The Aquarium. => General Aquaria => Topic started by: sfmk2. on September 02, 2013, 02:26:37 pm
Title: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 02, 2013, 02:26:37 pm
Just wondered what people have done with their aquariums today?
I'll start...
My Kribs had babies two weeks ago, and the babies are big enough to swim now... The parent Kribs moved the 50-70 babies out of the plant pot and into the middle of the sand, in the most open spot possible. The parents then got really defensive and I woke up this morning to find they've killed 4 of my Danio's :mad: *bye3* I've caught the parents and got them in a breeder with 5 of the babies... couldn't catch any more so they were effectively live food! *bye3*
Anyone else?...
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: mfrance on September 02, 2013, 02:29:48 pm
Ordered a HMA filter set up to try and improve the water conditions for the fish. Dosed my tanks with TNC Carbon this morning. Tonight is move nano tank to the bedroom (easier said than done) and clean my main yank.
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Post by: SnowAddict on September 02, 2013, 02:33:42 pm
100% water change on the show fish tank, fed a handful of beef heart to the display tank and rescued a cory from one of my sponge filter uplift pipes in the qt tank.
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 02, 2013, 02:42:43 pm
100% water change on the show fish tank, fed a handful of beef heart to the display tank and rescued a cory from one of my sponge filter uplift pipes in the qt tank.
Do they love the beef heart? Do you add anything else in with the heart?
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Post by: charlieh on September 02, 2013, 02:46:56 pm
Last night I moved around 15 2 month old mollies from my small tank to my big tank. This morning I checked that everyone was ok and gave them and my plants some breakfast :)
Now my small tank is sitting empty so will be giving it a good scrub down and then dosing with ammonia until I can decide what to do with it... *blink*
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 02, 2013, 02:48:04 pm
Last night I moved around 15 2 month old mollies from my small tank to my big tank. This morning I checked that everyone was ok and gave them and my plants some breakfast :)
Now my small tank is sitting empty so will be giving it a good scrub down and then dosing with ammonia until I can decide what to do with it... *blink*
Sounds like you're going to be adding some new critters soon then! *applause* *fish*
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Post by: Firewall on September 02, 2013, 03:03:37 pm
Doing yet another 25 % water change
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Post by: SnowAddict on September 02, 2013, 03:22:06 pm
100% water change on the show fish tank, fed a handful of beef heart to the display tank and rescued a cory from one of my sponge filter uplift pipes in the qt tank.
Do they love the beef heart? Do you add anything else in with the heart?
Yeah they love it, it's a heart mix so spinach, mussels, prawns etc. got to be carefull who takes it as some don't do well on it. But my discus tear through it
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Post by: charlieh on September 02, 2013, 03:35:14 pm
Last night I moved around 15 2 month old mollies from my small tank to my big tank. This morning I checked that everyone was ok and gave them and my plants some breakfast :)
Now my small tank is sitting empty so will be giving it a good scrub down and then dosing with ammonia until I can decide what to do with it... *blink*
Sounds like you're going to be adding some new critters soon then! *applause* *fish*
Yes! I'm leaning more toward just a couple of shrimp. That way I can keep it cycled and have it as a hospital/qt tank *grin*
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Post by: leeanne on September 02, 2013, 03:43:09 pm
I fed my work tank some cyclops think they liked it! Hoping to get finished a bit early and do a small water change a few of my aggasiz are looking a bit pale :( hoping some extra water changes will perk them up
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Post by: psaria on September 02, 2013, 05:35:12 pm
Watched as a (scarily) large number of baby shrimps emerged from their hidey-holes to feast on some peas I had put in for the cherries to munch on. Also enjoyed my bamboo shrimp feeding in the filter stream on his favourite piece of bog wood.
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Post by: AderynGlas on September 02, 2013, 06:04:23 pm
I'll be taking out the remaining pieces of cucumber that have been in for 2 days now. One has almost entirely gone with the other now missing most of the middle (and these were rather large home grown ones!). Fasting day for the next 2 days me thinks.
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Post by: Lesley123 on September 02, 2013, 06:21:38 pm
@ sfmk2 I'd remove the parent kribs from the breeder box. They will eat the fry soon. The fry are old enough to cope on their own now. I wouldn't keep them in the box for long either as it stunts their growth. You always need two tanks on the go with kribs.
I've cleaned the betta tank. Still got the shrimp tank and the 180 to do. Multiple tanks were a good idea at the time!
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Post by: fatboi on September 02, 2013, 06:23:56 pm
Weekly 25% water change, scrubbed inside if glass and straightened out the fine gravel that my BNs keep digging up. Polished outside of glass. Now having a little look online to see about adding one or two more fish to 'play' with my fish.
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Post by: Minimental on September 02, 2013, 09:53:08 pm
I ordered an APS 2000ef+ and some extra media off eBay.
I fed my fish some cichlid Tablets, some spirinula tablets and some catfish pellets. Also some cucumber mainly for the cray.
Watched my crayfish push several rocks which are at least 20x his size around the tank to make a tunnel have 2 ends rather than just one. Haha. And be ate the whole cucumber slice.
I also watched my cichlids fight over a spirinula tablet only to be both well and truly beaten off it by the 4.5" Featherfin :)
Eventful day :)
I also added ammonia to my cycling tank and stirred the sand in my new tank which has no filter as of yet :)
Mini
165L AquaOne 850 Eheim 2226 External Filter 2x AquaClear 20 power heads and fan pump for flow Housing: 2x Flowerhorn Cichlids 1x FeatherFin Catfish 1x Blue Crayfish
20ish L Trickle +internal 4x Neons + 2 Guppies
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: lexy99071 on September 02, 2013, 10:36:58 pm
I had a little rescape and replant, moved over some snails from the 100l to the 30l, mainly cos its empty exept 1 rasbora and random spare plants/ floating bog wood piece...
Still deciding on stocking. Still havent got the set up the way i want it either. hard scape is fine, just the plants, and i don;t exactly have the money for it all in one. It looked so good before.
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Adw on September 02, 2013, 10:57:10 pm
Not done a great deal with the fish today, made a new brine shrimp hatchery yesterday which have all hatched today so the cpd and chilli rasbora have had a nice big live feed, fed the fish in the other tanks also tho the baby shrimp are a little small for them just yet so just the normal food. Tho have ordered some nice selection of a-s+ grade crystal red shrimp as a little side project which will hopefully be here by Friday :)
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Jack Bauer on September 02, 2013, 11:01:09 pm
Bought a HMA filter, heater and sponge filter. Built a shelving unit as part of the deal that allows my next tank in the house.
Changed 100l of water and replanted the plant my arsehole GBR keeps digging up.
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Post by: RickM on September 02, 2013, 11:05:39 pm
Set it up..or at least set the new one up - even made the effort of creating a tank log this time :D
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Post by: Ryan001 on September 03, 2013, 10:49:21 am
75% waterchange and planting Hemianthus Cuba and Riccia, trimmed java moss carpet, covered half coconut shell with java moss also. *grin*
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: bwarwicker on September 03, 2013, 10:51:37 am
Ordered a new custom made tank *grin* Now to build a stand and buy a few other bits and bobs.
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 03, 2013, 01:04:48 pm
Today will be a 25% water change that's all.
I'm really toying with the idea of changing to a Malawi tank :book:
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Post by: joedoe1982 on September 03, 2013, 01:22:53 pm
weekly 75% water change today
and looking for a cheap quarantine/breeding tank
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Post by: bwarwicker on September 03, 2013, 06:39:14 pm
New lighting unit finally arrived, sorted out what's still alive plant wise and big water changes on both tanks.
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Post by: grebidge on September 04, 2013, 10:14:57 am
I have hunted hig and low for my new blue tiger shrimp, only 8 in a 55 gallon = impossible, its all planted up so they are good at hiding, I see one or two every no and then hopefully a little colony will grow so should see more
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Minimental on September 04, 2013, 08:07:10 pm
I have installed my new APS 2000ef+ on my 165L and put my eheim on my 70L :) flow rate of that APS one is astonishing!!!!
