well going to need to get more silka play sand at menards, doing half pea gravel ( natural gravel ) and half sand.

I'm interested in seeing what it looks like after its cleared up bro. I added half gravel and half sand in my 240 and I really like how it came out. You can see it in this pic...and that's a Midevil, not a koi. Lol
What pH is your water at for the Africans and how do you buffer it? Do you used crushed coral? Around 15 years ago I used to have a really nice African tank(I actually traded it for a car lol) and I used crushed coral for substrate.
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and nice fish! any african set ups now ??