spoon Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 still a bit cloudy but all my fish are in there and loving it tank is 5ftx2ftx2ft so 530l before anything went into it but considerably less now the background is in i built the hood myself it houses a 150w 10k metal halide. filtration is 1 cf2200 and a jebo 819 filled with course calcite and dolomite sand for some buffering the outlet of this runs a small fluidised bed filter before returning to the tank . there is a 3000lph wavemaker running in the top right hand corner this agitates the surface so i get nice ripples of light across the bottom the heater is hidden behind the backgrond with the filter intakes its a jager 300w. heres some pics of the fish not the best photos as i havent cleaned the outside of tank and the cloudy water . lionhead male ,big electric yellow male, small nimbochromis livingstonii , some kribs and an unknown peacock red shoulder peacock male , sunshine peacock male, kadango male, big yellow again red shoulder , kadango no 2 , blue melanochromis (johanni or maingano?), male auratus, male jewel , male convict ps this is what happened to the old cichlid tank(which yes i only set up ealier this year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 love the look in the new setup, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 :bounce: Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Looking good I have tried kribs in my african tanks and they didn't last though The livingstonii will certainly think of them as a nice snack when he gets a bit bigger so would watch them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Looking good I have tried kribs in my african tanks and they didn't last though The livingstonii will certainly think of them as a nice snack when he gets a bit bigger so would watch them.. they aren't being bothered at the moment by anything , but yes im keeping a eye on them it tends to be the blue melanochromis that does the damage also sometimes the dominant kadango but they only pick on my peacocks ! , the 1s i have at the moment are holding up well fingers crossed ive got a prime pink and a marble peacock that didnt make the photos since ive added them the chasing isnt directed at the 1 fish . i understand the livingsonii will get huge will have to keep an eye on his temperament , ive also got 2 malawi eyebiters that will get rather large too! but i have to say my favourite fish of the lot is the red shoulder i found him listed as a blue zebra on tm, he was in a rio 180 with a small oscar and a convict and a jewel which where all scared of him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Very cool man, you've really outdone yourself this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my4age Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 that looks awesome! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Very nice! would look wicked with metal halides!!!- especially with the wave maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnie Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well Spoon what a great job you have done. Your back grounds are just awesome. The time you spent on them must be rewarding to get this top class result. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 HI FIVE Very Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 my red shoulder my big boy(from lynnie) syno catfish im thinking synodontis ocellifer any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Looking good What are the peacock females (or uncoloured) Baenshi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my4age Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 nice kadango you've got there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trace&steve Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 awesome looks really good!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 can you do some shots without flash and with the halide on. Would be cool to see. Thinking of going metal halide/fluro combo myself to get that marine feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 yes please, a shot with the MH's and no flash. do you have a waver maker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 yep got a cheap wavemaker , the MH is a 14000K 150w and im running two 28w blue tubes i will get around to taking photos without flash in next few days. the fry are some aulonocara marlieri that i brought: light coloured ones are male, the darker ones are female bigger males soon to colour up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 mh and blue tubes (bare in mind in my eye it looks a lot brighter than in the photos these are the ones with out flash and in a dark room. also bare in mind the blue tubes are shop fitting tubes not marine blues, the signifigant difference being no UV output. but a similar colour. 14000k mh only no blue tubes, you can see the difference in the blue colour on the fish it stands out more in the first photo this photo is blue tubes going only it appears to be a lot darker than what it is in real life , to me these tubes in this wattage on this tank would be overkill for just a moonlight effect. the red part is a reflection. as for the light ripple effect of the metal halides its hard to capyure with a photo could try a short video if somebody wants to see it just let me know oh and p.s. im pretty sure the plant is a sagiteria of some sort but i dont want to be corrected if its not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 messed this one up some how my bad :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 nice kadango you've got there! its a relative of yours isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 it's beautiful!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Very nice. you can see what the MH's do alright in terms of shasdows and getting light to bottom. Hope you don't mind I tweeked a couple of your shots. it was just exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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