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This is my latest tank, I also have a 220 Gallon tank (about 830 litres) which is built in a wall. In this tank I keep Oscars Green Terrors (South America). Information about this aquarium: Aquarium with rounded corners with a volume of 500 litres. The substrate is coarse crushed coral. Beach rocks set up to create caves and hiding. Vegetation: Vallisneria spiralis Pumps + filters: 1x External bio-filter canister (1100 liters / hr) – with the water spray tubing fitted above the water level. 1x “ASTRO” Internal filter (the largest flow that I could find on the market) – which allows to crate the water movement and circulation around the tank. Heater: 300 Watt heater - chosen because Durban (South Africa), the place where I'm living, is a tropical zone where temperatures do not drop too much even during the winter. The lighting is from: 2x 4 ft fluorescent tubes “ice white” 2x 4 ft fluorescent tubes "actinic blue" These tubes are alternately fitted – each has its individual mirror-chrome reflector. The water pH is constant on the level of 8.4 – 8.5 (the buffering “trick” with aquarium coarse salt, bicarbonate of soda and Epsom salts). The following cichlids are living in this tank: Labeotropheus trewavasae 3 males + 5 females Labidochromis caeruleus "green" 1 male + 1 female? Labidochromis caeruleus "yellow" 5 examples Metriaclima callainos "Cobalt Blue" 4 males + 8 females Metriaclima estherae "red" 3 males + 4 females Metriaclima zebra "red top" 3 males + 5 females There's also a group of Non-Mbuna's in it: 5 males and 8 females of the following Aulonocara's: Aulonocara koningsi Aulonocara stuartgranti Maleri–orange Aulonocara stuartgranti "Usisya" 6 x Copadichromis borleyi "Kadango red fin" 4 x Frontosa (not a Malawi cichlid) |
