tinytawnykitten Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 After all my stressing and boundless posts (sorry Ryan :oops: ), I finally have an african tank set up, I think. The substrate is silica sand, and I have a rocky background which is a mixture of limestone, river rocks, schist and some coral. I need some tips about building a good rock 'wall' though because it only goes about 15cm up the back of the tank and I haven't built it any further due to worrying about rocks falling on fish. As for the fish, I have 5 electric yellows. Then I was going to get demasoni as per a few suggestions but Glenn suggested an alternative of some melanochromis johannii, so I have a pair of them and 3 of their offspring. And then rather than sticking to one variety of peacock he suggested males only (G - please tell me if I have this wrong) and I have 2 otopharynx lithobates ( I know they're not peacocks but was told they are as close to Peacocks as you can get without them being Peacocks) and 1 aulonocara baenschi so far. They are all out and about, eating well and looking lovely. I actually thought they would be hiding for days but perhaps they don't like my caves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nice Now just wait for the boom of color and Wow one fantastic African tank :bounce: Neat pic's nice and clear ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nice fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Good stuff tinytawnykitten!! Interesting choice of fish.. looking forward to seeing how the tank develops!! Can you show us a full tank shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nice Now just wait for the boom of color and Wow one fantastic African tank :bounce: Neat pic's nice and clear ! Oh, wow, great, to be honest, having no experience with cichlids and very little knowledge , I was expecting some you shouldn't have put xxx with xxxs and some great now but in a few weeks xxx will eat xxxs or some nice if you want dead fishs or something. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Can you show us a full tank shot? Ooooh I kinda don't want yet to cos it looks spack. Especially compared to yours! Gimme a few days :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Oh, wow, great, to be honest, having no experience with cichlids and very little knowledge , I was expecting some you shouldn't have put xxx with xxxs and some great now but in a few weeks xxx will eat xxxs or some nice if you want dead fishs or something. Thanks! Do a lot of reading and don't be shy to ask questions We all started out once not knowing too much and that only way is to learn ! :bounce: Good Luck and congrats on your new African tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Awesome glad you got some fish that you like didn't think you would wait for the demasoni as long as your happy with what you've got its all good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 ...didn't think you would wait for the demasoni ... Yeah bet you could tell I was too impatient. :oops: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 lol as long as your happy with the result its all good You may run into problems with stocking as you start putting more males in but that depends on the fish and the lack of females means they should be ok, hopefully the dominant one doesn't just smash everything else.. Thats the reason I recommended a trio of one type I have had huge issues keeping more than 1 peacock male in a 4ft tank even in my 540L tank only 2 will colour up and come out from behind the rocks.. Also watch the johannii they can get quite big have a nasty rep and can throw their weight around mine certainly dominate much bigger fish in my tank but your tank is 200L so should be big enough to get away with it, just keep an eye on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yeah bet you could tell I was too impatient. :oops: :lol: LOL we all are a little impatient, when getting something new ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 maybe you could silicone a few lumos together i.e. 4 or 5 different rock groupings that you can stack around in different ways. That way you won't have the same layout forever like if you glued all the rocks together. Hope that makes sense :oops: George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant N Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Nice tank. Enjoy . I use coral and pumice to get taller stacks ,that way when (if) they fall at least they fall relatively slowly. Also if you don't mind artificial things in there Fishzone , Mt. Wellington in Auck. have some cool resin rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Fishzone?? is that a fish shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant N Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 FishZone 5794188 they have a website and have TM sales Nice people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 the melos were bought as ''blue melanochromis'',they arn't johanni they don't get as big as the johanni and the female keeps the colours. good breeders too cleaned out the red shoulder tank and more babies,want any more,lol the baenschi looks to have settled in well tank looks good to keep us updated on progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Scuse my ignorance, but what is the third fish down in your initial photos? It is a beauty. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Hi there, well this is the Blue Melanochromis I got from 'peanuts'. I am wondering then after a quick internet search, are they Maingano, Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos? And here's a full tank shot I just took but it is dark and night time ish. It's not great, definitely a work in progress. I need more rocks which I am getting this week. And the dark area on the right hand side is a piece of driftwood I've had for ages. The pink and orange bits are flakes I just fed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 yup bang on,well thats the conclusion i reached watched these fish grow but as i had not seen or kept was unsure,was only when the female held that i bought them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Yeah who knows what those fish are I stayed away from them all the melo's can cross breed so easily and if they weren't imported with a descent name they're probably hybrids. From what ive read (and seen) they can be fairly nasty someone I knew brought like 6 of them and ended up with 1 but glenn has had these ones for a while and bred them so maybe they're laid back? If they were nasty then you would have noticed something by now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 They've been a little grumpy but only to each other. Typical married couple? If they get nasty they will be moved. So far so good though. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Well 3 weeks later, I would hardly recognise this guy now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Thats the thing they just get better and better. Good luck and keep it up...MTS here we come...lol Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Thats the thing they just get better and better. Good luck and keep it up...MTS here we come...lol Navarre Hmm MTS just can't happen in my house, it is only 100sqm, and we don't have a garage. I think my husband is rather relieved at this fact!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hmm MTS just can't happen in my house, it is only 100sqm, and we don't have a garage. I think my husband is rather relieved at this fact!! :lol: SO MUCH USEFULL SPACE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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