my malawi tank set up brand new

[Steo the great]

hi thinking of doing a malawi tank,
can anyone givre my some advice is there many of these that cant co exist
also whats the best food for these?

 

[Steo the great]

just the final pictures

 

[Chris22]

Ur new tank looks wicked! When are you getting the fish? Or is the tank still cycling?

 

[Steo the great]

Ur new tank looks wicked! When are you getting the fish? Or is the tank still cycling?

The ammo is starting to drop now and the nitrites are getting higher. So good start after 3 days. I have loads of media from my small 54 litre so it better happen tomorrow then I'll get fish hopefully on Sunday.

 

[Chris22]

The ammo is starting to drop now and the nitrites are getting higher. So good start after 3 days. I have loads of media from my small 54 litre so it better happen tomorrow then I'll get fish hopefully on Sunday.

Sounds like it's coming along great! Hope u have ich free luck with this tank
Lol

 

[Steo the great]

Sounds like it's coming along great! Hope u have ich free luck with this tank
Lol

I'm never going to the usual fish shop I go to. So hopefully I don't otherwise I'm putting a hole in the tank and it can be a trophy cabinet. Lol

 

[Chris22]

I'm never going to the usual fish shop I go to. So hopefully I don't otherwise I'm putting a hole in the tank and it can be a trophy cabinet. Lol

Hahaha, perfect! Just be sure to Take the fish out of the tank before you put the hole in it lol

 

[OsciTheOscar]

man i went to petco the other day and ALL of the saltwater fish were littered with ich!!! no joke, every single fish was absolutely covered with ich due to them having all their tanks on one system... i was pissed and i let them know haha...

good luck with ur tank, looks great! what typa filtration is that? does it go through the glass on the bottom?

 

[Steo the great]

man i went to petco the other day and ALL of the saltwater fish were littered with ich!!! no joke, every single fish was absolutely covered with ich due to them having all their tanks on one system... i was pissed and i let them know haha...

good luck with ur tank, looks great! what typa filtration is that? does it go through the glass on the bottom?

Yeah mine was just a local place though. And never again.
I have just a submersible filter in tree for the good media to be pumped through. And then the main filter system goes through the glass into fluval 305 system?
Better hurry and cycle bores of looking at water? Haha

 

[NoFishingAllowed]

I am in the process of this kind of tank as well. What sand did you get and did you do anything to it before putting it in?


Sorry to hijack*

 

[severum mama]

Wow, you've got some really nice rocks in there. Your Malawis will love it. Keep up the good work!

 

[Steo the great]

I am in the process of this kind of tank as well. What sand did you get and did you do anything to it before putting it in?

Sorry to hijack*

No just cleaned it out and put in some sand. I think it's argon sand to raise the ph level. Then also them rock raise the level of the water. Other than that same as tropical?

 

[Steo the great]

Wow, you've got some really nice rocks in there. Your Malawis will love it. Keep up the good work!

Lol. Thanks for that. First attempt. Going good I hope

 

[joel618]

What kind of rocks? It looks really good.

 

[Steo the great]

What kind of rocks? It looks really good.

Hey im not sure I bought them in bulk. There called ocean rock on the box. Not sure if that's too general.

 

[Steo the great]

It's limestone. Lol

 

[joel618]

Where did you get them?

 

[Steo the great]

Where did you get them?

Just my local pet store.

 

[Ausfish]

The rocks look amazing, your fish will love all the caves and hiding spots! What fish are you planning to get? Leave them some space towards the front end of the tank to swim full length since they'll probably bump your rocks the way they are now. At least mine did

 

[Steo the great]

The rocks look amazing, your fish will love all the caves and hiding spots! What fish are you planning to get? Leave them some space towards the front end of the tank to swim full length since they'll probably bump your rocks the way they are now. At least mine did

There gonna be Malawi fish but not sure which ones outta that.
Yeah the whole right hand side of the tank is free for feeding and all that. So I think that should be enough lol.