144g half circle build thread with cichlid and plants

I have three Savages, 4 on-roads(HPI, Traxxas, Associated), 2 RC18T's(both with brushless systems), 1 Electric Clod based crawler project, MBX R2 Buggy, and a small electric scale chopper.

I'm thinkin' of going saltwater, maybe just a 55gal for clowns, not sure yet. Sorry if I missed it, but where did you source the slate from?
 
yeah dude, I don't blame you. Saltwater reef setups are the most beautiful thing on earth. I'm just wondering why you decided to disassemble the setup you had and decide to go cichlids.
 
The place the tank was located made it hard to do water changes.......with this freshwater I have it set up so that every Monday at 10:00am the system shuts down changes 20g of water and restarts automaticly.
 
new pics
I dont know if I like the fake plants
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this guy is cool
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this guy is pure white
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ehh yeah I'd say ditch the fake plants. But real ones are hard to maintain in the high PH. I tried a java fern, but it seems to be withering. Although I did add some aquatic "onion plant" bulbs I bought from my LFS though and in a few days they germinated and have spread out chutes and seem to be thriving in my tank, the fish don't seem to bother it either. They went from nothing to a 3" plant in a little over a week and it's growing in gravel similar to yours. I wish I Knew the scientific name for them.
 
i have an Anubis of sum sort in my cichlid tank ph 8.0 to 8.5 and it has never looked better and it adds alot of color and very easy to keep. nice tank by the way, love the rock setup.
 
yes that looks like an Identical version of the small plants I have. I am definately going to try to get more of these bulbs. I have done some research too and I found out it's actually a type of water-lily and if you let it grow to the top and the water level is low enough, it will flower. I'd think I'd rather have a full tank of water though, I don't need any flowers in my bad-*** fish tank. Also the taste is bitter to cichlids, so they won't eat it.
 
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