Having a lot of difficulty getting plants to grow in the Pantanal tank, it must be the depth, however the BB and string algae has vastly reduced recently it did get to be large amounts and that went on for several months, I only kept going as I knew the last tank that was here went through the same thing, now it seems to be settling down so that it a great relief,
The sand bed at the back is not deep enough so the soil is getting in the water column, reluctant to make the sand too deep so have stuck a sponge over the filter inlet, it may not look pretty but it works it makes my life a lot easier, would be better if I could find a black one,
Was stoked to finally find some more nice flag cichlids of the same type as my current beast Mesonauta Mirificus, bit pricey though
The Black Widows continue to get bigger surely they are fully grown now, I wouldn't argue with this one! The phantoms are starting to look undersized but they compete well for food so hopefully it will be ok
new and original flag cichlids
full tank shot
