New House-Reno-Tank

[Dearth]

If you get fresh water plants stay away from the surface mat plants those basturds grow very very fast and can take over your tank in no time flat

I also like the look of the "Wood" if you decide to get catfish I would make a cave for them but face it so you can see them nothing worse than not know if they are alive or not

Keep it up

[Nano]

ok so heres a few pictures.
My LEDs came in but they are the wrong colors. oh well we'll see if we can fix the this or not but I may just add a blue strip in instead.

anyway, 2 - 12k panorama pros is all it takes to light this puppy, no big light bills for me! Jelly?

I wanted to ditch the canopy I had built but needed something to mount the lights in so I whipped this up at work in literally 40 minutes so excuse any design flaws :P

K so heres some pics

mocked up with wood strips to mount to vs. having to weld a bracket in with tapped holes.

Painted lights are in


a few different angels now





oops forgot to add. my view from the couch

[Scythanith]

I like the lighting enclosure, it looks very clean from the outside!

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Like your entire setup...especially those skinny legs of the canopy. .very sleek. Looking

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

I like the lighting enclosure, it looks very clean from the outside!

Thank you eventually I will be refinishing the stand and the "skin" I made is just temporary and I will be doing it to match the light.
Glad ya like it.

Originally Posted by eli@fijireefrock.com

Like your entire setup...especially those skinny legs of the canopy. .very sleek. Looking

Thanks Eli they're actually just screws lol but they are nice ones :P

[Nano]

Sooo.. turns out driftwood is bad for cichlids. Did not kmow that. Apparently lowers the ph in turn affecting their health. Ok. So I picked up some granite from the landscaping place in town as granite is the rock most common in lake malawi. Blah blah...

Here we go. This is better then before and now I'm off to the races again. Picked up a few nice fish as well and have a few more lined up for tomorrow. Anyone going the the A.C.E. auction?

Here is the tank sorry not the greatest pics

[xblade]

That light looks real good..Tank looks great with the rock(needs more)
How are the fish getting along? That's a rough crowd...

[gregzz4]

Lookin good Kenny
I really like that light surround and how it looks on the tank from a standing perspective
I hated how my light glared in my face when sitting so I eventually build a pseudo canopy

You could add back the driftwood without any issues
I had piles of it in my 125g and no issues keeping it above 7.0
All you have to do is keep an eye on your pH and use alkaline buffer
Or better use SeaChem Cichlid Lake Salt
Even better still use SeaChem Malawi/Victoria Buffer
And if that doesn't take care of the driftwood issue, you could use SeaChem Tanganyika Buffer here and there. But watch it as this stuff is powerful and will raise you pH quite high (over 9.0 if you're not careful)

I recommend using the Malawi stuff, along with the Lake Salt, as it's blended for your fishies and will really help with attitude and color