Mini
165L AquaOne 850 Eheim 2226 External Filter 2x AquaClear 20 power heads and fan pump for flow Housing: 2x Flowerhorn Cichlids 1x FeatherFin Catfish 1x Blue Crayfish
20ish L Trickle +internal 4x Neons + 2 Guppies
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Post by: onthejazz on September 04, 2013, 08:28:39 pm
Just watched mine today:-D
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 06, 2013, 08:36:13 am
I have installed my new APS 2000ef+ on my 165L and put my eheim on my 70L :) flow rate of that APS one is astonishing!!!!
Mini
165L AquaOne 850 Eheim 2226 External Filter 2x AquaClear 20 power heads and fan pump for flow Housing: 2x Flowerhorn Cichlids 1x FeatherFin Catfish 1x Blue Crayfish
20ish L Trickle +internal 4x Neons + 2 Guppies
My APS is absolutely rapid too! I bought some sponge for it because it didn't come with any, and I put the bio-balls and ceramics all in one tray. It works flawlessly! You'll find it quietens down a LOT too, once it beds in. mine took a month or so, but it's not even noticeable now, and it's right next to my bed! thumbsup
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Post by: bwarwicker on September 06, 2013, 12:37:29 pm
Bought a heater, substrate, wood, and rocks for the new tank *grin*
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Post by: targett on September 06, 2013, 02:57:27 pm
Swapped fish over to origional tank after i resealed it last weekend
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Post by: cj60 on September 06, 2013, 03:47:59 pm
Got in soaking wet from work :(
Dosed tank with Easycarbo.
Just fed the little monsters some defrosted Bloodworm having chopped it up for them (coz they are spoilt rotten).
Yesterday cleaned one of my externals only to find 10 Bristlenose fry in the bottom even though I have Ehiem pre-filters on the intakes *blink*
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Post by: sfmk2. on September 07, 2013, 02:08:29 pm
Zip all today. They'll be getting some Tubifex for tea later, that's all!
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Post by: Fishermanjames on September 07, 2013, 02:29:43 pm
Staring at my new fish
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Post by: mfrance on September 07, 2013, 03:34:12 pm
Dosed tank with tnc lite and tnc carbon. Currently trying to set up hma filter, just got back from b& q with hoselock connectors. Think I'm one short for a tap set up but that idea is for the winter months.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 08, 2013, 04:12:06 pm
Personal best with water changes today. 5 tanks done with re-mineralised RO. Includes 3 filter cleans. I turned some heaters back on as it is getting a little cooler now, including fitting a heater in a tank that didn't even have one.
Elsewhere: ordered some mesh to make a lid for the marine tank, as well as some safe gloves for future handling of corals.
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Post by: Bri on September 08, 2013, 05:36:18 pm
Just done a big clean except for the filter, which I'll do in a couple of weeks. Took most of the decor out, gave the sand a good clean and mix up, replanted some plants and changed 60 litres of water. Was hoping to see the 4 shrimps I bought 4 weeks ago but I'm starting to think they have been snacked on....
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Post by: joedoe1982 on September 08, 2013, 05:45:46 pm
30ltr water change in main tank
set up and started my 2nd fishless cycle for a 65ltr breeding/quarantine tank
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 08, 2013, 05:57:55 pm
Just set up a fluidised reactor with 500g of rowaphos. The instructions say 250-300 lph is about the right flow, so I though I'd use an Eheim compact 300 (up to 300 lph). Erm... no. I estimate a flow at full power of 12 lph. I'll have to use another pump.
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: charlieh on September 10, 2013, 07:12:03 pm
So yesterday i cleaned my small tank from top to bottom in the hope that I'd turn it into a shrimp tank. This morning I awoke to find that one of my mollies has a bacterial infection (which happens each time I intoduce her back to the main tank) so she has gone back in the small tank with some salt. She'll have to stay there now so shrimp tank plan...fail!!
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: sfmk2. on September 19, 2013, 07:49:35 pm
Today I cleaned the tank; the glass was that dirty I could barely see through it! *blink* I cleaned all the glass and then took off the canister filter and cleaned that too.
I've got a serious problem with what I believe is black hair algae, though.... The stuff is in little spots all over the glass that are really hard to clean off, and the 'hair' is about 5mm long. It's also all over the leaves of my plants, the bog wood and the filter outlet.
Anyone advise how I can get rid of it? Can I use Potassium Nitrate? (this may sound silly, but I've used it before for another type of algae so I've got some here) Here's a pic - (http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/4231/snm0.jpg)
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Post by: lexy99071 on September 19, 2013, 09:35:23 pm
shrimp! shrimp eat hair algae! mines all gone thanks to a few shrimp :)
nothing exiting for my fish, just shouting at my new cory's digging up the plants, thats 5 cryptones up and a bunch of very long hairgrass up. Marvaling at how much healthier the plants look with a bit of easy carbo and home made co2. Think i made the co2 a bit straong my glassware popped of the tubing!
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Post by: Firewall on September 19, 2013, 10:49:07 pm
put my newly ordered plants and coconut shell in tank and removed 1 of my lfs plants that had gone brown .. Checked water again fed them their flake and fitted a air bar to tank ..lol 1 neon was curious and got blown up (and no not blown up as in explosion) by the bubbles ..hehehe he bolted away so fast (was quite funny) as if to say ??? roflmao
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Post by: bwarwicker on September 21, 2013, 09:40:37 am
Today I cleaned the tank; the glass was that dirty I could barely see through it! *blink* I cleaned all the glass and then took off the canister filter and cleaned that too.
I've got a serious problem with what I believe is black hair algae, though.... The stuff is in little spots all over the glass that are really hard to clean off, and the 'hair' is about 5mm long. It's also all over the leaves of my plants, the bog wood and the filter outlet.
Anyone advise how I can get rid of it? Can I use Potassium Nitrate? (this may sound silly, but I've used it before for another type of algae so I've got some here) Here's a pic - (http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/4231/snm0.jpg)
Shrimp won't eat algae on glass... Probably be best to start a thread about it as the experts would see it that way.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 21, 2013, 11:58:57 am
Finally got round to installing the auto-top-up on the marine tank. Well, I say installed. It's a bucket balanced delicately on the computer next to the tank. Should find somewhere nicer to put it some time, perhaps drill some pipe holes in the stand so I can put it in the cupboard.
At some point I might even get organised enough to put in the phosphate removing reactor.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 21, 2013, 02:38:40 pm
Ok, installed fluidised reactor. as that filled up it gave the new top up a good test too :) Let's see what it does to phosphate.
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Post by: saorp1969 on September 21, 2013, 04:46:56 pm
All my fish out into a bucket with heater & air pump, drained down, plants & gravel out, tetra complete in, re-planted, capped with silica sand, refilled, bog wood back in, then fish.
2 hours start to finish, no problems so far, fish all seem happy :-)
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Post by: Firewall on September 21, 2013, 07:05:52 pm
Not much today ..Just checked water and a little high .. Will do water change tomorrow
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Post by: psaria on September 21, 2013, 07:35:03 pm
Checked on my new shrimp tank this morning - 2nd morning in a row with 0 ammonia and nitrites. Did a little dance in my jammies in the kitchen.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 21, 2013, 07:38:51 pm
4 water changes today and double checked all filters were turned on this time! Flow looks a bit low in one so need to re-clean one of the filter impellers which means dismantling the tank to reach. That can wait until tomorrow now.
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Post by: bwarwicker on September 24, 2013, 11:03:11 pm
Cleaning plus some photography *grin* (http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q757/bwarwicker/DSC_0961_zpsccb5f0d9.jpg) (http://s1357.photobucket.com/user/bwarwicker/media/DSC_0961_zpsccb5f0d9.jpg.html)
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Post by: Firewall on September 25, 2013, 08:24:15 am
Have taken out my slate to see if it is causing my ammonia to spike day 1
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Post by: Steved1403 on September 29, 2013, 09:57:37 am
Hi I've changed the substrate to half gravel half sand and added 3 Kuhli loach. Planning on doing some reorganising in an hour or so when I do my 30% water change. Also got some Cyclops for the fishies to try.
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Post by: Steved1403 on September 29, 2013, 10:02:03 am
Hi I've changed the substrate to half gravel half sand and added 3 Kuhli loach. Planning on doing some reorganising in an hour or so when I do my 30% water change. Also got some Cyclops for the fishies to try.
