Blue's 80 Gallon Mbuna Tank

[blue2fyre]

Success!

I spent this past weekend moving and replacing my 55 gallon with an 80 gallon bowfront. It was a huge job but worked out in the end.

Specs:
eheim 2217
eheim 2028
visa-therm heater
40 pounds of black colorquartz s-grade
20 pounds of tahiti moon sand
granite cobblestone
plastic plants

Lights: 2 bulb t-8 shop light
1 50/50 bulb
1 daylight bulb


Stock:
1f:1juv Pseudotropheus Acei
5juv Pseudotropheus Socolofi (albino
2m:2f:6juv Metriaclima msobo
1m:4f:1unknown Cynotilapia sp"White Top Hara"
1m:4f Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos
1m:3f Metriaclima Callainos
4 Syno petricola
1 Red Tail Shark
Malaysian Trumpet snails (many)

It sounds crowded when typed out but the tank looks pretty empty since so many of the fish are very young. Adjustments to stocking will be made as the fish get older.

Now Pictures!

[petluvr]

Looks great

[Michwol42795]

Very nice

[cschilly]

Love the black sand!

[vequalsir]

you can't get those fish to stay still and say cheese?

[blue2fyre]

Looks great

Very nice

Love the black sand!

Thanks everyone

you can't get those fish to stay still and say cheese?

I wish! They just zip all over the place. Hopefully this evening I can get some pictures of the residents.

[austinpetemo]

where do you get%Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 your black sand? id buy some tahiti moon sand, but that stuff isnt cheap.

[austinpetemo]

oh, and is the%Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 2nd to last pic with the 50/50 bulb on?

[blue2fyre]

I got the colorquartz from a friend who lived near a distributor. Colorquartz is used for pool construction(somehow). It's inert ceramic covered crystals. It cost about $22 for a 50lb bag. It's a beautiful sand that's a pain in the butt to clean. The moon sand came from the lfs that had it the cheapest($20).

The second to last picture is a different camera setting that picked up the blue light. When you see it in person it's more between the second and third picture.

[austinpetemo]

whats the total wProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 tage? and how much did it cost? cuz those are nice.