nudge

congrats

Trophs are better kept in groups of 10 or more. I have heard of people keeping them as a single fish in mixed tanks but have never tried. It's one of those you won't know tilll you try situations. Make sure you are feeding appropriate food for the troph such as NLS.

nice

nice, love dems and yellows together great combo

What is the ph of your water supply? I use aragonite and coral in my tanks and filters and i personally don't think they buffer your water that much, they will help but its not gonna alter your water chemistry as much as bi carb and epsom will. IMO you should cocncentrate more on KH and GH. The higher you get your kh the higher your ph will be. The higher your kh is also means there will be less chance of your ph dropping. The baking soda will raise your KH and the epsom salts will raise your GH. I have trophs and we are on tank(rain) water so I buffer my water with baking soda/ epsom salt. I find it pretty good it keeps my tank at a ph of 8 and kh 13 and gh 20 ( using api test kits). I have found that the bs/epsom won't get your ph much over 8 regardless of how much you use. As for what ratio to use it depends what your water supply readings are from the tap. My water has a ph of 7 with kh of 7 from the tap but goes up to ph 8 and kh 13 with the buffer. I use 2 tsp of epsom salts and 3/4 tsp of bi carb per 15L. So test your water 1st and go from there. A lot of people on here dont bother using buffers but it's easy to do once you have your recipe sussed. I fill a barrel of water and add the right amount of buffer, drain my tank and add the buffered water. It doesnt need to sit for a couple of days. As long as you dont forget to add it every water change theres not really anything that will go wrong. Check out cichlid-forum.com or google cichlid buffer there are some good articles that will explain the advantages of water chemistry a lot better than I can.

Nice fish. 3 males together can be pretty destructive keep a close eye on them.

nice dude hes a stunner, 21's a good number from 1 female

i have some levamisole if you want it david not sure how much is left, i got it from the pet shop on maunu rd

welcome mate good time to arrive, spoken to a few of the locals and apparently summer is just round the corner...

WOW!!! Looks awesome david, the lemons look so good in there great contrast with the bigger fish, any plans for more tetras apart from the coloumbians you could get some impressive schools goin in there.

the altums have been put on a lot of size

looking good david will have to call round for another look some day

gutted mate hope the move goes well.

interested to know what ya feeding routine is if you aren't using commercial foods exclusively?

Length is ok but its pretty narrow. Maybe a colony of demasoni?

140L is to small for african cichlids. What are the dimensions? def to small for peacocks

nice, love the aquascape. Can't wait to see it stocked with fish.

Just wondering if anyone has had success keeping haps with trophs, leleupi and calvus. I have always had a thing for malawi dolphins and i'm thinking about adding 3-5 to my tang tank. Has anyone tried this combo or can see any problems with it?

IMO these 2 tanks are so similar footprint wise and either would do. personally i would go for the 6ftr as the width is really good at 600. The 5ftr is nice and wide but you lose a bit of length. Generally a shorter wider tank is prob better than a long skinny tank but it has a good width anyway and the extra length will help. I would say a 1800 (6ft) x 600 (2ft) will house all the africans we have available to us.

Congrats dude tank looks amazing, lovin the new rockscape

wow he's a stunner!

bit off topic but hows the tank going?

hey mate, I have just sold one of my males on TM but i havent heard back from the buyer, if the sale falls thru i will let ya know if you are keen Cheers nige

killer!!!

my bad...... :oops: auratus