dieselmack, when i first came to this site, i saw the pic of that 450 gal. tank. Next fall, I'm ordering a custom built 5x4 foot tank due to seeing yours. I saved it to my computer. That is my goal. I want a cichla tank that is heavily planted just like that. that is my inspiration.
the big fish were uprooting and thrashing the live plants and clogging the overflow with branches ect...with an 1800gph pump pushing, it would pull everything right to the overflow. I will be watching out for you tank 
