Reef to Cichlid Conversion

[Richard]

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[Richard]

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[hobogato]

nice looking fish richard, i really like the way the black sand looks as well, makes their coloration stand out more

[Bill S]

Looks great, Richard!

[Richard]

Thanks. I'm really enjoying this tank. Very active and very low maintenance.

[chunkymonkey]

Hey Richard, that looks awesome! When I converted my 100gal and 55gal from Cichlid(all Malawi from Gabe's Fish), I donated my holey rock to an upcoming enthusiast. Out of curiosity, you have anymore live rock in the back yard you may be willing to part with or sell? You seem to have some pretty nice pieces size wise.
I'm picking up a 75gal from a guy on this site when he gets it empty and it will be joing my front room with the two SW setups. This one has the overflow too, what filtration are you using, or have a pic of the plumbing? Can't wait to get my cichlids back again. I think I'll be sticking with Malawi again. I like the black sand idea, I had limestone in my last one(black and white). You going to possibly put any sword plants in with those guys? I had good luck with growing those in mine.....

[Richard]

Yeah I have a few pieces I ended up not using and my backyard is 6 acres so I'm sure there's plenty more. I don't have any of the flat holey rock like in front of my overflows on my property though. There's a road not too fr from my house where you can find that.

I plan on trying some different live plants again eventually. I tried anubia since they don't like to eat it but they still tore it up just for fun.

[RayAllen]

Aquarium looks great.

You have some nice male specimens in there.