This one sits along the wall in the office, the spot that gets afternoon sun through the blinds so the stone throws stripes across the glass sometimes. Seiryu and spiderwood make up most of the layout, kept pretty open since the acei need room to move and dig around like cichlids do. Ten of them in there now, colors have really come up as they've settled into the rockwork.
Swapped the heater out, the old one was clicking every time it kicked on and it was driving me nuts at night. Put in the eheim jager 100w and it's dead silent so far, no hum, no click, nothing. Temp's steady at 78F still. Small thing but man does it make a difference when you're trying to sleep 10 feet from the tank.
Getting some hair algae and green spot on the rocks now plus brown diatom dust all over the sand. Pretty sure it's the photoperiod, I had the fluval running like 9 hours a day which is probably too much for a newer tank still finding its balance. Also been feeding a bit heavy trying to get the acei some color. Cutting the light back to 7 hours and skipping a feeding day to see if that helps any.
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Acei look really settled in on that stone work, nice open swimming space for them
Isabella HarrisQuestiondoes the seiryu stone push your GH up much with the acei in there? are you cutting your water with RO at all?
Reese PowellQuestionSingle species acei tank, mbuna keeping it simple - lfs or did you source online for these?
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