750g African Cichlid Freshwater

[AaronFReef]

Very cool. I'm a big fan of peacock cichlids and frontosas and Malawi dolphins. Very cool!

 

[Adam.ZigZag]

I’m sure I’m not alone here, but I need an update on this build.

 

[ictoae]

I’m sure I’m not alone here, but I need an update on this build.

I need one too Adam! I ordered my background (48" end and wraparound both overflows) from Aquadecor on Halloween day so hopefully I will have that in hand soon.

And I am on the verge of ordering about $1,500 in bulkheads, valves, PVC, and PVC fittings to get it all plumbed was soon as I dig a little deeper into some options to try to get a discount.

In the meantime, we did take the obligatory family pic in the tank. It was a fiasco and the cats were 100% uncooperative!

 

[MoshJosh]

Awesome!!! Lake specific? What stocking? A few emperor cichlid and hundreds of sardine cichlids???

Edit: sorry, just saw stocking in OP! Gonna be an awesome build!

Still though an emperor. . .

 

[ictoae]

Awesome!!! Lake specific? What stocking? A few emperor cichlid and hundreds of sardine cichlids???

Edit: sorry, just saw stocking in OP! Gonna be an awesome build!

Still though an emperor. . .

Hahahaha! I might transition to a more predatory Haps vibe at some point if the frontosa decide to make snacks of all the smaller species. I feel like this tank, as big as my wife thinks it is, still isn't big enough for an emperor long term.

 

[riche]

Any updates? I am in the planning/building stage of a 8x4x2 plywood tank and will be doing freshwater also

 

[ictoae]

Any updates? I am in the planning/building stage of a 8x4x2 plywood tank and will be doing freshwater also

It's not much of an update, but yesterday was a very good day. My Aquadecor background arrived (still in boxes, but pics from production attached) and my plumbing order as well. My room looks like a plumbing store. Pipes and majority of fittings are 1.5" for scale. Whole lot of schedule 80 up in here!

Need to get a piece of marine painted plywood under my sump and then start plumbing thos bad boy!

 

[EasternShoreman]

Would love to see how this build has progressed!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Curious about updates as well!

 

[Seansea]

He has to have turned that monstrous tank into a reef tank by now

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Curious about updates as well!

making this a 3rd request. how's it going? Pics please.

 

[Ziggy17]

Having kept both Calvus and Comps, if you’re housing with Fronts, I’d go Comps. Simply because you can buy large adults much cheaper, and if you decide to get smaller size, they grow so much faster than Calvus. Comps aren’t as shy eaters as well. I had my WC black Calvus in my cyp tank, and even then feeding a bit of a challenge. Awesome project and enjoy the build my friend. I’ve always loved the Zaire Fronts, especially with a little actinic in the spectrum to pop the blues.

Can’t wait to see the final pics or videos.