Rescaped 75 Gallon

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Yesterday my Mom came over and helped me rescape my 75 gallon mbuna tank. Boy was that a pain in the butt, it came out great though. I just thought I'd share the before and after, and some random pics. Oh, I also have a holding m.callainos! :shout: The acei are working on breeding too.
Stocking: 1 female p.crabro, 4 p.acei, 6 l.caeruleus, 6 m.callainos

Before:
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After:
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P.crabro, sub-adult female:
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Male p.acei showing breeding stripes:

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P.acei

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Small female m.callainos
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Holding female m.callainos, sorry for the crappy pic, but she was a pain to photograph.
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Alpha male m.callainos, he's the undisputed king of the tank, and has excavated himself a nice little cave that he voraciously defends.
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l.caeruleus
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p.crabro (upper left), l.caeruleus (lower right)
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Shot of all of them in a 10 gallon holding tank yesterday while I was changing out the 75. Crappy pic, but I've never gotten them all at once.
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Hope you all enjoyed.

Edited for atrocious spelling. Dawn
 
Thank you Paul, Pinkdolphin, and JakeRoberts.


Come on folks, 87 views and only 3 replies!? Please leave a comment, good or bad, I'd like to hear what you think. :nod:
 
go on then i'll leave a comment absolute load of &*%£ nah not realy its alright i suppose lol
 
Looks better, a bit more cheery though I would move the plants to where you can see them more, jmo.
 
Very nice, Im going to need to get some rocks eventually and jez they are so expensive at my lfs, I might try to find some somewhere else like a hardware store. I have a pressure washer so ill use that on them before i put them in
 
Much better in my opinion. They have more little places to hide! I think the fish are all stunning! I'm setting up my tank. Its going to be a commpunity tank.
Hopefully i can post some pics on here soon. Its almost done.
Oh by the way, I have blue gravel, ive been rinsing it for ages!!! Will blue still seep out of the stones for a while even if ive rinsed it for ages, and the water runs clear? If There was some dye in the tank, will the filter sort it out?
 
I think it looks better now, more flow-y and natural. Beautiful fish you've got :wub:
 
Very nice tank and fish!

I'm really interested in where u got those rocks from, was it a big chain superstore like wickes or just a one off little shop?

Thanks
 

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