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Post by: Angelfish on September 29, 2013, 09:07:58 pm
Hi 25% water change today, 2 days early but prompted by noticing what I thought was a fat Rosy Tetra with a small white thing erupting from its side. Not sure if parasite or tumor. Quickly set up QT and now in there, dosed with anti parasite meds and now wait and see :(
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Post by: rory1992 on September 29, 2013, 09:21:52 pm
Brought 3 guppies, 1 jumped out within the first 30mins. I have the aquanano 40 tank and thought I'd prevent them jumping out by turning the bigger lid around and pushed it back meaning only gaps at the sides but they still get through the tiny gaps. Temporary fix is tape the edges, so tomorrow I'm going to get a condensation tray.
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Post by: JumpMaster on September 29, 2013, 09:26:42 pm
Removed a dead Harlequin :down: and trimmed my plants.
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Post by: mfrance on September 29, 2013, 09:44:06 pm
Lighting unit went of this morning, thought it was dead and was crying at the thought of paying for a new one. It turned out to be a blown bulb. Went to local lfs and got a new 'pink' t5 bulb. Bonus was it was buy one get one free so got a nice nature one as well. Tank looks so much brighter and fish now more colorful :-)
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Post by: audigex on September 30, 2013, 12:28:47 am
Checked water quality (I swapped tanks a couple of days ago so keeping an eye on the filter)
Turned the heater up and ordered a new one - this one is struggling slightly with the new larger tank so I'm going with two small heaters rather than one large.
Moved a rock.
Noted that the sand needs a vacuum.
:p
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Post by: Arrein on September 30, 2013, 12:45:37 am
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Post by: wandering on September 30, 2013, 01:09:59 am
Fixed an old non working I bar for my bargain juwel tank. Worked out that it had been going off because the vapour seal was not complete and just put new screw fixing rings on the bulbs, and it worked! Got the I bar free with a tank years ago as a non working spare and the tank for a tenner recently. My angel pair are now in a posh home.
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Post by: nailer on September 30, 2013, 07:53:22 pm
performed a 50%water change last night to my maxement its really helping and my levels are going right down,,happy chappy
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Post by: Nemanja on September 30, 2013, 09:59:37 pm
Bought my first fish. 4 Black Tetras and 1 Rainbow sharp.
Waiting on some new wool and activated carbon to really clear my tank up as it's 95% there.
Once it's clear, and my levels are good after a few days, will be putting in some plattys I think and perhaps a few more tetras.
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Post by: tim.heylings on October 01, 2013, 09:06:37 am
Moved bristle nose fry into a breeding trap I made with an air stone in as they kept escaping the cave and getting gobbled by my platy!
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Post by: Firewall on October 01, 2013, 09:09:54 am
Went and bought 6 black phantom tetra and introduced them to tank nice an slowly
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 06, 2013, 09:13:24 pm
7 water changes in one day! And I have checked all the filters are turned on this time. I did the 8th tank yesterday but that took a little longer due to mixing salt.
I've placed an order for 9.1kg of remineral salt at LFS today. I estimate that'll last 5 years if I get no more or bigger tanks. So much cheaper per volume than the 4.5kg tub. The more observant of you may recall I also ordered 2.5kg from Germany, but there's been no sign of anything happening for over a week so I'm guess this isn't happening in a hurry and I'm running very low now.
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Post by: psaria on October 06, 2013, 09:33:55 pm
Took out old, overgrown, leggy plants and put in new ones. Tank looks so much better!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 06, 2013, 09:38:24 pm
I've filled my tank with water and set everything running. Mundane, maybe, but exciting for me. Hope to get the cycle going this week :) Maybe some plants too.
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Post by: Stephen on October 06, 2013, 10:34:27 pm
Done a test: Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0
I always have zero nitrates (after the initial cycle). Netted some floating debris bits. Just sat watching the fish, much better than watching TV.
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Post by: tim.heylings on October 09, 2013, 11:06:02 pm
Added another bronze cory, would of been more but the lfs doesn't stock them in decent numbers!
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Post by: Firewall on October 10, 2013, 07:46:19 am
added new MTS (bought off ebay ) and water change ..Planted new plants as well
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 12, 2013, 03:56:02 pm
Added a firefish to my marine tank. Immediately went behind a rock when I released it. I picked this one since it was swimming openly in the LFS tank, unlike the royal grama that I originally went in to get. The firefish was on the maybe list anyway, put off slightly as they're jumpers and my tank has no lid, which will be corrected in a moment...
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Post by: psaria on October 12, 2013, 05:29:29 pm
Weekly water test and changes in both tanks. Watched my bamboo shrimps filter feeding on their driftwood in shrimp tank and wondered how best to tackle slight algae growth in main tank. Otos?
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Post by: Miss Mandy on October 12, 2013, 08:49:05 pm
Today I removed a guppy that sadly died this morning, and in the process discovered some fry I didn't know I had. Very exciting for me as I've only been fish keeping for a few months and not had babies before. :) I do wonder if the birth is what killed the guppy though, she had looked pregnant last week, but was thin and a bit paler when she died. She seemed to be struggling to swim and may not have been eating. :( I'm sure the novelty of babies will wear off soon enough, two more guppies are going to be giving birth some time soon by the look of it!
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Post by: charlieh on October 12, 2013, 09:09:10 pm
It'll definitely wear off soon enough Mandy lol! She may well have died due to this, it's a lot of stress on them :( rip x
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Post by: UKSaffa on October 12, 2013, 10:29:37 pm
Bought some more bogwood and a cool shaped rock for my new tank setup. Boiled the rock and soaking the bogwood. Ordered 40 plants off ebay. Cant wait to get fish in.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 13, 2013, 06:07:42 pm
Major front room juggle. My old computer desk and four gecko tanks moved into bedroom. Table that was on is now my new computer desk. And the space freed up is enough for me to start sorting out aquarium #9!
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Post by: Lucyd on October 13, 2013, 06:24:11 pm
Started planting my 250l... Took so much longer than I thought and left me with a slightly achy back! Half done, rest to be completed Tuesday night, hopefully with the transfer of the fish as well.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on October 13, 2013, 06:29:32 pm
Put my Eheim Biopower in my Panda-tank. Looks like a hillstream tank now !!!
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Post by: fr499y on October 13, 2013, 08:00:40 pm
watched my nano tank for most of the day and making a layout
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Post by: tim.heylings on October 13, 2013, 08:22:53 pm
Trimmed and planted the clippings of an unknown stem plant with long thin leaves, fed split green beans and shelled peas.
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Post by: JumpMaster on October 13, 2013, 08:36:04 pm
Turned my 60l into a jungle and struggled with the filter on the 400l
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Post by: KenHolland on October 13, 2013, 09:18:27 pm
Yesterday I got 7 baby guppies from my son and his g/f and introduced them into my 60L. Today I removed the 4 largest into a smaller tank of their own as I reckon they're female. Thought I'd better get them out before the Endlers had their wicked way... *blink*
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 13, 2013, 09:58:34 pm
Just tried my first alkalinity (KH) adjustment in the marine tank as it was taking a bit of a dive. Will let it mix for a while before retesting.
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Post by: audigex on October 16, 2013, 11:03:46 am
Added a second filter to double up on filtration: the previous filter was just short of the recommended capacity for the tank, and with big, messy Cichlids I wanted a bit of leeway (plus the security of a backup if one fails).
So I added an Eheim Pro 3 to supplement my Eheim Experience. Very similar filters although the Pro is slightly better designed in my opinion with a self primer (handy!) and the first coarse sponge cleverly placed at the top of the canister as a pre-filter: meaning I don't have to empty all the media out of the canister to clean the dirtiest sponge. They've got the same powerhead and a similar capacity for media, but the Pro is a little more user friendly
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Post by: Miss Mandy on October 16, 2013, 10:35:50 pm
Replaced the heater on my 20L tank as it had stopped working and my tank temp was dropping too low at night. I used the heater from the 15L tank so have had to order a new one. Also ordered a new filter for the 15L as the one in it is really crap and keep falling apart. This means that I might have to start the fish less cycle on it again as the tank now has no heater or filter! Did a small water change on the 20L and a quick rinse of the filter sponge today as well. While doing this I realised that I actually have 9 fry in there, not 2, so at the weekend I'll be rehoming the male guppies to limit future births. I'd love more fry, but I've got nowhere to put them!
