Our African Hap/Peacock (+ others) all male display

[jaymon]

**Exclusive to MFK** - I haven't posted any of these pics anywhere else (yet) MFK get's it first!

Here are a few pics of our new display tank. We still haven't torn down the old 60 they were previously in...which you may be able to see in a few of the shots.

I'll post a list of the current population in a little bit...aside from predominant Peacocks, and a handful of Haps in the tank, we also have a Brundi and a Kavala Frontosa, a Black Congo (Ink Fin) Calvus, and a Kipili Compressicep.

Aside from one or two, most of the fish we have arn't yet full grown. Eventaully we won't be able to keep the Frontosa's unless we go bigger...whcih we're planning for in the next year or so.

The tank is a 90 gallon (used) build by AllGlass Aquariums. [6' x 12" x 24"] We changed the background, re-sealed the tank, tossed out the crappy lights, changed the substrate and use a Fluval 405 for mechanical filtration and a Ehiem 2078e for biological. (plus a powerhead for circulation)

Thanks for looking!

 

[iloveyouDIE]

Beautiful!!

 

[fishnatics]

very nice, love the calvus or comp that is

 

[spyke]

it's a comp...and dido...
i love the guy with the super red red shoulder! sweet!

 

[jaymon]

Thanks!

The current stocking for this tank is:

1 - AULONOCARA STUARTGRANTI "CHILOELO" (Red Shoulder Peacock) [F1]

1 - CRYTOCARA MOORI (Blue Lumphead)

1 - COPADICHROMIS BORLEYI "KADANGO" (Red Fin Borleyi)

1 - OTOPHARYNX LITHOBATES "ZIMBABWA ROCKS" (Yellow Blaze Lithobate) [F1]

1 - AULONOCARA STUARTGRANTI "HUSERI" (Midnight Peacock)

1 - SCIAENOCHROMIS FRYERI (Electric Blue Alhi)

1 - AULONOCARA SAULOSI (Green Face Peacock)

1 - AULONOCARA Sp. LWANDA (Red Top Lwanda)

1 - AULONOCARA Sp. GERMAN RED (German Red Peacock)

1 - DIMIDIOCHROMIS KIWINGE [F1]

1 - AUTOLAMPROLOGUS COMPRESSICEPS ZEBRA KIPILI [wild]

1 - AUTOLAMPROLOGUS CALVUS "Ink Fin" [wild]

1 - CYPHOTILAPIA FRONTOSA "KAVALA" [F1]

1 - CYPHOTILAPIA FRONTOSA "BARUNDI" [F2]

2 - PLACIDOCHROMIS Sp. "PHENOCHILUS TANZANIA" (Speckled Cruisers)

2 - SYNODONTIS EUPTERUS "Feather Fin Synodontis"

2 - ALBINO BRISTLENOSE PLECO - Ancistrus sp.

 

[oshp132]

Love the Borleyi....Is that one of those new Fluval Heaters on the right side? If so, do you like it, and is it accurate (I see you have an extra digital thermometer on the tank). Thanks for sharing.

 

[jaymon]

Love the Borleyi....Is that one of those new Fluval Heaters on the right side? If so, do you like it, and is it accurate (I see you have an extra digital thermometer on the tank). Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Yes, it is a Fluval e300 electronic heater. We've had it for about a year now and haven't had any issues with it. However, it is fussy with water flow around itself, if you don't have enough, or it doesn't "think" you have enough it will complain. For what it's worth, I would buy more once my other heaters pack it in. Never had any issues with accuracy!

For the extra temperature probe, we were curious as to the temperature difference with having the heater at the discharge end of the filters. After the initial setup, no issues to report!

 

[kingyella]

nice setup, awesome collection of fish you have there.

 

[What!!]

nice fish and great tank setup

 

[angeljin17]

Nice tank and stocklist. I really like your red shoulder and lithobates. What light are you using?