55 Gallon Planted and 46 Bowfront African Cichlids

[monkE]

I just wanted to share a couple pictures of my two tanks.

The African tank is still in progress so there are only a couple fish in so far.

This one has been up and running for a couple years now.


Here is my first shot at an African Cichlid tank, I just did the rockscaping today and am going to slowly increase the population


Thanks for looking!

[bingerz]

looking good!!! did you say you found a rock place in burnaby? is that the one that's right off marine drive?

[clintgv]

Looks good. Make sure the rocks are really stable. Don't want them falling and stuff :O

[monkE]

Ya that rock place in on Byrne Rd. just north of Marine.... Landscape Supply something

I think the rock is quite stable, i guess as the fish grow they sort of arrange things the way they like it? It's all pretty heavy.

[bingerz]

looking good!!! did you say you found a rock place in burnaby? is that the one that's right off marine drive?

just read your other posts. i wanna swing by there one time just to check out what they have.

[monkE]

all of the large rock they gave me for free saying it was "samples" when i went in to weigh it.... it was posted in the bins for $0.24/lbs

the small polished rock i got a 10lbs bag of it at the Garden Centre on Nelson (just west of the rock place) for $10

[2wheelsx2]

just read your other posts. i wanna swing by there one time just to check out what they have.

That's Northwest Landscaping. They're not really used to guys like us buying 5 or 10 lbs of rock, and sometimes they'll just give you stuff free as it's too much of a hassle to weigh individuals. I got my river stones and broken pavers for 5 to 10 cents a lb there.

[240sx]

I really like both of your tanks! keep us update with pics

[Slopster]

Looks good.

Cheers.

[monkE]

Thanks guys... here's a couple more pics

i've got a journal going on the Cichlid one - CLICK HERE FOR JOURNAL

Here's a couple more shots of the planted tank - I have recently been quite lazy with this tank and neglected it quite a bit. I had stopped dosing (EI) and metricide. with no CO2 and no nutrients in the water column the plants took quite a hit. I have trimmed away quite a bit of dead leaves (i still have some trimming to do) and I have resumed dosing the tank at the proper schedule (EI) with daily x2 dosage of metricide
I think i'll start a journal entitled the "Road to Recovery" for this tank. Anyway, here are a few shots