I think this is the best freshwater aquarium on TH-cam. The contrast in the scape and the fish choice is just beautiful!!! The whole this is somehow majestic. What is the soundtrack? It's so tranquil.
Wow thanks a lot man. I'm thinking of changing this tank up stockwise but leaving the scape. The track is from Stellardrone- a one man show. Forgot his name, but I believe the album is called Invent the Universe. Not on iTunes but you can find free downloads. It's basically a type of 'space ambient' music with occasional Carl Sagan quotes mixed in.
Thank you very much. I find tanks that have all the same size and shape of stone look exactly as you said- thrown on top of eachother. Definitely avoided that here...
I really enjoyed the video! The scape made me think of a mountainous top with snow! The sand looked like snow in some scenes! It looks awesome and your fish are popping with life and color!
Thank you pelphrey. Regarding your filtration conundrum on C-F, I can't help with sumps and such but splurging on something you really want isn't a bad thing. I do it all the time!
Thanks! I've been looking at a couple different canisters. I just don't feel like another canister would make me happy. I know spending $200 on a kit to drill my 75 is a lot. But in the end is it really? haha I already have a 30 gallon sump and a return pump. I may wait a little while or atleast until it warms up and pull the trigger. I also don't want 2 intakes and return lines visible in the tank either. We'll see! Thanks for the input and I love your channel!
Sounds good man. I hate clutter in the tank as well. Black Krylon Fusion goes a long way IMO... Thanks for watching my videos. I'll try to keep them coming regularly.
Case McIntyre So sorry for the late response. Missed it somehow... The sand is pool filter sand 20#, so a larger grain. The rock was bought at a landscaping yard. A type of granite called Aqua Blue Boulders. Thanks for your kind words on the tank!
Fish Fanatic Thanks Fish Fan! The 'polit' is actually a male Metriaclima sp. 'Membe Deep'. They look verrrry similar to male Polits. Polit females are brownish/grey. Membe females are a yellow/gold color.
AJK Aquaria yes i now have a male lol if you look on the hub i uploaded a few pics of my latest stock i picked up the other night gonna do another video when i get some quiet time
Howdy Craig! I'll look for it, definitely. Congrats on picking up a male. Hopefully you got a few more gals for him? Looking forward to the vid. Quiet time is as important as total darkness and zero reflection for quality footage. I'm subbed to ya so I'll see it here. I'm usually on a different forum for the most part and visit the 'Hub' when I have time or on the weekends. Take care man...
i remember you saying that the one i picked up was female and my breeder told me how to tell the difference between the two, he said the male has a black stripe along the anal fin,, weather this is true or not i dont know but my male is on the change as we speak and the female or as im lead to belive its a female is still orange so heres hoping
Hey AJK, I've got 3 tanks to setup. A 125L, 300L and either (still deciding on the dimensions) 400L or 1000L (yep I know I'm deciding between doubling the size lol I always want more). A couple of questions, what lighting setup do you have here? What rock is that? And I'll think of something else....
Tank is stunning Adam. I absolutely love all the damasoni in there. The hard scape has to be my favorite on TH-cam. What are you using for filtration to keep your water so crystal clear,filters/media? And how do you buffer the ph? Unfortunately my water out of my tap is neutral.
Wow thanks man. That's the best compliment I've received regarding this hobby. I do love the look myself, of course. Filtration is an FX6 and Fluval 306. I do have some small particulate matter floating around though. The 306 has polishing pads but keeping then in a canister is a poor choice. I may be adding a AC70 with a load of floss from Sera, as I just closed down a tank. Also, I did a water change the day before I shot the vid which always helps... My water comes from a well with an extremely high kH. pH settles out at 8.4. I do run my water through a softener though. It's just to 'dirty.' I bypassed it for awhile and ran through another filter of 0.5 microns. This produced crystal water hard as a rock. Problem was an extremely slow flow, no way to regulate temp and replacing filters that cost $30 ea. So now I just went back to using water through the softener which buries my gH, so I buff it up with Epsom salt. All my fish are good with this!
@@AJKAquaria I don't want to do that for most vids on TH-cam. I don't why ppl feel the need to not only have music but, overly loud music at that. The same thing with ppl starting their videos off with; "if your new to the channel...", "like and subscribe", "today in this video I'm gonna be talking about xyz", and beating around the bush. An I'm just like, "Dude, get to the point." . Anyways, im not venting I'm just telling it like it is. Some of us have other things to do (finite amount of time and all), and only have so long for free time, 15 minute breaks and lunch hours...you get the idea.
