Room spec.

Owner:
Jens Meisler, Oliver Speckmann of Bad Salzuflen, Germany.

E-mail:
meisler@aquacave.de
speckmann@aquacave.de

Web:
http://www.aquacave.de

Amount of tanks and tank sizes:
29 = 6x200l, 6x225l, 8x400l, 4x460l, 4x500l, 1x420l

Racks:
Walled in double t-girder.

Heating:
Room heating and heating loops under the tanks.

Lighting:
Triton flourescent tubes

Filtration:
Tetra filter sponges prosecuted by a compressor

Electric installation:
The lighting system is controlled by one timer for each room.

Flooring:
Tiled with light grey tiles.

Substrate:
Silicate sand.

Interiors, (plants rock work):
Holey rocks.

What could have been done better?
An automatic waterchanging system.

Do you have a show tank in your livingroom?
Not at the moment but we have a show tank in a dental office.

Fish

What cichlids do you keep?
Tropheus spec. black “Ikola”
Tropheus spec. black “Bulu Point”
Tropheus spec. black “Bemba”
Tropheus moorii “Mpulungu”
Tropheus moorii “Chipimbi”
Tropheus moorii “Livua”
Tropheus moorii “Murago”
Tropheus moorii “Ilangi ”
Tropheus moorii “Chiwena”
Tropheus duboisi “Maswa”
Tropheus spec. black “Kiriza”
Tropheus brichardi “Canara Cheek”
Tropheus brichardi “Malagarasi”
Tropheus moorii “Lufubu”
Altolamprologus compressiceps "Cape Chaitika"
Eretmodus cyanosticus “North”
Tropheus moorii “Kachese”

Your favourite fish in the room and why? (only one individual)
Tropheus moori ILANGI, it's like theKing of the tropheus.

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

Nr. 1. on your wish list:
Tropheus Linangu Yellow.

Maintanace

Waterchange frequency:
50% every 10 days.

Method of waterchanges:
Just a hose and to fill: water pipes above the tanks.

Smart gadgets to help working the room:
Large hose and a thermal switch to fill the tanks.

Foods for fry and grown fish:
OSI Spirulina flakes, Sera flora, Hikari cichlid excel.

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