How's my rockwork look?

[FUEGO]

To make all your rock work and fish colors stand out, I would fasten a black background made out of black felt material. On the cheap you say, felt $5, velcro fasteners $4, viewing pleasure..............priceless!

 

[ozymandias]

The felt idea is pretty good. I might swing by walmart later.

I stacked the left over rock in front of the tank, on the lip of the desk, and I *really* like the effect. It's mainly some limestone/fossilized coral, and the low ridge adds a lot of depth to the tank.

I will try and get some picts later after the camera recharges.

I might be getting a PC fixture and putting some actinic bulbs on it to replace the shoplight fixture/plant bulb/ge 'cooler' bulb on it now.

On another note, I managed to get a working wifi webcam on the cheap, so I might be having a live feed posted at some point.

 

[ozymandias]

Fuego,

I took your advice, and it looks pretty awesome. I plan on taking some picts later.

 

[FUEGO]

Glad it worked out for you. Look forward to seeing those camera shots of your tank, enjoy!

 

[ozymandias]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35838728@N05/sets/72157614707461571/

Here is the finished, unstocked tank.

 

[greenearthlawns]

IT looks really great!! natural looking but at the same time you can tell you put alot into it~ looks like artwork...

 

[cichlidgirl]

Strange. I was under the impression that demasoni are primarily conspecifically aggressive, and that large groups reduce that aggression -- spreads it out. I picked the Acei and Yellow Labs specifically due to the contrasting colors, which is nice, since that means they are not going to be the target of aggression, as much.

Both the yellow lab and acei are also one of the most peaceful species of mbuna you can get so be sure to keep them with some mild mbuna, many mbuna are extremely aggressive and will kill or shred other species and even their own species. i had both species and they were so calm compared to the zebra species others i kept. I eventually had to move them out of the mbuna tank for their own good. I liked the acei swimming and occupying the top of the tank...