digital-monk

Welcome to the forum.

Might want to up the temp slightly? Could be it?

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1

How about some updates with new pics?

sounds like her first time holding? She'll get the hang of it.

Mine are looking very similar. Coloring varies on mood, but there is still quite some variety in the colors. The barring is not evident most of the time, I think that's something that they grow out of.

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Congrats! I have some breeding too, but I have to make sure I take them out, between the petricola & the mbuna in the tank they usually only last 7-10 days.

Ps. Polit

Ps. Acei (Black variety)

Daffodil or some variety of lake victoria (pundamilla, Species 44 Red Tail)

I have 4 XP3's now, never used FX5's. I like the flow on the XP's (yet no where near the FX5)...the cleaning it really nice with the baskets. You can get a new XP3 for around $180, so it is much cheaper than the FX5.

I saw FX5 at PJ's for $389...that's definately not the cheapest place. Most places are around $350 new.

my 33 gallon (Hagen) bows in the middle...been running for almost two years, and had it several years ago for about four years. If I had to guess I'd say it's around 7-8 mm. It's definately noticeable from the side of the tank, or if you look at the top, it doesn't line up with the canopy.

I have 2 XP3's on a 150, plus 2 powerheads and built-in canopy filtration. You could do it with one if it wasn't heavily stocked, but you'd be changing the cannister much more often and need to vaccum frequently.

2 would be my vote.

I haven't used one, but they are a louder than most other cannisters, and use more electricity (I think it's about 50W). They also stop for a period of time every 24 hours to purge any air, and then it starts back up.

I haven't come across anything about them that would stop me from buying one though.

Wow, that really brings the picture to a whole new level! Nice work!

It's all good, now.

Yup, fixed!

It was crossed out with IE, I'm using safari now and it doesn't...it just looked really bad,but I'm glad to hear it's just formatting.

Awesome pics, but I couldn't help but notice that your signature has your tanks crossed out....did something happen? I hope not!

No i never thought of doing that. I want to keep my water at 80. How would i heat the room high enough. Its in an open floor plan basement not an individual room. The racks are well supported an bolted to the mall.

You would need a fish "room" for that. I think that it's the way to go though. I like to turn down the heat at night to 15 deg C, but the smaller heaters are on almost continously then, and as such my electricity bill goes through the roof!

I think you could do two HOB's for a 65 gallon and that would give good filtration. For me I would want a canister if the tank was any bigger than 65 gallons.

Canisters are far superior in terms of flow rates, media capacity, and many are easier to clean. I'd suggest you look at an XP3, in my opinion they're the easiest to clean.

It's not "bad", the eye is pretty much flat, I don't know if I would be able to capture it on a picture. It's hard to notice other than the fact that light doesn't reflect from the surface. You can't see any damage looking at it, and you have to look at an angle to see that anything is wrong.

I'll do some good water changes on the 20 gallon he's in this weekend and hopefully that will stop any further issues.

I noticed that one of my peacocks had the lense of the eye missing. You know the clear outermost part and it was just flat instead of curved out. I noticed on just one side, but not the other.

I removed him to a quarentine tank to rest in the dark away from any other fish. I don't think it will grow back, so is there anything I can do?

I know it depends on how much filtration you have, water changes, stocking load, and what filter you have. I thought it would be interesting to see just how often people typically give the canister a cleaning.

Ah,

That's the story. I was wondering who had enough space in their tank / house for a few tanks, and several bags of fish and plants. I figured it was a recent move, or something like that.

Welcome to the forum!

So I'm sure I'm not the only one that has larger than average utility bills. So I started thinking, perhaps turning down the heat when we're not home is not helping.

I figure that electricity is four times the cost of natural gas for the same energy (KW converted to GJ). I also figure that it would take less energy to keep the house warm (since it is insulated) than to keep 6? tanks 78 F when the room temp is 60F (14C). I think I'm on the right track, with this thinking but I guess I'll find out.

I've also read that air pumps really cool down the water since they constantly pump cool air through.

I guess my question is, has anyone else found things that make a difference in energy savings (other than insulating the entire tank)?

That picture is much better than the other's, I don't know if you changed your lighting, but the other's were very dark.

Anyways, I think you've done pretty good. I've found that mbuna like to move the sand a lot. I have one tank with some bigger rocks and sand like your's and another with just sand. They still find a way to move the rocks, but I think if I were to do it again I'd do sand like a SIL8 or SIL9 size.

Do you find the fish use more of the tank when the rocks are more vertical like that?

I think I'd be worried about the pile tumbling, so I don't think I'd want to try.