My Tanganyika biotope aquarium: general view (December 2023)

- Vol: 1200 litres
- Size: 353x71x50 cm
- Filtration: sump with biological (ceramics and lava rock), activated carbon and mechanical material
- Rocks: limestone; travertine; schyst
- Sand: silica
- Buffer (home made): sodium bicarbonate + magnesium sulphate + calcium carbonate + potassium chloride + sea salt (traditionally made in Algarve). Weekly added during partial water change
- Plants: Vallisneria spp.
- Shells: Neothauma (from the lake; some natural, some 3D); snails
- Fishes:
Bentochromis horii Mvuna F0 (WF) - 5 ads (2m+3f)
Julidochromis marksmithi Kipili F2 - 6 ads (incl. couple) and offspring (already reproduced)
Cyatopharynx furcifer Kigoma F1 - 4 ads (1m+3f)
Cyprichromis leptosoma jumbo Kitumba F1 - 2 ads (couple; already reproduced)
Cyprichromis microlepidotus Cape Caramba F0 (WF) - 8 ads (3m+5f)
Cyprichromis microlepidotus Karilani F1 - 2 ads (1m+3f; already reproduced)
Neolamprologus leleupi F1/F2 - 3 ads (1m+2f; already reproduced)
Xenotilapia ochrogenys Kipili (singularis) F1 - 1 ad m
Gnatochromis permaxillaris Zambia F1 - 3 ads (2m+1f; already reproduced)
Lamprologus callipterus Burundi - 3 ads m
Altolamprologus calvus Black - 1 ad m
Altolamprologus calvus black pectoral Lupota F1 - 2 subads
Enantiopus melanogenys Kekese F1 - 1 ad f
Oreochromis taganicae - 2 ads (1m+1f)
Chalinochromis cyanophleps F1 - 3 ads (2m+1f)
Lamprichthys tanganicanus F1 - 4 ads (3m+1f already reproduced)
- Food: New Life Spectrum (NLS) Cichlid Formula + NLS Probiotix + Artemia (Gamma; Ocean Nutrition) + Copepods (Gamma) + Mysis (Gamma; Ocean Nutrition) + Nori algae