The Revival...

[Mr.Malawi]

Ok so i Revived my 100 gal.. removed the DriftWood then later today added holey rock and a few new fish.. tank has cleared up a lot since the driftwood was removed and the fish seem even more happy.. soon as i put the Holey Rock in they starting swiming in and out.. nice to see.. heres some pics.. and i plan on getting more holey rock..


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[masroberts9]

soon as i put the HR in they starting swing in and out.. nice to see.. heres some pics.. and i plan on getton more holey rock..

very nice rock.
you must be excited.....cant uderstand a thing you typed! :confuzeld::hehe:

masroberts9 added 1 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...

did you silicone it together or will it fall?

[Mr.Malawi]

no i stacked it pretty tight.. i even "smacked it around" lmao.. a little bit to make sure it wouldnt fall..

[masroberts9]

nice!!!

[Mr.Malawi]

yeah i i re typed that you were right i was pretty excited to post the pics.. i think it looks nice.. even better in person..

[masroberts9]

im trying to spend my dr foster and smith gift certificate. i got one for christmas. then dr foster had a coupon out there that was for a 20 dollar gift certificate after spending so much...so i have another....and since the order took so long to process....they refunded the shipping and nextday'd it to me. :D:D:D:D:D:D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Mr.Malawi]

what you getting me.. i just had babies don't i get anything? btw did you see that avatar of the reef? let me know if thats cool..

[bra8ndy8]

Looks really good.........wtg on the new fish and the rock!

[tsunderl]

Not sure I'd put any more rock in. Toss in some greenery and call it done. Rock looks good. Lots of little cubby holes.

[alta678]

I'm with T. Add some green stuff and call it a day. Very nice looking tank!

[Mr.Malawi]

you think so? there's like a foot and a half on each side empty.. i was thinking a little more not very much more..but.. i was also thinking of leaving it that way too.. and adding other things.. thanks for the comments guys..

[alta678]

Yes. Add some greenery in the back corners or from the rocks and tapering to the corners. If you look at the tanks at the aquariumdesigngroup.com website they use a lot of clean, empty, uncluttered space in their tanks. I tend to add just one more thing........:o

[bra8ndy8]

I don't know......mine is side to side stacked with rock.... I like more places for them to hide, and then I shove the greenery on the back wall.

[Mr.Malawi]

yeah.. i sat and watch the tank for like an hour.. i decided to add more rock but no side to side.. im going to make 3 sections.. center section which is up then a section on each side.. that way the fish can choose were they want to live.. and encourage breeding.. i am getting 4 15 gal breeder tanks in a few days so im going to see how i do.. so yeah soon i will get more rock.. and what type of plant you guys think i should use that wont get chewed up terribly by the cichlids?

[tsunderl]

That's how I have my 180 long set up... Three separate stacks of rock, then a few pieces of river rock here and there. I recently pulled out all the greenery that was in it and replaced it with slender bunches vs the poofy ones. It still gives them hiding spots, and more open swimming space.

Mason is the only person I know of that has real plants with cichlids that don't mess with them. It's pretty much 100% fake in my big guy tanks with some live in my juvie tanks.

[masroberts9]

but you have to get strong plants if they are real.....that hardwater is hell on most plants. i saw t's setups today and almost tried to carry them out. if only i were Atlas... greek good dude... :hehe:. fake works.

[alta678]

I agree with T on the slender grass looking stuff versus puffy. I like it with the holey rock. Straight and green with the visual texture of the rock.....nice!

[bra8ndy8]

Karen has plants with her cichlids.....

I like the tall slender stuff too.

[masroberts9]

i like the green mixed with red. if my red lotus had done better in the cichlid tank......too bad it looked like the seaweed i feed.

[mrsadler]

x3I'm with T. Add some green stuff and call it a day. Very nice looking tank!

[tsunderl]

but you have to get strong plants if they are real.....that hardwater is hell on most plants. i saw t's setups today and almost tried to carry them out. if only i were Atlas... greek good dude... :hehe:. fake works.

That would have been the last thing you did!!!

I'll have hubby take pics of the reset I just finished so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about.

[masroberts9]

T, your hubby gave a good tour. im impressed. he knew what all the fish were.