Have been working on getting my 90 gallon tank squared away. Driftwood added. Tank fully cycled. Trio of Red Tuxedo Swordtails & 1male/4 females Red Brick Swordtails. Plants added today: Java Fern Mat, bunches of Moneywort & Pennywort, small bunch of Java Fern, several different Anubias species. I have waffled all over the place trying to figure out what to put in here to work around what the wife likes in terms of fish. Had a discussion tonight and explained I would decide what will be going in the tank. Sooo... I was thinking of doing a tank sans heater. Really like Gymnogeophagus balzani. Tank is in living room and I live in SW FL. Lowest temp might be 68-70 for a couple of weeks. i know this does not exactly meet "cool down requirements". Rest of the year we live in central air with temps @ 73 at night & 75 ish during the day. Swords can easily handle this. Options would be to have G. balzani as a centerpiece fish & maybe some other smaller cichlids that can handle those temps. like G. terrapurpura. Other option maybe a trio of balzani ??? Water parameters: pH 6.7, kH 2-3 degrees, gH 9 degrees. My goal is to provide the best environment I can for my fish. If you believe this won't work feel free to critique and rip it apart. Very open to ideas and other possible suggestions. Any help will be appreciated. Pic of current setup...heater still running in tank; actual temp is 77-78 degrees (digital therm reads a couple of degrees higher).
