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Check this out... my study/ fish room on a budget. Still lots of work to be done but it's beginning to take shape. I am using sponge filters in the breeding tanks until I connect up sump and plumbing. I have just used caps over the bulk heads at this stage.



Currently two 6 foot tanks, one 750L the other 650L, three 100L breeders and a 4 foot 240L. 



Still to add a sump when I find a suitable second hand tank (wanting 4x2x2), and another two 4 foot breeder tanks along empty wall. Also want to fit in a 2x3x2 next to the 6 footer, however I have filled this space with 3 60L bins for water changes.



Drilled holes in all tanks, had a bit of a problem when the diamond (pilot hole part) tip of the drill bit broke and shattered the glass in the process. Bunnings replaced drill bit. I'll patch up glass. Rookie mistake but first time drilling glass and did a good job apart from that.



Moved Frontosa to the new tank, these guys are blue! I really hope to get some fry from this colony of 10.


 

Hi guys,

Yes I have really got into the Tang's in the last year or so. i just keep finding more and more I like. Costing me a bloody fortune! 

Chopstick_Mike after posting my introduction, I realised it wasn't a Victorian Haplochromis, rather Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus. I have never seen this fish fully grown and am interested to see the colouration when they come of age. Currently I have 10 that are around 7-8 cms.

Also it may be interesting to note that the Auloncara Stuartgranti Blue Neons are F1 from Hongi Island and have some serious colouration. Often you see the imported ones that just don't "pop" like these guys are.

One fish that I really miss keeping is Talapia Buttikoferi. I had just the one, that was like a pet dog. It's been over 5 years since I have seen her or any other for that matter and wonder if anyone breeds them in this city?

Hi all,

My name is Paul and I am a Biology Teacher that has been keeping fish on and off for the past 20 years. At the age of 14, I bought my first 4 foot tank. Over the next few years I breed Axolotls, Oscars and Guppies. I had large cattle troughs with Koi, Gambesia and Guppies. Moving up to Perth for university, I shared a house with 3 guys, who all studied aquaculture at Fremantle Maritime Tafe. Our house was full of tanks and I remember Anglefish, Oscars, and Convicts all being bred. You could also find Yabbies in our bathtub.

Last year I spent a bit of money keeping a 600L community Discus tank. Eventually I bred a beautiful pair, but was unsuccessful at raising the fry. My favourite fish in the tank were the Red Torpedo Barbs.

This year I decided to try my luck with Frontosa and it just happened that Rob's Aquarium were selling David's Wild Caught 6 Bar Frontosa (Moba, Kipilli- Zaire Blue...). I originally set up 3, five foot fish tanks with sump which was around 950L all up. The pump I used, 15000L/hr I discovered was just too much flow for my Frontosa. There was also too much movement, light and noise for them where I had this set up, so I moved them into my garage. The Frontosa now can be found in a 750L, 6 foot tank with all blacked out sides. This was a good move, with one of my Fronts spawning, however no success with the fry, with the mother soon consuming them. I have been monitoring and adjusting the water chemistry, and the advice from David was to have the kH at 7 and gH at 22. My levels are still a bit lower then this.

I am also keeping a community of Tropheus Debosi and Red Moliro, Leleupi, Synodontis Petricola, Black Calvus, Haplochromis of some type and some chocolate Plecos. Another community tank contains Electric Yellow Labs, Lithobates and Pseudotropheus Williamsi. Another tank contains Auloncara Stuartgranti Blue Neons and Albino C Moorii which are looking really healthy. Oh and I have another 5 foot tank full of Black Snakeskin Guppies that I bred from a single pair imported last year.

My goal this year is to convert the sunroom of my old asbestos house into a Fish Room and take all the tanks out from my garage. Obviously I have to figure out how best to insulate the room. I currently have around 20 tanks and would love to hook them all into one or two sump systems to reduce the energy consumption and make the water changing process more automated. Lots to figure out but kind of cool to research others systems.

I'm really excited to finally join the Perth Cichlid Community after reading so many of posts over all these years!