125 African Cichlid

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About to setup a 125 African cichlid tank. Wish me luck as I have not had a cichlid tank setup for years. Could be a little rusty. Any advice/thoughts would greatly be appreciated

bossman wrote:

good decision, and if i find a decently priced fx5 i'll let ya know

Yeah please do

no problemm

i love 6 ft tanks, i just got a 210 and cant wait to set it up!!!

Thanks Bossman . We love our 150 showtank ! We have changed it since that video was taken . Goldies are out in their owm 80 now . More live plants now , plus lots of different fishes . I might have to take a new video of it .
Ray

Please do I love some video!

I will today or tomorrow . I'll post it on a new thread .

alright cool let us know!

Ok so here is my list. This is what I am hoping to add to the tank once it is ready for fish.

Burundi Frontosa-2
Black Compressiceps-2
Orange Compressiceps-2
Calvas Black Congo-2
German Red-2
Walteri-2
Yellow Acei-2
Greberi-2
Electric Blue-2
Bumble Bee-2
Blue Zebra-2
Rusty-2
Red Zebra-2
Top Zebra-2
Red Top Ndumbi-2
Tilapia Buttikoferi-2

Let me know what you guys think as far as the fish and quanity go.

with that many fish in your tank , be sure to do weekly water changes of 40% or so .

agreed. it will be some work but will be an amazing tank! also if you added some lemon jakes.. those look prety nice. i would definately be sure to ad these fish at about 1 or 2 at the time because you dont want too many nitrates and it would be a good chance to let your tank slowwllyyy cycle

I just gotta do a new vid of my 150 ! LOL you will be amazed at all the fishes in there and the variety . Water changes is the key here , and qt any new fishes for 3-4 weeks B-4 introducing to your tank !

yes! and yes when you have a tank that size with some of those expensive fish such as front's you need to quarentine them for sure that long to make sure you dont lose your whole tank!!

ok ,, new video is posted of my 150g tank on a new thread . Enjoy
Ray

saw it and it looks great! good work

lifeisgood wrote:

with that many fish in your tank , be sure to do weekly water changes of 40% or so .

Dang this is going to be a lot of weekly work

bossman wrote:

agreed. it will be some work but will be an amazing tank! also if you added some lemon jakes.. those look prety nice. i would definately be sure to ad these fish at about 1 or 2 at the time because you dont want too many nitrates and it would be a good chance to let your tank slowwllyyy cycle

I know most people are against it, but I was thinking about getting some cheap fish to cycle the tank first

bossman wrote:

yes! and yes when you have a tank that size with some of those expensive fish such as front's you need to quarentine them for sure that long to make sure you dont lose your whole tank!!

Good point. Maybe I need to rethink the quanities here

Ok so to start, I am going to be painting the background black and possibly the sides. Not sure how I feel about the sides yet. Any input?

Substrate, I will be using buffered cichlid sand, blk/white.

Not 100% sure as to how I am going to setup the landscaping. I want it to look as natural as possible. Problem is, is that it is kind of hard to come across certain things here in Alaska.

So how bad will driftwood throw off my water levels if any?

i dream of the day i can own a 100+gal tank.

Ak_fish_freak wrote:

So how bad will driftwood throw off my water levels if any?

What's the ph coming out the tap? PH is just a number in most cases, as long as it is consistant. I keep my Mbuna's PH at 7.2

Flippercon wrote:

Ak_fish_freak wrote:

So how bad will driftwood throw off my water levels if any?

What's the ph coming out the tap? PH is just a number in most cases, as long as it is consistant. I keep my Mbuna's PH at 7.2

I still need to check that

Ok so I just got my hands on 4 Kigoma Fronts!!!! Anyone have any pointers as to how I should setup this tank to accomodate them?

I will be designing, planning, and stocking around these fronts. So with that, any advice or input would be greatly appreciated

I take back my previous statement on PH. With Tanganyika I always adjust because of tap water.

Flippercon wrote:

I take back my previous statement on PH. With Tanganyika I always adjust because of tap water.

Really? I was just reading online to leave the ph at 7.8 which my tap is 7.7

I know Tanganyika cichlids are sensitive to changes in water. If they were kept in 7.8 you should be fine. Its just adapting them to it. Ph is just a number but i doubt a front would last long or thrive as well in 6.0 .

O I agree on that. Not sure if I could constantly maintain the comfy 8.6 they like