My tank: Malawi and Tang

[BabySealClubber]

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2005-11-15/119672-001.jpg
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2005-11-15/119672-002.jpg

Current inhabitants:
11 Tropheus sp. black Kiriza
5 Syn. multipunctatus
4 M. estherae OB
6 M. estherae Mdoka long pelvic
6 Ps. demasoni
4 L. caerulus
5 Ps. saulosi
2 Ps. elongatus Chewere
1 Aul. stuartgranti

Hardware:
2 x Eheim Pro 2229 wet/dry canisters
1 x Rena Filstar XP3 with DIY acrylic surface skimmer intake attachment
1 x Tunze 6060 Turbelle stream pump (1600gph) for water movement
1 x RedSea Aquazone Plus 200 ozone generator w/ ORP controller and probe
1 x RedSea Prizm foam fractionator for ozone injection
1 x American Marine Pinpoint pH monitor and probe
1 x HOB refugium containing red mangrove seedlings and hornwort
2 x 24" 2x24W Archaea T-5 fluorescent fixtures with 6500K Gieseman bulbs
2 x 300 watt Hydor ETH external inline heaters

[69shelby]

looks great, what size is it?

[BabySealClubber]

Thanks, Shelby.

The tank is 150 US gallons, 5' x 2' x 2'.

[djfungus]

Very nice lookin tank! Great aquascaping.

[jf2381]

Nice tank. I love what you did with the lighting.

[highplainsdrifter]

Extraordinary tank, Clubber! One of my favorite mbunas is elongatus "chewere"- it's the first thing that I noticed. Well done.

[jhunbj]

Do you have a close-up picture of your Elongatus chewere? I thought it looks like elongatus chailosi.

[Woot]

Originally posted by jhunbj
Do you have a close-up picture of your Elongatus chewere? I thought it looks like elongatus chailosi.

The chewere is the guy in the middle 1st pic, looks good but small in the pic. Similar shape but different color & barring shape, Chewere should have sort of a blue diamond pattern. A friend keeps both of them, awesome fish. He also has some Elongatus Mpanga, those are some awesome fish! I am going to get some once he gets them going. They are small and already breeding.

Clubber, the tank looks good. Plenty of caves, and I like the sand.

[BabySealClubber]

Originally posted by jhunbj
Do you have a close-up picture of your Elongatus chewere? I thought it looks like elongatus chailosi.

Not a great shot, but here it is:

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2005-11-19/120062-001.jpg

The diamonds are not so defined. I'm hoping his markings improve as he grows, but not counting on it.

[Seedy]

Very Nice! I like the tank, aquascaping and stock selection...very different!...

Ohh.....I got a joke for you too.....




So.....this baby seal walks into a club....

*badaching*

[Tobeannounced]

pretty!

nice color selection in the fish.

[BabySealClubber]

Originally posted by Seedy
Very Nice! I like the tank, aquascaping and stock selection...very different!...

Ohh.....I got a joke for you too.....




So.....this baby seal walks into a club....

*badaching*

:D

[tarralb]

What kind of rocks do you have in there and where did you get them? They look awesome. Do they allow a lot of space for the fish to swim through?

[BabySealClubber]

The rocks are lace rock. I believe they are similar to lava rock. At my LFS it sells for about $1/lb. I like it because it makes lots of interconnected tunnel work and the pieces all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

[tarralb]

So about how many do you think you have in there? I have one piece of lace rock which actually is a cave (don't know if it naturally looked like that) but I had to remove it because they all fought over it. I mostly have landscaping rocks, lava rock, and tufa rock but want to convert to mostly lace at some point.

[BabySealClubber]

That's about 220 lb of rock. Probably about 40-50 pieces.

[txinok]

very very nice,,I like a tank with a lot of rock

[BabySealClubber]

Thanks txinok!

[tarralb]

I have a 75 gallon so I don't think I'd need that much but I'm broke right now and they are expensive and heavy so I will probably start out slow. :)

[craigory44]

love the tank, wish my parents would let me get one that big.....

[BabySealClubber]

Tank shots
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-001.jpg
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-002.jpg

Feeding time
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-003.jpg

Ps sp elongatus Chewere
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-004.jpg

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos juvenile
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-005.jpg

Tropheus sp black Kiriza
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-02-19/130810-006.jpg

[Seedy]

Stunning. Great looking tank and fish! The rockwork is looks great too.

[BabySealClubber]

Thanks for looking, Seedy!