[andrewss]

lookin even better!

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Thank you andrewws!

 

[Freemananana]

My neons actually school in my 75g now. But I have a few larger fish and it isn't species only. Cards are definitely prettier. The lack of a white spot is nice. I have a single cardinal in my school and he is just better looking in my opinion.

Netting the neons may be annoying. But draining the tank down to a few inches makes it a lot better. I caught my ~30 fish when I swapped tanks and then netted almost all of them out of the sump the next day. It isn't fun. Definitely took awhile too. May be worth it though!

 

[andrewss]

I think it is hard to say which school better, arent there too many variables involved with how well either school? It seems to me that they are very similar in this respect, just depends on environmental things like tank mates, cover, stress, etc etc... personally I generally like neons better, something about the dominance of the red stripe on the cardinals makes them appear taller or something, the neons coloring makes them appear a bit more streamlined or something haha..... but it is all taste of course

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Yeah you might be right Andrews. I wonder if my LFS would be chill about letting me do a swap and paying the difference..

 

[Xirxes]

cardinals get much larger, but once established are much MUCH hardier and as mentioned, more colorful with time.

I started with a school of 100 very small cardinals in 240 gallons, its been a year with them and i still have over 85, and they are 2" long each.

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

cardinals get much larger, but once established are much MUCH hardier and as mentioned, more colorful with time.

I started with a school of 100 very small cardinals in 240 gallons, its been a year with them and i still have over 85, and they are 2" long each.

Dang that's awesome dude, I gotta check out your tank to see them. Do you have a youtube video?

 

[Freemananana]

My LFS only offers 30% store credit on fish exchanges. Just a heads up for what to expect. I thought they would go nearly 100% for store credit, but that isn't the case at all.

 

[Hetzer]

Cool hardscape, looks great! love your tank

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Free - dang man! I'm a hustler though, I'll find another way to exchange lol.

Hetz - thank you very much. Really appreciate it. I am going to take a few more pics tonight as the rotala grew in nicely to cover the stands. Very pleased with the direction this tank is heading now.

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Hey guys hope you are having a good weekend. Made this video last night, check it out and let me know what you think:

http://youtu.be/kzA8LaaQjvA

 

[Kramflowz]

Looks dope man, good job

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Thanks Kramflowz. I wish there were more video posts on here so we could see videos of peoples tanks instead of just the pics.

 

[andrewss]

looks good! ya video updates are cool really shows the tank better than photos. I did one a few weeks ago.

Anyway, how are the pearls doing? They seem pretty friendly in the video, you have 1 male 1 female?

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Thanks Andrews, the pearls are doing great! A little territorial but only with each other. How can I tell if they are m or f?

 

[Freemananana]

I'd be more inclined to post videos of my tank if it were more than links that popped up. I often scroll over links without reading into them too much.

The tank is looking good by the way! I kinda like the height of the 90 gallon. You're definitely making good use out of it now.

 

[jsarrow]

Great looking tank. Curious what your thoughts are on the Sunsun 404B as far as flow out put? Does it seem high, low, medium? I'm thinking of using one on a 48 gallon tank and was wondering if the out put would be enough or might need a power head to maintain adequate flow?

 

[ChalupaBatman]

That hardscape looks awesome! Great work.

Can't say I disagree with andrews & free though, some higher peaks would really look nice and help take up some of that vertical space.

 

[Mikeygmzmg]

Great looking tank. Curious what your thoughts are on the Sunsun 404B as far as flow out put? Does it seem high, low, medium? I'm thinking of using one on a 48 gallon tank and was wondering if the out put would be enough or might need a power head to maintain adequate flow?

The 404B is pretty good! It actually matches the flow of the RenaXp3 if you have ever had one of those. Definitely not the 500+ GPH it states, but it gets the job done. I would say you'll be fine if you have one on a 48 gallon tank.

@Chalupa - thanks man. I couldn't agree more with the height suggestion so I took out those 3 towers and replaced it with a couple pieces of large Manzanitan Branches. I really made the scape take on a different look. Still needs some moss attached and some re-positioning, but it's good for now in my eyes -___-

 

[andrewss]

i like it with the DW