75g Cichlid

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75 is on its way to be up and running and ready for the moori to arrive....will post pics as i progress.....Holey rock is currently basking in the sun

its all good......I just am lost as to what the hell is going on.....never happened before

What's exactly wrong with it? I've had PLENTY of experience in dirty water b4.

philuponthepho wrote:

What's exactly wrong with it? I've had PLENTY of experience in dirty water b4.

Just cloudy...I guess I am making a bigger deal than is necessary...I mean, dang I only put the water in it last night....

Thinking about adding some carbon...I normally don't use it at all.....I run bio-spheres only in my canister

Your fine....just wait a whole day.

Holey rock has been added to the tank...Pics on there way

Here are some updated pics...Sorry that they are not that great....I will post better ones tonight

That's alot nicer than my fish tank. Let the water settle for another day and if it doesnt clear up, time to bring in the filter/carbon

philuponthepho wrote:

That's alot nicer than my fish tank. Let the water settle for another day and if it doesnt clear up, time to bring in the filter/carbon

Sounds good....Thanks

What do you guys think??? Let me know. I am open to any and all ideas. This is my first cichlid tank...I am thinking of adding maybe 2 or 3 plants.....yes.no???

Yeah I think you will need a background. A few of our members get there fake plants from hobby lobby. Much cheaper then fish store.

What about rock.....Do I need more???? Hiding places? I have this piece that is not cleaned yet...

How many fish are going in? and what kind?

Id clean that rock and deffently put it in there.

KMX wrote:

How many fish are going in? and what kind?

Id clean that rock and deffently put it in there.

Kind of cautious with that rock....it weighs close to 70lbs I think....not sure if the tank will support it with the other rock that is in there.....maybe for the 300

Fish list
Red peacock 2ea
Taiwan Reef 2ea
Red Jacob 2ea
Mamelela 2ea
Electric Blue 2ea
Blue Dolphin 2ea
Benga Paecock 2ea
and whatever else I see that I must have.......

Here are some pics that are a little better....You can see the cloudiness

Going to add some plants today....will post updates as they come

Sweeet. With the Peacocks you wont need to much Holey rock. If you get Mbuna they LOVE the rock and you will need a good amount.

cichlid mania wrote:

KMX wrote:

How many fish are going in? and what kind?

Id clean that rock and deffently put it in there.

Kind of cautious with that rock....it weighs close to 70lbs I think....not sure if the tank will support it with the other rock that is in there.....maybe for the 300

Fish list
Red peacock 2ea
Taiwan Reef 2ea
Red Jacob 2ea
Mamelela 2ea
Electric Blue 2ea
Blue Dolphin 2ea
Benga Paecock 2ea
and whatever else I see that I must have.......

Also I want to get the correct names to you if you don't know them already. Red Peacock? Red jacob? do you mean the Jacobfebergi Otter Point? The Mamelela you mean Lemon Jake peacock?

I could not tell you what the real names are.......I just got those names from searching around the internet

I will get the correct names of everything I am looking for and post links to them....Hopefully I can go through someone on the site to order from

Water is still cloudy

Time to turn on the filter/carbon

philuponthepho wrote:

Time to turn on the filter/carbon

Not what I wanted to hear

I've been hearing from ALOT of members here that you will need a micron filter pad. Clears away all calcium cloud in there.

So here is what I did:
I have a fluval 405 and I normally run nothing but bio max in it.....To get rid of this cloud I added a box of carbon and 6 polishing pads.....I noticed an improvement within 10 min. It has now been running over night and all i can say is wow!!!!!!
What a huge improvement...I think I will now be running polishing pads and carbon full time.....I am very impressed as to how fast that stuff cleared up the water and how clear it is....

Bring on the fish!!!!!