Juwel Rio 180L beech

Filtration is Standard at current. Will add a 205 on it soon.

Substrate is Pool filter sand.

Plants include: Amazon swords (babies), Crypts (petchii, cordata, wendtii, becketii)

Livestock

1 x Salvini Pair (female is looking good, still not at full colour yet!)

14 x Columbian Tetras

(bala shark is in here temporarily)

Been running 3 days, looking good. hoping to get the salvinis breeding - though not too bothered about raising the fry.

Going to be doing 50% weekly Water changes on this. hopefully can get the crypts growing nice and bushy along the back.

Looks good. I think it would be worth while raising the fry (or passing them on to someone with the space/time/energy to do so), they haven't been available here for a long time, and who knows when they will be imported again.

Looks good. I think it would be worth while raising the fry (or passing them on to someone with the space/time/energy to do so), they haven't been available here for a long time, and who knows when they will be imported again.

I probably wont be able to resist raising them

They are without a doubt my favourite cichlid and ive been waiting for them to come in for a long time. Just never decided to have just a pair in a tank.

Sounds similar to my rio 180 apart from the fish stocking and your pool filter sand looks different to mine. Oh and I have one of those juwel 3d backgrounds on mine.

:oops: oh yeah, my bad - the other one you asked to hold for me died. sorry :oops:

:oops: oh yeah, my bad - the other one you asked to hold for me died. sorry :oops:

I completely forgot you still had my fish :lol: dont worry about it, i get them cheap

Got some pics of the columbians. They decided to all be stationary for a few minutes. was quite funny.

Wondering if adding a pair of GBAs would interfere with the breeding my late night snacking on eggs...

those tetra are lovely, how big are they?

those tetra are lovely, how big are they?

about 5cm. they will get bigger too

they are so pretty... even with those boggle eyes

even if I had a fish room I don't there would be enough tanks for the all fish I would like to keep :roll:

Hey morcs it looks cool I am also interisted in getting one of these was it easy to set up etc? How Michael dose it cost?

Hey morcs it looks cool I am also interisted in getting one of these was it easy to set up etc? How Michael dose it cost?

Juwel Rio 180's rrp at around $1,300.

Let me know if you want one asap and ill see if i can track one down for you, but youll have to be quick in buying...

Very easy to setup too. Everything is enclosed in the filter box, even the heater.

There is one on trademe that is going for $250 reserve with ehiem filter and plants, fish etc. Really good deal just have to pick up from Palmy.

Juwel Rio 180's rrp at around $1,300. The beech is a run out and they are going for $599 but limited numbers.

Let me know if you want one asap and ill see if i can track one down for you, but youll have to be quick in buying...

Very easy to setup too. Everything is enclosed in the filter box, even the heater.

Only the beech? Id buy a black at that! lol

Update!

>Added reflectors to both light tubes

>Added an Eheim 2213 (still running stock filter system)

>Started dosing with leaf zone and flourish excel

>Added more driftwood

>40-50% WC per week.

>Male salvini gone, he was beating the female to a pulp

Stocking is now:

>1 Female Salvini

>1 Pink convict (cant tell sex as fins were nipped upon buying today)

>1 Male Firemouth

>1 Blackline flying fox (adult)

>1 Starlight bristlenose

>12 Columbian Tetras

>6 Tiger barbs

>1 Redtail shark

3 Amazon sword babies

Windelov java fern

Java fern

Various crypts

Nice, those Colombian Tetras look good schooling together.

Chur. that bit of wood on the right doesnt look right. might have to adjust it methinks.

Chur. that bit of wood on the right doesnt look right. might have to adjust it methinks.

I agree.Turn it up the other way so you can't see where its been cut.

I agree.Turn it up the other way so you can't see where its been cut.

Agreed, but i would kill for two more bits like the bit i got today (the one in the center) that would look epic.

Is that one piece? where did you get it from?

Is that one piece? where did you get it from?

HFF. been looking for a piece like that for ages!

How much did that set you back? I can't believe I missed it. I saw a nice piece there that I wanted but it was mango wood and they put it in the pond for me and it didn't sink

How much did that set you back? I can't believe I missed it. I saw a nice piece there that I wanted but it was mango wood and they put it in the pond for me and it didn't sink

Not sure, didnt look how much i was paying! think it was classed as large driftwood which is like $24

I love the Colombian Tetras!

I never really considered them, but might have a look next time I go to the LFS. They look awesome!

They look like little piranhas. I heard they are quite nippy as well. What are your ones like?

Update. re-done the tank. Juwel tanks are much better suited for nice pretty displays than aggressive cichlid tanks, especially when they kept digging up all my plants.. Added Co2 and replanted also. Hopefully it grows in as planned.

Current stocking:

6 Angels

12 Columbian Tetras

1 L018 gold nugget pleco

1 redtail shark

1 blackline flying fox

Plants

random crypts

Java fern

Java moss

Some other random moss

Windelov

Brasiliensis (going to try and get a little carpet going in the front right corner)

Indian fern (going to have lots growing at the back right)

Amazonica swords