My Tank Change To Sand And Rock Ready 4 Mbuna

[seanie112]

hi there sorted to do my 77x17x18
to get ready for mbuna fry coming in jan 09

rock around 20kg ish second hand
4 and half bags of sand 67.5kg
crushed coral sand
and under neath rock is pebbles
as did have enough rock so ended up putting it in the middle of the tank looks ok i think wife likes it
couple caves in side the rock and couple caves at the side for the plecs

what do you all think !! let us know


without sand

at the end

 

[seanie112]

its called coral bones, on top of sand the tuffa rock

 

[seanie112]

if i add some cobbles to the tank wld that look good or will it look out of place with the tuffa rock or shell i just take out the tuffa rock and add all cobbles !!!!

 

[aaronnorth]

i would of added a thinner layer of sand, easier to keep the tank clean. You definatley need more rocks IMO, if you get a pair of cichlids they will more than likley take over that hole mound of tuffa rock leaving only the 2 sides for the others!

 

[seanie112]

i kno i need more rock
77x17x18

i am not buying adults got some fry coming mbuna next mth (jan 09)

was thinking of putting in some cobbles to make up the rest of the tank

 

[seanie112]

another update
change the tank to sand and tuffa rock
couple pics going over to mbuna's again but only starting with fry then i can see them grow we had had keeped malawi before sold the lot in feb 08 before we moved to this place

i am not buying adults got some fry coming mbuna next mth (jan 09)

was thinking of putting in some cobbles to make up the rest of the tank

 

[onebto]

Fantastic nice work

 

[seanie112]

thank you

 

[kj23502]

Sure, add the cobbles, after awhile the rock should all look similar anyway

What fish are you planning? How many us gallons is your tank?

 

[seanie112]

having fry then i can see them grow up
around 20 mbuna's



System type
Dimensions 196 x 43 x 41cm/77" x 17" x 16
Surface area 0.84 sqm/9.04 sq ft/ inches sq in
Volume 343 l./76 gal. (90.61 US gal.)
Probable volume 309 l./68 gal. (82 US gal.)



with the following running it
eheim pro 3 2080
air pump 6 out lets 840ltrs hour running 3 tanks (2x 2ft tanks)
300watts rena heater
sand tuffa rock crashed bones in tank



i have got 20 fry coming soon from a m8 (nathan)
who has been holding some fry but cant remember wot they are called only kno they are mbuna

 

[kj23502]

Cool system. I thought it looked long and short. Not a bad thing. Gives more floor space for the fishies to pick territory. Good # of fish for that tank. Did you research compatiblity beforehand?

 

[seanie112]

i
we've had malawi's before in my old 5ft tank but had adults we had 10tanks but only had 7tanks of malawi around the flat
but learned alot from that time having them and we do miss them so thats why we going bk to them again

we thought of it before i got this tank thought of it then sed yes be good but ill have fry this time and let they grow up
was going to get other cichlids but thought of the hight and width then sed ill get mbuna's again
cant wiat to get them shld be this wkend or if not will have them in the first wk of jan 09
getting around 20 of them ill let u all know wot i get and ill take some pics of them

 

[kj23502]

okie dokie. Just checking. I guess a bad combination can tear apart a tank rather quickly.

Look forward to pics and updates. Should be grand!!!

 

[seanie112]

another year gone by

happy new year to you