100 Gallon South American cichlid paradise

Hey everybody, Ive been active in the cichlid hobby since early 2002, and Ive recently joined the MFK forums. Here is a peek of my latest creation, a 100 gallon all glass aquarium I got through a friend of a friend for only 200 bucks for the tank, filter and stand. It was previously a live reef tank so as you can imagine I put alot of work into getting all the sand out of it and carefully cleaning out the Fluval 404 and all the hoses and parts. I have since added my old aquaclear 200, a large airstone, and a ZooMed Powersweep 214 power head to help with flow and gas exchange.

Here is a photo of the day after I filled it up and added feeders to cycle it. I'm still running two 30 in. fluorescent bulbs.

Another view..

My now 13 inch oscar that I bought from petco as a baby in 2002 and my JD that I purchased from a LFS in feb. They are anxiously waiting for their new home to cycle in this pic.

Here is an updated pic from two days ago. The fish are thriving and I have since added a 4 inch Buttikoferi, a 5 inch managuense, and a XL Pleco. I also have live plants now too, the java fern is thriving but my fish have managed to almost desamate all of my Large amazon sword plants!

More pics to come..

bigspizz;2072215; said:

What are the dimensions? Looks like a 55....

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60" x 16" x 24.5"

Yes, I have been debating on getting a polleni/bleekeri or maybe raising a small Dovii in there until he get's too big and nasty and then I can find a bigger tank for him. What else do you guys think I should get?

ooo and my LFS has alot of beautiful looking good sized clown loaches for $20 each.. hmmm I think I might buy 3...