Journey of my 135 gal RR kasangga!

Building the stand

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Leak test of the tank

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PASSED!!!  :mrgreen:
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Tank in the stand

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Full and being cycled with gold fish

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ANDDDDDDDDDDDDD finally, the outcome.  not fully done yet, no hood yet.. :LOL:

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Video of the current set up!!  :woohoo:
Not that HD, took the video off my phone but its there.. :thumbsup:
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Looking good. Those lights growing some good algae for em to graze on?

Nice job, looks good.

Aquarium Co-Op wrote:Looking good. Those lights growing some good algae for em to graze on?

yep... lots of algae... that middle rock on the picture, they group there and graze algae from it, just like what they do in the wild!   some algae is growing in the sand, some part have some algae filming already...>_> im gonna be needing a UV sterilizer soon..

JimA wrote:Nice job, looks good.

thanks Jim!

ran short on the budget for 3d background...  

Ya know the 3ds are nice and give a great look but they can also be a PIA.. too much crap can get caught behind them. Not too mention a PIA to catch fish unless you remove it, so they have there ups and downs..

tank looks great! solid build there.

JimA wrote:Ya know the 3ds are nice and give a great look but they can also be a PIA..  too much crap can get caught behind them.    Not too mention a PIA to catch fish unless you remove it, so they have there ups and downs..  

I was planning on glueing the 3d background and drill holes and all those sort of stuff so that no fish can go behind it.. but ran out of budget.. >_>

tank is not done yet. the middle section of the stand is where my grow tank is gonna be...  

lloyd378 wrote:tank looks great!  solid build there.

thanks!

I over built the stand, wanted to make sure that there will be no problem in the future..
this project is not done yet, no hood yet and grow tank is not set up yet in the middle of the stand..

Leak testing tanks is so nerve racking!!

MorganEA wrote:Leak testing tanks is so nerve racking!!

yep! i re-sealed that tank. oh it is so nerve racking! i was like, pls dont leak! please dont leak! please dont explode! please dont explode!  

luckily I have only had to test small tanks, they can fit in my bathtub so if they exploded it wouldn't make too much of a mess  

MorganEA wrote:luckily I have only had to test small tanks, they can fit in my bathtub so if they exploded it wouldn't make too much of a mess  

thats good...  

if mine exploded, my backyard will be flooded and my neighbor will be kicking my a** for flooding their backyard too...  

nice tank and trophs. Kasanga RR's will be my next colony.

iandraco wrote:nice tank and trophs.  Kasanga RR's will be my next colony.

thanks..^_^

nice.. when do you think your getting trophs?  

Looks good.  I really like the trophs!

A question for you:  I notice that you don't have a ton of rock in the tank -- do they get along okay that way or will you need to add more? I have a lot of rockwork in mine and I'm thinking about removing some.

Betty wrote:Looks good.  I really like the trophs!

A question for you:  I notice that you don't have a ton of rock in the tank -- do they get along okay that way or will you need to add more? I have a lot of rockwork in mine and I'm thinking about removing some.

thanks Betty! ^_^

I just added 1 rock from that set up in the photo. with african cichlids especially Tropheus, we know that its all about numbers game.  

that group is been together since they were young. those are the offspring of my WC breeder (avatar pic is actual parents) before.

they get a long well for me. a lot of times their in the middle of the tank grazing algae. i got a lot algae built up on the that big rock in the middle. if you see Trophs graze algae in group in the wild, thats how they look like.  

Yeah, my tank is only 75 gallons and with the juvies coming of age, some of the older males are becoming really  aggressive toward them. I was thinking I might change things up a bit, remove some of the rocks, and see if that helps.

Betty wrote:Yeah, my tank is only 75 gallons and with the juvies coming of age, some of the older males are becoming really  aggressive toward them. I was thinking I might change things up a bit, remove some of the rocks, and see if that helps.

how many Trophs is in the tank? how many males?

WhosUrDadi wrote:

iandraco wrote:nice tank and trophs.  Kasanga RR's will be my next colony.

thanks..^_^

nice.. when do you think your getting trophs?  

as soon as i find a good deal on another big tank and figure out where i can put it. running out of space in the house right now. i've got 21 tanks atm.

WhosUrDadi wrote:
how many Trophs is in the tank? how many males?

I don't want to derail your topic! (But thank you)  I might ask the question in a topic of its own.  

iandraco wrote:

WhosUrDadi wrote:

iandraco wrote:nice tank and trophs.  Kasanga RR's will be my next colony.

thanks..^_^

nice.. when do you think your getting trophs?  

as soon as i find a good deal on another big tank and figure out where i can put it.  running out of space in the house right now.  i've got 21 tanks atm.

any idea what kind of troph you getting?

21 tanks!!    i wish i have that kind of space and luxury keep 21 tanks.. >_> someday......... 

Betty wrote:

WhosUrDadi wrote:
how many Trophs is in the tank? how many males?

I don't want to derail your topic! (But thank you)  I might ask the question in a topic of its own.  

Im fine with it.. . 

WhosUrDadi wrote:

iandraco wrote:

WhosUrDadi wrote:

iandraco wrote:nice tank and trophs.  Kasanga RR's will be my next colony.

thanks..^_^

nice.. when do you think your getting trophs?  

as soon as i find a good deal on another big tank and figure out where i can put it.  running out of space in the house right now.  i've got 21 tanks atm.

any idea what kind of troph you getting?

21 tanks!!    i wish i have that kind of space and luxury keep 21 tanks.. >_> someday......... 

LOL. half of those tanks are smaller 3-20 gallon grow out tanks for my cichlid and pleco fry. right now i have a group of 26 Duboise Maswa trophs, and i've fallen in love with them but i am not satisfied with just one troph tank. as soon as i figure out where to cram another big tank in my house i want to do a colony of Kasanga RR's like yours. do you ever have fry available?

i see.. what kind of plecos do you breed?

i usually have fry when I had my WC breeder... so far not right now, my current group is starting to breed already.. just lost 3 batches due to a young group, their just starting and dont know how to be a good parents yet, saw them ate their fry... >_>

Im on the process of setting up the grow tank already and I stripping the fry so they wont get eaten.

super red/calico bushy nose right now. when i free up some tank space i'll start trying to breed albino and long fin bushy nose too.

iandraco wrote:super red/calico bushy nose right now.  when i free up some tank space i'll start trying to breed albino and long fin bushy nose too.

Nice.. super red is nice.. =)

Noticed that your from spokane, have you been to aquarium solutions?