.

I am curious as a like the skimming and self priming, tho I would hate to change over, then find out motors burn up or something.

 

[Ruturaj]

I am curious as a like the skimming and self priming, tho I would hate to change over, then find out motors burn up or something.

Yep, aquaclear have been out for a while and have been reliable. With canister I was confused, for the same reason, between fx4 and eheim 2217/600 as one offers many features and one was good old trusted filter. Bought fx4 for 150, so no regrets there.

 

[Jexnell]

I have 2x FX4's on one of my tanks. Great filter, but the maintenance is getting old and I am going to swap out to AC110's or the Seachem 110's.

 

[Ruturaj]

I have 2x FX4's on one of my tanks. Great filter, but the maintenance is getting old and I am going to swap out to AC110's or the Seachem 110's.
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Wow, that's a huge setup. You prefer HOB over canister? I think tidal's intake tube won't be long enough for your tank.

 

[Jexnell]

Wow, that's a huge setup. You prefer HOB over canister? I think tidal's intake tube won't be long enough for your tank.

The amount of work to clean a cannister vs an AC110 is night and day different.

The AC takes about 5min start to finish to do it's maintenance. Is super easy to boot. Vs a cannister.

Cannister: First have to disconnect the hoses. Move it out, get the top off. Clean it all, get it back together, and pray the seals hold. Move it back in place, reconnect the hoses.
AC110: get a bucket, put 5gal of tank water in it. Rinse bio-rings put in tank, rinse sponge put back in filter, put rings back, done

Both my 125s have 2 filters so each week a filter gets cleaned. Next week the other, following week back to the first etc. Over a couple years years all the work to clean a cann adds up.