Bringing The Cichlid Tank Into The New Year
After two years, the Cichlid tank has been doing really well. The fish have grown larger and were starting to make the tank feel small. So we added more rocks to the landscape, about 10 new ones, filling the tank completely. Now there are several caves, and hideouts for the fish, so maybe more babies will come along too, we noticed one baby during the new set up.
We're also running a new 75gallon BioWheel filter in there, for more filtration, the nitrate levels were above average amount.
This year we're trying out some java moss and java fern by attaching it all to the wood. So far the Cichlids haven't been nipping at it, I saw one fish trying to eat the moss, but it just spat it out.
Hopefully the plants will kick in nicely in a few months!
Happy New Year
posted by alexsethalex at 2:36 PM
2 Comments:
I have a question about the tank from under the entry for "Monday, December 31, 2007--Bringing The Cichlid Tank Into The New Year". I absolutely love how the light on the left side of the tank is more natural, bright, and yellow...and how it is more dim, blue, and dark on the right side! Can you please tell me how this setup works and what you need to do it? I love the gradient light change in that tank and am desparately trying to figure out how to do it! Thank you in advance for your help!
-Jake
The tank is lit up with fluorescent tubes, 1 actinic blue and 1 day light. The yellow effect is a halogen bulb hanging over the tank pointed directly into the water. We replaced the halogen recently with a cfl bulb, works the same - and uses less energy :)
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