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[Peckoltia]

mdokas are ~7cm fish with the orange fins are C borleyi "kadango"

[Peckoltia]

Added some yellows in for a bit of colour. Looks good.

[JWin]

Any tank shot yet?


Cheers
Jack.

[Peckoltia]

Any tank shot yet?


Cheers
Jack.

Been playing around with the settings on this point and pray camera. Can't get an in focus clear shot. So this is the best I can do for now.

Kept the rock work pretty sparse as most of the fish I have chosen/getting prefer the open water. Not many mbuna. The big flat rock in the middle is deceptively heavy. Weighs a tonne, just about killed myself putting it in the tank. Not the sort of thing i'd try doing alone again!

[JWin]

Good job mate. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, haps prefer more open space anyway so I think simple rock work is good for them.
I can't wait to see the set up when the fish are all grown up.



Cheers
Jack.

[Peckoltia]

Cheers mate.

This was the same tank last time it was set up for malawis many years ago. I rocked it up a lot more due to their being alot of mbuna. Can't really decide if i like the looks of lots of rocks or fewer.



My old A christyi most of the young ones available these days come from my old guys.

[JWin]

Very nice. I have to say I prefer the old set up though. U still have a nice open space plus some shelter. Did you sell all your fish? looks like a good selection of fish you had as well back then.



Jack.

[Salpon]

I think I would like to see more rocks too, although open space is nice to see. I have lots of haps/peacocks in my tank and they actually hide in the rockwork a lot more than I would have expected. My suggestion would be to place rocks not dead centre of tank, asymmetry usually looks better.

Nice fish though, and I love your substrate as well.

[Peckoltia]

Cheers for the replies.

I wasn't overly happy with the rockwork either. It has been changed. Will get a pic of the new rock work sometime over the next couple days.

The substrate is just 00 grade araganite. Good stuff, because all the fish crap just sits on top making it easy to siphon out. The way the powerheads are set up it all accumulates in one area of the tank, as you can see in some of the pics.

Added some Lombardi's and Cynotilapia sp 'lions cove'

[cichlid4lyf]

pics of the newbies?

cheers,
phil

[Peckoltia]

Will take more pics when the sun goes down.

Current stock list -
Buccochromis nototaenia -4X
Champsochromis spilorhynchus- 10X
Cyrtocara moorii - 3X
Copadichromis borleyi "Kadango"- 8X
Fossochromis rostratus - 3X
Dimidochromis compressiceps -8X
Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus -5X
Nimbochromis venustsus - 4X
Placidochromis phenochilus “mdoka white lip” - 2X
Chilotilapia rhoadesii – 5X
Lethrinops sp “Red Capuz” – 4X
Labidochromis caeruleus -7X
Cynotilapia sp “lion’s cove” – 3X
Pseudotropheus elongates “chewere” – 3X
Pseudotropheus lombardoi – 5X
Bristle nosed catfish – 3X

[Fish Antics]

I like the older rockwork, Plenty of hiding places and lots of open swimming room.

Tony

[Peckoltia]

[cichlid4lyf]

great pics,

any updates?

phil

[Peckoltia]

Updates:

C. moori



Phenochilus "tanzania"





Elongatus "chewere"



S multipunctatus



Group

[Fox]

Looking great Alex. Love the Champso's & Chewere's

[JWin]

Awsome. Are those phenos the ones you got from me? coloured up heaps. Great Job.



Cheers
Jack.

[Peckoltia]

Looking great Alex. Love the Champso's & Chewere's

Cheers mate. The cheweres are the ones I got from midland, and so are a couple of the champsos. Pretty big group of about 12 or so now.

Awsome. Are those phenos the ones you got from me? coloured up heaps. Great Job.



Cheers
Jack.

Yeah they are. The photos do them no justice. They are all starting to speck up now.

Alex

[cichlid4lyf]

your fish are growing nuce and quick.
and great photo's.

any chance of another full tank shot?

phil

[Peckoltia]

your fish are growing nuce and quick.
and great photo's.

any chance of another full tank shot?

phil

Working on it. My family owns a large earth moving company so I've gone and dug up some great bits of limestone, so aquascape will be changing when i muster up a mate to give me a hand and some time.

Few more pics.

Electric yellow



Phenochilus 'tanzania'





spilos - one of the hardest fish to get a pic of.





Afra 'lion' - part of his dorsal is missing from a fight with one of the elongatus 'chewere'. Nasty fish this guy.





female lombardoi