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203 gallon Malawi tank

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#1 ·
Hi everybody!

One day I have decided to buy a new tank and return back to "fish keepers" after almost ten years. During the flat rebuilding, I was thinking about the best place for the tank and I began with planning the future look of the tank and all the details about it. I created the 3d visualization of the tank and created this:
 
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Next step, was to find the company able to make my dream come true. And after few weeks of making the tank has finally arrived:



During the manufacturing of the whole tank including the cabinet and the light cover, I made a contract with other company, that was responsible for creating of 3d background. And I thing, they made a perfect job!:







And finally, the aquarium filled with water:





Dimensions are: 200cm*65cm*60cm (79"x 26"x 24") (lenght * height * width), volume is 767L (about 200 Gal)

Light: 4x30W light tube, 2x Philips TLD 865, 2x Dennerle Trocal African Lake

Filtration: Eheim 2080 + DIY water pipes made of PPR - plastic tubes used to create water distribution in the houses etc.

Heating: Eheim 300W with thermostat

Decoration: 50kg white filtration sand (used in swimming pools and garden lakes etc), Nero Ebano stones - very decorative and similar to the background color.

Next week I'm going to buy some fishes, but I'm not sure about the species. I prefer vari-coloured kinds of Malawi cichlids. I'll appreciate every advice about the fishes - species, count etc.

The tank is stocked with:

8x Aulonocara species "rubin red"
8x Aulonocara stuartgrandi Ngara
8x Crytocara Moori
8x Labidochromis sp. Yellow
8x Melanochromis Maingano
8x Labidochromis hongi
8x Placidochromis phenochilus
8x Pseudotropheus saulosi "Coral"

Hope you like my tank :)



















 
#19 ·
Because I was pretty unsatisfied with the rocks layout, I made big changes in the tank to emphasis the "cave" in the background. I also changed the water pump behind the background and replaced the old 500l/h for a new Atman At-203 with 2000l/h. So the total filter flow is about 3500l/h. Water seems to be cleaner than before and the water surface is cleaner too. I'm going to make some pictures and add them to the thread.
 
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