The Tropical Tank

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

Today my dad took a run down to b&q with me to get wood sorted for the stand.. i found a fairly good match of colour under 'cherry wood' i then spent a couple of hours reparing and cleaning the stand...

old uprights..

work in progress!

doors ready to go on..

screwed in and fitted..

sitting in all its glory ready to be set up once i get all the pieces together Laughing

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quite proud of that for a 16 year old Laughing

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

excuse the room its sitting in by the way! its in a real mess at the minute Laughing

some updates for the shellie tank..

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Apistogramma · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:51 am Post subject:

And the stocking plan is...? Wink

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

current stocking of the rio 180 is..

2x Tropheops sp. Chilumba

5x Iodotropheus sprengerae

10x (estimate) Laughing

Labidochromis caeruleus to be swapped with the f1 labs im growing on... Wink

3x labidochromis hongi

my planned stocklist is..

2x Tropheops sp. Chilumba

5x Iodotropheus sprengerae

3x labidochromis hongi

5x labidochromis caeruleus

?x Metriaclima callainos

?x pseudotropheus elongatus 'chewere' if i can get a hold of some..

?x cynotilapia afra cobue if i can get a hold of some..

?x pseudotropheus ndumbi red top also if i can get a hold of some..

a guy is meant to be ordering the fish in unsure when il have them by though Sad

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

i have still to consider more fish... tempted to get some Labeotropheus trewavasae Rolling Eyes

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Apistogramma · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject:

The tropheus in the smaller tank may do better in the bigger tank...they can be really aggressive as mature fish, especially in smaller groups.
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Becky

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

tropheops not tropheus Wink

their mbuna..from malawi rather than tanganyika but your right on the aggression! heres a profile for them... http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=944
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hillie · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:59 pm Post subject:

~Conor~ this looks terribly technical so good luck, but photos make it look great... hope to see some more as you progress !
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Apistogramma · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject:

Ohh thanks for the link Conor...I really do need to read more on malawi's, victoria's, tangs...you name it and I probably know very little about it...!!
And I really should stop answering posts at silly-o-clock in the morning! Rolling Eyes

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Becky

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

thanks hillie Mr. Green

Becky... have you got any tanks set up at the minute or did you sell them all? whats the water like around your way, maybe you could go mbuna Wink

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

Got loads of rocks sorted Mr. Green

all boiled and scrubbed ready to go in... il try get some pics up later theres some pretty intresting shapes and they were free Mr. Green

all i have to get now is..
- koralia circulation pump..
- crushed coral
- new back flap

and then il be ready to go!
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Apistogramma · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

I have two tanks at the moment Conor - although one of them is technically only running due to an 'emergency' at work with a couple of little fish...
I finally stripped and cleaned my nano yesterday, it'd been empty and switched off for about a month without much natural light but contained some amazingly healthy java fern and moss and absolutely no algae...
It'll be a looong time before I consider keeping mbuna. Partly because they cost...partly because I can think of so many other fish I'd like... Wink

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Becky

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

you would need to get some photos up becky Mr. Green

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

what size of nano was it? curious just... ive been looking to set up one for shrimp only for aggggggeees now Laughing

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Apistogramma · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:49 pm Post subject:

I think it's a 16l tank though it holds about 13l once it has substrate and decor in it.
I bought it because it was glass and had a neat trickle filter in the hood. It was a qt tank originally and then gradually became a nano setup for various breeding pairs and small fish and shrimp as I collected more tanks. Rolling Eyes

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Becky

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