150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

[armthehomeless]

Re: 150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

J-WS6-I have more in the garage.  :)

imagirlgeek - I couldn't agree with you more. It really makes the yellow pop!

Hanson- I was inspired by the following ADG gallery tank:

[J-WS6]

Re: 150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

awesome!

you could use more rock though  :wink:

[imagirlgeek]

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I love it.  The yellow looks really good against the dark rock!

[Hanson77]

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I'm quite partial to the lace rock myself, I think it looks a little more natural to something that you would actually see under water.  I'm a sucker for a tank full of holey rock but it just seems like everyone has a tank full of it now.

[armthehomeless]

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I was catching some fish out of the tank today for a fellow boxer, and had to take out all of the rock. Since all of the rock was already out, I decided I would use it as an opportunity to experiment with the tank a little. I have yet to decide if I like it or not, So I'm looking for your opinions.





Which do you like:
Holey Rock or Lace Rock?

[Zulaab]

Re: 150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

While Geoff contemplates how to fit another 180g into this already impossibly cramped apartment, Tim starts thinking... "hmm.. if I dont tell Fiona now that I bought the fish.. and I leave them for a while over at Geoff's and if I just one day tell her that some fish need to come home but we need to install one more tank to do this... can this be accomplished ???"      

Geoff -- and when are you upgrading to a 3 bedroom apartment again ?  I figure it cannot be that far down the road.. I am thinking you need to seriously start thinking about getting a house so you can get your fish rooms setup :)

[armthehomeless]

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I'll get more if I can keep them at your place!

[geoff_tropheus]

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8O
Nice, but I think you need more tangs.

[rrocket2002]

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Tim, great job on the tank!  

[Zulaab]

Re: 150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

I have a yellow lab / red rubensens peacock tank.  One of these days I am going to upgrade the tank from a 75 to a 90 I am thinking.. but that is just so I can hold more yellow labs in the tank.  Right now I have 9 yellow labs and 7 Red Rubensens Peacocks in that tank.   I have at least 4 yellow labs holding and 2 Red Rubensens holding.

I would recommend if you are thinking about getting a tank where you can just mix a few this tank setup I have has turned out quite well, as there is nearly no aggression at all in that setup.

[fishlady]

Re: 150 Gallon Currently Malawi Tank

Tim, they look as awsome in that tank as they did in the hex....maybe even nicer.... very nice work.....thanks for sharing.....

[armthehomeless]

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You already have Maingano (Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos), correct? I would think that they would look pretty interesting... as would your zebras or Demasoni

[finfan]

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arm, that makes complete sense (specially with limited space in aquariums, no matter how large), one thing i did not mention was your amazing rockwork - an art in itself, as everyone here, i brouse many pix of aquariums and i have to say this rockwork is definitely one of the best i have seen, its a lot of rock but clean (as in not a hodgepodge of many different rocks and random plants) and has striking features, i am seriously considering changing my 55gallon (i know 1/3 of this one's size) into a mini version of something like this, i know i want holeyrock, the question is which one species will be best for my little 55gallon, i definitely want a bright color like yellowlabs so that they pop against the background!

[J-WS6]

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lookin' good tim. those are some nice pieces of holey rock. i sure wish my 150 was reef ready

[armthehomeless]

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Finfan - I started doing species tanks in part because I got tired of trying to figure out which cichlids will work well together.  I find it interesting to see how large groups of the same species interact with each other. The is a definite hirarchy that develops with alot of cichlids.