90 gal african tank

freshfishies · May 24, 2011, 11:44:50 AM

I've been waiting impatiently to get my Africans a tank this size and it FINALLY happened

Needs a background and maybe some filtration tweaks, but here it is! YAY!

Aquafreak2 · May 24, 2011, 02:15:16 PM

Love your tank. great rock work. Little question for you. There is a blue fish to the left back and a deep red behind the thermometer. What are they??

Thks

Papdul16 · May 24, 2011, 02:34:09 PM

Looks like zebra's to me

freshfishies · May 24, 2011, 10:35:13 PM

Thanks Aquafreak2! I am in love with it

The blue one by the heater is a Yellow Tail Acei, the other blue in the left corner is a Cobalt Blue Zebra and the orange/red is a Metriaclima Estherea (red x red Zebra).

Brent Shaver · May 24, 2011, 11:53:14 PM

Looks great Jazz. Love the rock work

dan2x38 · May 25, 2011, 12:09:43 AM

Very nice love the plants too. rarely do you see an African tank with plants. I did and loved that tank. Great job!

freshfishies · May 25, 2011, 10:58:14 AM

Thanks guys!

Brent - I'll have to make a time when I can come pick up that cichlid from you that we've been talking about, now that I have the space!

Dan - Thanks! I love the live plants too and the cichlids really like to pick off any algae bits and play around the plants. I have a huge clump of java moss behind the rocks that they love to sleep & play in too. They're like my 'slimy' kids, lol! I love to watch them play

Aquafreak2 · May 25, 2011, 02:11:45 PM

Well I guess I will have to find myself some red x red zebra and a couple of cobalt blues as well. I have 110 gal that they would look great in. If you know of anyone who has some let me know.

Thanks

robt18 · May 25, 2011, 07:06:35 PM

Lookin good! Better than it ever did here

Glad you like it!

freshfishies · May 25, 2011, 08:12:53 PM

Quote from: Aquafreak2 on May 25, 2011, 02:11:45 PM
Well I guess I will have to find myself some red x red zebra and a couple of cobalt blues as well. I have 110 gal that they would look great in. If you know of anyone who has some let me know.

Thanks

I got my from Big Als on Innes, they usually stock them both on a regular basis

freshfishies · May 25, 2011, 08:13:33 PM

Quote from: robt18 on May 25, 2011, 07:06:35 PM
Lookin good! Better than it ever did here Glad you like it!

hahaha! Thanks! I looooove it!

Malvos · June 02, 2011, 02:27:13 PM

Nice tank, I'm going to be setting my 90 gal cichlid tank up soon too hopefully. Sounds like a similar stocking as well, RZ, Acei with Rusties and Saulosi for me.

freshfishies · June 02, 2011, 02:58:46 PM

That's great! Don't forget to post some pics

freshfishies · June 02, 2011, 03:30:05 PM

Thought I'd update with the background and we had to adjust the rocks on the left side.
Oh! And a new light. The other was a little too dark.
Thanks for looking!

magnosis · June 02, 2011, 08:14:37 PM

Niiice ! I love that kind of rock work

Is it intentional that you have no [mesh cone] (what's the word for that ?) on your filter intake ?

freshfishies · June 07, 2011, 06:40:01 PM

Quote from: magnosis on June 02, 2011, 08:14:37 PM
Niiice ! I love that kind of rock work

Is it intentional that you have no [mesh cone] (what's the word for that ?) on your filter intake ?

You must be looking at the curved output piece in the right hand corner? The intakes both have the covers.

90 gal african tank

Aquafreak2

Brent Shaver

Aquafreak2

Malvos

magnosis