Tank Journal Archive

[aussieant32]

Picked up 10 juvi Flametail Ngara on the weekend, too early to sex. Biggest is 1cm :)

 

[daniel borja]

malawi cichlids?

 

[aussieant32]

yup :)

 

[daniel borja]

you going all out malawi or mixing them with Tanganyikan cichlids too?

 

[aussieant32]

not a good idea to mix them, need different water conditions.

Will be Malawi only, mainly peacocks

 

[daniel borja]

catfish? :)

 

[slin1977]

Awesome! Will you keep other colours or keep them pure?

 

[aussieant32]

I do want some Synodontis Njassae but unsure if you can get them here.

Will mix colours, not making any effort to breed them what happens happens.

 

[leodb89]

looking good ant gonna be a nice tank, wish we could get marine fish juvies readily

 

[aussieant32]

yer, apart from clowns and dottys its hard.

Likely adding a few more this weekend, got some yellow labs on hold, 2cm

 

[daniel borja]

unfortunately, mimicking suitable breeding conditions for a marine tank is a whole lot more difficult when compared to fresh water. are they your run of the mill synodontis catfish anthony or something a bit more special?

 

[aussieant32]

They are a breed from lake Malawi, not many are found there, most are from tang

 

[slin1977]

not a good idea to mix them, need different water conditions.

Will be Malawi only, mainly peacocks

I can't believe it matters so much as they are so far removed from their natural environment , I reckon your fish would easily be F10 generation plus. Give them sweet old Sydney tap water and they all will thrive. My 2 cents opinion ;)

 

[aussieant32]

Mine are F1 actually, he imported the parents about 5-6 months ago, or so he says anyway. :)

I don't like to keep fish in conditions convenient to me mate, I like to replicate their natural conditions as much as I can inside a glass box.

 

[slin1977]

What are you using to harden / soften the water ?
What is your KH?

 

[aussieant32]

Using Malawi buffer as I had one unopened but will switch to bi-carb once it runs out.

Kh around 200ppm.

They other problem with mixing the two lakes is the behaviour of the fish. Lake Tanganyika are more territorial, but Mbuma are much aggressive when feeding, just not a good mix.

 

[leodb89]

it's been a while hasn't it? lol

:poidh

 

[aussieant32]

might try grab some tonight, just fed them so will wait till they settle down

 

[aussieant32]

ok, a few piccies

The best of the yellow labs

One of the smaller males, starting to get his colours up

one of my females taking a sneaky poo :)

sectioned FTS, cut the right side off but didn't realise until I loaded to PC

This male looks like he will colour up the best

 

[Wrangy]

Cichlids are my absolute favourite freshies!! :D Tank looks great and the fish are stunning :)