The gravel in the 75 is some standard bright blue aquarium gravel. I am going to use river rock and pea gravel in this tank. I might get a few long fin black skirt tetras and add them. I have about 10 small java ferns to put it from the 75 g tank. I used black skirt tetras to cycle the 75 from new and they did OK so I might try some with this setup.

O c'mon don't cycle with fish! They might live threw it, but its really unsanitary for them!

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I'm so sorry I haven't been on the forum in so long! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten this lovely website! I moved to a different county back in May 2011 and started high school in a totally different school district. So I'm still adjusting and studying hard, and don't presently have any aquariums. But once I do, I'll be right back on this forum!

Ive got seeded filter media so I don't think it will be a true full cycle. It might be an instant cycle, depending on how much bacteria has gathered on the media. If I was starting from fresh I would not use fish this time.

Well I snapped a couple pics and thought I would post them up

My school of cards are still going strong



They do like to stay in a group



This is the best shot I have been able to get of a single angel



The angels are up to $ size and going strong and the blue is starting to show up nicely I think

I thought I should add a FTS

Did you loose some angels? The close up of the blue platinum is gorgeous. I see you got a little bit of algae on the rocks...how is everthing else with the plants?

It looks like overall everything is growing and healthy! Keep it up!

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I sold off a total of 11 angels so now I am down to 8 and once I get a pair I will be down to 6 in the 120. I think things are going OK, I still have some algea but its not getting any worse in fact its going down in some areas. I hate to say this but I am back to running 4 T-5 HO's and it looks OK at least for now.

They are getting big.

I just found this thread so I guess I need to catch up too.
I'll start by saying this tank is beautiful archer congrats, I bet it's hard to leave for work everyday knowing u have to leave this.

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Very nice, listen you got till I get my 150g in the fall to clean your act up, im coming atcha with discus,heavily planted, maybe 60-75 cardinals possibly 100, 24 or so albino corydoras, two SAE's and assassin snails.

That give you roughly 6 months to work on your tank, Ill even block off 25g and only compete with 75% of the tank.

Seriously though it is very very nice, I am loving the platinum blues. Very Very nice work and discipline when building that beaut.

Do you have much problem keeping the cardinals alive? Also are you using tap/well water or RO water? The reason I ask is that yesterday I was in a lfs (one of the few I tend to trust) and one of the salesmen (one Ive never met before) told me that in general the water in Indiana is too hard to keep cardinals. He said without RO water that they won't make it more then a couple weeks. I thought this was a pretty bold statement since he doesn't know how hard my water is (I don't even know). He said the neons would be a little better. I told him I was after cardinals because I planned to stock some angels and they would get bigger. He said eventually the angels will eat the cardinals or the neons so I might as well get the neons since they stand a better chance of surviving the hard water. Do you do anything special for your's?
PS I finally got my 120g going and there are photos in the gallery. I used seeded media and ammonia and it cycled in about 10 days. Yesterday I added 9 corries and I have 4 small albino BN pleco's coming at the end of this week to help with some of the algae that started to grow already.

I went ahead a grabbed photo from the gallery. Its not the best but you get the idea, I can't wait for the plants to fill in. Besides what you see there are about 10-12 small java ferns close to the front as well.

The place I got my Cards said they wont get neons because they have about 60-70 percent loss and they only have about 20 percent with the cards and they quarentine all there fish for 2-3 weeks to make sure they are eating and healthy and thats why I went with the cards. I am useing 70% RO/DI and 30% well water because our water is so hard I am afraid of it breaking our glasses when we get a glass of water LOL but the shop just uses Lansing city water in there tanks. I know your tank will look great once it matures a little flyin-lowe as it already is looking nice and bring it on WhiteDevil I will be waiting LOL cant wait to see it.

I forgot to say that I havent lost a card and they get rite in the middle of the angels when it comes time to eat and they are very fat and sassy

Archer, its a phone call away, I might have just got a complete BRAND NEW EVERYTHING included 225g acrylic for 800 bucks, if thats the case....oh man


Check this out its a 125.



I am working with the breeder, if I can help him get rid of his fishroom he is giving me a proven pair of discus from that tank for half the price of 1 discus unproven. yeah buddy!

It will be brought on, however at the moment, it cant be broughten, you see I got to tend to me new fish, my female ram I just got has an abrasion and being treated and the discus are a wee bit shocked still from the whole 10min car ride but the agony of tank to bag to bucket to tank.

I will take new pics as soon as I can, I am busy right now but my weak little junk 52g tank turned into an amazon heaven over the past week, got 4 new angels for free this morning with the purchase of 6 discus and 2 rams so now I am a little overcrowded but with the 150 coming if not this 225 they discus tank and angel tank will end up combined for a massive amazon tank.

I am trying to find specific plants but only finding look a likes. Guess I need to go on mongobay.com for a few days and read up.

Loving that picture...thats the breeder your getting the discus from?

What is his lighting on that tank and was he running CO2? I need to get me a red Marbolo or similar discus!

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Its really quite the opposite-neons are more delicate, aggressive, and will get eaten by the angels, but iwth cardinals if you play your cards right u can get the angels to think they're friends.

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I'm so sorry I haven't been on the forum in so long! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten this lovely website! I moved to a different county back in May 2011 and started high school in a totally different school district. So I'm still adjusting and studying hard, and don't presently have any aquariums. But once I do, I'll be right back on this forum!

lighting was 8' long and 6500K, yes there is Co2 on the tank but it hasnt been hooked up in over two months he said. thats fish sustained.


Yeah I went there tonight and he was wiped out of everything even half of what was in that tank. He was unable to replace a EB ram that died from dropsy so he refunded my money @ 50% for the pair so 25 bucks, went and bought a GB ram female for 11.50 at the LFS +10% off per fish club and thats that, I got him a new female to hopefully mate with.

He was saving his silver blue angels and EB ram juves for me later this spring though, said the Eb rams were all mine when I wanted em. Now that a 210 will be here tomorrow night I got a 45g tall to fill. hmmm whatever should I do....

I cant wait for this, this build is gonna be sweet.


Are kribs and discus ok mates and if so how many per eachother per gallon? I am thinking a pair or two pair of kribs and a dozen discus and a dozen angels. maybe 100 cardinals or so.

Well I ended up with a pair of Angels so had to move them to there own tank and it looks like I might end up with another pair. I ended up getting some different plants just hope they make it. So on with some pics.

I started with 24 cards and still have 24 cards


Couple pics of the shrimp that are still going strong




Some of the angels




The FTS

I would add plants first thing because that will help reduce any cycle you might have that is if you are going to use live plants.


Thank you for your information


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