navyscuba

I just thought I share this pics with all you guys. Just found a product that clears the water from excess waste and works like a champ.Tell me what you think.

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Lucy

Looks great!

navyscuba

Thanks Lucy. The tanks is super crystal clear. Is the very first time is been like that. yay

saqib

looks great..makes me want to start off with an only cichlid tank myself!

navyscuba

I tell you what at first I was scared because I never had them and I heard so many things about them. Which btw all missed understandings I think is easier to deal with them than deal with a community tank. I don't have to worry about fin nip picking and stuff like that. So far knock on wood no problems with them. I personally think they are great. They are like my kids. Everytime they see me they get stuck to the glass like feed me feed me. hehe

agabr123

aw it looks great! congrats!

Matt

Wow the water really is clear and all your fish look happy and healthy

-Matt

aquarist48

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

saqib

Ufff...you just had to push me over the edge! hehhe...

going to get started on it today!

Beth1965

wonderful pics. curiousity: what is the product you used for the clear tank

Shawnie

love the pics!! ..is it easy balance that you found?

Amanda

Great tank & fish!

coffeebean

great pics! looks awesome

navyscuba

Haha, MTS,MTS,MTS. hahahahahaha

navyscuba

Is call Acurel F. You put it on the water 2 to 3 drops per gallon. I also put less food on the tank to see. I tell ya I did the treatment for 3 days and within hours of first treatment water was clearing out. Awesome product.

tomchitown

Hey riv, i gotta do a head count in my 125 ...looks like you stole a few of my fish while i was sleeping ...lol ....great job bro tank looks good

navyscuba

Not getting what you mean Shawnie. Sorry.

navyscuba

Do not under estimate the power of my sneakyness... hahahaha

JennDFK

Great tank!

Shawnie

dont be sowwy i thought the product you got was easy balance...but its Acurel F and although I agree that product is fast working, it messes terribly with your pH...so use sparingly....especially with the africans who require the higher ....still amazing shots tho! even if the africans make me koo koo LOL

navyscuba

I had a low PH before hand so it work good for me haha. Now PH is fixed to a solid 8.0 yay Are you afraid of AC's?

saqib

LOL...i know im gonna get it...already have 3 tanks at my place (150,40 and 35 gallons)
im thinking of shutting down both the 35&40 gallon and replacing with another 100 gallons

lack of space!

navyscuba

Replacing nope just add more that's how you get the serious MTS.

Shawnie

not afraid..they just drive me nuts and trying to identify them is just as carzy!!!! LOL ...

add some crushed coral to the tank because that product makes it jump super fast(within a day if not hours) I used it on my goldy tanks years ago before knowing the cloudyness was probably a bacteria bloom from a non cycled tank... duh on me!...you want gradual...over time, with the fluctuating ph's, you could have issues....

navyscuba

How Much you think I should add? Is the coral cloud my water again? It looks so good right now.

Shawnie

unfortunately, yes the coral will cloud...unless you can find some nylon or container to hold it all in temporarily ...or even find some big sea shells instead of the crushed....once it settles, you can disperse it..but it will cloud things up ...it doesnt last long tho! its much better than a super jump in ph in a short amount of time...even tho that product makes the tank look amazing , its not very good to have the ph change so fast ...as far as amounts, I have 60lbs for 75 gallons and my ph stays about 7.9 - 8.1

navyscuba

I have a lot of sand and Colorquartz on the tank already. I have 50 pounds of Colorquartz 25 pounds of coarse sand and 15 of Black sand. That is a lot if I'm adding some coral to it too. don't ya think?

Shawnie

for sure thats alot...but why is your ph so low ? does colorquartz do the same as crushed coral? maybe just find 4-5 big sea shells..what is your ph before adding the acurel?

navyscuba

i'm not adding aqurel any more. Is been 5 days since my last application. It was last night between 7.6 to 7.8. not in the brownish area yet. Not sure why the quartz haven't fix it. I started using the cichlid buffer to raise it.

Master Snake

Those are some awesome pictures!