New member but not new to Africans

[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

 

[Innesfan]

Just right for Africans

Then you've got the right fish for the right water and the perfect transition from salt to fresh. Welcome.

 

[Naughts]

Just right for Africans

Really, I thought it would be too soft? What Gh does it give on your companies water quality report?

 

[Psychotic Madman]

I have not checked the report yet. Kept Mbuna for years before the reef tank. Always ok for them.

 

[Naughts]

I have not checked the report yet. Kept Mbuna for years before the reef tank. Always ok for them.

They need a GH of 300+ so I imagine you were adding rift lake minerals to the water…?

 

[Naughts]

Maybe you used argonite sand or crushed coral?
The point here is that if you are looking for something easier, the route should be to match your fish to your existing tap water parameters.

Check the water provider’s water quality report and go from there.