Mbuna Vacation Pond (PS. Demasoni)

[Pittbull]

OK so today i added 3 Medium sized Neolamprologus Cylindricus, I know this is a Mbuna theme setup but these three should be fine and will focus on each other, I have the 14 Demasoni ready to go but will wait one more week to be sure plus i ordered 6 more today and will arrive tomorrow..

The water Temp is at 75 degree and we have a week in the mid 80's so i would say Sunday is the day..

 

[austinpetemo]

id say go for it already lol, my tanks are like 70 and mine are fine. id love to have a setup like that, how much faster do the fish grow in a setup like that?

 

[Pittbull]

Mbuna grow freakishly fast due to insect life and copious amounts of swimming area also algae is abundant, The Tangs are a first time situation so i will see what happens with them, yeah i will give it til Sunday just to make sure i have noticed over the years you can not rush a large pond for Mbuna or Cichlids when it comes to this..

 

[efors]

Go for it Blue threaten to cut off extra activities at home and see how fast he comes around.. LOL

I wonder which are those extra activities you are talking about...:uhoh:

 

[efors]

...because I'm worried about Mr Blue's well-being...

 

[blue2fyre]

:rofl:


Don't worry he'll be fine :evil_lol:

 

[efors]

Oh, what a great relief I feel now!!! :lol2:

 

[platytudes]

Wow, that is absolutely amazing!

I did something similar, although not nearly as pretty. I used an above ground pool (~650 gallons) that was gifted to me and a DIY gravity filter...basically pea gravel with water forced to trickle down it. It was just a black plastic wastebasket, holes drilled all around. I used filter floss for the top level, one whole bag of PolyFill. What I found so weird, was that SOMEHOW, earthworms got in there and they were breeding like crazy in the mucky polyester fiber!!

Needless to say, my compost was exceptional that year

 

[Pittbull]

Coolness... First batch of Demasoni went in today and I may have messed up, weather folk is calling for a chilly weekend around 60's - dam it meteorology..

I will wait for the weekend and see what happens if all is go by Sunday the rest will go out..

 

[Pittbull]

UPDATE

Current stock in pond..

20 Ps. Demasoni 2"
11 Livingstoni fry 1"
3 N. Cylindricus 3"
1 Betta my daughter threw out there

All plants are doing great and coming along nicely..

Photos

Some of the under water photos didn't turn out to well but this is a pond of sorts..