Tassie_cichlid_man Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Gday all I am relative new to the cichlid world And have been keeping tropical tanks for around 4 years .i have recently went out and bought a new 5 foot aqua one aquience tank and have set up a mabuna only set up .Here is my set up and i was curious if i could get some feed back on the setup i have and help with identificating what fish i have .Tank- aqua one aquience 5ft 450 litre roughly Filters - 1x fluval 406 1x fluval 306 Filter media - seachem matrix / marine pure balls / poly filter Substrate - 80 kg tahiti moon sand Decor - 80kg texas holey rock Wavemakers - aquaone wavemaker set 2000 x 4 Sorry about horrible photos where taken off mobile . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hi TCMnice tank with good algae growth for Mbunado they graze off the rocks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie_cichlid_man Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hey mate Yeah they love the algea !! I got to tired of scubbing it off every weekend haha .so decided to leave it and let them enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hi great setup for the mbuna.The fish you have are maingano, cobalt blue, electric yellow, loach of some kind - I think a packistani loach.The other yellowy orange ones (for female) and blue with dark barring ones (for the male) are either a lombardoi or saulosi. Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie_cichlid_man Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Thanks for fast reply mate.Can u id these 2 fish as.well ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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malawi sand diver Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 No worries, you have lots of different mbuna there.In the last pic, the dark one on the top left is melanochromis auratus male. In the third pic down, the one that looks grey/yellow with the barring is (I think) a Saulosi.The zebra type mbuna with a lot of barring, is a male but I am uncertain about which species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifto Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 How did u get some much algae grow on the THR as I'm wanting some growth on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 the close up pic of the male with the barring is a red top black bar zebra i believe, but a more exerienced keeper might advise otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJR Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 "How did u get some much algae grow on the THR as I'm wanting some growth on mine".swiftoStrong direct lighting for a long period per day will do that. I have the same in my tank and top rock exposed to the light is completly covered in algae. My tropheus graze on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJR Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Tank looks great mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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