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Mattia

Member Since 19 Oct 2014
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#329902 Hello From Italy!

Posted by Mattia on 23 October 2014 - 05:25 AM

Hello everybody,

thanks for your warm welcoming!

 

Also, thanks for answering my question, you already helped me which is awesome!! ;) I'm relieved that you are more meters dominant... I'm okay with the exchange KILOS-POUNDS, but I struggle with the Meters-Miles change!

 

So, to answer your questions:

The substrate is sea sand from a beach in Napoli, the city where I was born and where Pizza was invented!!!! :D

When I moved to Milan I decided to bring with me a piece of my city, and took about 80-100kg (or do you use Pounds? if so, that should be 200-220 lbs ) of dry sand and put it in my fish tank. It took a while to clean it, but, for me, I think it's amazing to have such a substrate. In Lake Malawi there is sand just like in the sea, so I tried to reproduce the same habitat that the fish have. I own some Lethrinops Marginatus Senga Bay (also known as Lethrinops Marginatus Red Fins), and they need to "dive" into soft sand, and not gravel which is bad for their mouth, since it's too big and hard. It's more natural, in my opinion...

 

The tank is 170l x 70d x 60h ... I wanted to build a bigger one, but I live in a small apartment... so either a bigger tank or my bed! lol

Water volume should be 714 liters

I have now in my tank: (the videos linked are all mine)

-Otopharynx Selenurus ( Nobody has them in Europe and I bred them! :) )

-Lethrinops Marginatus Senga Bay

-Labidochromis Perlmutt

-Aulonocara Stuartgranti Senga Bay ()

-Mylochromis Subocularis Thumbi East (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ45gdMZ3-E&list=UUa-X2NlH7GwmQgotxJVPT1w)

-Mylochromis sp. Torpedo Tanzania (Wild caught)

-Chilotilapia Rohadesii

-Synodontis Njassae (Wild caught)

 

 

About the place where I work, here is a link to an Interview that a friend of mine and I made to the owner and now one of my best friend:

 

http://www.malawitos...e2e33880243997d

 

It's in the italian best forum/community about cichlids from lake malawi.... I know the interview is in italian, but if you want you can use google translate and find out what it says. Or you can just take a look at the video that we made going around the farm!

 

 

I read that Ad Konigs is coming to Perth on Febr. 2015, that's great!!!!

 

I'll keep on reading your nice forum!

Mattia

(btw, to say my name correctly, you should read it like: MAH - TEE - AH ! ;) )




#329787 Hello From Italy!

Posted by Mattia on 21 October 2014 - 06:17 AM

Hello everybody,
My name is Mattia and I'm writing from Milan, Italy.
I am planning to come to Perth in January with a working Visa, and hopefully find a job and live there for as long as I would like to stay! ;)

I work in the biggest cichlid farm in Italy, we breed almost all our species, being sure we have the best quality cichlids as possible (no hybrids are allowed to be in the store!).
I found your nice forum thanks to a person who told me about it, I will be reading your posts to get comfortable with all the technical terms for our hobby (you know, it's not easy to find terms such as "ceramic noodles" in a dictionary! Lol )

I currently have just one tank, and here's a picture for you
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It's filtered with a sump and a continue water change - i change about 80-90 liters per day out of about 700)

Of course I keep African cichlids, all from Lake Malawi!

Please, feel free to help me with my English / technical aquarium terms and correct me if I make any mistakes! That would only help me and I'll be grateful to you!


Now, I have a question for you guys:

Why do you use both Meters and Feet? Or liters and gallons? Which is right or wrong?

I read that some people (for example) have a 8ft long tank with a 50 cm arowana, some have a 75gallons tank but they change 100 liters of water per week!!!
Man, that's kind of confusing! :)

Nice to meet you all!

Mattia