Neolamprologus Multifasciatus Tank

[AdAndrews]

ohhhh thanks!

what would the disadvantages be? the fact that the algae is hard to get off them?

the facts that they take up space, and if not poisitioned carefully, things, such as fish can live behind them, also, on occasions, water may get trapped in there, and impossible to get out without taking the whole tank apart.

 

[conor655]

in that case i might just paint the back again with blackboard paint

 

[Truck]

Adam, did you do a tank clone for this one? or a fish in cycle? I ask because my main tank has a PH of 7.2 and I was wondering how you get yours up to 8, do you have crushed coral in the filter? if you did a tank clone did you acclimatize the mature media or plonk the media straight in and hope for the best?

 

[AdAndrews]

Adam, did you do a tank clone for this one? or a fish in cycle? I ask because my main tank has a PH of 7.2 and I was wondering how you get yours up to 8, do you have crushed coral in the filter? if you did a tank clone did you acclimatize the mature media or plonk the media straight in and hope for the best?

This tank was already set up for the tropical community if you remember, but the smaller tank was cloned using filter media from other filters, regarding ph, i smashed a piece of ocean rock, and put the smaller stuff in a little media basket in my filter, and then i used some other pieces to elevate some rocks, as the rocks have to be in contact with the bottom, so the fish dont dig them up and get crushed(this is for the 60cm jewel btw)

for the smaller tank, what i used is again a little bit of ocean rock in the filter, and then i use a blend of epsom salts, bicarb and tonic salt, this raises the ph, hardness and provides trace elements that are similar to the rift lakes.

 

[Truck]

Could I just use a coral sand? Do you have quantities of each ingredient for your PH buffer?

Cheers.

 

[AdAndrews]

Could I just use a coral sand? Do you have quantities of each ingredient for your PH buffer?

Cheers.

coral sand would work, yes, as long as its fairly fine, just think about the fish, if they are able to move it, then its good.

i use 1tsp per 5gallons of each.

 

[Truck]

So 1Tsp of Bicarb, 1Tsp of magnesium sulphate and 1 Tsp of trace elements (which traces are these, I presume they're not the same as the aqua essentials range?

 

[AdAndrews]

So 1Tsp of Bicarb, 1Tsp of magnesium sulphate and 1 Tsp of trace elements (which traces are these, I presume they're not the same as the aqua essentials range?

no no no

its

1tsp epsom salts (magnesium sulphate)
1tsp bicarb
1tsp TONIC salt(the salt that would be used for freshwater tanks, treating ailments

per 5gallons.

 

[Truck]

ok, I think I have a box of the Tonic salt somewhere, I just hope my mum lets me buy the tank now

Thanks for the help.

 

[AdAndrews]

Heres a few pics from the 60cm, with the multies:

 

[Truck]

Very nice mate, Can't wait to get my rio africanized

 

[AdAndrews]

Very nice mate, Can't wait to get my rio africanized

Thats great news! you decided on stocking yet??

 

[Truck]

Probably Neolamprologus multifasciatus or Neolamprologus ocallatus, But to stop it looking a bit waste I'm going to do a bit of an iwagumi.

 

[AdAndrews]

Probably Neolamprologus multifasciatus or Neolamprologus ocallatus, But to stop it looking a bit waste I'm going to do a bit of an iwagumi.

cool, so no lelupi? or n.pulcher.

 

[Truck]

Probably not, I fancy doing a bit of a single species biotope.