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Congrats on getting your tank going again. I used to have Malawi tanks. My last one was a 180G. I had a bunch of beautiful F1 and F2 cichlids. I took me years to find everything I wanted. About six months after I had it just the way I wanted we took a few day trip. When we got home and opened the door I smelled a problem. The heater stuck on and cooked them all. That was probably seven years ago. I'm still pouting. One thing I'll be sure to do if I ever give it another go is to have two or three very small heaters rather than one big one.
In our new house I could put a tank in the wall between my office and living room. It would sit directly above the mechanical room so I think all filtration could probably be in the basement and I could change water by just turning valves. Haven't looked into how to do that yet though. I'd invest in the easiest possible maintenance. I'd love to get a custom acrylic tank but I've read that those can scratch super easy and our extended family includes lots of little kids who won't be careful.
Ugh, talking about it makes me miss my tank.
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