100 Ukg Malawi Madness!

[markandhisfish]

so i decided that im bored of new worlds and wanted to scratch the long time itch for an african tank.

tank specs 100 ukg 4x2x2 2 eheim 2217s 2 300w rena smart heaters

tank in its current ( and very boring) state

mock up of how the rocks will look . i know i havent gone very high but its only going to be a small group of mbuna , with the upper open water area populated with peacocks and a few haps

with my well earned pint to give an idea of scale

stocking to be
4x hap sp. 44
4x aulonocara usisya
pair aulonocora sunset
pair aulonocara malauna
pair aulonocara jacobfreibergi eureka colour
6x labidochromis caeruleus

 

[creg]

thats a great looking tank i wish mine were that big lol at the last pic

 

[markandhisfish]

thanks mate . great news substrate arrived this morning , along with ph test kit . tested the water out of my tank and was pleasantly surprised to see that its sitting somewhere between 7.5 and 8 . so i dont need to really do much with my water . im about to get busy aquascaping and ordering fish . expect some new pics later on of the finished csape , ready for fish!!

 

[simonas]

can;t wait ha ha

 

[markandhisfish]

fish ordered they will be with me friday morning

 

[markandhisfish]

quick update , the scape is done . tomorrow im going to put a new black background on , but heres the tank so far .

 

[bullit]

id try and sit the rocks more natural. I know you want caves etc but by sticking them in at angles like the one on the left will make it look more natural. You have nice rock for it.

 

[forby3]

malawis mark

nar good luck with it mate hope it goes well for ya mate nice scape by the way

 

[FreedomFighter]

id try and sit the rocks more natural. I know you want caves etc but by sticking them in at angles like the one on the left will make it look more natural. You have nice rock for it.

I can't ever see a stack of rocks piled up like that looking natural.

Looks good as is mate. IMO.

 

[bae1994]

ahh well then ill buy the bogwood off you for what you paid then or not

 

[markandhisfish]

id try and sit the rocks more natural. I know you want caves etc but by sticking them in at angles like the one on the left will make it look more natural. You have nice rock for it.

thanks for the input and i appreciate your honesty but i need the caves for the labs , plus i like it better this way too.plus this scape is functional as well as decorative. it gives a rock reef/caves for the labs , while leaving open water for the haps and peacocks

malawis mark

nar good luck with it mate hope it goes well for ya mate nice scape by the way

yeah im defecting to the dark side mate lol . istill like new worlds but after having always kept them im just bored of keeping them so i wanted a change of direction and ive always drooled over the colourful african cichlids.

id try and sit the rocks more natural. I know you want caves etc but by sticking them in at angles like the one on the left will make it look more natural. You have nice rock for it.

I can't ever see a stack of rocks piled up like that looking natural.

Looks good as is mate. IMO.

thanks took me about 2 hours to get em like that lol kept changing them then changing them back again. it all looks cleaner now too. should of waited nefore i did the pic. the glas was dirty inside from all the worm , watermarks outsid e from all the splashes and the background was shot to bits. it still looks the same but crisper and cleaner now ive cleaned it up and put on a new black backgroun

ahh well then ill buy the bogwood off you for what you paid then or not

errrm ..........not lol im never selling that wood , as long as ive got fish il keep it . id never get another bit like that especialy for 8 quid

 

[elisew]

Looks pretty good Did you use the plastic grids in the end?

Fish tomorrow morning then Mark?

 

[markandhisfish]

thanks lisa . yep i used the gulley covers you reccomended .did the job a treat too fish due for delivery tomorrow , will post pics once they are settled in .

 

[elisew]

Glad to hear you went with the safe option

I look forward to seeing the pics once the new additions are in and settled

 

[markandhisfish]

i will of course be only too happy to oblige .