First Reveal 1000litre Tank

[dutoits]

Hi guys, the tank I promised myself is now stocked. Fully cycled in 3 weeks with a couple of goldfish (you can still see them between the Malawis ). All my prize Malawi now transferred to their new home - they love the space

 

[Jen]

I was thinking that you said 100 litre... I was thinkng that maybe you meant 100 gal... but I see now that its like 250 gallons!

Beautiful tank you have there. What kind of equipment do you have running on it?

 

[BigC]

Nice size of Aquarium

BTW. The small over tank lighting unit (for open top aquariums) what do you think of those units.

 

[dutoits]

Yeah Thanks, I'm chuffed with it, - 2.2m long x 650 high x 500 wide ( just less than 250 gall, I think)
the old one was about 77gal (1.5m long x 650 high x 500 wide)

It's running on
2 off Atman EF-4 cannisters - 900 literp/h
2 off XL Powerheads with UG filters
3 off 300watt heaters
and thats it - so far so good

The project was full DIY - ordered baked glass and the lot ! assembled and made all, including stand, myself. It took a while and a bit!

I have Heto, it's well made, the long one is the same, must still decide about adapting the fitting.
I wanted this tank to be open top,(don't like the lid)
The small one comes with 2 white globes, so far I could not find other colors to fit the unit, at first I wanted to put 3 of those over the top because I can't find one long enough to fit the whole length. But I'm working on another idea now. For the interim I will get another 1.5 m, so that I can put four different lights in them. they come without globes and you get all colors to fit the unit.

 

[collared_drifter]

if you did that all by yourself i think that you could have done better with the aquascaping... its a little messy from the looks of the pictures... add some heigt to the tank!

 

[dutoits]

don't be so hasty, I'm still working on it and it was getting late! remember I'm a married man, have to go bed some time!!

Will show pictures again when the new rockwork is done. It' going to be a really really nice high reef.

It's not as bad as it looks, there is a real nice network of caves and passages in there for fish to weave through if they want to loose a pursuer.
Ample hiding space for fry too - a couple of females are holding.

 

[collared_drifter]

as long as you added a little height i thnk it would be beautiful! (loL)

 

[bunjiweb]

if you did that all by yourself i think that you could have done better with the aquascaping... its a little messy from the looks of the pictures... add some heigt to the tank!

Can i see a picture of your tank?..

Looking good dutoits, some lovely africans in there! Are you planning on keeping the goldies in there?

Ben

 

[garbodude]

i think its a good tank man. and i hate to give advice to experienced fishkeepers but have you considered putting a black background?

 

[dutoits]

I like the facebrick background and I found that my fish have then more area to explore,seems to increase the depth perception.

The gold fish will be moved to the outside pond .

They been living between the malawi now for more than a week and nobody seems to notice them.

To reduce aggresion diversity is the secret.

 

[Angel Lady]

Nice and big but I think you need a few more fish in thier. Those cichlids are bad for fighting when they have plenty space. I love my ccihlids but I keep them a bit overcrowded, It keeps down the fights.. Nice tank /

 

[dulce]

looks amazing ! cant believe you made it all - well done !
the fish are such lovely colours !

 

[dutoits]

Most of the fish will become 6/11ins and to increase the numbers now will result that I will have reduce the numbers with in 6months

My female spawn every 4 weeks

I currenty have -+ 20 1cm fry.

there are currently 40 malawi in the tank lager than than 1ins
50% is more than 4ins
rest 6ins plus

 

[sportsman26]

That is a very cool looking tank is it hard to build a tank by yourself? If you don't have much experiance doing it?