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Doing this was the longest 3 hours of my life, but I'm glad I did it.

Here's a before pic



And here's the after pic.



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WOW! Very nice Jason.

Looks great! Did the light change or is it just a photo effect?

-Molly
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new bulbs. one of the strip lights has been on my 125 gallon. i moved it to this tank to give some extra lighting for the pics. I have recently only had 1 strip light on the 150 and it's not very bright, but the fish in the tank don't mind it

thanks everyone.

Whoa, the tank improved alot with just that gravel change! It looks great and alot more natural now.

Good Job Jason! It does look a lot more natural, what fish are in it?

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what fish are in it?

this is a long list, but most of these fish are still juveniles with a couple of exceptions. I always buy extras to allow myself a pair or 2 or to pick the most attractive and I plan on selling several fish in the near or distant future. anyways here goes. in this tank I have:

(5)Amphilophus robertsoni
(4)Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco Gold'
(2)Paratheraps synspilum
(4)Theraps wesseli
(1)Thorichthys meeki (firemouth)
(1)Thorichthys maculipinnis
(1)Archocentrus centrarchus
(2)Cryptoheros sp. 'Honduran Red Point' (only proven pair so far)
(2)Geophagus brasiliensis
(1)Cryptoheros nigrofasciatum (Convict)
(1)Lima Shovelnose Catfish
(1)Polypterus senegalus
(1)Polypterus senegalus 'albino'
(1)Polypterus delhezi

Jason

added some new plants...what do you think?

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Very nice! They're fake, right? (Just checking 'cause they mostly look like non-aquatics)

-Molly
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they are fake and I got them in the crafts section at wal-mart. they were potted decorative household plants. I chose these because I dont' like the looks of the larger sized aquarium plants, and smaller plants would be miniscule in such a large/tall tank. I was very skeptical about them at first, but they are starting to grow on me. Plus, the smaller cichlids have really enjoyed hanging out in the small clay pots hidden by the large plant on the right. These plants are by no means permanent (yet) and I can/will move them if anyone has suggestions to make things look better.

Jason

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Looking good.
I love that back ground can you give us some info on that please.
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the background is simply some type of medium to heavy foil that has been painted black in some areas. when I put the background on the tank, I had to squish it together in places to give it the 3d look. it also has other colors painted on it that don't show up in pics. that's the best I can think to describe it. it is a cool background though and I'm very happy with it.

Jason

this is for tryst. she took a lot of time creating an MSPaint sketch of how she would decorate my tank. So, I took a few minutes and moved some things around to put them how she drew it. Here's a pic of what she came up with. Just keep in mind that in here sketch were also 2 very tall corkscrew vals that at each end that reach the top of the tank.



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[span class="edited"][Edited by jason_r_s 2004-08-31 07:23][/span]

[span class="edited"][Edited by jason_r_s 2004-08-31 07:24][/span]

Thanks, jason. . . i bet it'll look great when you get some more plants and a few rocks in there. . .

you need to paint those terra cotta pots, though

Anyway here's the original sketch if anyone wants to see it:



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[span class="edited"][Edited by trystianity 2004-08-31 20:20][/span]

once I get the new plants the clay pots will be hidden so no need for painting. I bid on an auction for plants that ends in 4 days or so. Depending on how long it takes to ship them I should have them in a week and a half to 2 weeks.

Jason