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01-29-2005, 07:40 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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|  New 100g CA Cichlid Preface: This tank is a work in progress (aren't everyone's?), and I will use this thread to show the progress; consider it a journal. You will get to see my problems & achievements with this tank. I will try to include as much info as possible, along with multiple progressive photos, so it could get graphic intensive. I do enjoy receiving feedback, good or bad, so post away! Tell me what you think needs to go where and what I should add or get rid of! The photos are in .png format (I'm using Macromedia Fireworks to edit them. No changes to color have been made). One day after setup:  3/30/05  A new addition--Amphilophus citrinellus, Midas cichlid:   Equipment used:
Hmmm...foreground plants? Yes indeed! What do you think: hairgrass or tenellus? As soon as I can get some Sag. subulata grown out, I'd like to add that as well. Maybe some moss too. Also, I'm getting ready to purchase some fairly rare sword plants (sunset, kleiner bar, & horizontalis) as soon as I can find some balance in the tank. Sometime next month, I'm going to propogate my anubias nana's & spread them out some more; they're getting thick! Speaking of anubias, I want some coffeefolias! Other comments: OMG! Is that BBA on the d-wood? Yes it is  However, it is dying, and my plecos are tearing it up! I don't think they're eating it, but they are dang sure getting the wood clean! My GT does not harrass anyone except me when I walk up, but my severums like to pick on each other.
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01-29-2005, 07:54 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: South Carolina
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| Looking good but what huh, the thermometer? Whats that doing there  Looks like youve got plenty of foreground space to play around with. It'll be nice to see how the tank grows in once youve got a foreground plant put in. Also some moss might look good were the driftwood is recovering on the left side. And i say chop the sword plantlet and plant it. Looking good overall. Andrew |
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01-29-2005, 08:08 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California
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| Looking good  That E. uraguayensis is a biiiig plant, and should look great in there  I'd go for hairgrass, I think the very thin leaves will set off the "largeness" of the rest of the tank. Hefty looks a little saggy in the middle |
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01-29-2005, 08:32 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Frisco, Texas
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| Looks great Avalon. A beautiful balance of fish wood and plants. I love the color of the tank and I think that the rose sword will look amazing there in the middle when it grows. Speaking of which, how tall do those guys get. I have one in my tank now and it puts out new leaves all the time but doesn't grow really tall I probably don't have enough light to get it to grow up? Anyway beautiful tank. I love it I would defintely suggest dwarf hairgrass. I think lotus hit it on the head. I recently planted some in my tank and it is growing in great. I think with your set-up it would actually go completely nuts. Anyway I can't wait to see the progression of the tank. Keep us posted!! |
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01-29-2005, 08:48 PM
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| Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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| Thanks guys! You know, I really got the idea for hairgrass just today. I think it would be really nice! So hairgrass it is! I really didn't want to do the tenellus thing again. I agree that there is too much open space! Aaaah! That rose sword is supposed to get fairly large, but it's yet to do so...so we'll just see how it grows! And that thermometer...sorry...was tuning heater temps...it's gone now |
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01-29-2005, 11:00 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cape Cod
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I like that tank a lot too (except for the thermometer, but that's been tanken care of). Must make for some nice relaxing rooms. I can't puzzle out what BBA is... anyone care to enlighten me?
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01-30-2005, 12:57 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego
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| that looks awesome!!!!!!!!! question, i thought cichlids were into ripping up plants?
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01-30-2005, 08:24 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN
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| BBA=Black Brush Algae (Ugh!!) Beautiful tank Av, have been looking a the possibility of a cichlid tank, and looking at a lot of set-ups at shows, but yours is outstanding. Also, appreciate the plant list ...
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01-30-2005, 08:59 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: michigan
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| looks terrific just one question do the cichlids leave the plants alone or are they having them for dinner? just curious cuase i have cichlids too and love the way real plants look. really looks good cant wait to see what u do next.
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