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Post by: audigex on October 16, 2013, 11:11:27 pm
If your 20L filter has cycled media in it, you can move that media (and the bacteria in it) into the new filter to kickstart the cycle. You may still need to do a mini cycle but probably not a full one unless you're unlucky.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on October 19, 2013, 05:14:36 pm
New heater and filter have arrived today so they've gone into the 15L. The filter may be faulty though as it's quite loud. It's exactly the same model as the one in my 20L which is almost silent so I'm going to carry on running it for the weekend and return it if it doesn't quieter down. The tanks are in my bedroom so I don't want anything too noisy as it'll keep me awake at night! I've swapped some of the media from the cycled filter into it so it shouldn't take too long to get ready, but I've still got to sort plants which I might not be able to do before I go on holiday next week. That'll set me back another week!
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Post by: mfrance on October 19, 2013, 07:11:32 pm
Eerrrmmmm on seeing joes and martf's tanks decided to try a different color on the back of my tank. Drained it down as far as I dare and slid it out enough for me to get behind. Cleaned all the blackboard paint of, which was really easy cleaned the glass and gave it three coats of emulsion. Color is called spring, part of the b&q color range. 3rd coats nearly dry :-)
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Post by: Jhncf on October 19, 2013, 08:11:51 pm
Added ammonia, tested water.. Exciting stuff!
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Post by: TropiGaz on October 19, 2013, 08:16:10 pm
I started clearing my Shed ready to house my 700l, as I am going to upgrade.
Went to local LFS and bought Cichlid food.
Lights went bang though - investigation needed, another trip out required tomorrow.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 19, 2013, 10:10:48 pm
Front room emptied of reptiles (who are now in bedroom 2). Tank 9 now set in place, although I still need to clean it before I can scape and stock it. Last bits not expected to arrive until Monday anyway. In the process I had to restart a filter in tank 3. Impeller was sticking again. That tank also had a load of... bacteria? It was long strings of white stuff, possibly yellow/brown where thickest. Nearest would be hair algae but not green. There's no nitrates or phosphates in that tank anyway...
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Post by: wandering on October 20, 2013, 03:51:10 am
Bought yet another tank and got it into the garage ready for the big tank shuffle around when its too cold and wet to go outside.
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Post by: JumpMaster on October 20, 2013, 07:52:58 am
Add flakes to the 400l tank and fed peas and brine shrimp to the inhabitants of the 60l
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Post by: KenHolland on October 20, 2013, 10:54:16 am
Chased a probably non-existent leak in my 60. After a bit of fettling of the hood it seems it may just have been condensation gathering in the bottom trim - I hope...
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Post by: DoubleDutch on October 20, 2013, 11:07:33 am
Same problems overhere Ken. 99% sure condensation !!! Don't ask me why, when, where but suddenly there is water in front of some tanks.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 20, 2013, 11:50:30 am
New residents acclimatising... 2 red legged hermits and 1 royal gramma.
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Post by: wandering on October 20, 2013, 12:09:11 pm
Chased a probably non-existent leak in my 60. After a bit of fettling of the hood it seems it may just have been condensation gathering in the bottom trim - I hope...
I've noticed that water drips down my juwel 60 litre tanks from the lid. Not sure why; not a good design feature. Or maybe its because they are overfilled or the filter is throwing the water at the tank sides.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on October 20, 2013, 12:16:06 pm
Sometimes a leave or duckweed stucks to the hood and it start dripping from that. Or at an airstone. Some time ago bought one which was leaking said the owner. Appeared to be the same problem hahaha. It has nothing to do with overfilling I think.
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Post by: KenHolland on October 20, 2013, 12:26:24 pm
Chased a probably non-existent leak in my 60. After a bit of fettling of the hood it seems it may just have been condensation gathering in the bottom trim - I hope...
I've noticed that water drips down my juwel 60 litre tanks from the lid. Not sure why; not a good design feature. Or maybe its because they are overfilled or the filter is throwing the water at the tank sides.
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I must admit, I had the hood raised a little on spacers - which probably negated the effect of the lip on the inside and didn't help matters... D'Oh!
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Post by: Miss Mandy on October 20, 2013, 03:22:56 pm
Been to Maidenhead today to grab some frozen food and plants. Done the aquascape on the 15L so it should be ready to transfer the guppy fry to soon. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/20/e7y6e2up.jpg)
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Post by: jjb on October 20, 2013, 05:35:55 pm
Did a water change with ro and then added a rather lovely little keyhole cichlid to one tank and 3 bronze cory to my other, and ive still got some more money to spend thumbsup
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 27, 2013, 09:49:31 am
I'm *planning* my tasks for today...
Routine water change on tanks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, including filter clean and plant trimming Move Bob from tank 3 temporarily while I re-scape tank 3 (the fluval stratum is past its best, and I want to try planting differently) Prepare 15L snail only tank then de-worm tank 5
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Post by: wandering on October 27, 2013, 10:14:01 am
I'm off to the North Wales Aquarists Society auction today, so will be setting up a couple of quarantine tanks. Fancy some Corys and psuedomugil, maybe amber tetras and some plants and some bogwood.
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Post by: JumpMaster on October 27, 2013, 10:59:43 am
Found a store in Tel Aviv that will deliver plants to me. I have sent a list of what I want and am waiting for a reply
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 27, 2013, 04:37:36 pm
I just learnt that when disconnecting the hoses from the APS filters, you need to push it further than you do on Fluval/Aquamanta ones to stop the water... once a ton of water had been emptied over the floor...
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Post by: wandering on October 28, 2013, 12:19:57 am
Moved gouramis and penguin tetras to made over tank in lounge so that I could put my newly acquired Amandae tetra, psuedomugil Gertrude and corydoras in the 3 ft tank in my fishroom. Bid for and got!
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Post by: fatboi on October 28, 2013, 04:30:07 pm
25% water change, scrubbed inside of glass, trimmed plants courgette and blood worm in. Oh and polished outside of glass. 1 bunch if happy fishes today!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 28, 2013, 07:18:37 pm
Did the water change in tank 1 today. Found one minnow lying on the substrate, still breathing rapidly. Could still swim if disturbed. Fished it out in a little water for now, but I think I'm going for the clove oil in a bit. Nothing obviously wrong from outside, but I've had a 100% fail rate so far when fish are in this state I'm not going to try. I have to assume it probably has worms like the other one that died recently. 2nd wormer should arrive some time this week where the tank will get hit again.
Elsewhere in the marine tank, the hermit I thought might be dead isn't! It hadn't moved at all in the last 2 or 3 days. I gave it a poke and it rolled off the rock onto the substrate, and walked off in a huff. Guess it was resting after a moult. I also found a tiny starfish! About 1cm across. Will see if I can get a good photo of it, if it ever decides to move away from the glass frosting.
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Post by: Ryan001 on October 29, 2013, 04:30:59 pm
Added a second 21W T5 light and reflectors to top my LED lights (diy) - ordered knitting canvas to cut to shape and tie Riccia and Java moss to in an effort to create a better carpet. Retied the Riccia already in there to tidy it up also..
Cleaned my APS 1000ef out (nightmare to reseal, a roll of PTFE tape and Vaseline later it is all sealed up) and found 6 baby cherry shrimp to add to the few I had in the tank, the first I have had breed in my tank with 5 more saddled and at least one with eggs. Water change to lower the nitrates as they are sitting at approx. 40-80ppm regularly, may be on the limit or slightly overstocked and am cutting down the feeding to control this and the snails a bit along with additional water changes.
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Post by: TommyTopTetras on October 29, 2013, 11:15:11 pm
Changed faulty air pump on 125ltr...
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 30, 2013, 10:43:49 pm
Performed my first ever tests for strontium, iodine and potassium. These take a while to do! I'll never complain about the API nitrate test again...
Also done my first dose of Lugol's solution. 0.01ml, which should give 0.013ppm of iodine.
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Post by: JumpMaster on October 31, 2013, 05:52:59 am
Performed my first ever tests for strontium, iodine and potassium. These take a while to do! I'll never complain about the API nitrate test again...
