Lake Malawi Tank

Hey guys. I have been posting a lot about Malawis lately but I haven't posted proper pics of my own tanks.

This is 1 of my existing tanks. It's a 2ft baby Malawi tank. They have grown a lot since the pic and now have to move into my 3ft.

There where convicts in there but once they nipped my beloved plecos, I removed all of them.




Kind Regrds

TM

 

Very nice!

 

It looks stunning, my goal is to have a malawi tank.
If its okay, Im going to ask you alot of question about malawi's.

 

very very nice man!!

 

Nice one! I like the openess. Are those rocks piled in the middle?

 

Thanks so much for the positive replies!

Those are not rocks but its a store bought ornament (tall, light gray). That piece was bought for my Jebo and is going back in there soon enough. The others where slate like rocks that I had in my garden.

I had to have the tank open because I used a wireless flash directed from above. You can see a bit of the white umbrella on the top right hand corner.

Regards

TM

 

wish my water so clear

 

dude that water is SUPER clear!

excellent job on the tank!

+1

 

Very nice tank. I see a demasoni, convicts and what are the yellow ones?

 

what do u do to get the water so clear?

 

Very Neat looking Tank TM

 

Well, I didn't know that I have the clearest water around. I thought everyone here had crystal clear water? All my tanks do....:noworry:

It's the filtration rate. Flow rate in 1 hour must be 4 times the total volume of the water. I usually have the Resun cs-400 you see and an Elite Hush 10 Hang on filter running together but I needed that filter in my Discus grow out tank. I took the pic long after I have removed the HOB.

My tank is 50+L so my flow rate on my filter must be 4 times 50L that i.e. at least 400L/h. The surface are of the media is important as well. I have 2, very porous, nylon sponges and a small carbon sack in the filter.

If you are ever buying a filter, go with Resun.

Regards
TM

 

I was also going to comment on the clear water, then you said wireless flash...
It seems to do amazing things to the water clarity in your photos, and the tank looks huge!

I remember from when I was still looking into malawis the norm was 8x tank volume per hour for filtration rate. And overfiltration is a must because you overstock to prevent targeted agression. But there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with what you've got going there!

 

TM. . .you a photographer so you not allowed to enter photo comp's ok. . .unfair advantage!! lol

 

My water is really as clear as in the pic the flash didn't do much really. If I set the flash any higher, you would not see the tiny bubbles in the water. What you see is exactly what it is. You are most welcome to come to my home and see it

@Marco..... Oh well ...but are you serious?

TM

 

Isnt' 4 x 50 = 200?

 

You are correct....as someone clarified that it is 8x the volume I was doing 2 things at one time when I posted that...Innocent mistake...:blink1:

TM

 

Hey buddy your setup looks really leka,and I see that the caereleus are really coming along nicely

 

No man TM who am I to say that. Just pulling your leg. The microworm culture almost ready. Just making sure its not a flop then I send it to you ok!