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75g Tropheus Tank

by Brian Tatum from Houston,Tx / USA
In the hobby since 2003.

Description

  • Category: Lake Tanganyika
  • Tank size: 48x18x20 inches = 74 gallons
  • Tank size: 121x45x50 cm = 280 liters

    Standard oceanic 75g
    home to my 2x colonies of trophs.
    i have 35 tropheus total.
    20 F1 Tropheus Moorii 'Kazumba'
    15 Tropheus Dubousi 'Maswa' 4 F0 6"+ Males
    7 2.5-3" Juvies and 4 F1 .5" fry.

    i feed them 8 times daily, NLS 1mm Cichlid Formula, Ken's Tropheus Lover's Flake, Ken's Spirulina Flake, and a special shrimp mix which consists of Peas, Carrots, Spinach, Spirulina, and Market Shrimp.
    blend it all up and freeze it.

Decoration

  • Gravel: Pool Filter Sand
  • Plants: None

    200+lbs of Holey Rock

Technics

  • Light: 4x 54 watt T5 HO Light Running 2x 6,700k and 2x 10,000k.
  • Light-Duration: 12 hours on 12 hours off
  • Filtration: 2 Eheim 2217
    1 Koralia 4

    looking into getting 2 Fluval Fx5's and 1-2 Vortech MP40w Gen 2 Powerheads.


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Justin Deans » posted 2009/10/29 03:53 am

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Latest comments:
Jennifer Morford, 2009-11-21 03:07

LOL I'd take them all! When I first started my tank, I went online to pick
Roger Hopper, 2009-11-21 03:06

Good job..
Roger Hopper, 2009-11-21 03:04

Great tank Jeff.
Jeremy Weir, 2009-11-21 03:01

Nice looking fish
Roger Hopper, 2009-11-21 02:59

LOL they are proud of there wood at these places. To bad you don't live clo
Roger Hopper, 2009-11-21 02:56

Cool Keep us posted.