72g Bowfront Mbuna Tank
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So as many of you may know I changed this tank's stock AGAIN. I removed the new additions (cobalts & a couple female OBs) because they were not integrating well. I also removed the maingano group because although they were beautiful up close you could barely see them from the couch & the male was rather aggressive.
Current Stock List!
Adults
1:1 Ps. socolofi albino
1:1 Ps. acei
1:3 M. estherae OB
0:3 L. caeruleus
2 skunk loaches
8 unsexed 2" Ps. socolofi albino
3 unsexed 2.5" Ps.acei
0:5 2" Ps. estherae OB
I added extra juvis to account for any loses, I do not intend to keep all these fish as adults. I also have 11 L. caeruleus & 11 Ps. acei growing out to 2", again they all won't be staying in the tank.
Future Stock List!
1:4 Ps. socolofi albino
1:4 Ps. acei
1:5 M. estherae OB
1:5 L. caeruleus
2 skunk loaches
But we will see how it goes.
Funny story. I have had these acei for a year and a half, I sexed them awhile back and thought I had 1:1 but they never bred and they both looked & acted identical. I re-vented them at a larger size and they appeared to be 2 males, not a big deal. As soon as I added the new juvis the smaller male is holding! Most of you what I went through trying to get some females & that darn little gal was there all the time! Pitbull even sent me a bunch of fry which I have raised up and NOW the originals decide to start breeding.
On to the pictures! Since I STILL have not fixed my lights the pictures still come out really dark so I tried fixing some of them in photobucket and they came out a little green. :huh: Oh and excuse the poo, I took the close ups before the WC, FTS after.
Acei Momma
Daddy acei & what I have to try to take pictures around all the time!
The bowfront makes the yellow lab LOOK almost as big as the acei!
Daddy with his new friends- Thanks pitbull! They are doing great!
New acei
Swim together! Juvi aceis
OB male in his non-breeding dress. He is amazing, I can actually watch him turn blue & his spots disappear, unfortunately he is too excited at those times to get a picture.
Him hanging out in his breeding hole, he resides on the other side of the tank.
One of his original females & a new albino socolofi
One of the new extra blotchy female OBs, woohoo!!
Holding albino socolofi & a newbie
Size comparison
Randomness
The first juvi to survive & let me know when it was ok to add new juvis!
And tons of full tank shots!
I am tired of the dark dirty natural algae look though. I can't wait to change these lights, 1 55 watt ahsupply light is plenty enough to grow algae in a 72g.
Current Stock List!
Adults
1:1 Ps. socolofi albino
1:1 Ps. acei
1:3 M. estherae OB
0:3 L. caeruleus
2 skunk loaches
8 unsexed 2" Ps. socolofi albino
3 unsexed 2.5" Ps.acei
0:5 2" Ps. estherae OB
I added extra juvis to account for any loses, I do not intend to keep all these fish as adults. I also have 11 L. caeruleus & 11 Ps. acei growing out to 2", again they all won't be staying in the tank.
Future Stock List!
1:4 Ps. socolofi albino
1:4 Ps. acei
1:5 M. estherae OB
1:5 L. caeruleus
2 skunk loaches
But we will see how it goes.
Funny story. I have had these acei for a year and a half, I sexed them awhile back and thought I had 1:1 but they never bred and they both looked & acted identical. I re-vented them at a larger size and they appeared to be 2 males, not a big deal. As soon as I added the new juvis the smaller male is holding! Most of you what I went through trying to get some females & that darn little gal was there all the time! Pitbull even sent me a bunch of fry which I have raised up and NOW the originals decide to start breeding.
On to the pictures! Since I STILL have not fixed my lights the pictures still come out really dark so I tried fixing some of them in photobucket and they came out a little green. :huh: Oh and excuse the poo, I took the close ups before the WC, FTS after.
Acei Momma
Daddy acei & what I have to try to take pictures around all the time!
The bowfront makes the yellow lab LOOK almost as big as the acei!
Daddy with his new friends- Thanks pitbull! They are doing great!
New acei
Swim together! Juvi aceis
OB male in his non-breeding dress. He is amazing, I can actually watch him turn blue & his spots disappear, unfortunately he is too excited at those times to get a picture.
Him hanging out in his breeding hole, he resides on the other side of the tank.
One of his original females & a new albino socolofi
One of the new extra blotchy female OBs, woohoo!!
Holding albino socolofi & a newbie
Size comparison
Randomness
The first juvi to survive & let me know when it was ok to add new juvis!
And tons of full tank shots!
I am tired of the dark dirty natural algae look though. I can't wait to change these lights, 1 55 watt ahsupply light is plenty enough to grow algae in a 72g.
Hey Jen are those the Juvie Acei i sent a while back if so wow you have taken good care of them..
Thank you.
Yes they are! Those 3 were slightly bigger than the rest and grew much faster so I separated them very early into my 30g grow out and they surpassed everyone in that tank too, just can't seem to stop em.
The other guys are catching up though. I'll try to post an updated pic of the rest tomorrow.
I just read thru this entire post after first seeing the last page and that beautiful tank. WOW...I love the rock formation you have going. Reminds me of a reef tank. Are you still just balancing them on top of each other? I've never had texas holey rock, do the holes go thru the entire rock? When I had my reef I drilled little holes in my live rock and used zip ties to hold the rock together. Eventually algae would grow on the zips and you couldn't see them at all. Not sure how I that would work with this type of rock tho. Again, your tank is beautiful.
Beautiful tank! I'm so jealous of your albino socolofi. I can't find them anywhere in Illinois.
Yeah, I went through so much work to raise the juvis I couldn't just sell em all off, so I gave it another go.
Thank you so much! Yes, I just place the rocks on top of each other, they do not get attached in any other way and do not touch the glass. The rock in this tank currently is Lace Rock not THR (which I also have never had but the holes do go all the way through for the most part). All the caves you see are made from stacking many smallish rocks, none of these rocks have caves/holes in them themselves. Good idea with the zip ties!
Thanks! They are a beautiful fish but VERY sensitive so a lot of fish stores do not carry them. I have had a 56% fatality rate with these guys so far.
