A brief description of the setup Tank: 55 Gallon tank (soon to be upgraded to a 120 gallon) Filtration: Rena Xp3 canister, Whisper 60 HOB Daytime Lighting: 2 15 watt full spectrum flourescents (09:00 to 19:00) Nighttime Lighting: 2 Coralife Aqualight 3/4W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Light (470nm)
2 Coralife Aqualight 1W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED SpotLight (470nm) (19:00 to 09:00) Substrate: 60 lbs of white gravel Rockwork: 70 lbs of Lace rock for the rock work Plants: Yes, all of the plants are artificial. The live plants were too much of a pain in the arse, so I opted to go back to the fakes. Ambulia, Hornwort, and 3 tufts of grassy looking plants.
Thanks Brie. I will post a few more pic here and there. I'm just finishing up on a DIY Tank Stand project so that has taken up a considerable amount of my free time. Sorry for the delayed response
Blue said:
Nice one, Steve. If I know you, you will end up posting hundreds of pics of your Tangs.:wink:
Thank you. Though there is no driftwood in the tank. Tanganyikan Cichlids require a high PH, Driftwood/Bogwood would buffer the PH down to levels below their normal habitat.
Oceane said:
Stunning. Is it a peaceful tank or do fights break out?
Aside from the occasional nipped fins, it stays pretty peaceful. Conspecific aggression with the Julies and the Fronts seem to be the biggest problem and that is very minor at best
Let us see pics of your DIY stand once it's finished. You must have chosen your fish a lot more carefully than i did. Ended up after loosing many with 2 P.Zebras that were always at each other although my tank had quite a few hiding places (not nearly as many as yours though). Eventually moved them to 2 seperate tanks. One is in solitary confinement the other shares with a green terror. Wish i could find adult females for them.
Of course, Oceane.
If I know him, he actually used to own Malawis.:wink: This tank shown in the pic is not only his tank. He has other tanks. 2 of them are community tanks.
I specialize much into Amazonian fishes. I used to have Malawis and Tangs myself.:wink:
A bit of an upgrade for my odd couple polleni and angelfish who were previously in my 55. Picked up this 75 gallon with a homemade stand. Nothing pretty, but it works. The fish, driftwood, and most of the plants from the 55 were moved in on June 3rd. I also moved over one of the cycled filters...
Hey there everyone! I wanted to post some videos of my 55 gal community aquarium in your forum. I hope you enjoy my videos, and if you have any tips on my tank or the video/editing, please shoot away! I am looking to improve ♥
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The 25g needs a major overhaul. Unfortunately, i cant seem to locate any 'great' pics before the rescape so this will have to do.
It was a jungle of ludwigia, so that had to go. :)
I decided to do a minimalist scape, and focusing on a select few species. And this time, it will be a peninsula...
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With my new additions, the bolivian rams i thought id share some pics of my planted 65g tank...
Angels, rummies, pencilfish, pangio sp., BN pleco, cories and now rams....
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I've been keeping a maintenance journal with the My Aquariums/My Aquarium Log on this site since 2009. But I haven't gotten the log part to work in forever, for my 75 gallon log and my aquariums. And when I try to make a new tank...
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