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I wanted to get some thoughts on what I plan to do with my two 150 gallon tanks. Let me know if this sounds like I'm on the right track, or if you'd suggest something different...
Tank 1: Was supposed to be my first shot at growing live plants. There is fertilizer mixed in with the gravel, and I set up rocks and driftwood, then added fake plants until I bought reall ones. Then I ended up getting a bunch of convicts and a couple of other cichlids in there, so I now have caves dug out and floating fake plants. I also ended up having to put my black pacu (about 12") my red belly pacu (about 18") and a royal clown knife (about 10") in there, since the 2nd tank is empty.
Tank 2: Used to house my big fish, but it's been empty for a couple of months.
I just finished taking the gravel out of the 2nd tank, and instead I lined the tank with black river rocks. I plan to catch all the cichlids
(just picturing how must easier this is to say than to do!) and move them to the 2nd tank. I have a ton of those fake mangrove root looking white plastic decorations, so I'll make some sort of arrangement with those for the meantime (until I can get more rocks/driftwood/holey rock to make something that actually looks good).
Apparently the algae eater must have been eaten in the 1st tank, because not only is it MIA, but there is more algae in that tank than I've ever seen. I plan to straignten up a bit (level out the gravel again, etc) and get some low light plants to (hopefully) start growing. I like a lot of the plecos and cat fish, so I'm assuming leaving the algae will give them something to keep them busy eating for a while (?)
As for the pacus, I'll probably put them back outside in my pond when it warms up again, so I think I'll leave them in the 1st tank for now. I'm not sure what to do about the royal clown knife fish though. Ideally, I want the planted tank to have lots of smaller schooling fish, various catfish, maybe some cool looking plecos, and (if this seems like it might work) some crawfish and shrimp or crabs.
So... since it's been a while since I've had anything but bigger fish, do you guys have any suggestions as to what fish or plants I should look to stock the 1st tank with? (sorry that this is sort of a re-cap on my intro post in the newb section)
Tank 1: Was supposed to be my first shot at growing live plants. There is fertilizer mixed in with the gravel, and I set up rocks and driftwood, then added fake plants until I bought reall ones. Then I ended up getting a bunch of convicts and a couple of other cichlids in there, so I now have caves dug out and floating fake plants. I also ended up having to put my black pacu (about 12") my red belly pacu (about 18") and a royal clown knife (about 10") in there, since the 2nd tank is empty.
Tank 2: Used to house my big fish, but it's been empty for a couple of months.
I just finished taking the gravel out of the 2nd tank, and instead I lined the tank with black river rocks. I plan to catch all the cichlids
(just picturing how must easier this is to say than to do!) and move them to the 2nd tank. I have a ton of those fake mangrove root looking white plastic decorations, so I'll make some sort of arrangement with those for the meantime (until I can get more rocks/driftwood/holey rock to make something that actually looks good). Apparently the algae eater must have been eaten in the 1st tank, because not only is it MIA, but there is more algae in that tank than I've ever seen. I plan to straignten up a bit (level out the gravel again, etc) and get some low light plants to (hopefully) start growing. I like a lot of the plecos and cat fish, so I'm assuming leaving the algae will give them something to keep them busy eating for a while (?)
As for the pacus, I'll probably put them back outside in my pond when it warms up again, so I think I'll leave them in the 1st tank for now. I'm not sure what to do about the royal clown knife fish though. Ideally, I want the planted tank to have lots of smaller schooling fish, various catfish, maybe some cool looking plecos, and (if this seems like it might work) some crawfish and shrimp or crabs.
So... since it's been a while since I've had anything but bigger fish, do you guys have any suggestions as to what fish or plants I should look to stock the 1st tank with? (sorry that this is sort of a re-cap on my intro post in the newb section)
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