Beautiful scaping and lighting, I would add various Malawi species but the tank has a natural lake Malawi setting to it like its suppose to! How did you create contrast in the lighting? (Dark spots)
Thanks Chris. I used a 2' LED fixture and covered up some of it with a towel to get that desired effect. Generally, there us a single 3' LED along the front of the tank.
Thanks I built my own canopy and have it over my led lighting, but I like the "show" look of the dark spots. I tried duct taping around my 48 led light in spots I wanted dark but it didn't seem to do it, I'll try the towel!
Cool. I only used the towel for the video, but a shorter LED can do the trick. I use Current Satellite Freshwater+ LEDs which have customizable light settings. Very nice lights.
Free Swimmer Hey man. That depends on what species, really. The tank in the video was packed but the Dems were still young. I'd do 3 species and buy a dozen each to start. Weed out the excess males. If you're doing something 'peaceful' like L. Caereleus then you don't need to get 12 of them. But you have plenty of mbuna experience.
Hey.. Im thinking 3 Jalo Reef / 3 Mbweca / 4 Perlmutt / 3 RT Hongi / about 10 Yellow Labs.. That's the whole stock Im thinking of keeping and selling all others.
Free Swimmer I personally wouldn't do 3 of anything. Just never have any success. And that's 4 barred species in a small footprint. And 3 Labidochromis. That could lead to hybrids and fighting among the respective males.
Most of them have been together for years except some of the new juvies. The 3 is 1m-2f each.. All the colors are different, that's why I picked them.. Would you think Yellow Labs and Prlmutt and that's it ?
I have some recent juvies purchased 1m-2f and I want to keep about 6ish Yellow Labs and some of theses fish have been together for a long time. Worst case scenario is the guy would end up with some more. But Im only talking about 19 fish in the tank. Heavily rocked ..
Kleanthis Polydorou Absolutely. Most aquariums you can get your hands on have tempered glass bottoms. They can hold and support more rocks than you can physically put in the tank.
***** A difficult question to answer with just a number. A 75 gives you a lot of options, but there are species such as some of the Melanochromis, Metriaclima, Tropheops, etc. that I probably would avoid. I recently watched a video where someone filled a tank with 30 different kinds of unsexed mbuna- terrible idea. 30 is a good number, but it's vital to put more than a shred of thought and research into putting together a proper stocklist. A few things to consider- tank dimensions(footprint is THEE most important factor), no look alikes, reputation, avoiding obvioius crossbreeding risks, potential size and in most cases not duplicating the same genus(i.e. 2 species of Labidochromis- ties into hybridization. Does not include Pseudotropheus so much as this is more of a 'holding area' and fish waiting to be scientifically described). Don't worry about dietary needs. Some mbuna are carnivorous, some omnivorous and some herbivorous. Even the strict herbivores that are grazing away at the 'aufwuchs' all day are constantly ingesting small organisms like insect larvae and crustaceans which is loaded with protein. A quailty flake or pellet that is not overfed is all that is required. Mbuna should be stocked in groups, regardless of tank size. They are harem breeders. If you're trying an all male setup, that's a different story, and kind of a boring tank IMO. In a 75, think 4 compatible species that fall in line with the above considerations. Generally, you buy unsexed juveniles and grow them up, removing problem males along the way if need be. Some species are more tolerant of conspecific males than others. If a fish is hiding away in the top corners, he is being forced there and is stressed out. This comprimises their immune system, and opens the fish up to illness such as 'bloat' which can and will spread throughout your tank. A watchful eye is a necessity in identifying issues as they occur. A proper stock would be a group of Yellow Labs, Metriaclima sp. Dolphin, Rusties, and a L. Trewavasae OB variant. This gives you a blue barred fish, contrasting color range(yellow, blues, purples, oranges, blacks, etc), avoiding common hybridization risks, mid road/upper mid road aggression wise fish and fish that don't commonly exceed 6-7". There's countless combinations of course. Buy 8 to 10 of each species and grow them up. I chose Demasoni for my tank- they take up at least 2 species slots. They MUST be kept in large groups. I will not end up with 28 Dems in here. I'll remove males as they grow up. I don't like to pull fish just because they're males. I do so when they are being bullied into corners, or yank an over the top aggro fish. I suggest picking a species that is a 'must have' and building a stock around that. Hope my ramblings made sense, and I'm sure I left some important things out, but I do believe I answered your question in a round about way. Oh yeah... your question... Answer- it depends, lol
***** Articulate, huh? That's something I have never been called. I guess it's the 'moderator' in me speaking through the internet. I'm really kind of a jerk sometimes, lol!
