New guys starting Mbuna malawi's!

Oh okay thank you(but I like the BN'S) So I will see how they adopt in my tank...Going to go for PFS with the next major cleaning...Tell me,with regards to rock cleaning & canisters cleaning & including charging the charcoal & the white cubes(sorry-forgot the name) what is the sequence of changing & cleaning?

 

Just fitted a nice home made LED LIGHT

 

Hope it's not too bright?

 

Bright is good, it will promote algae growth and the mbuna will chow it.

Damn I'm so jealous of those rocks... where about do you stay? hehe:cheesy:

 

Lol...in Boksburg my maat...They do look good hey,I can't wait to change to PFS!! Thinks it's gonna look nice...Watch this space hehe

 

I want it for my planted tank! damn... too far dude!

If I may suggest, once you get the PFS, try to rearrange the rocks to either the right or left side. Try to create a sloping effect with caves, etc. The mbunas doesn't need big caves. Oh, a friendly warning, if you are going to be stacking the rocks high up, make sure that the bottom rocks are sitting on the bottom. These guys WILL dig to the bottom, no matter how deep the PFS is.

 

Cool...thanx dude...but it's only gonna happen next month or so...need the tank to run like this at first...

 

I only see now that my Resun canisters flow rate is 800 LPH? The water seems to be clear,is this filter okay?? Or do I need no upgrade to a bigger one?

 

For a 4ft tank and that you are keeping cichlids, you would need to a turn over rate of at least 6x of your tank volumn. The 800lts/hr is not actual flow. That is rated on an empty canister without media. Also how high is your tank above the filter? The head height will restrict flow. I would suggest you upgrading to atleast double the lt/hr or even 2000lts/hr

Im using a 700lt/hr Sicce canister filter on a 2ft tank and I still feel that is not enough.

For my cichlid tank, im using a sump filter, with 2x pumps, one is 5000lt/hr and other back up is 1200lt/hr. Taking head height into consideration, I get about 2500 - 3000lt/hr.

So rather go big for a mbuna tank to accommodate for future babies.

 

Thanks alot dude! You really helpinht me...Tank Dimensions is L= 122 L=44 & H=45.... Tank is standing 110cm high...I also need to do something about the aggression in the tank...Got two Yellows that bulling the other ...need more females?

 

Can I run two Ef 800 canisters?

 

Jeez -how is my luck...Just a bought a 6 month old Ef 800...Now my project to connect begins...excited

 

And I bought 4 of these little malawi's extra

 

Took out the old stone & replaced with PFS...

 

Looking good bud. The sand makes it look much better.

Try to stack the rocks more naturally, I.e. don't stack like caves, but rather try to create natural crevices. Oh and get more of that awesome rock.

 

Thanx dude...the photo is crappy,will try posting another one when the fish is in...hope 24H is okay? I didn't touch the filters & did clean the sand a bit...Hard work changing gravel lol

 

Decided to stick with each canister running on it's own... two inlets on the left(red = pump 2 situated high...black = pump 1 situated low in tank) and have the outlets to the righ...(the outlet of pump 2 like this gives me better circulation I see) I must say the PFS does look awesome!