Bigstick's 55 gallon Cichlid Tank-Update-9-22

taoyeah · 01-26-2008, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Demise

WOW, wonderful tank! Seems like everything is in perfect place.

i like the before more.now looks like in lfs the plants for sale in the tank.a little mess is more nature:P

**jinx©** · 01-26-2008, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by taoyeah

i like the before more.now looks like in lfs the plants for sale in the tank.a little mess is more nature:P

I can only wish we had LFS with sales tanks like this.

Great looking tank Big.

**bigstick120** · 01-27-2008, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by taoyeah

i like the before more.now looks like in lfs the plants for sale in the tank.a little mess is more nature:P

Sorry I dont understand what you are saying?

Thanks!

loachlady5 · 01-27-2008, 05:20 AM

Wow!!! What an amazing inspiration. The colors and variety are really visually intriguing. So the cichlids don't decimate your plants (sorry if you've answered this - I didn't read the whole thing)?

jaidexl · 01-27-2008, 11:18 AM

Bigstick, I think he was saying he prefers natural scapes to more uniform, dutch-esque ones. I like the after the best, myself, very clean and contrasted.

Steve Z · 03-21-2008, 09:57 PM

What are your ph and hardness levels?
what kind of substrateare you using?
could you tell me the names of your fish and are they carnivores or herbivores?

**fshfanatic** · 06-05-2008, 03:06 AM

Incredible! Simply incredible.

9am53 · 06-05-2008, 03:27 AM

I wanted to do something l.ike this a few months ago with firemouths and an oscar, but chickened out...I see you didnt and it seriously paid off for you! well done!

**akamasha** · 06-24-2008, 04:40 AM

WOWI have a 55 gallon tank and i can only dream to have it look so amazing !!! Thanks for posting this. I love it and i am so jealous

**lauraleellbp** · 06-24-2008, 05:59 AM

Seems to me overdue for some updated pics... (please?

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**Tex Gal** · 06-24-2008, 06:15 AM

Love your tank. It's gorgeous. I'm partial to the full tank look. Your plants are wonderfully place and love the color, texture, etc. Great! Great! Great!

NO wonder you have such great plants to sell!

**bigstick120** · 06-24-2008, 05:11 PM

Thanks! I should have an update soon.

01-27-2008, 05:20 AM	#79 (permalink)
loachlady5 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 858	Wow!!! What an amazing inspiration. The colors and variety are really visually intriguing. So the cichlids don't decimate your plants (sorry if you've answered this - I didn't read the whole thing)? __________________ 75 gallon tank: gH 12 degrees, kH 4 degrees/ PC lighting - Coralife Lunar Deluxe fixture 4X65W (2 GE 55W 9325K bulbs, 2 55W EIKO 6500K bulbs)/ 1 Penguin 330 HOB filter, 1 Penguin 125 - bio wheels removed/ Pressurized CO2: tubing fed into input of a maxi-jet 400 power head, 4 bps

01-27-2008, 11:18 AM	#80 (permalink)
jaidexl Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (35/100%) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 33919 Posts: 3,131	Bigstick, I think he was saying he prefers natural scapes to more uniform, dutch-esque ones. I like the after the best, myself, very clean and contrasted. __________________ 65gl Florida inspired - Flooded Forest - The Yin Yang tank - Apisto tank - SW Macroalgae

06-05-2008, 03:06 AM	#82 (permalink)
fshfanatic Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (24/100%) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,195	Incredible! Simply incredible. __________________ Ehfipimp #273 ( Eheim Classic: 2260, 2217, Eheim Ecco: 2236, 2232, Eheim Pro II 2026 ) Fluval FX5

06-05-2008, 03:27 AM	#83 (permalink)
9am53 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: canada Posts: 200	I wanted to do something l.ike this a few months ago with firemouths and an oscar, but chickened out...I see you didnt and it seriously paid off for you! well done! __________________ Fluval PEEEEMP #9, ya feel me!? MSF baby! Fluval 205 2xAC30 (it's Hagen; close enough!)

06-24-2008, 04:40 AM	#84 (permalink)
akamasha Hmmmmm Snails (View User Tanks) PTrader: (36/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Everett, wa Posts: 284	WOWI have a 55 gallon tank and i can only dream to have it look so amazing !!! Thanks for posting this. I love it and i am so jealous __________________

03-21-2008, 09:57 PM	#81 (permalink)
Steve Z Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chariton ,IA Posts: 121	What are your ph and hardness levels? what kind of substrateare you using? could you tell me the names of your fish and are they carnivores or herbivores?

06-24-2008, 05:59 AM	#85 (permalink)
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (53/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 11,728	Seems to me overdue for some updated pics... (please? ) __________________ Laura Lee's tank Journals: At Work-10 gal Shrimpy Crypt Jungle, 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank (in progress), At Home- 46 gal Low Tech Planted (in progress), 90 gal New World Community August 2009 Fishing trip in the Amazon; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin (in progress)

06-24-2008, 06:15 AM	#86 (permalink)
Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	Love your tank. It's gorgeous. I'm partial to the full tank look. Your plants are wonderfully place and love the color, texture, etc. Great! Great! Great! NO wonder you have such great plants to sell! __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank

06-24-2008, 05:11 PM	#87 (permalink)
bigstick120 Algae Eater (View User Tanks) PTrader: (162/100%) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,638	Thanks! I should have an update soon. __________________ My Photography site See the evolution of my 55 gallon My 29 Gallon

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