#76: 530L Biotope Aquascape "Rocky shore" of Lake Tanganjika

Jyrki Granath Turtola, Finland

Awards and Comments

Second Place
Although the fish seem very healthy and robust the plants seem to be on the small and weak side. Give them some fertilizer to encourage some good strong growth! Also I would remove a couple of rocks from the top portion of the rock wall to increase visual depth. Otherwise a well done Tanganyika cichlid biotope!
— Carlos Sanchez
Lovely fish and attractive tank. However the rocks LOOK artificial not in texture or color which is very good but in their arrangement. If they were real they would have toppled down. It is also very unlikely to find an orderly "stone wall" like this in the wild. There would be smaller stones around the base different sized rocks comprising the reef etc. Finally your Vallisneria is tiny. It is either not doing well or very newly planted.
— Karen Randall
Nice aquascape.The algae in the substrate line is a bit distracting .Overall well done.
— Mike Senske

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 160 × 55 × 60 cm
Title "Rocky shore" of Lake Tanganjika
Volume 530L
Background Hamburger mattenfiltter (biological filter)
Lighting 2x58w fluorecent tubes, 8x 12V/20W halogen spots
Filtration Three chamber "Hamburger mattenfiltter" in background, with Eheim Compact 1000 pump in each chamber. Also 1 extra pump behind the rocks, so water circulation is 4000 l/h total.
Plants Vallisneria, rock algae
Animals Tropheus sp. "Red Moliro", Neolamprologus leleupi, Cyprichromis leptosoma, Julidochromis ornatus
Materials Self made rockshells. Water conditions: pH 8,5; hardness 9 dGH; conductivity 650uS and temperature 25-26C.
Additional Information Rocks are not real, they are only empty shells. So fish have plenty of hiding places behind and between the rocks.

The fish are fed twice a day with self made shrimpmix, recipe resembles "aufwuch" in nature.

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