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Very nice looking. I have wood in a couple of tanks, no worries. I mainly have them as I have Aceis, they hang around wood in the wild. If you have plenty of buffer in the way of substract etc then no dramas. The driftwood looks good in the tank too.

The only thing I will add, is that I would recommend lifting up one of the internals, so that the water surface is being agitated. Or connect some air tubing to the internals.

& a maybe; If you find your new fish struggle to settle in, as in remain skittish for a length of time. You may need to get some plastic background for the sides of the tank.

What size is the tank & what type of Cichlids are you going for?

Frenchy :D

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Love that substrate! Major fan here! :lol:

We have a beautiful piece of bogwood in our Malawi, however, we have substrate and rock work as buffer....

That looks great, and yeap backing would be great for the tank, and second what Frenchy said, fish would possibly feel more secure and at ease

Keep us updated on tank! :D

Mekhaela

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for the feedback.

I have fluval 3 filter and a aqua 1. The fluval is from old tank and I was just going to have one filter, Is one enough for this size tank, its 4ft by 2ft by 2ft.

I asked guy at pet shop about agitating top of water and he said only had to be agitated slightly(Pupuke fish shop), but Ill raise it anyway.

Yes, it is argonite, think I could of done with a bit more but will do for now.

Tank has got a blue background on it. Should I put some on sides as well, maybe change the back one to black.

Just yet another question while Im here, one of the lights is constantly flickering, does that mean its gone, time to buy new one???

This fishkeeping is sooooo addictive, im looking at buying more tanks now as every time I go to pet shop I see more, more , more.

Oh, I have 3 convicts, 3 electric yellows, 2 lionheads(think thats what they are called) 1 bumble bee(Think thats what they are called)lol, and a baby catfish, hence the driftwood but not sure if I should take that out now. :)

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*You will need both filters for a tank that size. I have an interanl & canister on my 4x2x2.

*The driftwood will be fine.

*The side backgrounds, are just if the fish don't settle down.

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agitated slightly(Pupuke fish shop), but Ill raise it anyway.

Umm, the lakes of Africa have a very high oxygen content in the water, So I would ignore that little piece of advice. All my internals in the tanks are set high up.

*The light flickering could be a lose connection. Check the light first. If connections are fine, then yes bulb could be going.

Good luck with the new tank. Keep an eye on the convicts if they pair up. Tank is big enough for there to be hopefully no dramas. Just a note.

Frenchy :D

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