210 tanganyikan tank - start to finish

addicted2cichlids

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it no where near finished! its not my vision yet! i still gotta mount the heaters which im going to do right after this! get more rocks and pick out some fake plants and im DONE! ive just been taken my time and bs'n at that. no worries im really in no rush!
 

johnny_1993

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hahah nice . wht sort of lighting do you have on that??
 

Sic_Maggot13

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addicted2cichlids;1759860; said:
1 36" hagen sun-glo fluorescent. thinkin about getting another one since my tank came with 2 fixtures. going for that natural look!
yeah you deff need some more lighting so we can see them colors! :D now i dont want to take pics of mine :(
 

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addicted2cichlids;1759865; said:
im gonna get more lava rocks and spread them out towards the back and stack some. mostly all the tangs are hugging the rocks! itll color up when i get the fake plants in!
yeah i got like 3 big chunks of lace rock and im lucky if i see one fish out of the 7...kinda sucks but im sure they are just shy and will be all over the place as they get used to it and grow up.
 

fishoverlivingspace

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I'd say more likely its methylene blue(or could be a trace copper solution), and it's a disease treatment(a lot of distributors use it as preventative measures, doesn't necessarily mean the fish are sick). I've seen fish shipped in blue and green water before, and I think that both of them are used as something to keep the water somewhat sterile, consume any ammonia produced, slow the fish's metabolism, or all three.
 
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