I am picking up a used 125gal aquarium this weekend. I am in no hurry to get it set up. My husband is planning to reinforce the floor in the location we plan to put it. We have a long family room and plan to use the aquarium to decide the room. We will probably have a couch along one side of it but it will be visable from both sides. I was thinking of trying a canaster filter so as not to have as much stuff hanging over the sides since they will both be visable. My current tank is a planted tank and I really wanted this to be a planted tank as well. I would like to try some semi aggressive fish but understand that some are not too good with plants. I was thinking maybe some Angels, Dwarf Gouramis, Neon Blue Gouramies, and Neon Blue Rainbows. My water is quite hard @ 8 dkH with a pH of 8.4. I would like fish that can thrive in these conditions. With the driftwood in my current tank the water stays at a pH of 8.2. I am about to add CO2 to my current aquarium so I will be seeing how that effects my pH. I usually take over 2 hours acclimating fish to my tank but I still end up loosing some usually on day 3 after introduced. I don't know if it's the extreme change in pH or the quality of fish I get from the local Petsway. I want to plan this tank out well. Any suggestions on fish? Canister filters? In-line heaters?
