Large Fish (10" minimum) for 180 Gallon?

[ShmolanMcGolan]

Need help finding some good large fish for a 180 gallon aquarium.

 

[utahfish]

Need help finding some good large fish for a 180 gallon aquarium.

Whats your water hardness?

 

[CassCats]

A group of hoplo catfish.
Can handle up to 350ppm/20° hardness
6-8 inches each, but a nice social group of 3-4 of them would make a great bottom dweller

Megalechis thoracata (Spotted Hoplo) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

 

[ShmolanMcGolan]

Whats your water hardness?

8-9 GPH

 

[ShmolanMcGolan]

A group of hoplo catfish.
Can handle up to 350ppm/20° hardness
6-8 inches each, but a nice social group of 3-4 of them would make a great bottom dweller

Megalechis thoracata (Spotted Hoplo) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

 

[utahfish]

8-9 GPH

Is that your PH or GH.
Sorry i just want to make sure?

 

[ShmolanMcGolan]

Not sure tbh. The website I found it on wasn't very specific.

 

[utahfish]

Not sure tbh. The website I found it on wasn't very specific.

GH is the measurement of calcium and magnesium in your water. Usually your county water web site will express this in ppm sometimes DGH.
To convert ppm to DGH divide by 17.9.
So 300 ppm would =16.7 dgh which would be hard water.
Some fish need hard water some soft.
If the water report doesnt give you dgh or ppm then look at calcium ppm and magnesium ppm if listed add them together and divide by 17.9
If your PH is around 8 then your GH is most likely high in which case id recommend African cichlids. If the water is soft id recommend South or Central American Cichlids.
Either way for the size fish and tank you have id go to the cichlid forum on here and look around.

 

[Treestone]

GH is the measurement of calcium and magnesium in your water. Usually your county water web site will express this in ppm sometimes DGH.
To convert ppm to DGH divide by 17.9.
So 300 ppm would =16.7 dgh which would be hard water.
Some fish need hard water some soft.
If the water report doesnt give you dgh or ppm then look at calcium ppm and magnesium ppm if listed add them together and divide by 17.9
If your PH is around 8 then your GH is most likely high in which case id recommend African cichlids. If the water is soft id recommend South or Central American Cichlids.
Either way for the size fish and tank you have id go to the cichlid forum on here and look around.

That is a low-key inaccurate way to measure it. For me at least the pH and hardness is very low according to the council website from the water source but due to pipes and sitting in the water tank for a while it becomes very hard water.

 

[mbsqw1d]

That is a low-key inaccurate way to measure it. For me at least the pH and hardness is very low according to the council website from the water source but due to pipes and sitting in the water tank for a while it becomes very hard water.

So everyone will just have hard water coming out of their taps then?

 

[utahfish]

That is a low-key inaccurate way to measure it. For me at least the pH and hardness is very low according to the council website from the water source but due to pipes and sitting in the water tank for a while it becomes very hard water.

Without test kit the best guess is county water report, which ive found to be accurate for the most part but in certain cases like yours can vary, and your situation is the exception not the rule as generally most peoples tap water will match the county tap water report.
Having said that the poster lives in America where the different regions are pretty distinct in water parameters where as in New Zealand as its an island roughly the size of Colorado im going to guess the water from area to area doesnt vary much. Maybe the water is different on the south island than the north? Im not sure i never tested the water when i lived in NZ.

 

[Treestone]

Without test kit the best guess is county water report, which ive found to be accurate for the most part but in certain cases like yours can vary, and your situation is the exception not the rule as generally most peoples tap water will match the county tap water report.
Having said that the poster lives in America where the different regions are pretty distinct in water parameters where as in New Zealand as its an island roughly the size of Colorado im going to guess the water from area to area doesnt vary much. Maybe the water is different on the south island than the north? Im not sure i never tested the water when i lived in NZ.

Well, there are about 10 water supplies where I live, my water supply originates 10 km away. So in short, the tap water parameters vary massively over areas. The tap water in town tastes like your licking metal. Anyway, the council recording of my water from the area treated is 6.2 pH and around 2dgh. Over that 10 km distance, it has gone from 6.2 to 7.8-8.2 depending on the time of year, the GH tells a similar story. I think that has been impacted significantly from the pipes that lead up to the house from the water treatment shed and/or from standing in a water tank for long periods of time.

Just for reference

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Call them and ask, that way you can be sure.

 

[mbsqw1d]

Call them and ask, that way you can be sure.

Ask them what? If water travels in pipes? What the GH is of Treestone's tap water?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Ask them what? If water travels in pipes? What the GH is of Treestone's tap water?

I think everyone knows that water travels in pipes...

And yes, call to ask what his GH is.