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[Westie]

Water test done on Saturday 26th (4 days ago) and the filters are getting there. Test results as follows:
pH is 7.6
Ammonia is 1.0
Nitrite is between 0.0 and 0.025
Nitrate is 5
KH is 5

So the hardness is a bit low, and I'm hoping that will improve. I did a water change that day after the water test results, and will test the water again on the weekend. I don't want any probs with a pH crash. Does anyone know if the crushed coral substrate will increase hardness? I just took a couple of happy snaps too. Got a fair bit of algae growing on the rocks in the middle pile, as well as on the inside of the front pane of glass. I think a bit of greenery looks nice.

Here I have taken a photo from the side of the tank to show the algae growing on the inside

Thanks again for looking. Any comments or suggestions are welcomed

[Westie]

I took Bowdy's advice and put more rocks in today. I think it looks heaps better. Still got the goldfish in, as I can't make my mind up on what fish to get. Here are a couple of happy snaps:


Thanks again for looking!

[Westie]

goldfish did their job nicely. now all i got is tangs. took some photos tonight before lights out. here are some photos of the fishies I got. Sorry about the spelling.

neolamprologus pulcher (daffodil princess) - i got 5 of these












sydontis petricola - i got 3 of these. i bought 4, but one died a couple of weeks later






c. nigripinnis - i got 3, but one looks like it has a sunk in belly. 2 of them have absolutely stunning colour

























neolamprologus leleupi - i got 3 of these







i got some more photos to show, but keep getting a message saying:

THE FOLLOWING ERROR(S) WERE FOUND
Sorry, but when your post merges with your previous post, you will have used too many images in your combined posts

I'll try again later

[dazzabozza]

The pulcher look great. Did you get them local or interstate?

Daz

[scottyhooton]

are they from avid ?

[Westie]

hi dazza - i got them from midland, tranced hooked me up. beautiful fish. i got 5, 2 from midland, 3 from somewhere else
hey scotty - ray told me that avid had some, and i was gonna go today, but been too busy. had to work yesterday until 9pm, so i was pretty busy today

Edited by Jason82, 15 January 2012 - 09:14 PM.

[Bowdy]

2 are from midland dazz. Nicco got some over for me. Jason got the last pair he had. The ones at avid are a lot bigger Scotty.

Edit. Beat me to it Jason

[spite333]

and there not a pulcher needs some feather fins

[Bowdy]

What are they then mike ?

[Westie]

mike i had 2 featherfins in there, and the big blue male was bashing everything in the tank. i moved them on pretty quick

[Anka]

Jesus! Awesome tank Jason!

[Westie]

thanks cobber!

[Westie]

A couple of shots of the left of the tank





And a bunch of photos of the little 6 bar fronties - I got 4 of these:

















I also picked up 4 Julidochromis regani (Zambia gold) today, but I want them to settle in a bit before I take some photos

Thanks again for looking,
Jason

[spite333]

looking good Jas, Ray they were just brichardi

[Bowdy]

Sorry mike but you are wrong my friend he had 3 juvi pulcher daffodil and bout 4 adult aswell as the standard bricardi.

[Conda]

nice pics jason ........

[Westie]

thanks blade man

mike, they look different to the brichardi I've seen in the shop. well at least 2 of them do. the other 3 i got from somewhere else were sold as pulcher, but might be brichardi. I'll wait until they get a little bigger then see from there. So you may both be right! i'm no expert, as i dont know jack about tangs. i just like them

[Westie]

I finally got CALVUS!!!!!!! YEAH! Kinda impulse buy. Went in to Aquotix today to look at the fronties, and ended up getting 4 black pearl calvus.
Here is a video. If you can change the quality, watch it in 1080p HD resolution.

[MadDocker]

I got my 2 Calvus from Aquotix also. They are pretty awesome and I like the different look/shape of them mixing up the cichlids a bit.