Room spec.

Owner:
Thomas Baraban , France

E-mail:
tbaraban2@wanadoo.fr
http://www.tangaloca.fr.st

Amount of tanks and tank sizes:
1X650L 1X300L 1X240L 3X200L 2X100L 9X60L=17 tanks

Racks:
Concrete with plywood boards.

Heating:
Inividual heaters in each tank at low level.

Lighting:
Individual lights for all tanks. All from real aquaria lighting to small bulbs with home made reflectors.

Filtration:
All whith "bac à decantation"

Electric installation:
Made by myself but not so well..

Flooring:
Concrete

Substrate:
Sand from a french river.

Interiors, (plants rock work):
Holey rock and some plants.

What could have been done better?
The electric installaition.

Do you have a show tank in your livingroom?
No.

Fish

What cichlids do you keep?
Neolamprologus hecqui, , Lamprologus similis, Julidochromis dikfeldi and marlieri, Cyphotilapia frontosa "Blue Zaire", Neolamprologus leleupi, Neolamprologus multifasciatus, Neolamprologus oscellatus, Neolamprologus pulcher, Neolamprologus kungweensis, and a few more.

Your favourite fish in the room and why? (only one individual)
My couple of frontosa, because they are the oldest.

Last fish purchased:
Neolamprologus oscellatus

Nr. 1. on your wish list:
?

Maintanace

Waterchange frequency:
30% of all tanks twice a month.

Method of waterchanges:
A simple hose.

Smart gadgets to help working the room:
Home made sprinkler pipes.

Foods for fry and grown fish:
All I can find but i don't make any myself.

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