My Cichlid Tank

[angelmom]

I got my 65 up and running. Let me know what else you think I should have in it. I'm going to be stocking peacock cichlids.

It is still a little cloudy but you should be able to see ok I'll take better pictures when it clears up. The filter on there is only tempary I just ordered a Emperor 400 and it should be here soon.

before the bubbles

after the bubbles

these are the little guys that Jessica (fishgeek) picked up for me.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Very nice!

 

[Panther28]

Looks good! What sand is that?

 

[mattistat]

i wish my tank looked that good were did you get thoes coolio rocks

 

[angelmom]

Thanks..the sand is $4.00 play sand from Home Deopot washed, washed and washed...still a little dusty but not too bad.

The really cool rock I got from Jessica (Fishgeek), but you should be able to find at your LFS.

I need something in there for hight do you think more rock or would something else do the trick and still look really nice.

 

[wayne]

Vallis. would do the trick.

 

[angelmom]

I don't want to sound stupid but what is Vallis?

 

[Limi310]

Very nice!! The tank cleaned up well

Vallis is a plant - Vallisneria, also known as Jungle Val, Corkscrew Val.

 

[angelmom]

Yeah my poor husband had to use some elbow greese...I can't reach the bottom of this tank either. Some days it really sucks being short.

Do they make that in a fake plant. I don't do real plants because of my black thumbs.

 

[Lotus]

Yes, that one comes in a fake version. It's got long grassy leaves that twist.

 

[Panther28]

Is that silicate sand. I am also using play sand from lowes. It is silicate sand and cuz of that I am having a hard time controling my brown Algae. Just as a warning look out for brown alage in your tank it appears after a few months.

 

[angelmom]

silcate sand? I'm not sure what you mean. But thanks for the tip I will kepp an eye out for it. What do I do if I get it, guess I'll have to look that up.

 

[RISK2123]

yeah if u could tell me what silcate sand is that would be really helpful. i have some of the same play sand from home depot, just havent put it in my tank yet. it will go in my planted tank so i dont think the algea should get toooo outta hand. but knowing what about it certainly couldnt hurt. any info would be much appreciated =)

 

[Kephren01]

You were looking at getting some height to your tank... you could try a lava rock or stack up some pieces of flagstone. You can get the flagstone at a local garden place pretty cheap, just make sure you wash it off. I just redid my tank with that stuff after a lot of critisizm on my old setup, and it looks great. I'll post pics in a little bit.

 

[nealio]

NICE!! congrats on the new tank!