Hello,
I am trying to set up my new 125 gallon aquarium for an all male African tank. I am seriuosly struggling on which way to go. I was up until 1am last night playing with rocks. I am sure most have you have been through this. I can't decide wether to go with holey rocks like my existing setups, or go granite. I have acess to all the granite I want for free, and have about 50 lbs of holey rock at home, I would need about 50 more. The only reason I though about switching, and this is probably stupid, is because it will match my living room. My carpet is black and grey, furniture is grey, tables are black, aquarium stand is black, etc. I googled some tanks and thought they looked really nice. So I spent yesterday at lunch gathering rocks, then all night playing with different setups. My biggest concern is I am just not sure the granite provides enough little hiding spots for the mbuna. My fish definitely like anything they can swim under and hang out. For background info I will be using white quartzite sand, 2 fx5s, 2 850 powerheads, black background. I will have around 35 smaller fish, mostly young, with the largest at the being 3-3.5". They are Mbuna with a handful of peacocks that are larger. I will also have 7-8 homemade pvc tunnels that go under the sand. I am going to post a couple of pics of one of my holey rock setups, then some pics of the granite layouts I played with last night. Some of the rocks are still a little dirty so they look brown. You will have to use your imagination as they are laid out on a foam board and not the aquarium. The left side of the tank has the granite on end and angled. That will stay that way. The right side I am not sure about. I have 2 separate layouts I was playing with. ANY help or opinions would be greatly appreciated, especially on wether or not there is enough hiding spaces. Hopefully with your help I won't be in my basement staring at rocks again for 4 hours lol.
Thanks
Chris
HOLEY ROCK
LEFT SIDE GRANITE
RIGHT SIDE GRANITE
This one??
or this one
I am trying to set up my new 125 gallon aquarium for an all male African tank. I am seriuosly struggling on which way to go. I was up until 1am last night playing with rocks. I am sure most have you have been through this. I can't decide wether to go with holey rocks like my existing setups, or go granite. I have acess to all the granite I want for free, and have about 50 lbs of holey rock at home, I would need about 50 more. The only reason I though about switching, and this is probably stupid, is because it will match my living room. My carpet is black and grey, furniture is grey, tables are black, aquarium stand is black, etc. I googled some tanks and thought they looked really nice. So I spent yesterday at lunch gathering rocks, then all night playing with different setups. My biggest concern is I am just not sure the granite provides enough little hiding spots for the mbuna. My fish definitely like anything they can swim under and hang out. For background info I will be using white quartzite sand, 2 fx5s, 2 850 powerheads, black background. I will have around 35 smaller fish, mostly young, with the largest at the being 3-3.5". They are Mbuna with a handful of peacocks that are larger. I will also have 7-8 homemade pvc tunnels that go under the sand. I am going to post a couple of pics of one of my holey rock setups, then some pics of the granite layouts I played with last night. Some of the rocks are still a little dirty so they look brown. You will have to use your imagination as they are laid out on a foam board and not the aquarium. The left side of the tank has the granite on end and angled. That will stay that way. The right side I am not sure about. I have 2 separate layouts I was playing with. ANY help or opinions would be greatly appreciated, especially on wether or not there is enough hiding spaces. Hopefully with your help I won't be in my basement staring at rocks again for 4 hours lol.
Thanks
Chris
HOLEY ROCK
LEFT SIDE GRANITE
RIGHT SIDE GRANITE
This one??
or this one
