I figured I would start this thread now because I am picking up this wonderful tank in 8 days :icon_cool
The tank is really 74.81g but I figured I would round up
I am getting the aquarium from Shua and I am trading a goat skull straight up for this aquarium. When I bought 4 bottles of hydrogen peroxide (for the skull) and mineral spirits from wal-mart, the lady at the check-out gave me quite the look (mineral spirits are for re-siliconing another tank).
The tank dimensions are 48"x24"x15"h which is pretty good for africans.
Stocking will be:
8- Labidochromis caeruleus (Yellow lab)
8-Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei"
8-Cyrtocara moorii
4-Synodontis njassae
Filtration is going to be two canisters, not sure what kind and plan on doing 1 or 2 UGJ's with power-heads and sponges.
Lighting is going to be a really nice light from fishneedit.com
Decor:
Slate rock from patio store or some round rocks I find around my house, I was told slate rock is too sharp.
Black sand
Black Backround or 3d background of some sort
Plants around the tank, like a plant wall around it.
Anubias and vals (if the fish want them, if not, oh well)
Here is a picture of the tank being built (pic came from Shua who is building it):
In-case you didn't notice the fish are all from lake malawi and I would like to keep it that way (fauna being all bio-type) but for the plants I could not find any aquatic plants native to lake malawi so I bent the bio-type rules.
This is going to be the tank that I spend most my time and $$$ into because it is big, really nice, and brand new. I would like to keep it that way. I plan on moving all my other fish to new homes so that way I can keep a little breeding situation going. If I spent over $250 into my 10g...I don't even want to think what this is going to cost.
Oh, and I have some mesh coming in from a guy on plantedtank.net who gave me a really good deal on his remaining stash of it that he used on his rimless.
What filter should I use? I want some UGJ's for some current. I am going to hang the lights. Scape is going to be very open with all the rocks lining the back of the tank. I really need to find where I can get 150lbs of black sand for cheap....
Suggestions or ideas welcome 8)
The tank is really 74.81g but I figured I would round up
I am getting the aquarium from Shua and I am trading a goat skull straight up for this aquarium. When I bought 4 bottles of hydrogen peroxide (for the skull) and mineral spirits from wal-mart, the lady at the check-out gave me quite the look (mineral spirits are for re-siliconing another tank).
The tank dimensions are 48"x24"x15"h which is pretty good for africans.
Stocking will be:
8- Labidochromis caeruleus (Yellow lab)
8-Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei"
8-Cyrtocara moorii
4-Synodontis njassae
Filtration is going to be two canisters, not sure what kind and plan on doing 1 or 2 UGJ's with power-heads and sponges.
Lighting is going to be a really nice light from fishneedit.com
Decor:
Slate rock from patio store or some round rocks I find around my house, I was told slate rock is too sharp.
Black sand
Black Backround or 3d background of some sort
Plants around the tank, like a plant wall around it.
Anubias and vals (if the fish want them, if not, oh well)
Here is a picture of the tank being built (pic came from Shua who is building it):
In-case you didn't notice the fish are all from lake malawi and I would like to keep it that way (fauna being all bio-type) but for the plants I could not find any aquatic plants native to lake malawi so I bent the bio-type rules.
This is going to be the tank that I spend most my time and $$$ into because it is big, really nice, and brand new. I would like to keep it that way. I plan on moving all my other fish to new homes so that way I can keep a little breeding situation going. If I spent over $250 into my 10g...I don't even want to think what this is going to cost.
Oh, and I have some mesh coming in from a guy on plantedtank.net who gave me a really good deal on his remaining stash of it that he used on his rimless.
What filter should I use? I want some UGJ's for some current. I am going to hang the lights. Scape is going to be very open with all the rocks lining the back of the tank. I really need to find where I can get 150lbs of black sand for cheap....
Suggestions or ideas welcome 8)
