The Tropical Tank

markee · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: Grow on tank

In preperation for downsizing my Frontosa group & future breeding i set up my grow on tank at the weekend. I bought the Aqua One AR620, which a local garden centre had on offer, although i got a lot more bits & paid less than they had it on offer for....gotta love saturday workers who don't scan properly Laughing

Bare bones

Crushed coral added

Rocks added

Water added & filter seeding from my Front tank

Finished article with blue light

and with white light

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er....Mark
Frontosa Kitumba Tank
AR620 Grow on tank

Harrison · Member Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 69

Really stunning, i can imagine this will be a beautiful tank once it gets some housemates.
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Juwel, 120 Litre:

- 3 Malawi Cichlid
- 1 Common Pleco

I Love fish · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 78

Nice tank looks awsome

grumpysteve · Member Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 829 Location: kent

again markee, thats a beautiful tank. cant wait to see some little fronts in there Smile

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Juwel Rio240 W/Tetratec EX1200 & Rena Smart Heater.
Laos (South East Asia) Creek Biotope

conor · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 184 Location: UK

someone has plenty of £££! Laughing

looks lovely.
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Juwel Rio 300 Mbuna Thread Juwel Rekord 70 Shell Dweller Tank

markee · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:57 am Post subject:

conor · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 184 Location: UK

are you planning on placing the holding mothers in that tank or are you going to strip the fry from her and return her to the rio 400? would you need some type of cover or prefilter for the intake of the filter incase any fry got sucked up?
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Juwel Rio 300 Mbuna Thread Juwel Rekord 70 Shell Dweller Tank

markee · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:45 pm Post subject:

The plan is to transfer the female over & let her do her thing, the holes in the intake are not that big & by the time she is ready to release the fry will be too big & strong to get sucked up the intake.

Well thats the plan, i'm sure when it happens a spanner will be thrown into the works Laughing

if i have more than one female holding then i may:

a. invest in a tumbler & strip the females of the eggs
b. leave them in the main tank, when the fry are developed strip the females
c. move one female over then strip the rest
d. block off one end of the main tank (enough room for 1 female)
e. let nature run it's course & hope for the best (last resort)
f. invest in another tank (& another house!)

so i have a few options available
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er....Mark
Frontosa Kitumba Tank
AR620 Grow on tank