I have a 120g (4'x2') Malawi tank that has been setup since January (with established media from another tank). The tank has overflows with a sump, as well as an FX5 filter on it. I do weekly 50% water changes, and current water conditions are temp 78.5F nitrates 20ppm nitrite 0 ammonia 0 and pH 8.0 tested with an API kit.
This morning when I fed the fish, everyone looked healthy. This evening when I got home, my melanochromis auratus was hanging near the top of the tank, and looked pretty roughed up. None of his tankmates look like anything is wrong with them.
DSC_6982.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
DSC_6981.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
DSC_6979.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
I lost a beautiful OB peacock a month ago in almost exactly the same way, he looked completely healthy in the morning and when I came home from work he was already dead. Fortunately I was able to catch the auratus in time and get him into a hospital tank.
This is what I'm currently stocked with in the 120, I've had most of these guys for 3 years now. They started out in a 55g tank, moved to a 90g bowfront, and are now in the 120g. I'm worried that I might have too few fish for the space, and now they are starting to pick each other off.
1 - mbuna - metriaclima greshakei
1 - mbuna - labidochromis caeruleus
1 - mbuna - pdeudotropheus demasoni
1 - mbuna - metriaclima estherae
1 - mbuna - metriaclima ??
1 - mbuna - pseudotrohpheus crabro
1 - mbuna - melanochromis auratus
1 - hap - nimbochromis livingstonii
1 - hap - sciaenochromis fryeri
1 - synodontis multipunctata
1 - bushy nose pleco
This morning when I fed the fish, everyone looked healthy. This evening when I got home, my melanochromis auratus was hanging near the top of the tank, and looked pretty roughed up. None of his tankmates look like anything is wrong with them.
DSC_6982.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
DSC_6981.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
DSC_6979.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
I lost a beautiful OB peacock a month ago in almost exactly the same way, he looked completely healthy in the morning and when I came home from work he was already dead. Fortunately I was able to catch the auratus in time and get him into a hospital tank.
This is what I'm currently stocked with in the 120, I've had most of these guys for 3 years now. They started out in a 55g tank, moved to a 90g bowfront, and are now in the 120g. I'm worried that I might have too few fish for the space, and now they are starting to pick each other off.
1 - mbuna - metriaclima greshakei
1 - mbuna - labidochromis caeruleus
1 - mbuna - pdeudotropheus demasoni
1 - mbuna - metriaclima estherae
1 - mbuna - metriaclima ??
1 - mbuna - pseudotrohpheus crabro
1 - mbuna - melanochromis auratus
1 - hap - nimbochromis livingstonii
1 - hap - sciaenochromis fryeri
1 - synodontis multipunctata
1 - bushy nose pleco