Классное видео!👍
Excellent lighting and camera! It doesn't even look like there is any glass there. Beautiful!
This is by far the best!
I think this is the best freshwater aquarium on TH-cam. The contrast in the scape and the fish choice is just beautiful!!! The whole this is somehow majestic. What is the soundtrack? It's so tranquil.
Wow thanks a lot man. I'm thinking of changing this tank up stockwise but leaving the scape.
The track is from Stellardrone- a one man show. Forgot his name, but I believe the album is called Invent the Universe. Not on iTunes but you can find free downloads. It's basically a type of 'space ambient' music with occasional Carl Sagan quotes mixed in.
Beautiful, great classic mix of colours, awesome scape as well.
Thanks for the compliments and watching the vid Don. Appreciated...
Awesome! Demasoni my favorite!
And again, you got the eye for it as well as your turtle enclosure. 👍🏼👍🏼
I looove the contrast of this white sand and dark background. Makes it feel and look very mysterious! I love your tank! Subscribed!
Thank you Sarah. Depth and mystery were something I was trying to achieve with the lighting.
You did a great job. The sand on teh rocks almost looks just like snow!
Someone else mentioned the snow look as well... never dawned on me until then. It really does.
Like mountain tops. Very cool!
Stunning as usual beautiful scape,fish and video AJK Aquaria
Glad you think so man. Thanks for watching the vid Slewer. Take care...
That rock scape looks great! like the bottom of a lake and not like a man made pile of rocks thrown on top of each other, i like it!
Thank you very much. I find tanks that have all the same size and shape of stone look exactly as you said- thrown on top of eachother. Definitely avoided that here...
I really enjoyed the video! The scape made me think of a mountainous top with snow! The sand looked like snow in some scenes! It looks awesome and your fish are popping with life and color!
So I never thought of it that way, but you're exactly right! Kind of cool now that I think about it... Thanks for watching Kenerly...
You are welcome I enjoyed it!
Great video, really like the blues in there.
The demasoni are fitting the bill for a blue barred fish to a tee. Thanks for watching Chris.
This tank is gorgeous! Well done! Love the scape too!
You're making me jealous :P
Thanks a lot!
Great video! Rocks go great with the light colored sand!
Thank you pelphrey. Regarding your filtration conundrum on C-F, I can't help with sumps and such but splurging on something you really want isn't a bad thing. I do it all the time!
Thanks! I've been looking at a couple different canisters. I just don't feel like another canister would make me happy. I know spending $200 on a kit to drill my 75 is a lot. But in the end is it really? haha I already have a 30 gallon sump and a return pump. I may wait a little while or atleast until it warms up and pull the trigger. I also don't want 2 intakes and return lines visible in the tank either. We'll see! Thanks for the input and I love your channel!
Sounds good man. I hate clutter in the tank as well. Black Krylon Fusion goes a long way IMO... Thanks for watching my videos. I'll try to keep them coming regularly.
beautiful set up. looks very natural.
Appreciate it Dave. My goal was as natural a scape as I could design, while giving the fish the cover and security they need to thrive. Thanks.
youve done both.
Dave Bandish Thank you Dave!
AJK Aquaria Exactly, it should be a priority when arranging aquarium. Very beautiful piece of Lake Malawi.
Robert Hurka thanks Robert
Now that is a smart setup!
Thanks much!
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe...
- Carl Sagan
This tank is the greatest looking tank fresh or salt I've seen on TH-cam. What type of sand did you use and where did you get the rock??
Case McIntyre So sorry for the late response. Missed it somehow... The sand is pool filter sand 20#, so a larger grain. The rock was bought at a landscaping yard. A type of granite called Aqua Blue Boulders. Thanks for your kind words on the tank!
Love the simple but beautiful hardscape ;)
And that one polit cichlid... Oooh Baby
Fish Fanatic Thanks Fish Fan! The 'polit' is actually a male Metriaclima sp. 'Membe Deep'. They look verrrry similar to male Polits. Polit females are brownish/grey. Membe females are a yellow/gold color.
