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Dragon
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Dear bros, been poisoned by all your postings and have decided to setup a tank for Tanga. Tank should be around 422. Initially was planning on running a sump but decided to invite myself to bro Jo place to get poisoned further and found that his tanks mainly run on sponge or canisters.
Now I am rethinking my options as sump ious should suck up the fries if breeding occurs although it offers better filtration and aeration. Canisters will be quieter, fry friendly. Any advice please and anything else to look out for before I commission the tank? Thanks in advance! |
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Hi....welcome to the tanganyikan world!
You have found a good example in Johannes, there's no better person to guide & help you along than him as he's most helpful and has many tanks that set a good example for tanganyikans keeping. IMHO my first choice of filtration for a tanganyikan COMMUNITY tank (3ft & above) would be canister/s, mainly due to the fine sand u have that would get suck up should you use OHF or IOS. However if yr tank is 2ft and below, then a hang-on filter would suffice. And if its breeding or fry tank, sponge filter/s is good enough. Jo has a deep love for HMF filtration though but imo it just take away a portion of yr tank away and make your tank look smaller, that's if you don't mind and ofc if you have spare airpumps around. Have fun and hope it helps. ![]() |
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Sorry... simi si HMF filter?
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Hamburg matten filter... Basically a big sponge filter. |
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What abt overhead top filter ?
You get cooler water and you can load it with lots of coral chip. |
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Thanks bro for advice. In the case of a OHF.. where will the pump be placed? Was thinking usually at the ground level or slightly elevated so will still suck in a lot of sand? Cool water and coral chips are definite pluses tho.. but was hoping coral sand in the tank will be enough to bring up the PH.
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I think bro zonkkie wants a nice clean looking setup without the OHF/filter in view
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![]() Have already decided to use the current 7x1.5x2 tank for the tangas after migrating the altums and discus to a new tank. Will be running canister + ohf + ios. My ios no underflow so should be ok be used with sand! thanks all for advice - anything else do let me know. |
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no la, now part-timing in a LFS in aussie so went to read up more on cichlids to help assist sales. then came in and read abt tanga (which have a crap selection here) so got more and more poisoned by them. right now only breeding some SA dwarf cichlids.
anyway, lost your number... managed to get it from ced ![]() |
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