Also done my first dose of Lugol's solution. 0.01ml, which should give 0.013ppm of iodine.
Why are you doing these tests? What information do you receive from them?
Save the whales, collect the entire set ;)
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 31, 2013, 08:22:28 am
They're for marine tanks... getting used to things before the time I get corals. So far I've worked out my KH drops by an average of 0.2 per day so I'm replenishing that. Parallel to that Calcium and Magnesium are dropping at a rate to be determined. Iodine was practically undetectable so that's low. Strontium and Potassium look ok or possibly on the high side.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on November 02, 2013, 01:55:02 pm
Water changes done in all 3 tanks and a quick swish of the sponges in the old tank water to clean some gunk off them.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 02, 2013, 02:02:27 pm
Attempted clean out of bubble algae ended up popping all the ones I touched. So expect a nightmare size outbreak in a week or two...
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Post by: clownman on November 02, 2013, 02:08:52 pm
big filter clean this weekend :( hate doing it
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 02, 2013, 02:10:31 pm
Water change on the 60l and trimmed the plants/
On the 400l planted trimmings from the 60l
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 02, 2013, 02:32:14 pm
Really need to stop being lazy and clean my water change equipment in case they have traces of worms from before the treatments last week. Then I need to do a lot of changes!
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Post by: wandering on November 02, 2013, 03:52:55 pm
Brought the wood inside so I can cut it up for my new tank stands for the fish room. Going to start any minute.... After this cup of coffee.
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Post by: clownman on November 02, 2013, 03:54:43 pm
Brought the wood inside so I can cut it up for my new tank stands for the fish room. Going to start any minute.... After this cup of coffee.
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i was doing some work on the bug… after this coffee too *cheers*
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 02, 2013, 04:00:39 pm
Finally got the Seneye working in the marine tank... well, as working as it'll ever get.
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Post by: clownman on November 03, 2013, 11:55:45 am
not strictly tank oriented but the pond in now empty and all the leaf matter out of it, found my bits of wood ive had in there soaking for a year, so need to pressure wash all of the bark off them now ready for the tank. once the ponds refilled, fish can go back and onto big clean of the filter :(
and ive got a robin helping me *grin* eating any bugs that were evicted from the pond
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Post by: frazzle121180 on November 03, 2013, 05:00:17 pm
60% water change to try and reduce ammonia that's up at 8ppm (didn't help) Removed some rotten plants that obviously didn't like my water so had to rejig the existing plants. Put a piece of wood in as well.
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 03, 2013, 07:00:54 pm
Tested the water and planned the layout of my 400l
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 03, 2013, 07:16:35 pm
5 tank water changes done. Just gotta put a timer on a bank of 3 tanks and I'm done for the day, fish wise.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 03, 2013, 07:29:16 pm
Have a pic. Left to right, that's tanks 6, 1, 3, 9, 8, 4.
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Post by: Sacha on November 03, 2013, 08:30:15 pm
Wow! That's one nice fish room!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 03, 2013, 08:47:06 pm
It might be if I ever finish rearranging things. Taken me about 3 or 4 weekends to get here so far. Used to be similar, with geckos instead of fish! They've been moved upstairs now. Weigh less :)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on November 04, 2013, 07:57:13 pm
What water parameters do you keep the Bart Simpson fish in?
;-)
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Post by: DaveT on November 04, 2013, 08:16:52 pm
Fixed the bend in my table by adding in extra support...
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 04, 2013, 08:21:39 pm
Is that cyano growing under your sand?
I just spent the last 30 mins moving the coral piece around trying to find a nicer position for it. In the process found a ton of bubble algae which I think I removed most of. Wonder at what point would I overstock on emerald crabs?...
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 04, 2013, 09:05:40 pm
Now wondering if I need those gloves vets use to go up a cows bum. Although I was wearing short gloves to handle the coral, my bare arm was in water, and it has been itchy since.
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 04, 2013, 09:27:02 pm
I took a dead SAE out. I really loved these SAEs
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Post by: Mol_PMB on November 04, 2013, 09:39:46 pm
I've spent most of the evening watching the six rummies that I put in yesterday after my cycle completed - my first ever tropical fish :) Yesterday they were washed out, skittish and afraid of the light after the stress of being bought and moved. Today they are brightly coloured, incredibly active and ravenous :) [attach=1]
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Post by: Kiltas on November 05, 2013, 03:09:26 pm
Spent last night cleaning out 22g tank from the goldfish I rescued then attached my new bits of Java Fern to my bogwood in my other tank, then watch the amano shrimp darting about as I disturbed them moving the log :)
Tonight working on the lid of the smaller tank and trying to decide what to put in it!!!
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Post by: DaveT on November 05, 2013, 03:10:54 pm
Lights? :) :)
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Post by: Kiltas on November 05, 2013, 03:14:13 pm
lol, yeah could be a good idea that :D
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Post by: frazzle121180 on November 05, 2013, 09:23:43 pm
Another 50% water change in the hope of getting the ammonia down. Removed a lot of slate I had and replaced with a huge lump of mopani wood from a tank I had many years ago. Plopped in the 3 moss balls that came in the post as well
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 09, 2013, 07:47:44 pm
Tank 7 drained, moved, refilled. First time I ever did a 80%, possibly 90% change with fish in. Just gotta do the same to tank 5 now and I'll have a space to move tank 10 to tomorrow.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on November 10, 2013, 05:54:38 pm
Water changes on all 3 existing tanks along with a bit of general cleaning and maintenance. Moved the adult male guppies from the smallest tank into the community tank and moved the old batch of fry from the middle tank to the smallest. Also started cleaning and preparing tank number 4 which will eventually replace the smallest tank. Need to figure out how to fix the light first though.
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Post by: azakah on November 10, 2013, 06:54:08 pm
Finally decided to put my new fluval u3 filter into my tank running along side my old interpet pf3, going to leave them running together for a month or so until it builds up enough bacteria to go solo :) unplugged my old one to give it a quick clean and the sound difference is amazing :) also gave the glass a good clean and 30% water change. My fish look really content swimming into the flow of my new filter and the venturi is more effective on the u3
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Post by: frazzle121180 on November 10, 2013, 07:38:58 pm
25% water change. Removed a couple of plants as they obviously didn't agree in the tank and were rotting. Moved my heater to the middle of the tank and moved my led light under the water.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 12, 2013, 12:13:52 am
Did big water change on marine tank. Surprised to find several parameters didn't change as expected. On a bit more checking, found my refractometer calibration had drifted, so my mixes have been weaker than expected for a while. I don't know how long...
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Post by: TropiGaz on November 12, 2013, 06:39:14 pm
Moved my 700l into my shed to make space for the 1000l replacement. Cant wait...
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Post by: DemureGirl on November 15, 2013, 10:00:23 pm
25% water change and cleaned out filter after ut became blocked. Found out the culprit was a dead platy fry which a kuhli loach promptly ate. Lovely.
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Post by: Philash on November 15, 2013, 11:06:01 pm
Java fern tied onto tops of bog wood with cotton thread. Wait a few months and hopefully they should hold themselves there.
Angel was hanging out with my two pearl gouramis before I came to bed. Only had my gouramis two weeks and they seem much more settled now. Not so on edge. I'm kinda hoping they are males so they are brighter in colour when they are older. Bristlenoses fed. They still have no sign of a moustache.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 15, 2013, 11:54:02 pm
Added chemicals to increase magnesium, KH and calcium in my marine tank, in that order. Magnesium and calcium went up, KH went down slightly. Others went up roughly in line with expectations.
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Post by: Rolandh on November 17, 2013, 03:40:11 pm
Added 10 Neon Tetras to the starter Tank (AKA a Disney Finding Nemo Tank that we got for little one) after having the 3 Danios from Pets At Home died within 48 hours of them going in, now realized that a light for the Tank got over looked so off to Poundland for a 3-4 way extension cord then Pets At Home for a light tomorrow.
Roland
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 17, 2013, 03:42:20 pm
I added another 5 Rummynose Tetras.
I also over fed A G A I N with blood worms and my apisto looks fat
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 17, 2013, 03:55:53 pm
Added algae blenny to marine tank. Done two water changes in freshwater tanks so far.
