Tropheus Caramba Red Bishops

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Tropheus Caramba Red Bishops



Don't have much skill of taking pics but you guys welcome to come by and visit when your have a chance to come to this side of town .

[Austy16414]

^+1. I would love to see the backbone of your setup

[ptran]

Beautiful looking tank Vinny. Can you show us how it looks under the stand too?

I'm convinced that sum is the way to go. The only thing is losing more water due to evaporation right?

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Thanks .

[Austy16414]

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for sharing! I'll be sure to keep the pics coming as they grow

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Tropheus Caramba Red Bishops

I still like the look of the sand substrate just don't like to get my tank scratches so easily while maintenance that why I used tiles .

I forward your pictures to My sister and she love Red Bishop Tropheus thus Josiah hook me up with 30+ frys and I try to grow out for her . Hope they all look like your (yellow) instead of orange or red .

[Austy16414]

Looks beautiful man. My next tank (probably a 210, 7 by 2 by 2) will be done right, with wet/dry hiding all equipment. I think I will probably use tile instead of substrate as well, it looks super clean

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Oh I see your point .
The ideal for most of us on here whose keep Tropheus when we have a chance to upgrade our tank the first thing we look is to have depth of the tank and ensure to have enough room to place an Wet/Dry filter . Most of my tank is 24" depth , like my 300 . I running two 2262 and 36 " long Wet/Dry filter but I drill in the bottom for close loop and hidden all intake or output .

[Austy16414]

I'm very tired of the pipes. For short term, my floodlights provide shadow in the back so I just have them hidden in the shadows, but I have plans to upgrade to a wet dry once I upsize my tank. This stand has a very small door on it so accessing underneath is difficult

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Vinny, that wet/dry bio-media chamber is 20 gallons right? It's like 4 x 2262 or FX5 capacity?

Yes , I think it's around 20 gallon of bio media capacity.

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Oh okay I see . Just wonder if you are tired of seeing intakes or output pipes then try to add a wet/dry filters to eliminate that issue and still have the same result . To me Wet/Dry filter is a bit easy to perform maintenance then canister filter and get the best water quality out of it.

[Austy16414]

Vinny, that wet/dry bio-media chamber is 20 gallons right? It's like 4 x 2262 or FX5 capacity?

Definitely more than 4 FX5s after you factor in all the sponges. 2262s have slightly more room for bio media but still not comparable to a big ol' sump!

[Austy16414]

The fish look super healthy and very nice pictures Austin.
I thought 2 FX6 should be plenty for that size of tank why do you need more filter? I am running just a 2262 on both of my 215 and a Wet&dry filter (Precision Marine T36) with Mag 12 return pump and never have issue with water quality . But as we know we will never over filters Tropheus tank!

Thank you Vinny. I am flipping the tank 12-15 times per hour, but it never hurts to turn it more. Since I don't have the superior biological capacity of a sump, I load up on canisters/HOBs

[ptran]

The fish look super healthy and very nice pictures Austin.
I thought 2 FX6 should be plenty for that size of tank why do you need more filter? I am running just a 2262 on both of my 215 and a Wet&dry filter (Precision Marine T36) with Mag 12 return pump and never have issue with water quality . But as we know we will never over filters Tropheus tank!

Vinny, that wet/dry bio-media chamber is 20 gallons right? It's like 4 x 2262 or FX5 capacity?

[moganman]

Looking good