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Hi everyone. I signed up on this site a little while back and never was able to get rolling on my tank. Hopefully soon I can get this thing going. Not sure what i'm going to stock with. Always liked African Cichlids so i'm probably going to go with that. Still not sure what type either. Thought I would just share my tank and get any input from you all with regards to filtration and substrate and all that good stuff. Anyways here she is. Finally was able to get my stand about 85% done. Still got to build my door panels and paint the sucker.

Thanks guys! I do really like Frontosas and Tropheus idea. I guess i never really looked around locally to see if there are some decent breeders near by. My LFS has a decent selection on Peacocks that why I was leaning towards that. I'm hoping to have this tank see water by at least January.

Well big day for me today that I've waited to see for the better part of a year. I have the tank on the stand filled with water. Making sure my stand doesn't fall apart and going to start toying with a PVC overflow and the rest of the plumbing. Time for pics. That's my buddy standing by the tank for height reference.


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So went to home depot to experiment with pvc overflows. I built one out of 1 1/4" and that seemed to flow really well so I think im going to build 2 of those and that should over flow pretty well. Planning on getting some aqulifter pumps. One for each overflow to continually remove any air that may get trapped in the overflows. The stand is holding up really well with the full tank but just for peice of mind im going to add a few gussets for extra lateral strength. Today was a great day for me! Got my tank on my stand, started working on my filter and overflows and found out I passed all my classes this semester. Good times