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Thought I would post my Cichlid tank and see what everyone thought. I am open for suggestions since I am fairly new to Cichlids. Love the fish though!!! Just a little info on the tank. It's a 110 Gallon Tall (60x23x18) with a corner overflow and 55 gallon sump. I am running a 1000 GPH lift pump...

I have a 5 foot 120 gallon tank (60" wide x 18" deep x 22" tall) that I'm struggling to find a good solution for lighting. When I picked up the tank, it came with a matching 5 foot, single bulb T-12 fixture. The fixture isn't nearly enough to light the tank to my liking (the tank is in my...

Hello, Any suggestions for a Linear Air Pump to run 10 - 40 Gal Breeder Tanks. I had an Alita AL40 years ago and it was pretty good, but I want to know others experiences with other kinds. Thanks for any suggestions. Lorne

I'm thinking of redoing one of my 29 gallons. I've gotten quite bored with it. I would like to do a Tang tank. I'm fine with a single species or a couple of species. I'm looking for something that is relatively easy to breed, has a lot interesting behavior, and is fairly easy to acquire and...

I may be getting a hankering to restock my 40 gallon breeder. :eek: Current stock: pair of rainbow cichlids, 10 marbled hatchets, 12 galaxy rasboras, 2 albino BN plecos and 6 sterbai cories. Tank has black sand substrate with rocks, driftwood and silk plants to hide the equipment. I don't want...

I have some tanks I am going to set-up in my detached garage. What are some suggestions for fish that do well at sub-tropical temps? The tanks will be 40 breeders, so I don't want anything that is too big or too mean. I will probably get some Gymnogeophagus, but was looking for some other...

So I have this huge pleco (~9" nose to tip of tail, looks like a common pleco) that came with the tank when I bought it used. Well, it's a big...and kind of cranky fish...and it thrashes around in the plants, but we kind of like him/her. It's one of the few fish that we've named (Sir Poopsalot)...

My new fish room is coming together. It's 11.5' x 12.5' with a ceiling a little under 8 feet. I'd like to heat the room rather than using tank heaters. What kind of heaters do you recommend?

Obviously needn't specifically be someone who deals with aquariums, but, I am interested in purchasing a large aquarium and putting it on the main floor in my house. I want to ensure the floor is reinforced so that it can hold the weight. I also want to have some other tanks set up in a...

A couple of months ago, we converted our 65g tank to a lake malawi tank, and picked up a bunch of mbuna from danger_chicken. We since added some cool melanochromis from sonny_disposition. This was our first dedicated cichlid tank. We've really enjoyed that tank, there's lots of activity and...

Eventually, I would like to get an acryllic tank with an 8' x4' or 10'x4' footprint and have rays and arrows. I am not mechanically inclined, so I was looking at tanks on the aquariums for you site. I read Li's post on the MFK site about his giant tank, I'm not so much a do it yourselfer, so i...

I'm working on an experimental peat bottomed tank and I need an inexpensive fish that I can use to verify the tank is safe... yes, the proverbial sacrafice fish. And see if the stirring up of the peat with a fish in the tank doesn't a) drive me batty and b) cause issues for the filter(s) Water...

I need to get my 220 drilled. Does anyone in the area do house calls? It would be hard to get this thing to a LFS. Does anyone ever do this DIY? Any help would be great. John