500 gallon redo…

[danotaylor]

In the wake of the sale of the fresh water stingrays, I was given the opportunity to purchase an adult group of Placidichromis phenochilus “Mdoka” aka Mdoka white lips.
I picked up the group yesterday from a fishy friend of mine in Cincinnati.
15 adults, looks to be about 6-7M the rest females. All fish are from the AquaHaus German line or 1st gen offspring from the original German fish.
Here’s a couple preliminary pics. Video to come once they’re settled in.
The right hand end of the tank hasn’t been scaped yet as I am planning to divide the tank, 2/3 for the mdokas, other 1/3 for some of my tropheus…
Tank is a little hazy from a 400gal water change yesterday morning before I went to pick them up.
Enjoy!
Dominant male. 1 pic w actinic blue light on, 1 with just the white lights;

[danotaylor]

[danotaylor]

I received my divider from Amazon this afternoon. It was 12 square pieces each 11.5”x11.5” that lock together to interconnect. Plenty of suction fittings to get it secured properly. This was the only budget friendly option to divide my internal width/height of 34”x28” other than cutting and connecting white egg crate, which actually would have been more expensive and much more of an eye sore. This cost $45 shipped.
I’d say the outcome is acceptable. It’s not beautiful but not as ugly as a hat full of bum holes either.
Ima see how it sits with me over the next few days b4 I had the trophs to the smaller side.
The trapezoid overflow position determined the place the divider was fitted.
74x34x28” for the Mdoka.
44x34x28” for the trophs.

[Second Hand Pat]

Looks good Danny. I remember when I separated my 230 into 1/3 and 2/3 sections. I had a wild pair spawn and wanted to separate the pair from the rest of the fish. Also had a sump with overflow. Larry Bugg sent me a large piece of foam which worked nicely.
Pat