Tropheus Moorii Ilangi

[cichlid1409]

pretty vague there ek.....

[eklikewhoa]

what kinds of things have you been applying ? vit c, a reverse photoperiod refugium (basically is what the mangroves sound like to me) anything else?

Flow
Lighting
Dosing
Refugium
Filtration
Aggression


I learned a lot from the reefing.... found that not holding back makes for a much nicer tank regardless of how much someone tries to deny it.

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah, that's what i was referring to. I thought maybe Simochromis, but couldn't tell.

They look very nice.

I wouldn't mind some simochromis and almost bought some instead of these...

[jeebus]

Oh... guess Jeebus was talking about them... Yes, those are the Petrochromis Red fin longola

Yeah, that's what i was referring to. I thought maybe Simochromis, but couldn't tell.

They look very nice.

[cichlid1409]

With Trophs I have been slowly applying what I found to work wonders in a reef tank to the Ilangi tank and so far the outcome has been ridiculously similar.

what kinds of things have you been applying ? vit c, a reverse photoperiod refugium (basically is what the mangroves sound like to me) anything else?

[eklikewhoa]

Right now it's gonna sit at my house dry till the fiance finishes school.

She's gonna do her residency and what not and right now it looks like we might be going out of town for that. Then when that is done or almost done I will be looking for another house and then the project will start in which walls will be knocked down!

[J-WS6]

That's really cool man, props. When you upgrading?

[eklikewhoa]

With Trophs I have been slowly applying what I found to work wonders in a reef tank to the Ilangi tank and so far the outcome has been ridiculously similar.

[eklikewhoa]

Sure... I got your aim late yesterday and by the time I checked you were off.

They are Red mangroves and yes they do need to be acclimated over but since they were dirt cheap I just threw them in there. I do however use a lot of Epsom but I don't think that changes much.

I got most as pods so the growth/leaves you see are all new from the time they were in the sump.

They cannot be fully submerged and to keep the growth like so you need to trim off the top section of leaves to when they grow out so you don't get a big tree growing.

I have the roots set against plastic cross stitching grids so they can grow on it and plant themselves. Also positioned it right next to the Mag12 to have the bulk of the flow crossing through the roots as well as a small pump dropping in the center of the mangrove bunch.

Lighting is done on a reverse photo-period of the tank lighting to keep pH stable since plants uptake co2 and produce o2 which effects pH. With the algae in the tank and the amount of lighting I have over the top it was the best way for me. I have a Mini-Coralife fixture which is 2x9w 6700ks that comes on right when the main lights go out. A simple lamp and spiral bulb works too but I wanted it to look decent.

Honestly there's not much to it. I like 2 die off or never transition over so I just pulled those out and threw them away.

Now I had originally planned on having Sapphire make me some small cubes that would have rear overflows so that I could set up two shallow cubes next to the tank on matching stands as a display/flower pot deal. Started to gather the supplies like the small 1048 Eheim return pumps and stuff but plans started happening for a bigger tank so I held off.

[J-WS6]

Can you tell us more about this mangrove set up? I thought these could only grow in brackish/salt water? Have you slowly been increasing the salt load in your tank over time? Details please!

[eklikewhoa]

those are the sweet red fin longola's!

Oh... guess Jeebus was talking about them... Yes, those are the Petrochromis Red fin longola

[eklikewhoa]

Are those young Illangi in this video or something else?

Not really...it's the vid making them look small.

The Trew that swims past towards the end is about 5" just for comparison.

[J-WS6]

those are the sweet red fin longola's!

[jeebus]

Here are some new vids... bulbs still need to be burnt in but so far it's looking good!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...t=MVI_8299.flv

Are those young Illangi in this video or something else?

[jeebus]

Thanks. I sit by my phone with bated breath! :)