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My African fish tank (African themed environment) - Muddy Waters - Sep 22, 2016
Tanzania to be more specific.
::UPDATE::
Today I got my electric blue hap fry. I knew mommy had been mouth-brooding them for about 19 days now so I was 99% sure they were free-swimming and ready for their own little "tank".
Going to keep them in that little plastic container for about 4-6 weeks to make sure they grow properly. Most likely doing water changes every day and food will be "milled" fish flakes until they are big enough for brine shrimp and milled pellet.
The Father (Click to View)
The Mother (Click to View)
::UPDATE::
Today I got my electric blue hap fry. I knew mommy had been mouth-brooding them for about 19 days now so I was 99% sure they were free-swimming and ready for their own little "tank".
Going to keep them in that little plastic container for about 4-6 weeks to make sure they grow properly. Most likely doing water changes every day and food will be "milled" fish flakes until they are big enough for brine shrimp and milled pellet.
The Father (Click to View)
The Mother (Click to View)
* - Jolene - Sep 22, 2016
Beautiful! Congratulations for creating it :)
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 22, 2016
(Sep 22, 2016 03:00 PM)Jolenem Wrote: Beautiful! Congratulations for creating it :)
Thank you mate :)
* - ur girls daddy - Sep 22, 2016
That's real fucking clean looking, I like that.
* - Rhinoo - Sep 22, 2016
This is really cool, get some bigger fish in there
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 22, 2016
Thanks guys :)
These fish are not adults yet so they will grow up to about 13-15 cm each.
* - XzoRcisT - Sep 22, 2016
That's actually very nice dude, must be a bishh to keep clean and maintain.
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 23, 2016
(Sep 22, 2016 04:24 PM)XzoRcisT Wrote: That's actually very nice dude, must be a bishh to keep clean and maintain.
It's actually easier than you might think. I do about 20% water change every third day. It's maintaining the pH that's tricky. My tap water is 6.2, and my fish wants 8.2 pH and pretty hard water environment, also maintaining tropical temperature when doing water changes, I usually fill up about two 25L buckets with water and let it sit overnight and the next day the water is room-temperature and the chlorine is pretty much gone.
* - seigweilo - Sep 24, 2016
Wow! The fish tank looks great. What fish do you have in there?
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 24, 2016
(Sep 24, 2016 02:07 AM)seigweilo Wrote: Wow! The fish tank looks great. What fish do you have in there?
They are african cichlids from "Lake Malawi" in Tanzania. Their parents are wild caught and these is the "spawn" of all the parents I made the fish guy make a mix of some cool species. So the fish were pretty expensive but I don't regret it.
Species List if you wanna google it's "Scientific Name | Gender | Species Nickname"
Sciaenochromis Fryeri (1 male, 2 females) - Electric Blue Ahli
Labidochromis sp. Hongi (2 males, 1 female) - Hongi Cichlid
Melanochromis Johanni (1 male, 2 females) - Bluegrey Mbuna
Pseudotropheus Demasoni (3 males, 4 females) - Demasoni Mbuna
However I prefer to use the scientific names for them, that way it's 100% accurate, nicknames can vary from store to store.
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 25, 2016
Just checked pH, was around ~8.0 so perfect I'd say.
This project ended up costing me around ~$450.
* - Horizon - Sep 25, 2016
Nice tank man. It looks pretty cool having the rock face on the back wall of the tank.
* - SaintAres - Sep 25, 2016
Just wow , i love fish and i have a small fish tank myself in my house , very nice !
* - m4dh4ck3r - Sep 25, 2016
Is that a 3d wallpaper in the back?
The environment looks pretty good.
* - Muddy Waters - Sep 25, 2016
(Sep 25, 2016 08:23 AM)Horizon Wrote: Nice tank man. It looks pretty cool having the rock face on the back wall of the tank.
Thank you :)
(Sep 25, 2016 08:27 AM)SaintAres Wrote: Just wow , i love fish and i have a small fish tank myself in my house , very nice !
Cool, what kind of fish do you keep in your tank?
(Sep 25, 2016 08:31 AM)m4dh4ck3r Wrote: Is that a 3d wallpaper in the back?
The environment looks pretty good.
It is a 3D background yes, you can buy them to style your fish tank and make it look more like in the nature. The fish loves them and it makes the tank look so much more natural.
http://backtonature.se/products/ here are some of the 3D backgrounds available.