It Begins... 40B African Cichlid Tank - Page 3

[Dom90]

Great news! My Fluval 206 just arrived at my office. Now I just need to go buy the sand tonight. Cant wait to go home and get all this set up.

 

[AquaticBrandon]

That's good. I'm looking forward to this setup

 

[LeoDiaz]

Great news! My Fluval 206 just arrived at my office. Now I just need to go buy the sand tonight. Cant wait to go home and get all this set up.

Keep us update pics of everything lol.

 

[Dom90]

Haha ok. So remember the neighbor with the tank? He practically gave it to me for free, steal deal of $10 lol. Says he has no use for it apparently.

 

[LeoDiaz]

Haha ok. So remember the neighbor with the tank? He practically gave it to me for free, steal deal of $10 lol. Says he has no use for it apparently.

So now u do have a 29 lol.

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Haha ok. So remember the neighbor with the tank? He practically gave it to me for free, steal deal of $10 lol. Says he has no use for it apparently.

You got another new tank?

 

[Dom90]

You got another new tank?

Haha no, same tank as in my MTS bragging thread. Except its officially mine now. In that photo, long story short, I was borrowing my neighbor's tank for the pic, to show what my project end would look like. Now he sold me that tank... I know very weird.

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Haha, nice!

 

[Geoff]

$2.90 a gallon! What a deal!

 

[Dom90]

Uhh no... 34 cents a gallon, it beats the DPG sale!

 

[Geoff]

Hahaha math was never my strong suit.

 

[Dom90]

Hahaha math was never my strong suit.

Military intelligence... such an oxymoron! ... I kid, I kid

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Heheh, I think you got mixed up with the $10. Because $2.90 x 10 equals 29

 

[Geoff]

Yeah I divided the wrong numbers is all.

 

[Dom90]

You think I could get by with one Aqueon Pro 250w for the 40B?

 

[AquaticBrandon]

I think it should be good, I just saw its rated up for a 90 gallon.

 

[LeoDiaz]

Yea should be fine.

 

[Geoff]

So when do you expect to finally buy your breeders?

 

[Dom90]

When my sources get them in stock I guess...

 

[Dom90]

So I decided to go with CaribSea Eco-Complete African Cichlid mix, it just looks more real and buffers pH well. It's going to take two days to get here with Prime so in the meantime... I started running the filter with a 5 gallon bucket and dose 0.25 mL of ammonia to start cycling my filter.

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Nice! How many cichlids are you going to buy?

 

[Dom90]

Nice! How many cichlids are you going to buy?

That is to be determined which species I end up going with. It's either going to be Saulosi, Demasoni, Cynotilapia Afra, Pundamilia NyerereI (Hap), or some other dwarf cichlid.

 

[LeoDiaz]

You don't like this? I know where to get them but there 3 for $36.

 

[Dom90]

Hey that's not too bad! Where can I get them? Dont tell me Aquabid lol.

 

[LeoDiaz]

Hey that's not too bad! Where can I get them? Dont tell me Aquabid lol.

Here you get free shipping on order over $40

 

[Dom90]

Not a bad site. Too bad I can't get the borleyi, they come as a mated pair already, or breeding pack lol.

Unless I were to switch out the fish in my 75 into my 40B lol?

 

[LeoDiaz]

Not a bad site. Too bad I can't get the borleyi, they come as a mated pair already, or breeding pack lol.

borleyI get huge not even I can have them yet. They need groups 1male to 4-5 females or the male will bully to much the female and beat her up.

 

[Dom90]

Lol switching out tanks is out of the question then. I did see some sunshine peacocks at a LFS near my workplace though.

 

[LeoDiaz]

Lol switching out tanks is out of the question then. I did see some sunshine peacocks at a LFS near my workplace though.

Those get 5-6in to big for 40 gallon breeder.

 

[Dom90]

Just bought two bags of this at a LFS, $20 for 2 bags isn't too bad. I know PFS is a lot cheaper but I wanted "the real stuff".

Edit: make that $20 for TWO bags, I had written 20 bags lol

 

[Anders247]

Nice!

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Wait, it was only $20 for 2 bags? That's cheap. I think I've seen them for $20 per bag

 

[Dom90]

Wait, it was only $20 for 2 bags? That's cheap. I think I've seen them for $20 per bag

Yea $20 for two bags, I guess the guy had too much of it? Saw like 10 bags of it on the shelf.

 

[AquaticBrandon]

That was a good deal!

 

[Dom90]

Looks like a storm cloud for now... Put the Prime and ammonia, a couple ceramic balls from the 75, all set.

 

[LeoDiaz]

you want rusty mbunas?

 

[Dom90]

I found someone who can get me cichlids I think.

 

[LeoDiaz]

I found someone who can get me cichlids I think.

ok will stop looking for someone that has dwarfs then. gl

 

[Dom90]

Thanks... Here is the setup so far, I'm cycling two tanks at once now lol...

The sand in the top tank is still clearing out, just finished setting up the filter.

 

[LeoDiaz]

Thanks... Here is the setup so far, I'm cycling two tanks at once now lol...

The sand in the top tank is still clearing out, just finished setting up the filter.

why so clouding did u not wash the sand?

 

[Dom90]

The bag said "No rinsing".

 

[LeoDiaz]

The bag said "No rinsing".

looks like it did need a rinse

 

[Dom90]

Well I was using CaribSea Eco-Complete African Cichlid. There is supposedly live bacterias in the substrate and if I rinsed, I would be killing those off. So I'd rather not waste my money lol. I'll let the prefilter and biofoam do its work, should clear out in a few hours.

 

[Dom90]

Much better... No more cloudiness

 

[AquaticBrandon]

Looking good!

 

[Dom90]

Thanks!

 

[Dom90]

Just want to make sure the Carib-Sea African cichlid sand is working and the pH is around 8.2 The sand has been there since last night. How long should I wait before I test the pH?

 

[LeoDiaz]

Just want to make sure the Carib-Sea African cichlid sand is working and the pH is around 8.2 The sand has been there since last night. How long should I wait before I test the pH?

Takes a while Give it 3-5 before testing to see how is going.

 

[Dom90]

Takes a while Give it 3-5 before testing to see how is going.

3-5 hours? days?

 

[LeoDiaz]

3-5 hours? days?

My bad days lol.