New 120 gal setup pics + Blue Acaras beating Green Terror

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Jack Dempsey
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Here's pics of my new 120 gal setup

I added a Green Terror as the "centerpiece" as suggested by some MFK members but it's getting beaten by the Pair of Acaras. Should I leave em alone? There's enough room for it to hide and they only chase it to a certain limit and then go back to their territory. I think it's a female Green Terror which I tried to pick since the males are so aggressive.

Stock:
Male/Female Blue Acara
Green Terror
2 Firemouth
4 Clown Loaches
3 Bamboo Shrimp

Tank (2x 300 watt heaters, 2x powerheads for circulation and a bubble wall coming from 3 air pumps)

For Lighting i kept 2x Coralife 10k daylight 18" inches instead of the 24" fixtures because it seems too bright for the fish and since I'm not growing plants I like this look better.

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Tweaked AC 70 with sponge/3 inch gravel bed/11 lucky bamboo stems growing to help keeping Nitrates as low as possible in between WCs. (Not main filter)

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Overflow and Main sump filter containing Nitrazorb, Activated Carbon, Purigen, sponges, bio-balls and an extra bag of Biomax for extra bacterial growth.

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And finally the tank owners D:

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Opinions and suggestions appreciated :D
 
Nice tank. Beautiful acara's. One of my favorite cichlids. I'd love to see pics of the sump while you're at it. Keep up the good work, and keep us posted with updates. My money is on the GT eventually running the tank.
 
Thanks!

I hope the GT grows fast and can stand its own against the acaras cuz they've been trying to breed and seem super aggressive (only to the GT, they ignore everything else).

Will post pics of sump in a few mins

Gummy Walrus;4955497; said:
pics of shrimp?
o yea and,
BEAUTIFUL TANK!!!!!1!!!

here it is lol

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ElectricBlueSeanBurch;4955579; said:
Nice tank. Beautiful acara's. One of my favorite cichlids. I'd love to see pics of the sump while you're at it. Keep up the good work, and keep us posted with updates. My money is on the GT eventually running the tank.

I'm having trouble taking pics of the sump cuz it's in the back of the tank (which I can't move unless it's almost empty lol) as you can see in the pic. the stand is a mess. but this is it

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Rated for 125 gal aquariums by pro-clear aquatic systems. I place the extra filter media right below the egg crate/bioballs and the pump is a rio 3100 (900gph). pro-clear.com

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Here are some more pics of the fish without the glare from sunlight

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GT:

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As you can see they ripped a little of the caudal fin but he/she seems to be doing fine
 
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