190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

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GrizzlysDad
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Location: White Lake Township, Michigan, USA

190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

Post by GrizzlysDad » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:59 am

Here's a bunch of pics of my 190g show tank that is stocked exclusively with mbuna from Lake Malawi and some Synodontis cats.
Tank is a glass 72"x24"x25"H. Real solid wood cabinet stand; Two 400w submersible heaters; Three AquaClear 110's for filtration; Standard fluorescent aquarium lights; 250# of African Cichlid gravel; Manufactured background with Sea View adhesive; Several hundred pounds of field stone; One lone piece of Malaysian wood as a centerpiece.
I am in the planning stages of building a canopy with a DIY lighting system.
Please forgive the flash reflection..I am not much of a photographer :P
Oh yeah, the algae on the rocks is intentionally left alone so the fish can graze on it the way they would do in nature...it is one of my favorite things to watch them do.

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GrizzlysDad
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Re: 190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

Post by GrizzlysDad » Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:12 am

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I C Mud
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Re: 190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

Post by I C Mud » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:11 pm

WOW!!!!The tank and the fish are absolutely breathtaking. I hope you don't work, because if you do it would probably be pretty hard to leave the house. :mrgreen:

kaiyara
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Re: 190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

Post by kaiyara » Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:22 am

Very nice aquarium ... I dont know much about the fishes but this blue one is looking so goood.
well done :)

Shadow45
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Re: 190g Lake Malawi Show Tank

Post by Shadow45 » Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:20 am

This is a great post, usually i don’t post comments on blogs but I would like to say that this post really forced me to do so!

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