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Offline Stan M.

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2013, 09:34:33 AM »
Very nice!

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2013, 09:48:45 AM »
Nice looking, happy fish.   :D

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2013, 11:46:22 AM »
Very nice looking tank.  Where did you find those rocks at?
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2013, 01:04:36 PM »
I might have missed it, but on the return pump what size are you using to power the spray bar? Looks awesome
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2013, 05:46:58 PM »
I found the rocks in the ditch on my father-in-law's property after the gas company buried a pipe there and dropped a load of "trap rock" to control erosion.  The biggest one weighs more than 75 lbs.  Took two of us to lower it in there.

The return pump is a mag 18.

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2014, 12:36:10 AM »
Little update, We've been changing some fish around trying to get a nice balance and after a couple proved to be female...removed all the fish who were not for sure males, moved in some duplicates from grow out tanks and a breeder male who was overly prolific.
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2014, 08:32:48 PM »
Everything looks Great !! Good Job
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2014, 11:33:45 PM »
another update, I'm in the planning stage of building a 300+ plywood tank to move these guys into...my lfs keeps getting in new species that I haven't seen and I end up impulse buying them....I should probably stop going there  :).

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2014, 08:19:17 AM »
another update, I'm in the planning stage of building a 300+ plywood tank to move these guys into...my lfs keeps getting in new species that I haven't seen and I end up impulse buying them....I should probably stop going there  :).
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2014, 12:42:38 PM »
Looks good. I see some fish there that you should probably rehome. Let me know when a good time to stop by would be.  ;D

I was thinking of doing something similar with rocks. Now that I see yours I think I will.

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2014, 01:48:39 PM »
Looks good. I see some fish there that you should probably rehome. Let me know when a good time to stop by would be.  ;D

I was thinking of doing something similar with rocks. Now that I see yours I think I will.

Funny, funny stuff.  Seriously though some of those do need new homes, I've got a few sets of brothers in there.  Next time you're in GR you can stop by  :).

As far as the rocks go I'm thinking of removing my BNP pair and letting algae grow for a while and see how I like that.

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2014, 10:49:14 PM »
I built some LED lights for this tank.  Did some adjusting and I like it now.  Here's a video. 

http://youtu.be/srp3JuPPoco

Still crowded, I know.  Just rearranged my fishroom in preparation for a big tank build for these guys.

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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #27 on: June 20, 2014, 06:45:37 AM »
Look good.  Great looking fish.
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #28 on: June 22, 2014, 01:22:35 AM »
Very nice.
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Re: My 180 all male Malawi Hap/peacock/lab tank
« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2014, 09:48:29 PM »
Love the lighting.  Fish look great.