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Old 05-18-2003, 06:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default 55g Planted Cichlid tank

Here's a little info on my tank:

Size: 55g
Filtration: 2 Penguin 330's w/ 4 bio-wheels and a fluval 2 "plus" internal filter.
Substrate: 40lbs. of Sahara Sand w/ 35lbs of rock.
Lighting: 110watt GE compact bulbs @ 10k (on for about 14hrs/day)
Fish: 3 Med-Large "?" Cichlids, 1 male and 1 female Kenyi Cichlid, a red tailed shark, a common pleco, and a bristlenose pleco.
Plants: Several Bunches of Jungle Grass (VALLISNERIA GIGANTEA) Dwarf Sagittaria, Corkscrew Val, and 3 Large Amazon Swords.
Also I have set up a DIY co2 with two 2liter bottles running into the air-intake of the internal fluval.

Also two rather large pieces of driftwood. My favorite with the hollowed out root that is home to one of my cichlids.

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Old 05-18-2003, 06:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 05-18-2003, 06:43 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 05-18-2003, 09:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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looks nice goodjob
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Old 05-18-2003, 01:37 PM   #5 (permalink)
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That tank is beautiful! Nice fish too, great job.
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Beautiful tank.

When are you going to add more fish ?

Africans are great.
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Old 05-18-2003, 03:56 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Well I wasnt sure i wanted to add any more fish. I've already got 5 territorial cichlids and they each spend a great deal of time chasing each other out of "thier" respective caves. Is there any other kind of fish that would do well?
P.S. I do have a silver tetra (dont know what kind) that over a year old and gets along great with the others. He can be seen in the first pic at the top.

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Old 05-18-2003, 05:01 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Whats a chilid????
Just kidding ,looks good!
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um plants a chilid(haha) dont go together sorry though
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Old 05-18-2003, 10:20 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Sorry Jaws2, My cichlids or chilids and plants do well together. I guess you just need to know what plants to put in there. A broadleaf that is tough will never be a problem.
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