My 90gal tall, pre fish and plants

[teamgs]

Greets,
Here is my tank, cycled and ready to go. Plants are on the way, and after they are in, then comes a community of fish. I wanted to try a planted tank, so I am not going with many cichlids, even though the rocks are made for them.

Tips, comments are welcome!

Gary

[WaterPond]

Looks awsome, what are your plans for stocking?

[rich311k]

Looks nice. I like the rock work. How much light do you have over that baby?

[WaterPond]

actually, after looking at the picture i think that rock pile is a little TOO much. If you took a few rocks off the top it would look really hoof JMHO.

Yeah, we need some more stats on the tank! :P

[teamgs]

Thanks guys! I may actually remove some rocks, depending on the look when the plants arrive.

I have an AC70 and old AC300 for filtration, a 300W visitherm heater, and a CurrentUSA Satellite Dual light running 1 96W dual daylight and one 96W dual actinic. Right now, the plan is to go low light plants, but I may replace the actinic with another daylight or dual daylight/actinic, and add some CO2 injection.

I have about 40 plants on order, mostly bunched plants , a few show size java ferns, anubias, java moss, etc.

I really haven't looked much in to the fish yet. I would guess some larger peacful varieties: rainbows, kribensis cichlids, gouramis, congo tetras, green tiger barbs , otos, etc.

Regards,

Gary

[severum mama]

Great looking tank! I think you did an awesome job with your aquascape so far, but the only thing I would worry about if it were my tank would be cleaning under the rock pile. I really like the background- is it a 3D background like the Pangea ones? If not, it sure looks like one!

BTW- there are plenty of interesting cichlid species that are generally good community fish, and will leave your plants alone. You mentioned kribs already, and others would be keyholes, Bolivian rams, blue rams, and any species of apistogramma, as well as angelfish.

[teamgs]

THanks for the tips on the other cichlid species! The background is a simple photo "roll", that I just finished putting on with the soapy water technique. What a pain!

I was also worried about cleaning under the rock pile as well. I am not sure how I plan on tackling it. I will have some java ferns and anubias attached to the rocks, so they may make it hard to move rocks. I will just keep an eye on the water quality, and plan on a semi major cleaning at least once a year. BTW, the rock pile isn't as deep as it looks. THe gravel slopes pretty high in the back, and the rock pile is only about 5 inches deep at most.

Regards,

Gary

[lyquidphyre]

What you could do is make a psuedo rock pile with it. You could put flat pieces of slate (somewhat stacked and glued together) and then put the moveable rocks on top. That way stuff won't get into every nook and cranny of the rocks. Or you could create a PVC cave type thing and cover it discretely with rocks so then you get the same effect but more hiding room for your fish.

[teamgs]

That's a very interesting idea about the "false bottoms". If I run into gunk/water quality issues, that route will most likely be the way I will go.

Thanks!

Gary