125 before (bare) and after ( sand added)

[Jason_S]

Why not a real sword plant? You don't need CO2 and expensive lights to grow them... I'm not all that familiar with some of your fish - are they plant Eaters?

Yeah the majority of them lean more towards being herbivores. I might try something like that in the future but for now just want to get something decent looking to hide the sponges

 

[Jason_S]

Couple of minor alterations

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

Wow nice really covered everything up
How do they all get along ?

 

[dan518]

Looking good,

 

[Imsobored152]

I would just paint the back of the tank. No need for a background.

 

[magpie]

So much better!

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

Everything looks great man. Get some better shots of those heterospilus they look incredible

 

[duanes]

I don't know how it is in Indianapolis, but where I used to live in the midwest, power outages were occasional in winter, so I would paint styrofoam insulation panels black, and tape them to the back, bottom, and sides of my tanks. Beside the nice black, and hiding of cords, the styrofoam provided enough insulation to slow temp crashes during the outages. I always kept one panel for the front at the ready to be taped on if needed.

 

[Jason_S]

And the finished product...at least for now. Don't laugh but I decided to go with a temporary background for now...its just poster board. Lol

 

[Reiner]

Nice grow out tank. I love the bocourti. Makes me miss mine that I had many years ago. Was the referee of the tank. Any time 2 fish squared off he'd just place himself in between. He ruled without violence.