Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Its been a while but i finally got round to putting some pics together of my Malawi mix. They are still young but growing fast. Tank is 480l in wall (2000l, 600H, 400d) set up between my entrance and office Stocking 10 yellow, 12 dems, 10 Tropheops chilumba, 5 eye biters. Sorry photos of fish are average at best but ill update with better ones as i catch them. Filter is AquaEL unimax 1500l p/h - 2x ins and 2x outs. Limestone rock and 5mm grey pebble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Pass on why some pics aint rotated :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 wow - built in the wall between two rooms? Looks great. How do you get on with all the light coming into the tank or is it not a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Yeah between my office and the main living area/ entrance. Light hasnt been a problem yet. One end of the tank gets direct sunlight for a couple of hours in the evening on one end so get a little bit of algi down that end only at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee2 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 that looks fantastic. I can imagine how much joy it brings to you when you sitting at front of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Now that is awesome! Great idea. Time to build another house :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinox Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 awsum set up! thats epic as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Great looking tank mate :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Cheers guys. The area is designed so that the tank can be removed without any disruption to the surrounds. The only remains would be the holes where the tubes run up from the sump and back into the tank. Tank sits on a formica bench top. There is only 200mm in front of it so its not my actual work area. That is on the other side of the room. The lack of background on the tank limits the amount of "pop" and contrast you can get to show the fish off but allows to see between the rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy-fish Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 That is very impressive! !drool: What is the width of the tank. The photos give the impression it's quite narrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 nice work, you must be pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 That is very impressive! !drool: What is the width of the tank. The photos give the impression it's quite narrow. Tank is 480l in wall (2000l, 600H, 400d) set up between my entrance and office Looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Nice setup those eyebiters look awesome, how do you find the tropheops, heard they can be pretty nasty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy-fish Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Looks nice oops. Had a mans look! :oops: (I blame the photos! They distracted me immediately!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Nice setup those eyebiters look awesome, how do you find the tropheops, heard they can be pretty nasty? Yeah hes coloured up really well. Cant wait till he grows up a bit. Love it how they just cruise around. So far the tropheops have been good with little aggression even amongst themselves but they are only young. Ill be keeping an eye on them. They are starting to colour up now as well so ill be clearly able to see what ratios i have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Can I ask, Are the rocks just sitting on top of each other or have you glued them together?? :dunno: My tank is full of rocks balancing on top of one another for my Malawai's, I do worry about them digging up the sand then Crash, they all come tumbling down resulting in a damaged tank :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 some rocks are glued some are stacked. If you look carefully in the photos you can see some grey blobs of glue as well. In the end i just glued the ones that where just balancing, or if it had others stacked on it precariously. On my rock stacks i tended to have a big "foundation" rock at the base for stabiltiy and stacked the others on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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