I just know my girlfriend is going to kill me. 60g cichlid journal

[joecoones]

Sounds like you've been working on it for a while bro. Didn't mean to sound so condescending I apologize it seemed like an idea... You've got a business ready to boom! I hope you see great success. Don't forget me lol haha

Oh I didn't think you sounded that way at all. And I didn't mean to hijack your journal! I hope it is successful. Following this thread to watch your build too. I LOVE african cichlids. Do you know what kind of mbuna you want?

 

[vapocalyptic]

Honestly, I'm not sure. I used to have a 40g breeder with all the assorted cichlids you see at petco. I honestly think I'm going to go that route... It's easiest, at this point, and since the tank is new, if I have to rehome due to unsavory aggression, the tank should stand a few rescapes and stocks lol. Locally, most of the LFS have everything ridiculously over priced. I live in a small apartment in a bad part of a very well off city... Go figure lol. So everybody is charged premium lol.

I'll throw in a few more assorted on Thursday. Should update tomorrow night with pictures of more rock work. Gonna hunt for stuff during the day when I can see! No problem at all man, you sound like a cool guy nice to talk to other people more than showing off tanks [emoji38]

 

[vapocalyptic]

Maybe somebody can ID this fella. When he flares his dorsal it is black. Could be a kenyi or a hybrid lab. Almost sure it's not a pure lab, but I'm a bit of a cichlid newbie.

Sorry for camera, they never said the 13mp only works in high light -. -



Surprised he stood still enough for that one hahahaha

 

[Ulrichsd]

Looks like a yellow lab to me, not all get the black fins.

That 60g is popular, you can't beat the price. So far it has held up petty well for me. Good luck!

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[vapocalyptic]

Is yours a cichlid tank? Got any pics? The depth makes it hard to visualize a nice scape

 

[Ulrichsd]

Yes, i have yellow labs, demasoni and yellow tail acei. It is a challenge to rock scape with the narrow depth but i just stack them up and make sure it's sturdy by pushing on them and burying deep in the sand.

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[Ulrichsd]

Here's the tank, finally gave up on the anubias ?

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[Ulrichsd]

Here's a new one today



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[joecoones]

Nice set up! Can't beat a school of yellow tail acei!

 

[Quest84]

Looks like a yellow lab to me, not all get the black fins.

all good quality yellow labs should have a black dorsal fin

 

[Ulrichsd]

all good quality yellow labs should have a black dorsal fin

Haha, i never said it was good quality and you can see a hint of black in the dorsal fin. It took my fry a while to develop the black markings until they were probably 6 months old or so.

I remember seeing one site that actually sold yellow labs both with and without blank dorsal fins.

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[OsciTheOscar]

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Some rock work for the week, and the first fish. It's like a palace for him lol. I'm sort of nervous to stock more work due to the narrow foot print and perpetual fear the rocks will crash into the glass and destroy everything I own lol. I left the right side empty, going to pick up a few huge manzanita branches at my LFS Thursday. Also added an AC70, the aquaeon wasn't cutting it lol. Pretty happy so far.

If you havent already, youve got to cut the bottoms out of milk crates and place them down before your sand. Let the first layer of rock sit most the way in the sand, on top of the mill crate. This gives a lot of security when it comes to rock placement. If the rock does fall, the effect will be spread out throughout the milk crate. With the first layer of rock most the way in the sand, that gives you a great foundation for the rest of the rock placement.

I second the idea of going to your local rock patio or walkway store. Cheap and huge selection. I chose rocks with flat sides and use that to stack with instead of round rock.

Look like you have the same tank as me and you need to build up. If not, most the tank wont be used.

This tank is only about 2 months old and still in the works. Money slows things down but i will be building much higher. Wish i could afford to build my own backdrop. Not enough space or money...

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[vapocalyptic]

Ah yours is looking good. Unfortunately I have already added sand and the rock, so I guess I must be extra careful with my placement. I'm going to rescape a bit tonight if I've got time.

 

[OsciTheOscar]

You can shift your sand to one side, shimmy the crate in there. Recover... simple. Trust me, do it.

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[mikem691]

forget the milk crate bottoms and go get one sheet of this. comes in 4'x2'. cut to size.
http://www.google.com/shopping/prod...EMWzlQxulreS3Gd-Fbs1JYRZFNwRktj5j4aAuBI8P8HAQ

 

[Finntastic]

like the tank. I have a 55 gallon lake Malawi tank with peacocks and mbuna. I consider mine like sharks at feeding time. They grab one piece of food swim away and come back for more and repeat the process. Also I recommend that if you live near a mountain you can pick up some nice rocks there. I have about 10 planning to get more soon.

 

[Finntastic]

i am just suggesting this as an interesting fish for a cichlid tank, a rope fish. I have one that is doing great, the cichlids even seem scared of him.

 

[vapocalyptic]

Guess I'll shift some sand tonight. I'll be updating with a newish rock scape later tonight!

The ripe fish looks interesting but I'm going to go for just cichlids. Maybe... Another tank?! Hahaha... I wish. The mbunas are like piranhas I swear

 

[Finntastic]

I have a few Maunas and they get along fine with the Ropefish only problem is they steal all the food they can get their fins on. The major problem is the only food Ropefish eat are bloodworms and earthworms.

 

[vapocalyptic]

Anybody know if I can epoxy some river rock with this? Got some left over from a co2 Job. I think it's for live rock.. Same principle right?

Instant Ocean Epoxy Stick for Fish & Reef Aquariums, 4-Ounces https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JSXBYO/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_TG8-ub02T0RBZ