Thinking Of A Malawi Set Up

[Spurry]

Lol. Make me an offer.

sure will do

Saulosi will be a good start spurry, if you get the 10 of minnt you could add a second species

sure would

They're not f1,

whats f1

 

[Malawi MaD]

Ahh he has some good fish there. How come your selling.them minnnt?

F1 means first generation from wild parents mate..

 

[Spurry]

Makes the 10 i got for £5 a bargain i guess.

10 for £5 wow thats a good deal

 

[minnnt]

44 fish in my 4ft, lol. If spurry wants them then he can have em. Or socolofi?

 

[Spurry]

If spurry wants them then he can have em.

whats your price m8

first coat of pain on the back.

 

[minnnt]

Tank sounds good mate.

As for the fish, no idea. Lol. I've had em about a month so they have grown on a little. If you wanted to mix in some Socolofi also then you can do.

Sup to you mate.

 

[Spurry]

Ok it would be a good start for me, putting water in tank tomorrow got Limpopo sub going in as well so filter on as well, not sure how much media I will have or how long before it cycled and ready for them ?

 

[minnnt]

With the media from me you should be able to stock 10 juveniles straight away. You may have to do a daily water change for a couple of days though just to ensure no spike occurs. The bacteria will soon multiply to cope with their bio load.

You're basically going to leave here with a close on fully cycled filter.

 

[Spurry]

Thanks that would be great I better get it running tomorrow
So it can clear up

Second coat going on before bed and that's that job done

 

[minnnt]

Nice one.

Bring the filter with you mate. It will keep the sponges etc from drying out.

Also, if you haven't already sorted any i have a few bio balls you can have. The plan is to basically give you a bit from all of my 5 externals. lol.

And if you do want the fish then let me know which ones as it will be a empty the whole tank of rocks and 90% of the water job as they are like lighting and as soon as i dangle the net in the water they are gone and you wouldn't even know there were any fish in there at all.

 

[Spurry]

ok cheers
2nd coat of pain just on, re clean tomorrow and its time for the sand and water...

 

[saz326]

This thread made a brill read - so many people helping each other out - well done all!!

I recently started my 200L back up after moving my amazon setup to a smaller 125L. The P soulosi I have go great with "rusty cichlid". Colour compliment and clash beautifully. Have a think about getting some rustys in there and having a few less soulosi. Very mild mannered so would help calm a 180L jobbie.

More pikkies please!

 

[Spurry]

This thread made a brill read - so many people helping each other out - well done all!!

I recently started my 200L back up after moving my amazon setup to a smaller 125L. The P soulosi I have go great with "rusty cichlid". Colour compliment and clash beautifully. Have a think about getting some rustys in there and having a few less soulosi. Very mild mannered so would help calm a 180L jobbie.

More pikkies please!

Thanks I will updating this thread tonight with more photos

Post me a photo of your 200l please

 

[saz326]

Thanks I will updating this thread tonight with more photos

Post me a photo of your 200l please

Oh theres a challenge... camera is somewhere in a box (house move). Challenge accepted!

 

[saz326]

Found A camera - not the best one, that is still hidden somewhere so these will have to do.

Put two in as fish do seem to move! You can see the yellow female P soulosi, the blue male is just about visible at the bottom of one of the pics. The Rusty's - males have a gorgeous purple colouration when mature and dominant, females stay more rusty brown but still have some colour at some angles. I think the purple and rusty brown work well with the blue and yellow.

Edit: taking me a couple of attempts to get the pikkies to show