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Old 06-04-2015, 02:44 PM   #151
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Haha. Yeah. They messed up my scape too. all the sand piled up with the shells. You got the final 4 pc from Jzx?
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Old 06-04-2015, 03:16 PM   #152
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Old 06-04-2015, 11:09 PM   #153
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wow poisonous thread indeed................. where to get these??....

i have a 2.5ft tank, maybe feel like trying..
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JZX (Ang Mo kio) & NKS (Kovan) are the current 2 leading lfs for some of the above fishes (tanganyikans). A 2.5ft tank would be ideal for a colony or 2 of them imo.
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I just started with 4 pieces of meleagris cichlid in 2FT by 18 Inch tank. so far so good. Enjoy watching them destroy the land scape i took pains to set up lol.
I have just a 2ft tank empty atm... hope it is enough have a comfortable pair of the smallest kind? I duno
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Old 07-04-2015, 11:37 AM   #154
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I have just a 2ft tank empty atm... hope it is enough have a comfortable pair of the smallest kind? I duno
2 ft works for me so far.

whole setting up is quite okay other than rinsing sand......

real painful process..... I salute the brothers here with huge tanks hahaha.
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Old 07-04-2015, 05:22 PM   #155
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I have just a 2ft tank empty atm... hope it is enough have a comfortable pair of the smallest kind? I duno
Yes bud...2ft would be ideal for keeping and breeding tanganyikan shellies. Just need a sponge filter, 1bag of coral sand and some escargot shells.

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2 ft works for me so far.
whole setting up is quite okay other than rinsing sand......
real painful process..... I salute the brothers here with huge tanks hahaha.
TBH, 1 bag of sand takes about 10~15 mins for me......1 rinse 12 times, then let it run with water for 5 mins. Yea for those big tanks it takes more time as more bags of sand are needed though. I'm sure my 5ft tank has about 80~100kg of sand now atm.
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:34 PM   #156
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Wow looks like some breeding action is going on there, any fry yet?
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Old 08-04-2015, 01:37 AM   #157
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Yes bud...2ft would be ideal for keeping and breeding tanganyikan shellies. Just need a sponge filter, 1bag of coral sand and some escargot shells.



TBH, 1 bag of sand takes about 10~15 mins for me......1 rinse 12 times, then let it run with water for 5 mins. Yea for those big tanks it takes more time as more bags of sand are needed though. I'm sure my 5ft tank has about 80~100kg of sand now atm.
I used 2 bags grade 0 coral sand....1 hr....
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Old 08-04-2015, 01:38 AM   #158
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Wow looks like some breeding action is going on there, any fry yet?
Not sure what's happening.... Lol
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Old 09-04-2015, 06:00 PM   #159
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Haha. Yeah. They messed up my scape too. all the sand piled up with the shells. You got the final 4 pc from Jzx?
Haha....I always had to flatten back the sand for those cichlids that mess it up during my WC regime. Shellies tanks easy to flatten but those bigger tangans that dig deep and spit out/create a huge mountain in the front of the tank hence blocking our view is NOT much tolerated....resulting me to re-do scape if they continuously do that every time.
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Not sure what's happening.... Lol
Nice going. They tend to be very secretive when breeding and you managed to get it on video. Looks like breeding actions to me as well. Female seemed to be busy fanning. Male on guard duty.
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