It lives!!!!!!
So having taken position of the above flat packed 180 I managed to dis-assemble the pond I had in the new side of my fish house.
Which held about 100 ukg and was housing grow on koi for the winter, 6 mahseer, three cigar barbs and two black shark.
In its place I have built a stand and re-built the 180.
Quite a challenge in such a tight space !
After a week curing it was half filled then after another few days the water slowly increased.
Whilst it’s not as pretty as it ever was, I used black silicon in the rebuild and it serves the function now. Holds almost twice as much as the original pond and takes up far less space in this fish room, giving me more space to work AND I now get to see the fish from side on.
Currently with koi, filament barbs, distichodus, large tyre track eels, 8” Sperata and 8” Asian redtail. The mahseer will be moving back in as soon as the weather warms and the koi can go out to their parents in the pond.
Bare bottom tanks are not my favourite but with these fish and a new tank it helps.
FINWIN
's. My major concern was that I wouldn't get the "colours" unless I had a pair. But as you can see mine's beautiful and still only young, more to come I hope. And finwins choc Bobo is pretty famous on here for its colour displays, I've never seen anything like it for a solo species fish.
Stanzzzz7
has a pair and his are stunning too. So it looks like whether you go solo, or pair them up, there is a strong chance with this cichlid that you will get some good colour results.
