OK, so here's my 125 CA setup, FTS and stock...

[balton777]

Dude both you and Justin have mad skills in aquascaping.

 

[RD.]

Really nice job on the aquascaping.

 

[cichlidfish]

Nice tank! Love the aquascaping and stock.

 

[Nexxus]

i gotta figure out how to get me one of those backgrounds. nice looking setup!

 

[DanG13]

Tank and fish look great! Job well done!

 

[aclockworkorange]

The tank looks great. Nicely done.

Thanks.

Love the overall look of the tank. Awesome choice of stock and background.

Thanks, I'm always moving stuff around but it's look ok to me for now.

Tank looks great, definitely worth the year-in-the-making. What are you planning to do with the 90 when you move the Cubans?

The 90 already has a 3D background, but there's a pair of cubans in there with a lot of fry so I don't want to mess with it right now and stress them out. They do all the aquascaping themselves.
Here's a preview of that tank:

 

[aclockworkorange]

Great tank and choice of cichlids. 3D backgrounds give tanks a more natural look when done correctly as you have. Your friend Justin (JK47) is another pro at this. I would like to see your other set ups too once you rearrange the fish. How do your fish interact? Is there much aggression?

The background actually came from him and he did most of the installation of the BG to be honest. I've done two other BGs on my own since then, but he gets all the credit for this one. Thanks a ton bro!

As far as interaction, every CA community has its quirks. Believe it or not the cutteri pair run the tank. When they spawn (CONSTANTLY, as soon as their fry get eaten they do it again) they get super aggressive. If you look closely, the cutteri male is the only fish in the tank with absolutely perfect fins.
Other than cutteri, the two male freddys occasionally battle it out since they're reaching sexual maturity to claim the nicest female. Interestingly, she seems to have chosen the somewhat smaller, more colorful male.
The argentea are mainly aggressive to each other, they killed the smallest one of the group a while back, and beat the snot out of the second smallest, but I put (guessing it's a her from the size) her in a hospital tank and healed her up and successfully reintroduced her, and she's been doing well now.
Black belt male is a jerk to his female, some days they're fine and some days she hides. That big rock on the left is actually a cave with an entrance cut out of the back where she can get in and he can't... He parks himself in the corner and watches her in the cave with one eye, biting the BG back there in frustration... Men, eh? He's ready to breed and she isn't going for it.

Damn, thats a nice tank man, great scaping

Thanks.

I have to say it is one of the nicest looking tanks I've seen, you did an awsome job with it, it really is somthing to be proud of. Your stock looks great too, healthy and well cared for. Great job!

Thanks a lot. They only get fed NLS pellets exclusively, and get lots of water changes.

Dude both you and Justin have mad skills in aquascaping.

Thanks. We hang out a lot and try to give each other tips, always good to have a second pair of eyes in aquascaping.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Really nice job on the aquascaping.

Thanks RD, the NLS is working its magic as well.

Nice tank! Love the aquascaping and stock.

Thanks.

i gotta figure out how to get me one of those backgrounds. nice looking setup!

All you gotta do is order one man. Thanks.

Tank and fish look great! Job well done!

Thanks, I try to keep them healthy for sure.

 

[jweav]

WOW!!! Now thats what a display tank should look like.

 

[peathenster]

Very nice! Fish look great too. You got me interested in 3D background again...any chance of a shot from the side?