130g African Cichlid Mbuna Aquarium / Tank - Natural Lake Malawi Biotope

Aquarium Details:
130 Gallon (492L) "Fluval Profile 1500"
Dimentions: 150 x 58 x 65 cm
Filtration: 2x Marineland C-530 Canisters
Powerheads: Koralia 1600, Maxi Jet 900
Rocks: Approximatly 700lbs of sea worn basalt boulders, containing some quartz veins.
Sand: Combination of naturally occuring, white & beige beach sand. Fine grained (.01 -.03mm)

Contains a variety of Wild, F1, F2, domestic and some hybrid species of African cichlids (99% Mbuna). The rocks and sand were found locally, I have tried to accomplish a very natural looking environment according to the Lake Malawi biotope.

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[bombser1]

Hello there are your rocks glued? If so what product was used?

[clyde1400]

@bombser1 No glue,cement or silicone etc was used. The large rocks were piled with great care directly on top of the bare glass bottom. They were very stable, even with light pushing they would not budge.Then the sand was put in, stabilizing it even more. I did a lot of research on this topic and came to the conclusion that this was the safest way to do it. I recommend this method of rock piling if anyone is using very large stones. Some of these stones are close to 70 lbs alone.

[MrNateJW]

I want this tank so bad!!! love your fish clyde!

[clyde1400]

@MrNateJW Hi Nate,

Its not sold yet, buy it!

[kvt617]

My favorite malawi tank I've seen! Love the alge growth!

[clyde1400]

@kvt617 Thanks!

[clyde1400]

@grimmreapo Woah, your ignorance is glaring. You must not know anything about the diet and biotope of Lake Malawi. Furthermore, the fish are not lethargic since at least 3 pairs can be seen breeding within this 15min video alone.

Hows your fish bowl doing?

Turd.

[seth570123]

This has to be one of the best Malawi/ Mbuna setups I've seen. The round rocks look amazingly natural, especially versus all the other tanks you see with stacked, flat pieces of rock from a garden center or quarry, or the ridiculous "lava rock"/ pumice you see some people use.

You also let the algae grow, which from what I've seen, a lot of people don't, yet still try to claim to have a "biotope" or "natural" tank... square rocks and all...

Even some zoos can't seem to get it right...

[bombser1]

Hi there thank you for responding and keep up the great work!

[MrNateJW]

*money

[clyde1400]

@seth570123 Thank you for your comment. I tried very hard to make this an authentic looking Mbuna aquarium, I hauled all these rocks from the shoreline locally as well as the sand. One of my only regrets is that I could not figure out how to put more rocks in while still being able to maintain the rock piles structural soundness.