75 Gallon Planted Aquarium Build - Completed

I had a planted 75 with CO2 last year before I moved. Got rid of that setup and now have an acrylic 125 with texas holey rock and African cichlids in my basement.

Haven’t had an aquarium in a hot minute but I’ll follow along if you do updates.

wife has two beta bowls, will be following thread.

I used the CO2 Art pro-se kit for my 75. Had a lot of dwarf grass and a school of 80 neon tetras at one point that was awesome to watch. I'll see if I can find a pic of it.

I used plastidip on the backside of that tank too to paint it.

Here it was right after initial planting

And a beta husband

Learned my lesson when I put chiclids in a 75gal planted aquarium lol beginners mistake.

quote:

---

Learned my lesson when I put chiclids in a 75gal planted aquarium lol beginners mistake.

---

What kind of cichlids?

The hardware:


I have 5 chunks of petrified wood (only 3 pictured here) that my FIL gave me from when he used to keep fish. I will use most of them to make a rock/wood cave in one corner. I also purchased a bunch of wood on Amazon and I will work the pieces together to make a larger structure (I'll post a pic below). I have 2 150w budget heaters that came with digital thermometers. I have a 40 pack of root tabs for plant nourishment. I also have 8 9x5 filter media bags that I will fill with the gravel from my 29G to give the scape height in the back (gives the scape more depth) and to bring over a lot of beneficial bacteria. I also have a Sun Sun cannister filter that came with a decent amount of media. From bottom to top I will have coarse mesh in the bottom compartment, medium coarse mesh in the second compartment, fine mesh with bio balls in the second compartment, and more fine mesh with bio rings in the fourth and final compartment. I am not doing any carbon or anything like that because the plants will need the nutrients in the water.

The stocking list:

Currently in my 29G:
2 peacock gudgeon
4 neon tertra
3 panda corys
3 Endlers
50ish neocardina shrimp

I will be moving all the fish over to the new tank because I don't want to get rid of them and I also don't want multiple tanks. The shrimp might get eaten in the tank but I am fine with that.

New Fish:
3 Blue Rams (1M, 2F)
3 Bolivian Rams (1M, 2F)
1-2 Mexican (or Cajun) dwarf crawfish
20 Rummynose tetra
2 Pearl Gouramis
3 Panda Garas
10 Pygmy Corys
1-2 Albino Bristlenose Plecos

This is just a preliminary list and I most likely won't get all of these fish. The only ones that are definite are from the Pearl Gouramis and above. And even those aren't set in stone as I may only do 10 Rummynose or 2 of each ram. I also may do gold rams or black rams instead of Bolivian rams. I feel like the panda garas and the Plecos are and either/or thing. I don't think I will get both.

Can't see any of your pics Bert