Hey guys! I'm new to the site, forgive me if I made any mistakes here.
Anyways, heres the rundown.
75 gallon tank, good bit of aged driftwood, tons of Mexican river stones, and Texas Limestone.
built the stand, 80 lbs of sand, painted the outside background of the tank black, should have done it to my 37 as well.
here is the tank as it stands now
here is the Texas, the smallest of the 3 cichlids in the tank, but definitely will become the boss eventually.
this is the Green Terror. I want to say it's a female, I just don't know. It isn't aggressive at all!
here is the Jack Dempsey, without a doubt the current boss. Hardly photogenic in the new tank now that he can hide all over.
now, I'm not looking to add any cichlids. I have 12 Giant Danios in there now and they have settled the cichlids down a bit as far as bullying. Between the plants, driftwood and rocks, there isn't a lot of room other than at the top. I have two Aqueon heaters in there making the tank at 80 degrees flat. I have a 110 gallon filter running and 2 bubblers to get the oxygen up.
I simply want any opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. as possible. As far as any questions I have, I just want the best advice of how to get the cichlids to grow as fast as possible, while being as healthy as possible, staying away from any nitrate spikes or ammonia spikes of course. I forgot to mention there are 3 snails and a large catfish in there as my cleaning crew.
Well, I apologize for the large post here, like I said I'm new. Thanks guys!
Justin
Anyways, heres the rundown.
75 gallon tank, good bit of aged driftwood, tons of Mexican river stones, and Texas Limestone.
built the stand, 80 lbs of sand, painted the outside background of the tank black, should have done it to my 37 as well.
here is the tank as it stands now
here is the Texas, the smallest of the 3 cichlids in the tank, but definitely will become the boss eventually.
this is the Green Terror. I want to say it's a female, I just don't know. It isn't aggressive at all!
here is the Jack Dempsey, without a doubt the current boss. Hardly photogenic in the new tank now that he can hide all over.
now, I'm not looking to add any cichlids. I have 12 Giant Danios in there now and they have settled the cichlids down a bit as far as bullying. Between the plants, driftwood and rocks, there isn't a lot of room other than at the top. I have two Aqueon heaters in there making the tank at 80 degrees flat. I have a 110 gallon filter running and 2 bubblers to get the oxygen up.
I simply want any opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. as possible. As far as any questions I have, I just want the best advice of how to get the cichlids to grow as fast as possible, while being as healthy as possible, staying away from any nitrate spikes or ammonia spikes of course. I forgot to mention there are 3 snails and a large catfish in there as my cleaning crew.
Well, I apologize for the large post here, like I said I'm new. Thanks guys!
Justin
