Recent content by red34

Thanks for all the advice. I've decided to go with a light brown playsand as substrate. It's a large grain sand with alot of small pebbles mixed in. I'll get some more pics when I get my canopy in and get the lights installed. Hopefully it all comes together more smoothly than my plant...

Allright well I made a bunch of changes. I found a dealer here and got some great Texas holey rock in bulk. It's not all perfectly bleached, but I was able to pressure wash it to a great white and yellowish tone. I scrapped the hobby plants, the turtle caves, and the grapevine driftwood...

The caves are some sort of resin like the aquarium decorations

With my having limited space for more caves, what types of things would you recommend to add into the tank? DIY pvc? What are my other options?

I'll scrap the hobby shop plants. Thought I had read some good advice about a way to save some $$... guess not

Here's a dry run without the equipment or substrate. The tiles under the small Driftwood pieces are unglazed travertine and I used small zinc plated screws to attach. Will I be ok using these? I read that the travertine was similar to Texas holey rock in that it'll boost your pH a little...

I actually have decided not to use any of the silk ones I picked up. All the ones that ended up working out are plastic. I assume those are all made the same??? They do have a metal shaping wire running through them. Will this hurt anything? Anyway, I'm planning to base it on african...

The building progress of my 60 gallon tall Marineland african cichlid tank

This is my first post here. I am brand new to aquariums... I've wanted one forever and finally took the plunge. I have been keeping a small 6 gal Eclipse System but have been wanting a big one. I found this one on craigslist. It retails for $350 at PetSmart but I paid considerably less 8)...