100G Aggro CA/SA Build (Photo intensive)

[mistahoo]

Tank is looking good. Love the black substrate

Thanks! Me too. I recently added another 50lb bag for the plants.

[mistahoo]

UPDATE:

Few casualties. Dat is MIA, 3 little bichirs are MIA, ABN got trapped under the driftwood, Largemouth was torn apart.

RTC gained about another 1.5-2" since the last pic. Lemon barbs are slowly growing. Female salvini claimed a little over a third of the tank. The plecos are more out and about when lights are on. I will post a few videos later if I remember to.

These guys are really trying to keep the tank to the theme!

A lot of the plants were "redecorated" and "relocated". I may just remove the plants and put them else where until they get bigger.

[mistahoo]

Moved the dithers on over to a bigger tank so they can grow more before being reintroduced. I know they're not CA/SA but I like them more than most of the CA/SA dithers. Video also has some shellies that are temporarily being housed in the tank.

[mistahoo]

Changed some of the scape. Going to start removing most of the rocks when The rest of the driftwood gets waterlogged. No pics/vid yet because I'm lazy and lights are out.

[mistahoo]

Video update. Got some more driftwood and I move a lot of the rocks around. Going to get rid of them when I get some more driftwood.

[mistahoo]

A short clip of my wet/dry. I got a Tetra Whisper 10 internal filter thanks to TexSun and tossed it in the sump. It didn't really work out how I had planned because the space behind the pump was barely off by about 2cm. The way I have it set up now works great! Much less detritus present under the pump and sponge.

[mistahoo]

The water level is a bit too high in the sump so the filter isn't causing much agitation.

[elvispacman]

i got some driftwood you might like,

[allysangels]

plants look great! glad you got them. its come a long way, thanks for sharing this build with us! :emt_thumbs:

[mistahoo]

It's still incomplete and far from what I want. The livestock is temporary. I have something far better and not so common in mind, but before that, I have to evict the current livestock minus the Salvinis and the plecos. After they're out, hopefully the new fish will be ready to be added! I want to get a lot more plants and driftwood too. The rocks need to go as well, but they're temporary pleco caves. The L095 have been venturing off into the abyss (the entire tank except that one driftwood they love!). I made some cave-like areas with the driftwood and they've been doing the wiggle bump near it. They're always following each other and dancing while munching on wood. Definitely one of the most outgoing plecos I've seen.

[allysangels]

wiggle bump... lol
let me know when you want to move them out, i'd love to get in on that.

[mistahoo]

wiggle bump... lol
let me know when you want to move them out, i'd love to get in on that.

Well the Pbass are posted up on the market and the O pair were supposed to get picked up this week I think. There's still the RTC, flowerhorn, bichers, and Pink fenestratus. Maybe the Salvinis too if they can't hold their own against the new fish.

[mistahoo]

Gonna keep the lemon barbs as dithers for the next fish and maybe setup another tank for a "bichir pile"

[elvispacman]

that big dark piece i got is pretty cavelike

[mistahoo]

that big dark piece i got is pretty cavelike

Yeah I saw. I like it. I was going to make caves out of smaller pieces that I find and try to keep to a minimal of two large stumps. I drew out the idea I had in a sketchbook. Still aiming for that look but haven't found the right pieces for what I like. I know something similar will pop up though.