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Lately I won the 2e price with this tank at the districts examination 2009, in the district "South-Limburg" (Holland). The water which is streaming out of the faucet at my home has the following values: pH=3,0 kH=2.0 gH=2,0 I bring this water to the right lime content with Sodium-bicarbonate. After that the water in my tank has the following values: pH=7,6 kH=10,0 gH=8,0 No2=0 No3=15 Cl=0 Temp=25 Information about this aquarium: LxWxH: 200x55x60 gross 660 litres On the bottom is 70 kg of washed sand from the river "Maas". 160 kg black-grey glacier-rocks Vegetation: Vallisneria spiralis |
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Pumps + filters: 1x Eheim 700 litres per hour 1x AquaPro 1200 litres per hour 2x Streaming-pumps 600 litres per hour (watersurface) Heater: 3ooW The lighting is from: 1x Aquastar 58 W (10:00-20:00) 1x Aquastar 58 W (11:00-22:00) 1x Marineblue 58 W (20:00-22:30) 1x Gro-lux 58 W ( when necessary) The back and sidewalls are selfmade of polystyreneplates, finished with cement which was mixed to the right colour. The following cichlids are living in this aquarium: |
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| Protomelas kirkii 1 male + 1 female |
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| Copadichromis azureus 1 male + 1 female / Labidochromis caeruleus 2 males + 3 females |
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| Copadichromis borleyi "Kadango" 1 male + 2 females |
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Aulonocara stuartgranti "Usisya" 1 male + 1 female There are also swimming 2 Synodontis nyassae in my tank. The maintenance I do: refreshing water/cleaning the bottom, once a week about 35% of the volume. cleaning streaming-pumps once a month cleaning filters once in 5 months |
