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My two Tanganyika tanks (many pictures)

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#1 ·
Hello Folks,

After reading this forum for quite a while now, i decided to register and share my two Tanganyika tanks with you. I have two great hobby´s, one obviously being fish, the other one being photography. In the past year i have been making a lot of great pictures of my tanks and i would like to share some of them and hopefully you enjoy them :)

My 240 liter / 65 gallon Tanganyika tank:
(I am using both a Sylvania Aquastar T5 and an Actinic T5 light dimmed for about 50%. The colors of the fish really pop, down below you can see the colors of my Paracyprichromis under the actinic lightning.)

1M/1F - Altolamprologus Calvus black.
1M - Neolamprologus Tretocephalus.
1M/1F - Lamprologus Ocellatus gold.
3M/9F - Paracyprichromis Brieni Velifer.
7M/F - Synodontis Petricola dwarf.


Overview Tanganyika 240l by Rck1984F, on Flickr

My 60 liter / 15 gallon Lamprologus Multifasciatus tank:

3M/5F - Lamprologus Multifasciatus
~30 - Young fry, aprox 3 weeks old now.
Also contains 250 snail shells.


Lamprologus Multifasciatus tank by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Some recent pictures i made of the 65 gallon tank:


Altolamprologus Calvus black female guarding her shell with young fish by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Paracyprichromis Brieni Velifer by Rck1984F, on Flickr

My Neolamprologus Tretocephalus by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Altolamprologus Calvus by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Lamprologus Ocellatus male by Rck1984F, on Flickr

My Neolamprologus Tretocephalus by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Two of my Paracyprichromis Brieni Velifer males by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Shell full with Altolamprologus Calvus black fry. by Rck1984F, on Flickr

And some random pictures of the Lamprologus Multifasciatus tank:


Lamprologus Multifasciatus by Rck1984F, on Flickr

One of my Lamprologus Multifasciatus female guarding her fry. by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Lamprologus Multifasciatus fry by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Lamprologus Multifasciatus fry by Rck1984F, on Flickr

Hopefully you enjoy them :)
 
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#5 ·
Everything about this post is awesome! :D =D> Thanks for sharing.
 
#7 ·
Steffano2 said:
Stunning!!!! All your pictures and your fish too.

If I may ask how did you embed your Flickr pictures into the thread? I have an account and cannot figure it out.
Thanks for all the nice responses, really appreciate it! :thumb:
Getting the pictures embedded like that with Flickr is pretty easy. Just click on a picture in your photo stream, then press the share button and there you have all the options to share the pics, also the embedded option.
 
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rck1984 said:
Steffano2 said:
Stunning!!!! All your pictures and your fish too.

If I may ask how did you embed your Flickr pictures into the thread? I have an account and cannot figure it out.
Thanks for all the nice responses, really appreciate it! :thumb:
Getting the pictures embedded like that with Flickr is pretty easy. Just click on a picture in your photo stream, then press the share button and there you have all the options to share the pics, also the embedded option.
Thanks for the tip on the Flickr sharing, figured it out you have to use the BBcode, which stands for Bulletin Board Code.
 
#14 ·
Very nice tanks, the 65 is by far my fav of the two though. I like the lighting you have in the 65 where it looks more of a "spot" type lighting. Mind sharing what sort of light setup you are running on that one?

EDIT- BTW Photography is a bit of a hobby with me (Canon & Sigma set up here) I also wanted to tell you your pictures are excellent quality color&foucs :thumb:
 
#15 ·
Steve C said:
Very nice tanks, the 65 is by far my fav of the two though. I like the lighting you have in the 65 where it looks more of a "spot" type lighting. Mind sharing what sort of light setup you are running on that one?

EDIT- BTW Photography is a bit of a hobby with me (Canon & Sigma set up here) I also wanted to tell you your pictures are excellent quality color&foucs :thumb:
Thank you Steve.

The lightning I am using on my 65 gallon, 1x Sylvania Aquastar T5 and 1x Blue Reef Actinic T5. Both are dimmed for about 50% with PVC pipe. I took a pipe and drilled a dozen holes into it and placed it over the whole length of both the light. It results in dimming the light output by a lot, next to that I drilled bigger holes on certain spots to highlight things in my tank (the spot light your thinking of).
It took me hours and hours off trying to get the perfect light but I am very satisfied with it at the moment. The color of the fish just pops off, the difference with the "normal" light is incredible.

