African Cichlid Tank Photo Update

Hey, sorry I’ve not posted in a while so to start the ball rolling, here’s some pics…. Oh and I’m still loving the fishkeepery!

AND another thing…

I forgot to say in my last post – I saw two tiny baby White Tail Acei hiding under the Mopani root! I noticed the mouthbrooder female was empty mouthed this morning and was really eager for food, so I was on the look out for wrigglers. There are plenty of hiding places in the tank so I hope they survive. No, I didn’t manage to get a picture but the big fish are very photogenic….

Four New Fish for the African Tank!

We had a trip to Maidenhead Aquatics today primarily to return the light tube unit from the canopy of the new tank (Fluval Roma 200). One of the tubes has been flickering and now doesn’t come on at all. The shop fella tested it and will be ordering a new one tomorrow. In the meantime, the old one is back on top of my tank.

I did a partial water change this morning and tested the water. I was pleased to see the Nitrate level was 10-20 ppm, kH was 6 (so I added a generous scoop of the powdered buffer) and there was no evidence of Ammonia or Nitrite…hooray!

I half filled an old clean mayo jar with tank water to double check my chemistry at the fish shop and was told it was all good and Nitrate was low, kH 7. How could I resist a few more fish while I was there? How I ask you?!!

The new tank mates are 2 x female and 1 x male Zebra Obliquidens Astatotilapia latifasciata and 1 x Cuckoo Catfish Synodontis multipunctatus
. The Zebras are milling around happily with the others and the Catfish has found a cave to hide in.

I am very happy with my fish and I hope you have a happy Sunday everyone! 😀🐠🐟