AJK Aquaria yes i now have a male lol if you look on the hub i uploaded a few pics of my latest stock i picked up the other night gonna do another video when i get some quiet time
Howdy Craig! I'll look for it, definitely. Congrats on picking up a male. Hopefully you got a few more gals for him? Looking forward to the vid. Quiet time is as important as total darkness and zero reflection for quality footage. I'm subbed to ya so I'll see it here. I'm usually on a different forum for the most part and visit the 'Hub' when I have time or on the weekends. Take care man...
i remember you saying that the one i picked up was female and my breeder told me how to tell the difference between the two, he said the male has a black stripe along the anal fin,, weather this is true or not i dont know but my male is on the change as we speak and the female or as im lead to belive its a female is still orange so heres hoping
Love it. Looks awesome
Glad you like it Mike. Thanks for watching...
Hey AJK, I've got 3 tanks to setup. A 125L, 300L and either (still deciding on the dimensions) 400L or 1000L (yep I know I'm deciding between doubling the size lol I always want more). A couple of questions, what lighting setup do you have here? What rock is that? And I'll think of something else....
Wow, beautiful!
Thanks Trout
Tank is stunning Adam. I absolutely love all the damasoni in there. The hard scape has to be my favorite on TH-cam. What are you using for filtration to keep your water so crystal clear,filters/media? And how do you buffer the ph? Unfortunately my water out of my tap is neutral.
Wow thanks man. That's the best compliment I've received regarding this hobby. I do love the look myself, of course. Filtration is an FX6 and Fluval 306. I do have some small particulate matter floating around though. The 306 has polishing pads but keeping then in a canister is a poor choice. I may be adding a AC70 with a load of floss from Sera, as I just closed down a tank. Also, I did a water change the day before I shot the vid which always helps... My water comes from a well with an extremely high kH. pH settles out at 8.4. I do run my water through a softener though. It's just to 'dirty.' I bypassed it for awhile and ran through another filter of 0.5 microns. This produced crystal water hard as a rock. Problem was an extremely slow flow, no way to regulate temp and replacing filters that cost $30 ea. So now I just went back to using water through the softener which buries my gH, so I buff it up with Epsom salt. All my fish are good with this!
And thanks again. That compliment made my day I think!
Beautiful tank and fish selection. Do you recall how many pounds of rock you used to aqua-scape it?
Thanks a lot.
There is close to 240 lbs of rock in the tank. It's a very dense type of granite.
To the two people who dislike as of September 16 2018, why you hating? Did the species in this video bite you hard before?
Probably because the overly loud weird music.
@@flgkingpin It's called volume, and it can be adjusted.
@@AJKAquaria I don't want to do that for most vids on TH-cam. I don't why ppl feel the need to not only have music but, overly loud music at that. The same thing with ppl starting their videos off with; "if your new to the channel...", "like and subscribe", "today in this video I'm gonna be talking about xyz", and beating around the bush. An I'm just like, "Dude, get to the point." . Anyways, im not venting I'm just telling it like it is. Some of us have other things to do (finite amount of time and all), and only have so long for free time, 15 minute breaks and lunch hours...you get the idea.
Very very nice !! Happy fishes!!
Can i ask you what kind of rocks are you using?
thanks
Thank you! A type of granite called 'Aqua Blue' boulders. Read that they're common in Wisconsin.
Beautiful scaping and lighting, I would add various Malawi species but the tank has a natural lake Malawi setting to it like its suppose to! How did you create contrast in the lighting? (Dark spots)
Thanks Chris.
I used a 2' LED fixture and covered up some of it with a towel to get that desired effect. Generally, there us a single 3' LED along the front of the tank.
Thanks I built my own canopy and have it over my led lighting, but I like the "show" look of the dark spots. I tried duct taping around my 48 led light in spots I wanted dark but it didn't seem to do it, I'll try the towel!
Cool. I only used the towel for the video, but a shorter LED can do the trick. I use Current Satellite Freshwater+ LEDs which have customizable light settings. Very nice lights.
Great looking tank! I really like the rocks, what types r they?
Thank you. A type of granite called Aqua Blue that's apparently common in Wisconsin.
Im gonna set up a 75g for mbuna and keep some of them.. How many would you max out a 75g with ? 30 ?
Free Swimmer Hey man. That depends on what species, really. The tank in the video was packed but the Dems were still young. I'd do 3 species and buy a dozen each to start. Weed out the excess males. If you're doing something 'peaceful' like L. Caereleus then you don't need to get 12 of them. But you have plenty of mbuna experience.
Hey.. Im thinking 3 Jalo Reef / 3 Mbweca / 4 Perlmutt / 3 RT Hongi / about 10 Yellow Labs.. That's the whole stock Im thinking of keeping and selling all others.
