Photo #4 - My 58 Gallon Malawi Cichlid Tank

58 gallons freshwater fish tank (mostly fish and non-living decorations) - My 58 gallon Malawi cichlid tank

Submitted By: Robert on 02/23/2008

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State: Colorado

Country: United States

Description: Size: Oceanic 58 gallon (36"x18"x21") Type: Lake Malawi cichlid tank 120 lbs of lace rock, flat rocks in front for breeding Lighting: 2 36" 25W All Glass fluorescents Filtration: Emperor 400, Penguin 100, and a Fluval 305 Heater: 300W Hydor Theo heater

Advice: Get a cichlid tank if you have never had one. I have raised fish for many years, but nothing has come even close to my cichlid tank.

Fish Kept: demasoni, yellow labs, red zebras, yellow-tailed acei, rusty cichlid, and yellow-finned borleyi, red empress, electric blue

Corals/Plants: none

Tank Size: 58 gallons

COMMENTS

tank looks nice, on your monthly wc when you take all out, what do you with the fishes?

ToeKnee

2015-08-18 07:57:35

nice tank man you did a great job on this. looks like a lot of work.

stan

2009-09-22 02:45:21

With my weekly water changes, I vaccum as best as I can around the rocks. Then, once a month, I take all of the rock out, vacuum underneath, and put them back in the tank in a new arrangement. This does three things: (1) allows me to keep the buildup under the rocks to a minimum, (2) makes the tank look fresh and new with a different layout, (3) minimizes the aggression of the fish as it breaks up their strongholds. In terms of why it doesn't tumble down, lace rock has lots of edges so you can stack it like a puzzle in a very sturdy manner.

Robert

2009-08-25 12:24:32

I get my rocks at my local fish store. It is called lace rock.

Robert

2009-08-25 12:21:52

Great rock set up! How do you clean around this set up without disturbing the rocks or having them tumble down? Thank you for any advice and for sharing! Namaste ~

janetmorgski

2009-06-25 03:01:24

where do u get your rocks?

boober

2009-06-02 01:35:04

nice job with your layout. definitly put white gravel or sand. I have a sililar tank with white sand and it loks great, I agree, nothing better than cichlids in a tank