My 75g Tropheus Tank - Update - 12-01-09

[TaTeR ToT]

heres my 75g Troph Tank.

1x Fluval FX5
1x K4
2x 54watt T5 HO - 6,700K Bulbs

No Substrate

Holey Rock

20 - F1 - Tropheus Moori 'Golden Kazumba'
13 - Tropheus Duboisi 'Maswa' 4 - F0 adult males - 5 - F? Juvies - 4 - F? Fry
1 - Tropheus Sp. Red 'Livua'
2 - Tropheus Sp. Black 'Pemba'

enjoy


FTS



Golden Kazumba's







Duboisi Maswa's












LMK what yall think.

[cichlid1409]

looking good, but IMO your asking for trouble with three rock piles in a 4ft tank,

[TaTeR ToT]

should i remove the middle rock?

[cichlid1409]

thats what im suggesting, but its up to you

[mark razmandi]

^ ive read alot about that, how its very important about the rock setup in a 4ft. but either way the tank looks great!

[bdiamond]

I think I read somewhere that you should only have 2 piles of rock in a 4 ft tank. What's the reason behind it?

[CichlidFan]

I also think it looks good....but I would offer another possibility....try combining all the rocks together to make one large structure....that might make them all happy for a while?

Looking good though Brian

CF

[TaTeR ToT]

i had it with 2 seperate rock piles, but when i bought the holey rock from newb, he and i decided to see what it would look like and how it would work out with a reef style tank.
they are doing good, but the dubs are not really liking it i dont think.
i will remove the middle section and see how they do.

[geoff_tropheus]

I think it looks pretty good man. I have had three piles, and even a reef style in a 4ft tank, but I never had it with some 30 fish in there.

I think you are already needing a 125 come pretty quick.

Start making your Christmas List now to give to Santa.

[TaTeR ToT]

I think it looks pretty good man. I have had three piles, and even a reef style in a 4ft tank, but I never had it with some 30 fish in there.

I think you are already needing a 125 come pretty quick.

Start making your Christmas List now to give to Santa.

i would, but the grinches i live with said no huay.
so i am stuck with the 75g

although i may be able to get a 4x2x2 120g down the road

but i dare not try it anytime soon.
it will take months of planning and working over to accomplish

[TaTeR ToT]

:update:

new pics are here

enjoy


FTS

PFS and Holey Rock
13 Tropheus Duboisi 'Maswa'
20 Tropheus Moori 'Kazumba'



Under the hood

Fx5 and 2217



The Tropheus












Dominant Golden Kazumba












More Tropheus










































Camera Hog

[newb]

you are probably gonna run into problems with the intake of the FX5 that close to the sand. The impeller is on the bottom of these filters so sand can really wreck them.

[TaTeR ToT]

im seriously considering going with the "No Substrate" approach.

but thanks, i am going to raise the intake.

[makatak123]

nice holy rocks.i found pretty nice holy rocks in Colorado.

[semper]

nice setup brian

great shots