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55 gallons freshwater fish tank (mostly fish and non-living decorations) - This is my 55 gallon mostly African Cichlid tank.
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Photo Caption: This is my 55 gallon mostly African Cichlid tank.
55 gallons freshwater fish tank (mostly fish and non-living decorations) - This is my 55 gallon mostly African Cichlid tank.

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State: Indiana
Country: United States
Description: This is a 55 gallon aquarium with mostly African Cichlids. Tank is 48" long X 18" tall X 13" deep. I built a custom canopy that houses my 4 bulb compact fluorescent fixture with 2-65W 10K bulbs and 2- 50/50 actinic bulbs. I also bought some blue LED's and wired them up for moonlighting at night. For filtration I am using a HOB 55 gallon Aqueon filter and a power head to help circulate water. Also, there is a 14 inch bubble bar buried in the back bottom beneath the substrate to help move water. I just changed from regular blue gravel to cichlid substrate mixed with some Aragonite sand. I am using rainbow rock, slate, and lace rock for hiding spots.
Advice: You might as well get the biggest aquarium possible now because once you get one, you will want a BIGGER one!!! I am going tommorow to purchase a 120 gallon!
Fish Kept: I keep this tank stocked kind of heavy in order to help keep aggression down with the fish. African Cichlids: 3- Melanochromis Aurutus (all males) 5- Yellow Labs (unsure of sex) 11- Pseudotropheus saulosi (6 males, 5 females) South American Cichlid: 1- Jack Dempsey (male) Regular community tropical fish: 1- Rainbow Shark 1- Silver Dollar 1- Pleco Other: 1- Blue Crayfish named Fred!
Corals/Plants: None, Cichlids like to EAT plants!
Tank Size: 55 gallons
About Yourself: I am fairly new to the hobby. I started the tank during my R & R from Kuwait with the Army in July of 2009 with regular community tropical fish. When I returned home from deployment in October 2009, My wife and I decided to change over to Cichlids.

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