Re: 35 gal dwarf cichlid

by bigeflashgordon Wed 17 Apr 2013, 7:12 pm

Thanks man,
Yeah it wasn't that great for me for a few weeks.. Ive heard horror stories like that before so I kept all my fish in holding tanks until the levels stabilized..I think I did like 5-6 large water changes over the next couple weeks to get the levels back down bc the organic matter was either floating, leaching into the water Collumn, or decomposing in the water.. I'm pretty happy with the results now Smile

might even start another planted tank in the future

by Win Wed 17 Apr 2013, 7:32 pm

Well when i did mine i just used the poting mix with no sand on it, it took like a whole month for it to stop floating debris, then a month later i put in two convicts and within a month they had spawned in there so i thought it would be safe. I caught all the convicts and moved them to the big 240 and bought like 30 cardinals and they were all dead in three days.... convicts are pretty much indestructable but that was rediculous.

by bigeflashgordon Wed 17 Apr 2013, 7:35 pm

Oh dang man.. I hope you kept the receipt.. I've never had any luck with cardinal or neon tetras.. I think I'll stick with my rams for now

by bigeflashgordon Sat 01 Jun 2013, 8:08 pm

Hey everyone after a big move 3 weeks ago everything is Great, but unfortunately I lost my male Bolivian ram after the move.. Sad day.. But I added a few plants including about 10 shoots of ludwigia repens.. I shot a quick little video so everyone could see the new layout and how everything has grown, so tell me what y'all think Smile

Enjoy

by shhh Sun 02 Jun 2013, 1:35 am

Nice vid man
I might have to try me a freshy tank oneday.

by bigeflashgordon Sun 02 Jun 2013, 2:55 pm

You should man, we could use more true planted tank guys locally

by Sparky Sun 02 Jun 2013, 4:20 pm

Looks Nice!

by shhh Sun 02 Jun 2013, 4:34 pm

I think i will once i find me another RR tank 100 gallons plus
tank.

Then i can use my AIO 40 breeder for a fresh tank.

My truck catching of fire a couple of days ago kinda screwed me over.
lol nothing major tho lol.

by Yeti Sun 02 Jun 2013, 6:09 pm

That's a great looking tank. I'd like to do that, but my Cichlids believe that digging and fighting have the same priority.

by bigeflashgordon Sun 02 Jun 2013, 6:52 pm

Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate yall's complements..Oh man that's no good.. Cichlids are beautiful but they can def make a mess of plants.. I've seen a few African tanks with Anubias, java fern and java moss and it looks pretty nice.. I bet if you attached them to driftwood it might help them survive and possibly thrive

by bigeflashgordon Tue 02 Jul 2013, 3:21 am

So a couple of my plants have started to flower up over the last week or two and I thought I'd show off the pretty little flowers for all ya'll lol I'm getting some really good growth and budding of new growth.. I should have quite a bit of amazon sword here very soon if anyone wants any. Ive got about 10-12 amazon swords growing out right now that came form the main host and 2 ozelot swords as well
This is one from my anubias nana. I've had it for about 2 years and this is its first flowering bud
35 gal dwarf cichlid - Page 2 Anubia11

This one is from my ozelot sword
35 gal dwarf cichlid - Page 2 Ozelot12

by bigeflashgordon Tue 27 Aug 2013, 5:16 pm

Hey all, things have grown really nicely and colored up well and with the addition of Barron's massive amazon sword, I thought Id do a little update and show you what my tank has grown into.. I wish I could show the colors better but this is the best I can get with a cell phone pic tongue

Hope you enjoyed!

by J.Davis Wed 28 Aug 2013, 9:31 pm

Tanks looking great Ethan.. love that Flower. Truly a water garden!

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