My Malawi cichlid set up!!!!

[bullzi]

Hi,

I am very new in this hobby, have set up a malawi cichlid tank not for long with the help of some of my friends who are in this hobby for long time. Please have a look of the pictures and suggest. I was unable to upload directly here. Please go through the following link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87412958@N05/






Thanks,

Niladri

[Romi]

looks better without the blue light. nice tank! Lovely to see yellow fish, that is the coloour of happiness

[apuda2010]

Agree with Romi on the blue light. I can guess why the blue lights are there in the first place...most online aquarium fora and websites mention blue as the `moonlight' colour. I am not so sure I have ever seen a blue moon. Try and see if you can substitute the intense blue with some low wattage white LEDs.

[bullzi]

Thanks for the replies, yes I will surely try to find that. BTW, how to replicate a moon light, simulate dawn/dusk? Is there any cost effective way of doing so?

[anuragsonik]

Hi Niladari, Tank Setup looks good for malawi Cichlids. kindly update us with Tank Size & Bio load as well.

[SCORPIO]

A nice setup. Blue colored light in a Malawi tank always looks pleasant to me.

[bullzi]

Thanks for liking, its a 4.5 * 2 * 2 set up (l b h), right now only have 2 labs and 1 peacock, will be adding more fishes - about 10-12

[bullzi]

Also would like to know a source for buying Styrofoam rocks.

[Arjun Tandon]

I've never seen such a nice finnage and black stripes in yellow labs in any of the pet stores.
They surely look happy

[Abhishek]

Nice tank Niladri