Epic Overhaul/Builds: 3D Backgrounds 300g-125g-120g

[Spiritofthesoul]

am thinking of setting up an RO system too

 

[JK47]

Good and bad news. Bad news is I messed up the ID on my Laetacara curviceps, they are in fact Laetacara dorsigera that get much larger and more aggressive than their smaller cousins. I missed a slight color in the dorsal my good friend "darth pike" over in the cichlid section helped me out (thanks again bro ) That said they had to be moved from the 10 gallon to the 125 gallon or the female will likely be killed by the male in the near future.

Good news is I pulled all of the plants out of the 10 gallon and added a guard in front of the plant chamber. I have a very stunted (found him in a filter) 3" BN pleco that is 2 years old (shut up clockwork! He is too real. you'll see now!). I hang on to him just to give him a good home. The 10 gallon is his now. No competition for food, tank to himself, ADA driftwood, pristine water etc... He lucked out IMO.

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The Laetacara dorsigera are cruizing this tank like it's gigantic lol.. My only concern is the large male Dicrossus maculatus, they are sizing each other up below. Hopefully they play nice.

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On to the update with the 125 gallon. I have found only a few stones that have the right autum/blackwater colors I want (transition dark water to light sand well). I will pick up another 10-15 this weekend and keep the best. I want an open "pennensula" in the middle of the tank with stones only, large dark wood on the right and on the left, the mazanita and my "stealth" wood plans on the left for a mangrove look.







The right side is almost done (7 different pieces of Malaysian DW) to resemble the large stump seen in the inspirational pic a few pages ago.







From the side of the tank you can see how much wood this actually is. In a couple of days this tank is going to be DARK stained water..

 

[Red_Belly_Pacu]

Wow, after reading and looking at the pictures on this thread, JK47 should be president of MFK.

 

[honda237]

looks good man, is that a jager heater i see? how do you like it? i just bought one used and its in a 10g, the dial seems really off, but i want to see if it holds a steady temp and get the tank down to 78F. I think i will finally subscribed to this, lol. i have no idea what to do with my 180g, i have two large pieces of driftwood, a small cave, and a small piece of driftwood. i added some river rock and my geos covered them up in a day, but nonetheless, your tanks are looking good.

 

[Mikiblu30]

Wow, after reading and looking at the pictures on this thread, JK47 should be president of MFK.

Looks great Justin, like the wood...kinda looks like the piece I have in my 50g. BTW new BG is being shipped today

 

[aclockworkorange]

Looking good bro, can't wait to see that new wood when/if it ever ships!

And why you gotta lie to everyone and act like you aren't building this 125 for your monster glass banging orange swordtail?

 

[Valous]

Congrats on all the set ups, and overhauls. I have read many of your threads and feel you have a better grip on the hobby then most. I will be refer back to this along with many of your threads when i am ready for geo's, mostly the Orange head. love there colors.

 

[JK47]

Wow, after reading and looking at the pictures on this thread, JK47 should be president of MFK.

Looks great Justin, like the wood...kinda looks like the piece I have in my 50g. BTW new BG is being shipped today

Congrats on all the set ups, and overhauls. I have read many of your threads and feel you have a better grip on the hobby then most. I will be refer back to this along with many of your threads when i am ready for geo's, mostly the Orange head. love there colors.

Thanks for the kind words guys, it means allot! President lol.. It's called married life and having too much time on your hands

looks good man, is that a jager heater i see? how do you like it? i just bought one used and its in a 10g, the dial seems really off, but i want to see if it holds a steady temp and get the tank down to 78F. I think i will finally subscribed to this, lol. i have no idea what to do with my 180g, i have two large pieces of driftwood, a small cave, and a small piece of driftwood. i added some river rock and my geos covered them up in a day, but nonetheless, your tanks are looking good.

It is a jager and honestly I don't like it. There is no light on it. It works but I have come to trust those lights that tell me a heater is working properly. That's why I don't like stealth heaters either. Never had a failure, just no light. 10 gallons is easy to cook or crash in just one night messing around with it

Looking good bro, can't wait to see that new wood when/if it ever ships!

And why you gotta lie to everyone and act like you aren't building this 125 for your monster glass banging orange swordtail?

Dude, seriously explain to these people I'm not kidding.. This swordtail is a mean little SOB. I'm pretty sure he has "thug life" tattoed on his belly..



Lets not bring up the wood.. We should pick up some plants and scape your tank today? I want to pick up my "stealth" wood and some RO plumbing pieces. You in?

 

[aclockworkorange]

JK47 has the meanest swordtail in the history of swordtails. Seriously, this thing puts CA Cichlid glassbangers to shame. Pound for pound, I would put him against any other fish. I've seen him boss around the huge rotkeil he briefly shared a tank with.


I don't think I can do anything today, I have a lot of errands to run.

 

[JK47]

JK47 has the meanest swordtail in the history of swordtails. Seriously, this thing puts CA Cichlid glassbangers to shame. Pound for pound, I would put him against any other fish. I've seen him boss around the huge rotkeil he briefly shared a tank with.

I don't think I can do anything today, I have a lot of errands to run.

Yeah that little guys is a total winner, taht rotkeil is an 8" male and the boss of the 300g... I am picking up the supplies for the RO setup on my way home so I'll get cracking on that and post pics of that setup later today.