malawi sand diver Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 A few photos I took tonight of some of the fish I'm keeping in my 10x2x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 All i can say is WOW, the colours on those beasts are epic, great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crebo Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 very cool ... any chance of a full tank photo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I love every single photo but if I had to pick a favourite it would be the last....no the first...no..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakes Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Awesome fish! Love the first photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The rostratus is my favourite Malawi by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsplakat Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 those white lips... my favourite! the colour on them is just amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutto05 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Very nice looking fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfnq Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 great looking fish! nice clean and healthy !whats your regime ? i have been a bit slack on my big tank latelyneed to get it back up to scratch. great shots cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hi everyoneThanks heaps for the comments.I aim to focus on a few species in there - lichnochromis, white lips, yellows and one other - perhaps lithos. And then there is the trio of Rostratus.I have to get a few out of there and bring a few in. I will take a full tank shot in a couple of weeks and post it here after I have reorganised it in that way.The white lips are great and they school aswell which is interesting to watch. They remind me of a saltwater fish, something like a drummer. I might put a few more female mdokas in there aswell. The one thing I like about them compared to other placidochromis is that the females are just as colourful as the males most of the time - but with tanzania, gissel etc, although those males are awesome, the females are grey coloured. The combination of the blue and yellow with the white lips and yellows looks very colourful.My maintenance regime is to do a gravel vac & water change once per week. The water I replace each week is about 200 litres. Then with the sump I have been buying lots of cheap fine filter wool, which I replace every 1 or 2 weeks and then that goes on top of the bio mat which is hosed out every couple of weeks. have about 10 litres of Seachem Matrix that I just leave in the sump in 4 seperate bags. About every second month, I just take those bags out and rinse them in aquarium water, not any thorough cleaning, just a quick rinse in aquarium water to remove surface detritus, but not enough to upset the bacteria.Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The fish looks awesome, how big are they?Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hi mateThe Lichnochromis is around 22cm, the Rostratus 14cm, the white lips 18cm and the lithobates was only just starting to colour up at 11cm.I have since added some Red Fin Kadango and am growing out some small Tyranochromis Macrostoma in there aswell.Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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