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Post by: TropiGaz on November 17, 2013, 06:15:37 pm
Water change and glass clean on 120l tank.
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Post by: AlisdairKR on November 17, 2013, 10:32:17 pm
Introduced 3 new female Pearl Gouramis (I hope!) as one of the last two turned out to be a boy. So have been running 2 males to 1 female for a few weeks. The big male is pretty much full grown, and not keen on new boys on the block. :mad:
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Post by: inCage on November 18, 2013, 07:27:51 pm
I do stare on it every day. A lot!
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Post by: frazzle121180 on November 18, 2013, 09:24:24 pm
Added fish I inherited from a friend. And a sh*t load of live floating plant....I mean an absolute ton of the stuff.
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 18, 2013, 09:27:08 pm
Trimmed some plants and made more effort to find floating plants
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Post by: wandering on November 19, 2013, 12:54:50 am
Added more sterbai to my juwel 170l, water change and thinned out duckweed to make room for that one with bigger leaves. Water change on juwel 130l, failed to catch 3 remaining sterbai to put in 170.
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Post by: Rolandh on November 19, 2013, 08:10:53 pm
Setup a new 24l Tank to replace the 15l that was used previously as the tank looked a little cramped with the Heater & combined Internal Filter/Bubbler along with adding a separate Air Pump and Bubbler Ornament & Marina Micro LED Hub & Red Micro LED Light, now currently putting it through a short Fishless Cycle with Water Conditioner & Filter Treatment, until I can get some Danios in the morning as been advised that adding Fish will kick start the Filter.
Roland
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Post by: Miss Mandy on November 19, 2013, 10:25:46 pm
Setup a new 24l Tank to replace the 15l that was used previously as the tank looked a little cramped with the Heater & combined Internal Filter/Bubbler along with adding a separate Air Pump and Bubbler Ornament & Marina Micro LED Hub & Red Micro LED Light, now currently putting it through a short Fishless Cycle with Water Conditioner & Filter Treatment, until I can get some Danios in the morning as been advised that adding Fish will kick start the Filter.
Roland
No, don't do it! You'll then be doing a fish in cycle which is harder, takes longer, and not very nice for the fish. Do a proper fishless cycle and don't bother with the 'filter treatment' as a lot of them offer no benefit.
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Post by: halfajobman on November 19, 2013, 10:37:37 pm
Setup a new 24l Tank to replace the 15l that was used previously as the tank looked a little cramped with the Heater & combined Internal Filter/Bubbler along with adding a separate Air Pump and Bubbler Ornament & Marina Micro LED Hub & Red Micro LED Light, now currently putting it through a short Fishless Cycle with Water Conditioner & Filter Treatment, until I can get some Danios in the morning as been advised that adding Fish will kick start the Filter.
Roland
No, don't do it! You'll then be doing a fish in cycle which is harder, takes longer, and not very nice for the fish. Do a proper fishless cycle and don't bother with the 'filter treatment' as a lot of them offer no benefit.
I'd also like to add, please don't put danios in the tank even when it is cycled. A 24l is completely unsuitable for them. They love to swim and require at least a 2footer
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Post by: Rolandh on November 20, 2013, 10:54:19 am
The Tank is now a bigger one than the original 15l tank.
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Post by: Lesley123 on November 20, 2013, 10:56:44 am
The Tank is now a bigger one than the original 15l tank.
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I appreciate that and amended my post to 24l but it is still unsuitable. Its like putting Usain Bolt in a small room. A tank that size would suit a single male betta or quite a few shrimp and snails. Shrimp are great to watch.
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Post by: audigex on November 21, 2013, 12:40:27 pm
Added my second (100W) heater back to the tank.
I removed it a while ago while doing some maintenance, and the 200W has been doing a decent job keeping the tank at 27 degrees, but over the last few days of cold weather it's started to struggle just a little, so I've added the secondary heater back in.
A couple of days ago I swapped the airline tube for some black tubing and stood my plants up again - although with an Oscar around, I'm not expecting them to be upright/in the same place for long.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on November 21, 2013, 06:29:29 pm
Cleared some snails out as the big tank seems to have become over run with them all of a sudden. Also removed a dead swordtail. Can only assume it died of old age as it was bigger than the rest when we got it and we don't know how old they were.
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Post by: kieron.young on November 21, 2013, 06:40:12 pm
Not mine but i walked into my local P@H shop and found 12 dead Neon tetras at the bottom of their tank, looked in next tank and 2 dead sharks :( Not good, so after alerting member of staff they walked up, look and said oh their are dead fish in here thanks :(
BUT on a lighter note ive finally asked my mom if i can have an aquirium and she said yeah :) Whoop
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Post by: AlisdairKR on November 21, 2013, 09:24:10 pm
Unfortunately I realised yesterday I could only see two of my new female Pearl Gouramis. Sure enough, I have removed a dead PG tonight. I'll let LFS know tomorrow.
On a better note, the remaining ones are much more relaxed, and are swimming around as a group of five, quite happily. 2xMale 3xFemale
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Post by: inCage on November 21, 2013, 09:36:21 pm
Yesterday flooded my DSM project. Today doing 100% water chande to avoid unneccessary nitrate spikes.
Also tested water to see how much ADA Amazonia brings down KH. Tap water KH 13 after 20 hours turned in KH 3.
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 23, 2013, 06:53:26 am
Nothing, I've just woken up. However, I do plan to do water changes on both tanks.
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Post by: azakah on November 23, 2013, 04:00:17 pm
30% water change. Cleaned tank glass inside and out. Vaccumed gravel Fed fish with bloodworm tested water. Stared at tank for a while :)
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Post by: Anita on November 23, 2013, 04:29:20 pm
I've just finished a water change, stirred the sand around a little. Removed some frogbit, as it was quickly spreading and blocking too much light. Gave the plants a bit of a trim added some plant food. And cleaned the glass inside and out *applause*
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Post by: Miss Mandy on November 23, 2013, 05:14:46 pm
Went to the LFS with my sister as I needed some food. She left with a brand new 70L set up for £60, and I came away empty handed having forgotten to get the food I needed!
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Post by: halfajobman on November 23, 2013, 05:53:54 pm
What haven't I done to my tank today started with a new Rena xp3 took out 5 gallon of plants 75% water change ready for replanting after tea.
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Post by: DaveT on November 23, 2013, 06:25:11 pm
Tank 1 40l RO water change plus some tidying up / trimming of plants Tank 2 40l RO water change plus planting the cuttings from the other tank as I've just fitted DIY CO2 to this tank
Tank 3 - QT tank - cycling, topped up ammonia to 4ppm
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Post by: JumpMaster on November 23, 2013, 06:39:58 pm
25% water change on the 60l 10% water change on the 400l
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Post by: SpursMadDave on November 23, 2013, 07:55:15 pm
Did a 200l water change... effortless ;)
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Post by: TropiGaz on November 23, 2013, 08:20:42 pm
Bought some new plants ready for new tank.
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Post by: SnowAddict on November 23, 2013, 08:28:48 pm
Cleaned all 4 externals, changed filter floss, and did my 75% (450l) daily water change. Dosed qt tank to keep it cycled for new delivery who are on their way from the Malaysian discus show.
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Post by: SnowAddict on November 23, 2013, 08:29:06 pm
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Post by: Steved1403 on November 29, 2013, 08:32:21 pm
Moved my axolotl babies into a bigger 3ft tank. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/30/u8y4ysej.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 15, 2013, 03:03:08 pm
75L change on tank 10. 60L change on tank 9 (and moved it to a new spot, thus needing to reduce weight). 40L change on tank 4.
Will need to do 20L change on tank 1 but I haven't had lunch yet! I might stop there or possibly do a 30L salty change on tank 8 also. That's a bit overdue. Then later tonight I'll do the final sump fitting test on tank 11 (need 24h from welding) and decide if I will use the sump or just skip it. Even if not used tank 11 is still an upgrade from tank 10.
And finally... debating moving my betta (tank 3) in with the arulius barbs (tank 9). AqAdvisor warns against this, but the barbs are still babies. I want to rescape thank 3 as it has some serious issues with dirt and algae.
