Hello All !
I have been lurking around the forum for ages now , doing my own research from other peoples tanks etc. and have now started the process of my own !
I have never kept Africans before so any advise given will be greatly appreciated :bggrn:
I have ordered my tank yesterday and expect to have that and the cabinetry completed in about 4 weeks'ish so that I can then start cycling !
Here's what I am planning :
The tank will be 1700mm x 600mm x 600mm - with 150mm full wall overflow on the left, so the actual viewable size of the tank will be 1550mm , Here is a pic of the planned setup.
Sump will be in the left two thirds of the cabinet - yet to finalise my Sump design but have an idea of what I want to do and will ask for advice closer to that time .
So The tank will be 612 litres and 1 meter off the ground
I am having 3 holes drilled in the tank 1 main drain Durso ,1 emergency and 1 return
I was thinking of 32mm Durso and Emergency but have been thinking I should maybe go 40mm ?
Equipment planned : (please let me know if I am under or over compensating)
Return Pump - Eheim compact 5000 or Tunze Silence 300
Heaters - 2 x 300w Jagers
Water movement - Well this depends on how many pennies I have left ! Would love a Ecotech MP40 but will probably settle for a cheaper alt.
Lighting - I will be going LED on this , just have not decided what yet ?
So far I want Black Substrate 1-2mm Black Marble chip and was hoping for a Grey type rock alpine schist or Limestone .
I am hoping to put in the following Cichlids
- Electric Yellows
- Yellow tail Acei if I can find them
- Red Zebra
- Peacocks
- Demasoni
- 1 or 2 Cuckoo Syndonitis
- 2-3 Bristlenose pleco's
I was thinking 40-50 Cichlids ? Will that be alright ?
Anyways , I am real amped to get this going and look forward to the advice I will hopefully be getting ... :thup:
T.
