niccomau

yea i dont know why its not done more often...maybe because the cichlids will dig up the plants...at least thats the reason im told all the time...lol...then i tell them only if you dont do it right

OMG that would look awesome...maybe use root tabs for the vals so that you dont have to use a fertilizing gravel...and no co2 cause it melts the vals for some reason

well I tried CO2 previously and I find it kind of a pain in the but. So I go for simple with Flourish Excel. I have tried Vals, but that was before I kept my better light on full time and got a pleco for the algae the snails don't eat. I will probably attempt them again, they did look nice. And they probably would look much better if I had the light with 1.5 wpg up versus the .70 watts over them. Thanks C2C! I think that planting cichlid tanks is where its at. I don't understand why you can't have rockpiles and plants! The fish love it, and nobody eats the plants...so I guess we are all happy. My next project is a 125g Malawi Predator Tank, I still haven't decided if I should plant it yet. Though I thought white sand with some valls and maybe some mosses would look stellar.

your tank looks awesome...im going to keep following your blog cause im doing the exact same thing
are you doing CO2
have you tried Vals

Im so excited that i found someone else who is doing a planted cichlid tank. let alone a planted Tanganyikan tanks