Cichlid Aquascapes!

[xZMXD]

Im getting a 125G in about 4-6 months and want to know how you guys aquascape your tanks.

My tank is going to be american cichlids, but feel free to post pics of your tank.

FTS are appreciated haha.

GO!

 

[Gill Blue]

depends on the fish.
my oscar would rearrange the tank, moving plastic plants around daily, live plants would never last, not even when it was small, so I gave up and switched to plastic.
my severums never tried moving plants and liked to sit in them.
I'd start with a substrate you like, add some big wood and some stones and go from there.

here's how my tank looks now, depending on how the driftwood floats.

and some of the inhabitants, members of the centrarchidae family.

 

[xZMXD]

Cool tank! Inspirational for shore.

 

[xZMXD]

sure*

 

[jayren4]

Here is my 45 gal African tank I just set up 3 days ago and my 125 gal Severum or South American tank

 

[probassfisher010]

Not strictly cichlids, but the cichlids in there love it.


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[xZMXD]

Jayren4, the cabinet and hood on your african tank is amazing!

PBF101, very nice setup.

 

[jayren4]

Thanks, got it used for $50.00. Restained it, scraped the blue paint off and painted it black and ordering a new bulb to make the fish pop...50 lbs of rock from my local landscape yard - $7.00..

 

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

220g CA/SA

 

[ecoli73]

Driftwood mostly...