180 Gallon (681 liter) All-Glass tank on a black pine All-Glass stand

(72" x 24" x 24":      183 cm x 61 cm x 61 cm)

filtration: Eheim Professional 2028 canister filter with spraybar (without heater), AquaClear 500 power filter, Penguin 330 (biowheel) power filter, old Penguin 300 (biowheel) power filter (coral in one media basket)

lighting:    A 4 ft black  All-Glass triple tube.  (Several cheap shop lights for picture taking)

substrate:  Seachem African Cichlid Mix with limestone rocks and red shale        PH: 7.9

heaters: two Ebo-Jager 250 watt                                                                     temperature: 79º F

plants:  Anubia nana

33 Cichlids (note how different they all look to hopefully eliminate cross-breeding)

The Lake Victorian basin

• four  2.5" (6 cm) Astatotilapia latifasciata (zebra obliquidens) 1 male & 3 females

• five  4" (10 cm) Paralabidochromis sp "rock kribensis" (yellow-Mwanza Gulf, Kenya) 1 male & 4 females

• six  5" (12 cm) Haplochromis sp "red tail sheller" (blue neon) 2 males & 4 females

Lake Malawi

• six  4" (10 cm) Cynotilapia afra "cobue"  2 males and 4 females

• three  3 1/2" (9 cm) Pseudotropheus perspicax "orange cap ndumbi" 1 males and 2 females

• nine  4 1/2" (12 cm) Maylandia  sp "msobo magunga" deep tanzania 2 males & 7 females

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What do 42 cichlids look like at feeding time?