Re-scaped the 135

[Andrewtfw]

This has been a busy week for me, fish-wise. With a friend's help, I rehomed all of the former inhabitants of this tank, with the exception of the plecos. I added more sand, rocks and plants. I relocated my breeding pair of Aequidens metae, my Melini cories, Bolivian rams, and a few tetras into this tank. It is still a bit cloudy and the face needs to be wiped free of algae (not easy on an acrylic tank), but I am otherwise happy with it.

 

[spazmattik]

I think that looks great Andrew. I am not good with plants, what are the sets of broad leaf plants to the right? Are the swords?

 

[Acpape0]

Great work!


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[Andrewtfw]

I think that looks great Andrew. I am not good with plants, what are the sets of broad leaf plants to the right? Are the swords?

Yes, the largest plants to the right are swords.

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[kevin911]

That's gorgeous!!

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[jonclark96]

Looks great.


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[Localzoo]

Nice!


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[dogofwar]

Looks great, Andrew!

Matt

 

[festaedan]

Looks awesome!

 

[gravel_digger]

Nice!!!!


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[blkmjk]

Looks great. How do you like the bigger rocks in with the sand?

Drew

NO GOOD DEED SHALL GO UNPUNISHED!

 

[Andrewtfw]

Looks great. How do you like the bigger rocks in with the sand?

Drew

NO GOOD DEED SHALL GO UNPUNISHED!

So far, so good. I tried to get the rocks deep enough that any digging won't result in collapse. After looking at Lee Nuttal's tanks on fb and on his page (Google "cichlid scene"), I thought I'd give it a try.

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[chriscoli]

Love it!

What kind of lighting do you have on it?

 

[YSS]

Great looking tank! Love it. This tank would look great with a small school of wild discus! Congrats!

 

[Andrewtfw]

Love it!

What kind of lighting do you have on it?

The lighting consists of two Current True lumen led pro strips. I am looking to either replace them or add additional lighting that will bring out the blue in the tetras and metae. I am open to suggestions.

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[Andrewtfw]

Great looking tank! Love it. This tank would look great with a small school of wild discus! Congrats!

I agree, though discus are not in the plans. I do plan on adding four silver angels (I have two already), and 6-8 red head geos. I will also add more tetras.

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[halak]

It looks great!

 

[AquaStudent]

This tank looks great! Very relaxing. The dw on the left side is phenomenal.

 

[chriscoli]

Agreed, I love the sword plant, but I REALLY like how the left side is arranged.

 

[Andrewtfw]

Thanks for the compliments. The wood on the left consists of three pieces of Manzanita.

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