Hey guys,
Name is Chris, read the forums a bit previously but only now searching for opinions and knowledge from more experienced fishkeepers (Think i might drive Paul @ Morley mad if i keep asking him every question i have:P ) Im 17 and decently new to fishkeeping.
Kept small things like axolotls, bettas and goldfish ages ago but only recently (about 6 months?) did i finally get a proper big fish tank, with an incredible amount of help from Paul i put together a 4ft Malawi tank which has since been upgraded to a donated 330L (taller 4ft) from a cousin. Tank currently has:
5x Electric Yellows
6x Maingano
5x Mpanga
3x Rubin Red Peacocks (2 orange body, 1 red. Only one has good colour, think its because he bullies the rest)
1x Marbled peacock (really starting to get pretty now)
1x Tangerine peacock (surprised by her being a female and holding eggs as the only tangerine in the tank, have to deal with hybrids which i havent done before)
1x Lemonjake peacock (not 100% cant remember, doesnt have any colours atm, brown body with some yellowing on fins)
Then I have 1 Borleyi and 1 Venustus (had a friend but sadly died)
Tank is kitted with an Eheim 2226 and i do weekly water changes, sometimes a big 50% when its warmer but closer to 30% when its cold as i cant heat the water b4 going into the tank (trying to figure out some ways)
I have another 90L tank which has mbuna fry atm. Maingano and Mpanga, biggest is around 2.5cm
also have 2 18" (38L i think?) which are utilised as either hospitals or nurseries for holding mums.
Toying with the idea of completely redoing 330L as a tang focused tank, maybe keeping fronts until they get too big for it then trade em but im unsure, tangs are completely new territory for me so any help would be greatly appreciated, including advice on my current setups as im sure to be doing some stuff wrong
Cheers and hope to get to know some of you better