Substrate: amzn.to/1U6tftq Python Water Changer: amzn.to/25DltRa Pump: amzn.to/1GdsGxL The rock is from a local landscaping wholesaler and the brand called Carderock.

a nice deep cleaning and rescape is always sooooo satisfying! tank is looking great brotha

Tank looks amazing.. I've just started my African cichlid tank I've subscribed

Looks awesome! I use battery-powered vacuum to suck out the wastes at hard spots to reach for every other days or fews. It works just fine and look clean most of times. The cichlids are happier.

Cool music...love African Chilids....fresh water fish that look as good as salt water fish...but more active..nice tank my dude

I just saw this tank in person today! Beautiful tank.

Looking crisp & clean brother! I've been contemplating redoing my scape to something similar, but love the universal rocks, I'm torn.

I'm about to get my second ever tank here very soon. I'm getting a 125 gallon, it's bare with no accessories other then gravel. I'll be starting with bare bones which I'm excited about. I currently have a 39 gallon with about 26 different fish and just recently aquired a tiger Oscar.... Hence the need to upgrade. He's a baby right now, my tank is fine for the next month or two, but he'll need more room and less tank mates..... Especially less small ones like my serpae tetras lol

always enjoy your videos thank you steve

Qualified as a good workout for the day... Nice vid man.

Cool Video!

I really love African cichlids and one day I will have them, nice set up by the way. Do you sell fish because I live about an hour away.

really cool colors of the cichlids

Wow great looking fish!

Damn, you removed alot of water. Nice aquarium btw

Good stuff Steve! Tanks looks great.

Nice video Steve. The fish are spot on!!

I wish I was as tall as you. I'm 5'4 and need to get on a kitchen chair to reach the bottom when I deep clean my 150 cichlid tank :)

Simple enough layout 👍

Great job Steve.

beautiful tank, i need to do a deep cleaning too,nitrates getting to high

great video man. Tank looks sweet.

loved this vid!! great job

Awesome Fish & Tanks

How often do you do that maintanence?

How much Safe do you put in for a 125? Thanks!

What kind of lights do you have

Great video! How many Plecos are in this 125? Also, I’m curious... can you talk about your filer inputs & outputs? Looks like they are mid tank vs in the corners. Is there right?

well made video, nice tank

Hi. When refilling your tank with water (is it cold or mixed temp) also at what point do you add your water treatment. I have tropical fish with sand any advice plz.

awesome video man thanks for sharing

Man I wish it only took me 6 min to clean my tank 😜. Niice vid brotha. 👍

What kind of light do you use?

What tyoe of filtration you running

Hello. Beautiful tank. I am planning on making a mbuna cichlid tank in the next month or so. My biggest concern is water quality. I do not have filtered water or a place to install one so I will be putting tap water in buckets along with with the appropriate chemicals. But what do I do when I need to do sizeable water changes? I noticed you put the safe directly in the tank. Do you think I can put tap water in the tank along with safe and the fish will be healthy?

looking great

👍🏾 Great video! But, how can that vacuum pick up the waste and not suck up all the substrate?? 🤔

Hey when you did the water change. Did you leave your canisters running underneath your aquarium. I have a 125 and was wondering how to do a deep cleaning like that. Do I leave the canisters running or turn them off? And also I'm running a fx6 and a fx4 on mines. When I clean the canisters do I clean one at a time or leave one dirty for the bacteria can can be put back into the aquarium. Then clean the other a few weeks later?

Does the water from the cleaning/vaccuming go in to a sump or is it removed and then replaced?

Tank looks amazing, is there an update on your Cichlid grow out project?

nice alot of work

Nice video. Congratulation.. 😉 👍 what is name of powder that you put on before feel water back? Regards

What type of rocks are those?

tank looks good man.

how to vaccum the sand without sucking them up? when i do most of the sand are siphoned out and its annoying... how do you do it easily?

Steve, how long are your filters off for the whole process? And do you see any spikes in ammonia and/or nitrites from bacteria die off? I'm looking to convert my 150 from a community tank to Africans (peacocks and haps as well). I currently have 4 clown loaches in the tank that I'm planning to keep as well as two bristle nose plecos.

