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[Stuey]

My 6x2x2.5 now houses 29 F1 Kasanga Red Rainbow. 

 

FILTRATION: 2 x Fluval Fx6  

 

CIRCULATION: 1 x Sicce Voyager 9 - 3600 GPH

SUBSTRATE: Crushed coral sand

ROCKS/DECOR: Red Slate

BACKGROUND: Clear (algae coverage)

HEATING: Eheim 300W

LIGHTING: 1 x 5 ft T8  and 1 x 6ft T5 

 

FUTURE PLANS: Breeding

 

Video from outside:

 

 

Video from inside: 

 

Edited by Stuey, 19 December 2014 - 10:50 AM.
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[brenno71]

Looking good mate can't wait to see it scaped

[Riggers]

Looks awesome Stuey! Is that a go pro your filming with?

Any plans as to what rock you'll use?

[Stuey]

Yeah I got it for surfing and diving but thought it might be cool to get a view from inside the tank.

 

scape will be slate rock, most likely grey.

[Riggers]

Beautiful! I like the slate rock

I just got myself the go pro 4 black, the footage is amazing and I love the slow mo! I'm yet to get it wet but I can't wait to get it on the wakeboard

[Stuey]

So this happened today. Water is still clearing but is all scaped so will put up some photos soon

 

[Riggers]

Ahaha the rarest of specimens.... Mr November
Quality posing

[Stuey]

Still a touch cloudy. Have another FX6 coming next week. Slate is actually red, looks white in the video. Leaving the background clear, amazing how much they have brightened up.

 

 

Edited by Stuey, 09 November 2014 - 08:35 PM.

[Riggers]

Very nice!! I like it, I left my tropheus tank bare at the back, it's just about covered in a nice green layer now, the T's love smashing it off!!

[Westie]

I really like how active tropheus are

It's nice how open the tank is with the use of flat rocks

Nice work mate

[Stuey]

Thanks Jason.

 

I am currently in negotiations with her at home about whether we should build up the slate wall. I'm arguing that we shouldn't as I think it looks OK as is and more rock means less water capacity and more work for me when I'm pulling out holding females.

[Ronny]

Nice  

Kasanga are one of my favs!   Jim over here has some big, stunning kasanga.  They were in the calendar we did for this year

[Riggers]

I've found with my tropheus that I haven't had to touch the females at all, in fact it's better to leave her with them. They don't have big mouthfuls anyway but the female will still feed with a mouthful, not for her but really small pieces for the fry, this seems to produce bigger healthier more active fry, after she spits em they're strong free swimmers after 24hrs. The adults don't bother with the fry and you can leave them with your colony I went from a colony of 4 (2M 2F) to a massive colony of more than 60 fish! In 18months

[Stuey]

Have now replaced the Eheim 2028's with another Fx6. Slate and back wall now has a nice covering of algae. Feeding them on NLS Algae Max only and seeing some great growth. Not one loss to date and the colony's aggression seems stable. 

 

 

Edited by Stuey, 19 December 2014 - 10:48 AM.

[Riggers]

It's looking really nice Stuey, your colony looks super active and healthy

If you want to boost the algae growth for them to graze on swap out the blue lighting for 'pink' planted lighting, I run mine on 2 timers, first light runs a 14hr day with the second unit coming on an hour after the first unit to give a dawn/dusk lighting style

[Stuey]

The 6ft t5 comprises of 6 3ft bulbs, 3 blue and 3 white. In the day I run all 6 and then when I get in at night I flick the white off the 6ft to get the effect above. I will take your advice and replace the white with pink and hopefully I can get a thicker covering along the back wall.

[Westie]

Good idea riggers

I might buy a moon light to run for a few hours at night

[Stuey]

In the way of an update i have now lost 7 fish to aggression and am now down to 21. unfortunately all fish were too far gone when discovered. The aggression with the red rainbows is quite brutal, you don't see the bullying take place or the symptoms of a skinny ragged fish hiding in the corner but then the next day you come home to find a seriously injured fish. 

 

The good news is that it's been a few weeks now and everything seems to have settled down, all fish pretty much have adult colours now the runt who is still yellow and striped. I've not seen any breeding activity but i'm patiently waiting.

 

I have re arranged the rock to create two piles and they have been claimed by two males with the remainder of the colony floating in-between. 

 

 

 

[Stuey]

Dropped in another 42 Red Rainbow Juveniles so now have around 65 in total.

 

(don't forget to up the quality)

 

Edited by Stuey, 06 June 2015 - 08:51 PM.