New Tanga tank filtration advice please

[Orhlulu]

See this thread bth This weekend gonna do a big water change and rescape liao.

Your moba very swee and fat. very well taken care of.
Btw, how you deal with deadspots with those scapes?

[zonkkie]

Originally Posted by Orhlulu

See this thread bth This weekend gonna do a big water change and rescape liao.

Your moba very swee and fat. very well taken care of.
Btw, how you deal with deadspots with those scapes?

Haha... i like your tank also leh... if I get more spawns, need to setup more breeder boxes like you liao.

I don't have many issues with deadspots leh - since tangans like to dig. Even the mobas big big also like to squeeze in between rocks... take a big mouthful of sand and pui out. I guess probably try to get some some sand sifters - they do a good job of churning the sand.

[Orhlulu]

With the rate and breeds of fish you are rearing, i think you will need more new tanks than breeding boxes haha.

Thanks for sharing. Let me rescape and see if it can improve my current situation. My xenos are lazy, always parking near the rocks and idling away. Might get a few syndo to help as well.

[zonkkie]

Managed to snap a picture of the L.Meleagris defending his shells. Cute little fellers for those with smaller tanks!

[ziw3i]

Originally Posted by zonkkie

Managed to snap a picture of the L.Meleagris defending his shells. Cute little fellers for those with smaller tanks!

very nice photgraphy skills
when free help me take lol

cute fish... whats the max size for this ?

[nitingdedao]

Originally Posted by zonkkie

Managed to snap a picture of the L.Meleagris defending his shells. Cute little fellers for those with smaller tanks!

Wah super nice!

[muser]

Originally Posted by zonkkie

Thank you! tapwater 8.2 is good but hardness is important as well. I add Seachem Cichlids Lake Salt and some baking soda. Others have their own mix like Epsom salt. Look forward to you sharing your setup soon!

Thanks for the much-needed advice! Embarrassed to say I am quite confused between pH and hardness...thought high pH = hard water...
I have a pH pen to test for pH, is there any (is hardness called gH?) pen to test for hardness?

Originally Posted by wildbear

Welcome to Tanga family Bro
Good to read thru African cichlids threads for useful information or pm some of the tanga dragons, they are ever ready to give their helping hands

Hope to see your setup soon

Thanks for the welcome! I have a 2 ft tank so I may have to read up more on any dwarf African cichlids

[wildbear]

Originally Posted by muser

Thanks for the welcome! I have a 2 ft tank so I may have to read up more on any dwarf African cichlids

Good to start a 2ft tank with just a colony of shellie like similis, multis. Try to get 2 or 3 pairs or 2male 4 female to start with. ..fun to see the colony grow

[CCT]

Originally Posted by wildbear

Good to start a 2ft tank with just a colony of shellie like similis, multis. Try to get 2 or 3 pairs or 2male 4 female to start with. ..fun to see the colony grow

Ya tangan quite afew small cichlids tk look at.

[Orhlulu]

Originally Posted by zonkkie

Managed to snap a picture of the L.Meleagris defending his shells. Cute little fellers for those with smaller tanks!

Originally Posted by ziw3i

very nice photgraphy skills
when free help me take lol

cute fish... whats the max size for this ?

Yeah really solid shot. Thumbs up Bro Zonkkie. Looks like got new harvest incoming liao.

I think max size is about 5 -6 cm? Very cute buggers, they like to bury themselves into the sand exposing only their eyes.