I used the same method on my multifasciatus tank, I recently made a picture to show someone who was wondering as well.


Dim method Multifasciatus tank by Rck1984F, on Flickr

The actinic T5 light is definitely a thing to consider, it's awesome.
 
#18 ·
The lightning I am using on my 65 gallon, 1x Sylvania Aquastar T5 and 1x Blue Reef Actinic T5. Both are dimmed for about 50% with PVC pipe. I took a pipe and drilled a dozen holes into it and placed it over the whole length of both the light. It results in dimming the light output by a lot, next to that I drilled bigger holes on certain spots to highlight things in my tank (the spot light your thinking of).
It took me hours and hours off trying to get the perfect light but I am very satisfied with it at the moment. The color of the fish just pops off, the difference with the "normal" light is incredible.
That is an excellent idea and way to accomplish that :thumb: I hope you don't mind but I may barrow that idea and see how it looks on my build I am working on?

One other question on that...Since the bulb is in a PVC tube does it seem to get the bulb itself warmer where it would have any ill effects on bulb life span? or if the difference not very much since it is still able to vent heat through the holes in the pvc?
 
#20 ·
Steve C said:
The lightning I am using on my 65 gallon, 1x Sylvania Aquastar T5 and 1x Blue Reef Actinic T5. Both are dimmed for about 50% with PVC pipe. I took a pipe and drilled a dozen holes into it and placed it over the whole length of both the light. It results in dimming the light output by a lot, next to that I drilled bigger holes on certain spots to highlight things in my tank (the spot light your thinking of).
It took me hours and hours off trying to get the perfect light but I am very satisfied with it at the moment. The color of the fish just pops off, the difference with the "normal" light is incredible.
That is an excellent idea and way to accomplish that :thumb: I hope you don't mind but I may barrow that idea and see how it looks on my build I am working on?

One other question on that...Since the bulb is in a PVC tube does it seem to get the bulb itself warmer where it would have any ill effects on bulb life span? or if the difference not very much since it is still able to vent heat through the holes in the pvc?
Of course go ahead, let us know how it works out! I'm glad I can contribute something to this forum besides pictures, and give people some idea's for their own tanks :)

I am not sure about the life span of the bulb, both the bulb and the tube do get warmer but with enough holes drilled in, I never experienced any problems. Just make sure you take a thick/double layer PVC tube and keep an eye on it for the first days/weeks.

Good luck! :thumb:
 
#21 ·
The Canon 5D Mark II is an awesome piece of equipment, worth every penny. I just love the camera! Saving for a real good macro lens now but that wont be any soon :)

Two more I'd like to share:


Lamprologus Ocellatus by Rck1984F, on Flickr

On this one, you really see the strength of the actinic light. All the blue pops off the fish, I did not had this without my actinic, not even close.


Paracyprichromis Brieni Velifer, Actinic lightning by Rck1984F, on Flickr
 
#23 ·
Nice camera, gotta love a cannon..Who thought by joining a fish forum i would also find a picture guru as well, small world. I have done similar stuff but the clarity of your pics is amazing, looks like your in the water lol. Holy cow i just noticed your lens cost about $1300.00 SWEET!!!!!. :thumb:
 
#26 ·
Vamze said:
Very beautiful.

Have you noticed any violent aggression from your Tretocephalus towards the other inhabitants?

I'm currently contemplating getting a pair for my 190 gallon.
It all depends on the individual. My Tretocephalus isn't aggressive at all, I see very little agression towards my two Lamprologus Ocellatus as soon as they get too close but I can't blame my Tretocephalus for that, any fish getting close to one of their shells is send away, or at least being tried to send them away, my Tret however is not so impressed by them and defends himself. I haven't seen any biting at all though. Besides my Altolamprologus Calvus of around the same size as my Tret, scares the guts out of him, haha.

A friend of mine had four young Treto's in a 800 liter and had to remove a couple because of aggression. He has two left in his tank now and it goes fine, there is agression but there is space for the to avoid each other.

Just keep an eye on them :)
 
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