100 gallons African Cichlid Tank Setup

[Hopper3370]

Hi everyone, I’m trying to get help on how to setup a African Cichlid tank. Looking for gravel/base, decorations, good lighting, and a good heater? Any ideas or recommendations will be greatly appreciated!
I’m upgrading from a 20 gallon community tank.

 

[bill.marshall]

Just did mine to a 150 from 75.
I used Carabe Argonite sand, which keeps ph at 8.0 to 8.2 which they like. I did paint the back black. Cichlid like to move sand around, dig holes, if you intend to use rocks in the aquarium i would put plastic material on bottom glass, if they dig under rocks and tumble the pile, no damage to glass. Hope this helps...