Author Topic: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing (Read 9429 times)

olliesshop · « **Reply #15 on:** January 16, 2015, 04:53:59 AM »

Quote from: kodyboy on January 15, 2015, 07:47:15 PM

nice looking tank!

Thanks! I read as much as I could find on what Cyps like and more on Lake Tanganyika and did my best to design the tank around that. I left out two large Holey Rocks that I had in before, since I never saw the Cyps hide in them (holes too small). I also made the left pile of rocks much larger, since they always liked to hide on the left side. It sure gives the tank more open water, which is what I understand Cyps like.

BTW, here's a before/after comparison to what the tank looked like right before it started leaking ...

olliesshop · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2015, 08:54:28 AM »

Another note ... I've been using a Conductivity Meter to measure water hardness. It measures in MicroSiemens, that I've been converting to dH (German Hardness), which over the years had measured 15-19 degrees. This is in the range for Cichlids (Moderately Hard). Although, today I got curious and researched what the MicroSiemens should be for Lake Tanganyika and it looks like it should be 606-700. This was great news, since my meter is running 615-620 for both the 125g and 29g. Does anyone else use a Conductivity Meter for a Tanganyika tank?

olliesshop · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2015, 02:26:44 PM »

Well, the Cyps have been in the 125g about 2 hours and seem to be doing great. The male is already courting the females. So hopefully they'll be OK.

The water parameters were great today. The Nitrates went up a bit to 5ppm, but that's what's supposed to happen as I understand it. I'll continue to monitor the values daily for a week or so.

Thanks to everyone for the help!

Sean · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2015, 02:37:04 PM »

Looks good! Good luck with them!

Ron · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2015, 06:16:17 PM »

In a general sense, I really like the aquascaping!

Steve · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2015, 06:33:31 PM »

Glad to hear it's going well. They must be comfortable in there if they are already doing the mating dance

jcunningham0295 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 16, 2015, 06:35:39 PM »

Great to hear Tim. Glad you got the tank back up and running. Cyps will do good in there.

olliesshop · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2015, 05:08:38 AM »

Thank you all for the kind words! Hopefully I'll have some fry this year. It sure would be nice to have a nice colony/school of them.

News:

Author Topic: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing (Read 9429 times)

olliesshop

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

olliesshop

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

olliesshop

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

Sean

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

Ron

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

Steve

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

jcunningham0295

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing

olliesshop

Re: Setting up 125g Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow tank after re-sealing