New 131 Uk Gallon Tank

[balajake]

Here is my new African mbuna cichlid tank

made by ND it's 72x24x24
Fx5 and ex1200 filtration
2 300w heaters
12000 lph wavemaker
Coral sand
Plum slate rock
Exo terra 3d background.


Inhabitants

7 x hongi Sweden - 7 x ndumbi super red top
2 x fainzilberi red dorsal. - 5 x williamsi blue lips
4 x F1 zebra maisoni reef - 7 x afra jalo reef
4 x Elongatus Mpanga 5 x neonspot
5 x F1 msobo magunga 5 x kingsizi itungi
3 x elongatus flavus - 3 x Metriaclima greshakei

Hongi Sweden

Greshakei

f1 Maisoni reef

F1 msobo maguna male

Neonspot

Hongi

Ndumbi super red top

Williamsi blue lips juvi

 

[Joshwainwright]

Ooh, looks great 

 
 
I'd love to have a cichlid tank when I've got my own place, have the money and have the room. Gee, that's going to be a while!
 
Ah well, I can look at other people's for now 

 

[balajake]

Thanks, It's took well over a year to get the dream a reality. I bought bits for it on a monthly basis so I had the bulk of what I needed. All fish were ordered from quality uk breeders/sellers and came through the post.

 

[Joshwainwright]

Gee, you must have spent a fair bit on postage then! 

 

[balajake]

About £420 on fish, £75 of which was postage but it was worth it to get the quality And type of fish I wanted. In the end it worked out cheaper because the mbuna I have seen in shops are around £9 each and not of the variety or class of the ones you get from the top online sellers that specialise in African cichlids. They charge around £4/£5 a fish for quality F1s

 

[Joshwainwright]

Yeah, I guess it is worth it when you know what you want and the stock that you want isn't as common
 
I've just got my community tank so £15 a time seems a lot for buying fish online when they're only worth a couple of quid

 

[kad191]

Great tank!

 

[balajake]

The problem i found when planning my tank is that finding mbuna isn't easy. When you go in many stores they aren't labeled under their scientific names and they are sometimes hybrids, poor quality that aren't easily identifiable . It really isn't easy going to the lfs and getting a good variety and quality of African cichlids. I'm so pleased I bought online from specialist african cichlid sellers

 

[glolite]

M mmm that's a beautiful aquarium! I am green with envy