Room spec.

Owner:
Ota Vojacek of Malmö Sweden.

E-mail:
otav@novozymes.com

Amount of tanks and tank sizes:
1x1150L, 3 x 540L, 4x 375L, 5x 250L, 6x 150L, 8x 80L, 10x 47L.=38 tanks

Racks:
Specially constructed steel module racks and some regular aluminum.

Heating:
Individual heaters in each tank.

Lighting:
Flourescent tubes on all tanks

Filtration:
Eheim canisters and various powerheads with home made portable filter modules.

Electric installation:
Standard household outlets combined with surge protected powerbars

Flooring:
All from wooden floors to concrete.

Substrate:
Fine grain brown sand of the kind we in Sweden call Råda.

Interiors, (plants rock work):
Limestone cemented together to create piles that dont take up all the space of the tanks. Roots and plants, especially in the frytanks. I also have some home made holey rock. Just large rocks that I have drilled several holes through. Dont do it, it's a hell of a job.

What could have been done better?
Actually I want to shut the whole setup down and recreate it in a specially designed basement. It's just not that easy to find a placec like that around here.

Do you have a show tank in your livingroom?
Yes, about 10 of them. As a matter of fact my whole livingroom is full of tanks.

Fish

What cichlids do you keep?
Tropheus spec. black “Ikola”
Tropheus spec. black “Bulu Point”
Tropheus spec. black “Bemba”
Tropheus moorii “Mpulungu”
Tropheus moorii “Moliro”
Tropheus moorii “Livua”
Tropheus moorii “Kiku”
Tropheus moorii “Kala Yellow”
Tropheus moorii “Ilangi Nkamba Bay”
Tropheus moorii “Ilangi Kamba”
Tropheus duboisi “Maswa”
Synodontis Multipunctatus
Synodontis Angelicus Petrochromis red empimwa
Ophthalmotilapia ventralis “Sumbu”
Neolamprologus nigriventris
Neolamprologus leleupi
Neolamprologus buescheri “Kamakonde”
Julidochromis regani “Kipili”
Julidochromis marlieri
Eretmodus cyanostictus
Cyprichromis leptosoma Mplungu
Cyphotilapia frontosa
Cyantopharynx furcifer “Isanga”
Altolamprologus calvus

Your favourite fish in the room and why? (only one individual)
An old and large Neolamprologus nigriventris female that has been with me for a long time.

Last fish purchased:
Tropheus sp. black "Bulu Point"

Nr. 1. on your wish list:
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Maintanace

Waterchange frequency:
30% once a week

Method of waterchanges:
Just a hose and a tap.

Smart gadgets to help working the room:
My poratble filters are homemade and great. Ill get a photo of them for this page soon to show you how they work. I have also constructed a very usefull automatic sand cleaner.

Foods for fry and grown fish:
Just home made shrimpmix and newly hatched brine shrimp.

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