SA_Cichlids

Seeing as this thread was started 4 months ago, and the OP has never posted back, I'm guessing that it's a bit late for advice.

Lol, wow, this thread was a 'rebirth'.

Im sure someone else will benefit from it though!

I dont think Parachromis1 was suggesting NLS was a bad food(it is, infact, a good food). Sure, NLS will fatten the fish up if it chooses to eat it... but higher protein/fatty acid food like frozen will probably be more readily accepted and build weight a little quicker than prepared food, thats all?

EBJD are definetly cool critters!

Kaiote: Good luck with yours! Hope its still doing well!

Copy that, sponge filter all the way!

JBJ is the same company that makes nano-cubes. They should be a reasonable quality heater. 1000W is way overkill for a 170g tank though. You dont want to install a heater that is capable of cooking the tank. I'd look at 500W element maximum, or two 300W units individually.

The idea of getting any heater with a separated controller is great. These are much more accurate and reliable, and more fail-safe than the traditional heaters.

Also, you are in calgary... I bet you can find a decent controllable heater in town for much cheaper than ordering one off MarineDepot!

Hope this helps!

Awesome job! Im about to start a plywood build myself to test a new sealant, as a trial run for a bigger tank!

The 'box' looks good, and the contents too!

I really like your distribution of colour, fish-wise, in the tank! Awesome!

And nice julidochromis transcriptus I think??? !

Wow, this is very nice! Great job! I wish I could put this much effort into making a nice planted, haha!

This came a long ways! Congratulations! It looks fantastic!