👍 👍 👍 great video 👍 👍 👍

do I have multiple ranks because u need to take fish out or by cause u just wanted more than one tank. is a 125 more than enough to house them with a 10g as a QT tank?

Hey Steve What type of gravel / sand have you used in this video?

Nice video. Let me ask something, after you fill up again, you just add seachem salt ??? Or you add some prime, stability or another seachem product ???? Thanks.

I am a new cichlid keeper, how are your fish doing with minimal hiding places good, bad, for no different than before

hi whats the name of that pump your using that hooks up to the pyhon??

How's it going Steve quick question how much safe do you dose for your 40 gallon breeder & 55 gallon tank... Great vid as always and like the new hardscape!!

how many peacock cichlids can I fit in a 40 gallon tank?

steve you once mentioned not having bubbles in the tank as it looked unnatural, is there anything you can do to hiding pipes in the tank which I think looks wores

For my taste, I think there are too many rocks. It just looks like an Irish rock divider. I think use less and put them artistically will be better. I like the rock formation after you clean up the tank.

Hey, I noticed that you pumped out more than half of the water. Did you refill it with only fresh water or did you put any old one back in?

What kind of stand do you have here?

What kind of sand is that? Is great.. I see it enough white and I like it a lot!!!

Hey Steve is that an overflow box or your tank is drilled? If it is a box i will love to know the name brand and gph. Thanks! Off course your tank is simply amazing!

Nice video....how is your breeding program going....will you be doing a update anytime soon.

Really great video!! How often do you do the deep cleaning in your tank ?

I would like to have some rocks like that where did you get them thx

Was wondering, what dimensions does your aquarium have? And what gravel do you use?

do the Cichlids not beat up the pleco or vise versa? I was told at my local fish store that they would.

Hi Steve, pls have u ever experienced brown algae problem? I am following Your setups and it always seems perfectly clean!! I have a 6 months old, some 300gal setup and cannot get rid of the brown stuff... tried all the recommended procedures :/

hey steve, how much safe did u add? 150ga only calls for 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Nice video steve I love your tank it's looks decent 👏👏👏👏 you say you do this a few times a year 😂😂 I do this every water change maybe that's why my tank keeps crashing 😱

how do u manage not to suck up sand when u vacuum it ????

steve great video.One thing what is the point of the rocks if they are neither caves or shelter?

how much in 1 month u clean substrate?

Can I use reef lights on my African cichlid tank

hey Steve I saw that the water level was very low, how much w/c % you did?

What did you add before you filled your tank and can you add a link of the product thanks. Nice tank and fishes by the way

Do you add Seachem Cichlid Trace? Is it necessary sometimes?

what substrate to you recommend for malawi cichlids?

Hey Steve, love the videos. What is the name of this type of substrate in this aquarium?

Hey, I've been having a lot of fish die on me recently, with no signs of disease or injury. I have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, 79 degree F temp (suitable for all of my fish), tons of live plants, no copper or chlorine levels, the conditioner (SeaChem Prime) is not expired, and the filters are well maintained (both the HOB and Canister) in my 55 Gallon Aquarium that's been set up for quite some time now. I've lost 7 fish in total so far, one per day for the last week, and I think, the final resort, is to deep clean the tank and change out the gravel. Of course, I'd keep some gravel so the tank doesn't lose it's cycle, and I'd also save some water to keep the bacteria alive, but I think I need to scrub down the tank, all of the plants and decorations, and change out a majority of the filtration (keep some to keep the tank cycled) and then re-add my fish. This would obviously stress them out, but I feel it would save their lives. Do you think this is a good idea?

Could you tell me what that goby type fish is that is on the bottom? Thanks

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hay steve what does your substrate consist of, just sand or mixed

Come back Steve. 😊

how much did everthing for this tank cost

what kind of sand do you use?

what is seachem safe do

I thought you couldn't use a dish washing sponge to clean fish tanks

Really simple set up could b lil more technical

how many are in there?

Overkill, you got rid of majority of the beneficial bacteria. Aquariums should never be deep cleaned like this. At least not all at the same time.