Free Swimmer I personally wouldn't do 3 of anything. Just never have any success. And that's 4 barred species in a small footprint. And 3 Labidochromis. That could lead to hybrids and fighting among the respective males.
Most of them have been together for years except some of the new juvies. The 3 is 1m-2f each.. All the colors are different, that's why I picked them.. Would you think Yellow Labs and Prlmutt and that's it ?
I have some recent juvies purchased 1m-2f and I want to keep about 6ish Yellow Labs and some of theses fish have been together for a long time. Worst case scenario is the guy would end up with some more. But Im only talking about 19 fish in the tank. Heavily rocked ..
Is there still this beautiful aquarium?
Unfortunately, no.
I have moved. But I do have 20 demasoni on their way here, and several Malawi aquariums running at the moment.
@@AJKAquaria 😭
does the glass resist such weight of these rocks?
Kleanthis Polydorou Absolutely. Most aquariums you can get your hands on have tempered glass bottoms. They can hold and support more rocks than you can physically put in the tank.
Hello! What kind of lamps do you have?
Current Satellite Freshwater+ LEads
what is your male to female ratio for the Demasoni?
I'm not sure what it was. Had lots of females. Had 10 different holding at one time. Never vented them
Where do you find rocks like these?
Landscape supply yard
Very sexy tank Mister :)
Mister?! So formal... lol
Thanks for watching Marcus. Much appreciated!
What light are you using?
Current Satellite Freshwater + LED
Lake Malawi Display Aquarium 75 Gallon Mbuna 108…: th-cam.com/video/zBtaq-tUjSE/w-d-xo.html
***** Thanks buddy! 28 Demasoni, 9 Membe Deep, 8 Trewavasae and a lone Cynotilapia fry. The proper scientific names are in the description of the vid.
***** A difficult question to answer with just a number. A 75 gives you a lot of options, but there are species such as some of the Melanochromis, Metriaclima, Tropheops, etc. that I probably would avoid. I recently watched a video where someone filled a tank with 30 different kinds of unsexed mbuna- terrible idea. 30 is a good number, but it's vital to put more than a shred of thought and research into putting together a proper stocklist. A few things to consider- tank dimensions(footprint is THEE most important factor), no look alikes, reputation, avoiding obvioius crossbreeding risks, potential size and in most cases not duplicating the same genus(i.e. 2 species of Labidochromis- ties into hybridization. Does not include Pseudotropheus so much as this is more of a 'holding area' and fish waiting to be scientifically described). Don't worry about dietary needs. Some mbuna are carnivorous, some omnivorous and some herbivorous. Even the strict herbivores that are grazing away at the 'aufwuchs' all day are constantly ingesting small organisms like insect larvae and crustaceans which is loaded with protein. A quailty flake or pellet that is not overfed is all that is required. Mbuna should be stocked in groups, regardless of tank size. They are harem breeders. If you're trying an all male setup, that's a different story, and kind of a boring tank IMO. In a 75, think 4 compatible species that fall in line with the above considerations. Generally, you buy unsexed juveniles and grow them up, removing problem males along the way if need be. Some species are more tolerant of conspecific males than others. If a fish is hiding away in the top corners, he is being forced there and is stressed out. This comprimises their immune system, and opens the fish up to illness such as 'bloat' which can and will spread throughout your tank. A watchful eye is a necessity in identifying issues as they occur. A proper stock would be a group of Yellow Labs, Metriaclima sp. Dolphin, Rusties, and a L. Trewavasae OB variant. This gives you a blue barred fish, contrasting color range(yellow, blues, purples, oranges, blacks, etc), avoiding common hybridization risks, mid road/upper mid road aggression wise fish and fish that don't commonly exceed 6-7". There's countless combinations of course. Buy 8 to 10 of each species and grow them up. I chose Demasoni for my tank- they take up at least 2 species slots. They MUST be kept in large groups. I will not end up with 28 Dems in here. I'll remove males as they grow up. I don't like to pull fish just because they're males. I do so when they are being bullied into corners, or yank an over the top aggro fish. I suggest picking a species that is a 'must have' and building a stock around that. Hope my ramblings made sense, and I'm sure I left some important things out, but I do believe I answered your question in a round about way. Oh yeah... your question... Answer- it depends, lol
All that for nothing?! LOL
***** Articulate, huh? That's something I have never been called. I guess it's the 'moderator' in me speaking through the internet. I'm really kind of a jerk sometimes, lol!
Love the info you provided! That explained why my fish gets into a corner.