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Wyomingite
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PostSubject: Malawi Tank   Malawi Tank EmptySat Jan 16, 2010 1:18 am

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Excuse the pic, it's blurry. Thinkin' I need a new camera. Also got some glare from another light somewhere. Anyways, it'll give the idea of what I've got goin' on.

This will be my lone mbuna tank. As I've said before, 90% of my tanks were devoted to mbuna at the last house and they've lost their allure for me. Yet I still can't imagine bein' without one tank full of 'em.

There isn't as much rock as it appears: the rockwork actually sits on clay pots with notches out of 'em. The rock is mainly for appearance. The pots sit directly on the tank bottom and won't be undermined by diggin', displace less water than an equivalent volume of rock, weigh less than rock, and increase the amount of hiding places for the fish (important for mbuna). The larger pots have smaller notched pots or half pots inside to break up the inside volume, as well.

This is a 55 gallon with a substrate of 50% play sand/50% aragonite. I think the bright white of aragonite sand looks unnatural in a Rift Valley aquarium. Planned stocking is four electric yellows, four Melanochromis joanjohnsonae, and four rusties. I went lookin' today, but all I found in town were some less than appealing electric yellows and I decided to wait for better stock, probably the next time I'm in Colorado.

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PostSubject: Re: Malawi Tank   Malawi Tank EmptySat Jan 16, 2010 2:41 pm

Nice start...maybe you need a tripod and not a new camera Wink
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PostSubject: Re: Malawi Tank   Malawi Tank EmptySat Jan 16, 2010 8:14 pm

Sweet, good to see things coming together...tank looks great so far.
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PostSubject: Re: Malawi Tank   Malawi Tank EmptyTue Jan 19, 2010 4:48 pm

Lookin good!
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PostSubject: Re: Malawi Tank   Malawi Tank EmptyTue Jan 19, 2010 10:53 pm

I have a 5 inch venestus ,a 5 inch ruti island, a 3 inch electric yellow ,and a 6 inch frontosa, a syndontis ,6 inch common pleco and a loach you can have for your tanks if you want them! They are all in a 75 gallon now. They get along great.
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