My new fish tank

[Coler]

180L Juwel Vision
Crushed Coral Substrate
Tufa Rock
Some (very!) fake plants...which will re-arranged this evening 'cause I don't like 'em.
Juwel internal heater, internal filter 500 (or 600 maybe) lph, extra internal filter & spray bar 1000 lph

No stock yet. All comments and suggestions re stock/decor appreciated.

My ph is 8

[Coler]

From the side

[Coler]

And from the other side :)

[Coler]

Earlier effort - less rock, no background

[Coler]

in fact I think this is the shot from the other side :)

[*Sarah*]

I like the set up you have there, but I'd just get some smaller plants to put in the front, like in front of the rock. Not lots of them, but just a few to bring some of the green to the front. Does that make sense?:11:

[jweintraub]

What kind of fish are you planning to put in the tank? Looks like the start of a nice cichlid tank???

[Chrona]

Yeah, I was just about to suggest that. Perhaps rearrange the rocks in the middle to create more tunnels?

Nice tank

[SouthernGal0682]

Looks beautiful...Maybe to green it up a little you could put small plants "growing" out of the rocks.

[Severus]

Very nice tank. I like the Juwel Visions

[Coler]

Been a while, made some changes - thanks for the advice. Here is where we are at now

[Chrona]

Been a while, made some changes - thanks for the advice. Here is where we are at now

Looks good! (pdf format? lol)

I think a small tunnel on the middle or slightly offset would be cool too, so it doesn't look as uniform.

[Incredulous_Ed]

Looks pretty good!

[Drumachine09]

Very nice looking tank. Why crushed coral in a freshwater though? lol

[cocoa_pleco]

very nice:4:

[Chrona]

Very nice looking tank. Why crushed coral in a freshwater though? lol

Raises pH, hardness, and kH

[Coler]

thanks folks

crushed coral = as per Chrona. There are some aulonocara & other malawi in their, so need the buffer. Also I like the look :)

[Drumachine09]

thanks folks

crushed coral = as per Chrona. There are some aulonocara & other malawi in their, so need the buffer. Also I like the look :)


And the pic is where???lol

[Chrona]

And the pic is where???lol

The first 5 posts? lol *bonk*

[Drumachine09]

The first 5 posts? lol *bonk*

*rubs head* ouch. My bad! lol

[A340]

Very nice tank, looks like a perfect set up for some Malawi's, however, 180l is about 48g, and that is a bit on the small side for Malawi's.

Patrick :22:

[Coler]

lol pic is first five posts...update hidden as pdf above because it was too large as any other format to attach

[Coler]

Very nice tank, looks like a perfect set up for some Malawi's, however, 180l is about 48g, and that is a bit on the small side for Malawi's.

Patrick :22:

well bigger would be better. Over-filtered, pwc at least 50% per week, gravel vac every couple of days and careful selection of fish is helping (I've brought a couple that had slightly too much 'character' back...i.e. they were bloodthirsty maniacs lol).

All male mix also takes a lot of the macho malawi posturing out of the equation.

It's a fishy gay bar :)

[A340]

well bigger would be better. Over-filtered, pwc at least 50% per week, gravel vac every couple of days and careful selection of fish is helping (I've brought a couple that had slightly too much 'character' back...i.e. they were bloodthirsty maniacs lol).

All male mix also takes a lot of the macho malawi posturing out of the equation.

It's a fishy gay bar :)
You'll find Malawi's not neccisairly always aggressive, but more or less always active (say good bye to your plants ... ;) ). They are great fish to keep, by far some of the most colourful other then saltwater. But they do have attitude.

I'd stick with some Mbuna's, they can be a bit more agressive but don't grow to be as big as other species.

[Coler]

good advice.

plants = fake :)