very nice looks great justin..

there is also a blue crawfish in there but I may have to take him out once the peacocks get big enough to beat him up, I dunno if they would or not.

thanks kylie it is pretty much the first tank I have set up, I mean I have been selling stuff in our store and reading books for years but its my first cichlid tank.

well you have done a great job looks great.. i done 58 tanks yesterday.. was very tiring..

nice, I hear ya. the work is never done in our fish section

tell me about it..lol always something to do .. have to do all the goldfish tanks on tuesday.. messy things they are..

Great looking tank Justin. You did a great job. Your plants go to the top of the water, watch the crawfish very carefully, they like to climb and will climb out of the tank. My cousin had one that climbed out, and fell into a basket of laundry. While sorting the clothes a day or two later, she found him. Needless to say he didn't make it. She now has every hole in her lid blocked off so they can't climb out again. She paid $30 for him, an expensive lesson to learn.

neat tank...good idea to put the plants in hollow pieces of wood

Justin, that looks great..

looks great Justin, i have a red clawed crayfish, and he was smaller then my cichlids when i got him at first as well, it seems that african's the smaller variety 4"-5" won't touch them, but as soon as you go American then the lobster will become a snack. Make sure to put a strong glass lid ontop of your tank, they love to climb.

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!

i like the plants in the drift wood, i'd like to do something like that

Bip and Justin, I also have a blue crawfish. He molted about 3 weeks ago, and only has one large claw. I'm not sure what happened to it. Will it grow back? I saw another blue crawfish with one claw at a pet store. Is this normal?

I dont see a crawfish in this tank.. manybe I missed it on the bigger pic.. so where is it??

looks freakin awesome=] i really like it. i am def going to make my 75g an african tank. i will be getting about 50lbs of rock tomarrow and a black background=]

Sweet Justin

Nice setup Justin.....i like to anchor my plants in hollow decorations also...

I believe in less is more....too many aquarists try to shove as much junk in a tank as they can...

they crawfish is in there, I'll post a pic of him when I get home tonight. he comes out a little during the day but mostly at night. he does like to perch up on the wood sometimes.

ashley, I don't know what could have happened to it, I have seen them molt though. They do that about every month or so. It is possible something attacked him while his shell was soft after it molted.

I have two ghost shrimp that hang out in a tall plant. I have had them for a year!! how long do they live?? they are with some 1" hybrids in a 29 gal.. they don't mess with them any.. Neat to watch them catch food and eat..