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- From: dbs@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Dave Sheehy)
- Subject: Re: (All) New African set-up.
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:39:12 GMT
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- 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
- : I.e. how to set up caves for an electric-blue haplochromis-sized fish.
- : the best type of filtration for this sort of set-up.
- : best rocks/gravel to use
- : et cetera
-
- I use crushed coral as a substrate for my UGF. It helps keep the water nice
- and hard.
-
- I have a layer of window screen sanwiched in the middle of the gravel so the
- fish can't dig all the way down to the filter plate. Mbuna are the worst
- diggers but even haps and peacocks will dig. If I had it to do over again I
- would use a layer of eggcrate over the UGF instead as suggested by another
- netter (Shine?). Then you can still vacuum all the gravel over the UGF and
- not just the top layer as in my current setup. Someday I'm going to change
- over to eggcrate (and won't that be fun!).
-
- In one tank I use lava rock and it looks fine. In another tank the rock is
- around 80% flattish river rocks and it looks better. Casual unbiased observers
- seem to prefer the river rock from an aesthetic point of view.
-
- I basically fill the tank with rock leaving enough space around the front and
- side glass so that I can clean it. Think about leaving some 'channels' in the
- stack of rocks such that you can reach as much substrate as possible for
- gravel cleaning purposes.
-
- Dave Sheehy
-
- : -Matt
-