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on December 15, 2013, 03:07:46 pm
Today we got 2 black mollies and 2 yellow And also 5 male guppies few different colors , Such a happy tank I've got Added to a tank with neons and platys James
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Post by: bustersmate on December 15, 2013, 03:11:59 pm
Just started a 200ltr water change Then its a hoover up and tidy plants. billy
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Post by: DemureGirl on December 15, 2013, 03:39:10 pm
10% water change in both tanks. Removed dying amazon sword from 60 litre. Cleaned glass on both tanks
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Post by: nikkikenney on December 15, 2013, 05:01:36 pm
Nothing today (long earned day off) but yesturday approx 20% water change on all tanks, rinsing filter sponges where required, replaced one of the sets of sponges on one fish tank. Algae cleaning. Put sand in to new goldfish 4ft and gave them a bigger filter. New plants (fish and turtle xmas pressies, all I could think to get them apart from blood worm!) in to most tanks and added a coconut shell for the frogs. I was at it all day but at least it meant I had no time left for housework grins.
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Post by: kieron.young on December 15, 2013, 06:18:13 pm
moved a plant, trimmed dead ones, added ammonia to 4 ppm still no nitrites :( cleaned glass with a mag cleaner thing, looked at fish in lfs
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Post by: Miss Mandy on December 15, 2013, 06:26:03 pm
Water changes on all three tanks, and added some plants and moss balls to the big tank. Also purchased a background for tank 4 that I'll be getting for Christmas.
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Post by: jjb on December 15, 2013, 06:46:35 pm
Water change on my 180 litre, added 3 sterbai cory to complete my group of 6 and then watched them scoot around the tank, they're a lot happier in a bigger group
And lastly i watched my cherry barbs spawn for the fist time :)
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Post by: JumpMaster on December 15, 2013, 10:04:16 pm
Fed the fish
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Post by: halfajobman on December 15, 2013, 10:25:57 pm
Fed garlic.
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Post by: chelseamad7 on December 16, 2013, 07:50:52 am
Still waiting for my API test kit, hope its not lost with the chrissy post. hope today my swordtail gives birth to her fry she is massive.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 16, 2013, 11:17:52 pm
Water change on marine tank. Hate mixing salt to the right level. Tried to clean some algae too. Partial success.
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Post by: Sonic on December 16, 2013, 11:38:07 pm
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Post by: Sonic on December 17, 2013, 05:37:33 am
Thank you, I hate plastic ornaments, but I needed a cave for the pair of BN plecs, so I disguised it with plants and it should look nice when it starts to grow :) Going to add some anubias to it later because I had 26 delivered yesterday, some green and some gold, that should make it look nicer, will have them lower down mixed in with the moss.
Also had some flame moss on pebbles, looks fantastic, cant wait to get that in, its currently in a bowl of water.
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Post by: halfajobman on December 17, 2013, 06:30:50 am
I'm still only dreaming about mine. Roll on Christmas Day! I'm itching to start. And slightly obsessed now :D
Do I sense the 2nd and 3rd tank Ali?
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Post by: halfajobman on December 21, 2013, 01:02:44 pm
50% water change and good clean up.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 21, 2013, 01:12:14 pm
Just went on a mini-spree in LFS. Got 4 fire red shrimp, 4 mollies (to enlarge the gene pool) and two huge pieces of bogwood. They're soaking in the bath now... also Fluval seem to have bought out their own range of tropical food, and there are 99p trial tubs.
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Post by: Aquatic Ali on December 21, 2013, 09:16:34 pm
I'm still only dreaming about mine. Roll on Christmas Day! I'm itching to start. And slightly obsessed now :D
Do I sense the 2nd and 3rd tank Ali?
Want a betta tank and a 240L also. But that's all :D
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Post by: Firewall on December 29, 2013, 01:30:22 pm
Lost my first fish neon tetra in my new tank after 6 months of hard work keeping it ammonia free ... He was over 4 years old and he did have a good life RIP Going to have to do a 25% water change as well as I didn't notice for a while and couldn't find him after a turned off the filter as it was to dark to see :(
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Post by: halfajobman on December 29, 2013, 02:53:56 pm
I think that could be old age pal, that's a good innings for a tetra.
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Post by: Firewall on December 29, 2013, 05:03:06 pm
Yeah he was 1 of the first fish I got when I started again ,got 2 left well I searched and searched for the poor thing and he is just gone ??? he wasn't that small either he was well over 1 inch .. Although I ended up removing my java moss as the mess that was in there was incredible ..Going to have to do a another 25%+ hoover tonight again and refill as it left a huge mess behind ... I used to used to hoover though it all the time so was amazed at the mess that came out ..... Hope that is the source of my ammonia
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Post by: timpz on December 29, 2013, 07:32:00 pm
Did the last of 3 30l water changes over the last 3 days, using a little bicarb as advised on here. I have now brought my tank ph up from 5 to around 6.5. Now I just need to stablise it there or thereabouts. Ordered an electronic ph meter as I can see this being an ongoing issue that will use up a liquid ph test kit in short order. Outside of the tank but related I have fed and tended my white worm and grindle worm cultures which are coming on nicely, and I should be back to feeding grindles again at least a couple of times per week. White worms still a few weeks off being ready to harvest. Note to self next time keep more cultures going and divide them in rotation. My fish have spent nearly 2 month without regular live food and I think they are missing it.
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Post by: Sonic on December 30, 2013, 12:09:44 am
Nothing (new one) just got a 2nd hand one for shrimps, almost 2ft, light unit, filter etc, solid glass, perfect condition and a lovely little tank, for £20, bargain :)
Oh got some large giant vallis plants too for the Discus tank, that made me happy because they are big and have instant impact.
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Post by: TropiGaz on December 31, 2013, 06:09:46 pm
25% water change on my 8 footer, 120l planted and nursery.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on December 31, 2013, 07:41:11 pm
I tried to catch a juvenile bristlenose plec in the big tank to move it to the middle sized tank, but after half an hour I gave up. I just could not catch the thing!
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Post by: MartF on December 31, 2013, 07:47:22 pm
I have 3x External filters running on a 470 ltr tank and I've just converted one of them so that at water change times I can switch it from filtering to pumping out and then back to filtering.
Saves me around an hour of syphoning, no heavy lifting and a heap of cash as I had considered buying a pump to do the job!
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Post by: AderynGlas on December 31, 2013, 08:00:46 pm
Yesterday contained some heavy pruning and a one third water change.
Nice, I was thinking of having different separate colour sand, but worried about them mixing when cleaning.
As long as you used plastic separators it should keep them apart.when cleaning I'm not afraid to suck up a small amount of sand and then replace.
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Post by: Sonic on January 01, 2014, 09:14:39 pm
That's a great idea!
Today I got my albino bn plec to eat courgette :)
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Post by: Sonic on January 01, 2014, 09:16:54 pm
And got this little man to pose.
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Post by: bustersmate on January 02, 2014, 01:10:59 am
Just finished plumbing in my new fx6 and my t5 4 tube lighting Happy chappy
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Post by: Lucyd on January 02, 2014, 01:21:01 am
Installed a new JBL external, took far too long but happy with the results.
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Post by: SpursMadDave on January 07, 2014, 05:14:42 pm
Just done a 300l water change and clean up, new lighting system arriving tomorrow :)
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Post by: arch41c on January 07, 2014, 07:01:45 pm
Took delivery of my many hand Juwel Vision 180l tank, cleaned it out, checked the filter's running fine (hence it's hiding in the tank).
Tomorrow sees delivery of Limpopo sand and plants, so guess most of tomorrow is cleaning sand etc then scaping and filling tank and starting my dreaded cycle, hopefully there's enough of the 'wee beasties' to shorten the cycle a little but i guess all good things come to those that wait.....
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Post by: arch41c on January 07, 2014, 07:14:24 pm
Took delivery of my many hand Juwel Vision 180l tank, cleaned it out, checked the filter's running fine (hence it's hiding in the tank).
Tomorrow sees delivery of Limpopo sand and plants, so guess most of tomorrow is cleaning sand etc then scaping and filling tank and starting my dreaded cycle, hopefully there's enough of the 'wee beasties' to shorten the cycle a little but i guess all good things come to those that wait.....
pic included this time
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Post by: audigex on January 07, 2014, 08:35:32 pm
Heard air moving in my canister filter. Gave it a bit of a shake and dislodged a whole load of crap into the tank.
