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Photo Gallery of
Tank set-up
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This
gallery contains photos of tank set-ups. In 2001 to 2002,
with the limited experience in keeping cichlids, my tanks were
really "community tanks" where the various types of
cichlids are housed in the same tank. After early 2003, I started
to have "species" tanks to group cichlid requiring the
same water parameters. Some of the CA/SA are so aggressive that
most of the times they are separated by dividers within the tank.
In 2006, I started to keep tropheus and set up 2 x 55 Gal tanks with
"tropheus" only. They are 4 ft by 18 inch by 18
inch tanks with a bottom layer of sand/stones and some coral
rocks. Some tips on decorating aquarium tanks that I tried to
follow :
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Rules
of thirds. Divide the aquarium length into 3
parts and placed the rocks/decorations at the 1/3 and 2/3
area. This give a balanced feel.
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Appropriate
type of decorations. Avoid sharp objects or
decorations that can injured the fish when they take
shelter or when they are frightened.
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Do
not over decorate. The more rocks and
substrate you put into the aquarium, the less the volume of
the water and the heavier the tank. 10 to 15% is a good
guide.
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Avoid
dead spots. Avoid creating dead spots or
caused obstruction to filter outlets/inlets. This would save
maintenance effort and every 5-10 mins saved during each
weekly maintenance cycle can add up and result in totally
neglecting maintaining the aquarium altogether.
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Guest
Tank set-up
Requesting for
photos of tank set-up from guest for my photo gallery of
Guests Tanks
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I now have 3 tanks,
2 x (4' by 18" by 18") and 1 x (2 ft by 18" by
18") tanks.
The
photos are mostly taken with a Fuji finepix 1.3 Mega pixel
and some with SONY Mavica. The later pictures were taken
with Canon S3 IS (up to 6 M) and this offer better quality for
re-sizing.
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The 4 ft (55 Gal) Lake Tanganyika
(Tropheus only) Tank
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Dec
06
Started
a Tropheus only tank in Late Dec 05
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Feb
07
55
Gal tank for Tropheus (Tropheus duboisi and Ikola)
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Mar
07
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The 4 ft (55 Gal)
African Cichlid (Malawi) Tank. Mainly for
Aulonocara (Peacocks)
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Apr
06
The
batch of fries were introduced successfully into the main tank
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Jun
06
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Jun
06
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The 4 ft (55 Gal)
African Cichlid (Frontosa) Tank
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Jul
03
The
other 4ft tank is for Frontosas only (from Lake Tanganyika)
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Jul
04
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The 4 ft (55 Gal)
Central America Cichlid Tank
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Apr
03
A
partition of the tank housing the Cichlosoma Bifasciatus
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Jul
03
As
the CA Cichlids are extremely quarrelsome, they are separated by
partition.
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The 2ft (32 gal) African
Cichlid tank
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Mar
03
In
early 2003, I bought another 2 tanks and the zebras were shifted to
the 2 ft by 18 inch by 18 inch tank
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Jul
03
Added
more PVC elbow joints in Jun 03 as hiding places for the zebras. Also
upgraded was the Eheim 2020 canister filter instead of the overhead
filter
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Jun
02
Shot
taken after the addition of the Frontosa,
Fire Mouth
and Yellow Serevem.
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Aug
02
The aquascape was slightly re-arranged due to the
addition of the 2 Salvani.
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Aug 01
Added
more artificial plants. The Cobalt
Blue Zebra and Blue
Peacock can be seen.
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Sep 01
Noticed
the change in background. Styrofoam background was added. The
Buttikoferi, had already out-grown the Venustus.
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Feb 02
Added
more rocks and PVC piping to create more hiding places.
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The 4 ft (55Gal)
"community" Cichlid Tank
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Feb 01
Started
with quite a bare tank. The Teliapia
Buttikoferi, Venustus
and a couple of Peacocks are clearly visible.
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May 01
Tank
shot did not differ much.
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Jun 01
Slightly
more coral rocks were added. Addition of Green
Terror and Red Zebra.
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