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I have decided to change out my gravel/Aragonite mix in my 55 gallon Malawi Cichlid tank to Black Diamond blasting sand substrate. There some amazing tanks out there that use the black substrate and its time I do the same. I'll post before and after pics. Wish me luck.

What are these Mbuna? The males have the blue and black markings and the females are the lighter colored ones with yellow at the tips of the fins. The tank at the lfs was marked Msobo which doesn't make sense because Msobo females are supposed to be yellow/orange. Male and Juvenile Female...

Here is a pic of a Malawi, ~2". Was blue when I got him at about 1.5". Is it a Maingano based on its coloring? [ATTACH]

I am curious about something. I think I have read in at least a couple of posts about holding female Mbuna hanging around heaters. It makes sense as I imagine warmer temperatures make for better quicker/development of the eggs. My holding yellow lab spends a considerable amount of time around...

I have been having a terrible time getting my water crystal clear. Not only do I have microbubbles but I also have particles I believe to be diatoms. I thought they were only an issue with new aquariums?? I have an established 55 gal Malawi tank with 1 Emperor 400 (400gph), 1 AquaClear 70...

I have had my 55 gallon mbuna tank for 2 months now and have a holding female for the first time. :dance:After a few days of observing my dominant male Labidochromis Caeruleus being overly aggresive towards my other younger males I discovered why. I knew they had paired up but the hightened...

Has anybody out there modified the 2 media trays in their Emperor 400? The mod entails adding a airline and small bubble wand on the inside bottom of the tray, filling the tray with Bio Media, and a sponge pre-filter at the intake. Pretty easy. I modified mine in about 1 hour. The link for...

55 gal cycling question-Help I am new to AA and I have been cycling(fishless) my 55 gallon since 2/2. I just took readings this evening and show: NO3= 5 ppm NH3/NH4= .25 ppm N02= 5 ppm pH= 8.2 Temp= 81 deg F Question is should I dose the tank with ammonia to get the NH3/NH4 levels back up...

I am currently cycling (fishless) my new 55 gallon tank. This is the first time I have had a 55 gallon (only 5, 10, 20 gal previously) and this is the first fishless cycel I have ever attempted. I have read alot of the threads in this forum and there is alot of great info. I seeded my tank...

New 55 gallon- Fishless Cycling I will be starting to cycle my 55 gallon tank this evening. I am going the fishless cycle route and have purcahsed the 10% Ammonia Solution from Ace Hardware. I have never had a tank this big, but I have had tanks all my life (10 and 20 gallon). I seeded the tank...