Im All Done To ( At Last)

[adambrum]

Well after a few months tank is now up and running i will just go through my set up any suggestions are welcome.

tank = 216L, 120cmx45cmx45cm fluval duo deep 1200

filters = rena xp3 and fluval +4 internal

heater = visi-therm 300w ( my tronic had condensation when i tried it )

substrate = black sand

rocks = about 40kg of ocean rock

planning on having a mbuna tank still not sure what yet but there will be no fish going in for 7 weeks apart from the 2 goldfish in there all ready in there

now just a couple of questions in my rena filter i have one spare tray i was thinking of putting some ceramic media in and some crushed coral also what about flow in the tank.

will try and get pic on here , is there a way to attach a pic direct without a link.

 

[mark7616]

That sounds like a good idea putting some crushed coral in the filter media basket that would be a good way of increasing ph what would you do wrap it in a pair of tights???

 

[adambrum]

got to crush it first its still one big piece of coral , had not thought about it it but tights do sound like a good idea cheers

 

[mark7616]

when you mentioned it sounded good my ph is 7.5/7.6 so was thinking how i could increase it sounds like a good method anyone know if this will actuall work??

 

[adambrum]

 

[Ginge]

Its nice 1 thing i dont like though(blue background) everything else is really nice simalar 2 mine.

 

[rixy]

you can put the crushed coral straight in the filter basket.that will be fine.try a black background on your tank.the black looks the best for malawi's in my opinion.your rock setup looks really good,as does the black subsrate.

 

[adambrum]

im not sure about the blue either if i can figure an easy way to change it i will.

 

[Ginge]

Yeah it's hard when the tanks close to the wall.

 

[clareriley]

That looks lovely. a easy way I found to change the back of my tank when its against the wall is a 2man job. I just smear the vaseline on with a bank/credit card and then get someone to feed the background to me on the other side of the tank. I agree that black back and substrate with the white rocks looks lovely, this is what i will be doing when I have got my white rock together. cant wait to see your tank with the fish.

 

[Iron Man]

I think it looks great just like it is....I'd maybe put a couple plastic plants in there just to accent it some. I don't know about changing the background...its a good blue. I had painted black background for a long time and it got to be ugly....then again I had stopped keeping african cichlids. The only way I'd have a black background now is if I had a species tank of mbunas of some sort, like yellow labs or demasonis.

The black sand looks really good, though.