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I don't know actually. I'll check when I get home tonight. I just know it came with the tank when I bought it at Petsmart.


Lol got the same one, the knob on mine is kinda annoying to turn, and wish the estimated temp was displayed on it to give an idea where to start tweaking from.
 
I agree 100%! It does suck that you have to play a guessing game when setting it up. Once I got the right temperature it's worked great. I check the water temp every time I feed them and it's never been off.
 
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Convict cichlid pair( my cat kept rubbing my phone while taking gave up getting the whole tank lol)
 
My 90 African cichlid setup. I just finished a substrate change and added natural rock and cichlid stones. I had regular gravel and switched to Caribsea cichlid sand. Here is a before and after. ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1398469697.106838.jpgImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1398469612.303650.jpgImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1398469644.181172.jpgImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1398469720.218147.jpg
 
Updated tank and DIY so far 70g

This is my updated mbuna bow front, who will soon be moving to my 70g that I am building this 3d background for! Work in progress...
 

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Closer to being done!

More dryloc! Got to fix the cracking from my concrete cracks. This project is taking a while. Soon will be painting/shading with different shades of conrete and then the sealer.
 
Forgot pics

This is as far as I am atm.
 

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55 gallon
Fish
1 Bolivian ram pair
6 fancy guppies (plus a fry that somehow survived(
6 sterba corys
6 harlequin rasbora
Plants
Amazon sword
Amazon compacta
Dwarf hair grass
Still waiting plants to grow in a bit more before i play with more aquascaping. Need to add some flat stone but will wait till i want baby bolivians lol.
 
Juvenile Demasoni/Yellow Labs

20 Demasoni and 5 Labs

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Both my 55 and 37

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My 50 gallon.. Planning on a demasoni only tank.. I'm still deciding on the scape. View attachment 235132

I like the rocks and the size of them in this pic. you could really create contrast with the sizes you have plus some smaller rocks. Post a pic when your done with your rock scape!

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Here's a couple more, closer this time lol. Electric yellows, peacocks, vevutus, pulpicans, and a featherfin cat. More to come.

I LOVE your background! How did you do that?

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Amie it's not a background. Everything is natural

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What I mean is that the 55 gallon is all natural plants and only one plastic decorative piece. The rock tank has all natural coral rock and one plastic decoration used to create the tunnel effect. I am not fully done with putting the rock in but it is coming along nicely. Thank you for the compliment though. I have worked hard on it.

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300 gallon amazon predator tank

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