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

ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?

KMX wrote:

ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?

Eww nice? Like the holey rock is fugly? lol.

KMX wrote:

ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?

Going to put the rock in the water later today...just letting it get as much sun as possible....

not eww as in gross. Eww as in nice. I like.

Just walked past the tank and the water is starting to cloud up on my....wonder if its part of cycle or if something else is happening

philuponthepho wrote:

KMX wrote:

ewwwww nice.. That is going to look good for the center peice. When will you have it all up with water in it?

Eww nice? Like the holey rock is fugly? lol.

lol

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

it could be from the rock. sometimes they off gas or are kind of powdery and disolve in the water quickly. this is rare and should last long.

Thats what caused mine to turn UBER cloudy. I'm doing 50% water changes for the next week b/c the site is so ghastly. I would a microcloth like Fern suggested but I couldn't find any at petstore.

Did you wash the gravel and holey rock off? The holey rock can be pretty dirty at times.

philuponthepho wrote:

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

it could be from the rock. sometimes they off gas or are kind of powdery and disolve in the water quickly. this is rare and should last long.

Thats what caused mine to turn UBER cloudy. I'm doing 50% water changes for the next week b/c the site is so ghastly. I would a microcloth like Fern suggested but I couldn't find any at petstore.

the only rock that has been added is the black rocks from the pet store

Me? or cichlid mania.

KMX wrote:

Did you wash the gravel and holey rock off? The holey rock can be pretty dirty at times.

The gravel was washed and the holey rock that is posted above is not in the tank yet.....however i did soak it in a bleach/water solution for exactly 2 weeks and then pressure washed it 2 different times

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

i thought you have some holey rock in there?

those two pieces are very clean....I have had them for about 6 years now and were in my other tank

That's what I did too. Scrubbing it with a toothbrush makde it cleaner but it dissolved it fairly quicker

Hmmm should be ok.....

Very good filters w/new carbon every week. Im doubling the filter recommendation.

I'm talking about mine. But I think I interrupted cichlid manias.

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

wow you change the carbon every week. that is a real pain i am sure .

Takes 2 seconds?? All I do id take out the box thingy and dump it out and reaplce it and wash it. Literally, I can do it within a minute.

where do you get yoru carbon from. it most add up in cost?

Walmart. $5 for one of those jugs. There's not alot of carbon in my other tanks so it lasts me a month.

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