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[Psychotic Madman]

Hi all. Been on the salty side for the last 6 years, but getting a bit too old for it all now. Thought i would try my hand at a Tang tank. I have quite a bit of experience of Rift lake cichlids as i used to breed(and sell) Malawi Mbuna 20/25 years ago. Very successful with those, but much smaller tank now. I have a Neptunian 60 pro cube tank with sump(257 ltrs total volume). My light is an evergrow 60p marine light, but with a bit of manipulation i am sure i can get it to work for freshwater. My stocking aim will be. 4x julie species, 4x leleupi types, 4x cyprios and 4 syno petricola. My lfs has alredy said that they will trade my spare fish as and when any of them form pairs, so will just end up with 3 pairs and the 4 cats. Any thoughts on my ideas? Always open to constructive critisism and good conversation. Thanks. Chris.

 

[Back in the fold]

Is there a lot of work to a marine tank ?

 

[Psychotic Madman]

There is if you want corals to grow.

 

[emeraldking]

Hi & welcome to our forum...

 

[Back in the fold]

Sounds expensive too . Tanganyikan’s are certainly pretty and fun to watch . They’re very popular where I live because our local water suits them perfectly .

 

[Psychotic Madman]

Very expensive, corals are ridiculous at the moment and some fish, Flame angel, 2", 200 quid plus.

 

[MattW]

Welcome to the forum I saw flame angels the other day at my LFS £179 for medium and £199 for large. Personally I will never pay that for fish but they were beautiful. I thought £22 each for my loaches was expensive!

 

[Psychotic Madman]

I got one sbout 2 yrs ago for 175, it was dead in 3 weeks.

 

[AJ356]

Hi Madman, what's the water parameters like in Preston?

 

[Psychotic Madman]

Just right for Africans