It's still making an air movement noise... bastard.
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Post by: halfajobman on January 07, 2014, 08:45:23 pm
Put in my new hide out for my botia's . (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/08/ta5uhe4u.jpg) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/08/vy4uhahe.jpg) And a little one for my bn's.
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Post by: Evenstar on January 07, 2014, 08:46:42 pm
Put the gravel and plants in my new Betta tank, filled it with water, set the heater, filter and light running, and gave it it's first feed of ammonia. Let the cycling begin! :)
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Post by: NBurrow06 on January 07, 2014, 08:59:50 pm
Snow addict do you make your own beefheart mix?
Routine water change on discus tank, wondering which one of my friends to trust looking after the fish when I head to center parcs for long weekend :-/ I have 2 weeks to pick one.......
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Post by: audigex on January 07, 2014, 09:32:15 pm
Guess who's oscar had been re-arranging the tank and decided the air stone looked better under the filter inlet?
Well if you will insist on these big fish... Slap an ASBO on Oscar and see if he starts to behave ;)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 07, 2014, 09:43:50 pm
Anyway, I've been playing with my new camera around the tank today. The cories have been dancing but not co-operating with the photographer...
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Post by: Evenstar on January 07, 2014, 09:55:24 pm
LOVE the cory pic!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 07, 2014, 10:08:28 pm
Thanks :)
The cories like playing with the odd little bits of bogwood and sometimes re-arrange them, especially if some food has fallen nearby. Next time I get some bogwood I'm going to deliberately break it into little bits! It's the first time I've tried an oak leaf too - apparently this sort of leaf and wood detritus is more typical of their natural environment.
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Post by: Evenstar on January 07, 2014, 10:17:00 pm
The guy from my lfs where I bought my almond leaves for my betta recommended giving them to my corys when I get them. Might have to try oak leaves too, would be cheaper.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 07, 2014, 10:22:44 pm
I looked at the almond leaves in my LFS and then worked out how much they cost each *curse*
If you fancy trying oak leaves, go and collect some as soon as possible or you'll have to wait until next autumn!
I picked up about 100 from the park, washed them to remove any dirt, creepy-crawlies etc, and then dried them in the oven at about 80C. I think they should keep for ages like that in an air-tight box. Try to avoid getting them from any areas next to busy roads as they may be affected by pollution.
The dried leaves float at first, so I used a bit of bogwood as a weight.
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Post by: Evenstar on January 07, 2014, 10:29:17 pm
Yes, not that cheap per leaf, I'll take a trip to a nearby oak tree pretty soon then.
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Post by: jjb on January 08, 2014, 12:12:10 am
Managed to collect some silvertip tetra eggs after they had all evening spawn :)
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Post by: SpursMadDave on January 08, 2014, 05:03:31 pm
Tried my oscars with some liver, they loved it :)
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Post by: arch41c on January 08, 2014, 05:04:58 pm
Washed sand and filled tank
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Post by: arch41c on January 08, 2014, 05:20:13 pm
Would have sent pic showing gopping green bitty water but tapatalk wasn't having any of it. Going to let it settle down over night and see if it clears up and if so I'll test for ammonia and nitrates to see if anything survived from previous owner. If it don't clear by morning I'm gonna have to face up and do a complete water change and wash sand again :s
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Post by: frazzle121180 on January 08, 2014, 07:05:26 pm
Stripped it out. Gave all fish to brother in law and totally gutted and cleaned the tank. I've moved to marines and want it for that....still trying to convince the missus. Might end up selling it if SWMBO can't be convinced and use the juwel lido 120 for marine fishes
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Post by: 4eye on January 08, 2014, 07:33:17 pm
I've been bargain shopping......been in contact with a lady who's selling some bog wood....quite an impressive piece....will have to alter it to fit it in the tank though....it measures 60cm long 400 tall 200 wide and looks like this!!
I've been bargain shopping......been in contact with a lady who's selling some bog wood....quite an impressive piece....will have to alter it to fit it in the tank though....it measures 60cm long 400 tall 200 wide and looks like this!!
I've been bargain shopping......been in contact with a lady who's selling some bog wood....quite an impressive piece....will have to alter it to fit it in the tank though....it measures 60cm long 400 tall 200 wide and looks like this!!
Plus done a nitrate test and is a lovely 0 in fact it's all 0's very happy *fish* thumbsup
All 0's including Nitrate? That's a little suspicious unless you've either just filled the tank, done a 100% water change, or are very heavily planted with very few, small fish - if you've got a properly running filter, you should have nitrate.
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Post by: JumpMaster on January 08, 2014, 08:13:36 pm
Added 10 peppered corys, 2 otos, and 5 killfish
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Post by: thomo0608 on January 08, 2014, 08:23:16 pm
Cory's yesterday and moss balls added today.
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Post by: 4eye on January 08, 2014, 08:57:44 pm
I've been bargain shopping......been in contact with a lady who's selling some bog wood....quite an impressive piece....will have to alter it to fit it in the tank though....it measures 60cm long 400 tall 200 wide and looks like this!!
Plus done a nitrate test and is a lovely 0 in fact it's all 0's very happy *fish* thumbsup
All 0's including Nitrate? That's a little suspicious unless you've either just filled the tank, done a 100% water change, or are very heavily planted with very few, small fish - if you've got a properly running filter, you should have nitrate.
I am less than 45% stocked and with a 50% water change the other day....my tank has been up and running for 7 years, I have new stock arriving Friday and I'm being very attentive making sure water is spit spot
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Post by: AderynGlas on January 08, 2014, 10:24:44 pm
I've been bargain shopping......been in contact with a lady who's selling some bog wood....quite an impressive piece....will have to alter it to fit it in the tank though....it measures 60cm long 400 tall 200 wide and looks like this!!
Plus done a nitrate test and is a lovely 0 in fact it's all 0's very happy *fish* thumbsup
All 0's including Nitrate? That's a little suspicious unless you've either just filled the tank, done a 100% water change, or are very heavily planted with very few, small fish - if you've got a properly running filter, you should have nitrate.
I am less than 45% stocked and with a 50% water change the other day....my tank has been up and running for 7 years, I have new stock arriving Friday and I'm being very attentive making sure water is spit spot
I have a similar tale. 70% stocked (30 odd fish in a 200l tank), quite we'll planted which has been in place for a year and a half.
I've not had Nitrates in any water check for several months. Oh, not changed any water for roughly a week or more either.
Planet tank works wonders... Although part of me does wonder if I should does some to ensure the plants are getting enough, but then again they grow well, look healthy and it means generally not worrying too much about the parameters of my tank.
Just to keep this on topic, fed a handful of flakes and checked my new additions (Guppies and Gourami) we're looking happy.
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Post by: Sonic on January 08, 2014, 10:29:19 pm
I prevented a near DIY Co2 disaster, and decided to not be so tight in future and buy a proper one.
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Post by: MissAquarist on January 08, 2014, 10:38:58 pm
i done a water change..tested the water .. moved my tank plants and logs around ooo and i installed my new air pump and air stone! looking greaat :)fishes are very happy :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 08, 2014, 11:35:14 pm
Just installed a HMA filter next to the RO. Now I can use tap for bigger changes without worrying if there's any nasties going in tank even if dosed with prime.
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Post by: arch41c on January 09, 2014, 04:21:19 pm
Planted bogwood and plants....
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Post by: 4eye on January 09, 2014, 06:44:56 pm
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 10, 2014, 10:09:35 pm
De-cambobulated two tanks. Cabomba certainly spreads everywhere if unchecked like in my tetra tank. I've trimmed tank 9 and halved tank 4 of the stuff. Trimmings half filled a bucket!
Still can't see the fish in tank 4 though... hiding behind a bit of bogwood.
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Post by: arch41c on January 10, 2014, 10:23:15 pm
Loosely fitted background poster..
Hides the filter cables and power cables for lights etc... :P
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 10, 2014, 10:27:42 pm
Added six more rummies. Got some more experience with my new camera...
Considering adding a black background?
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Post by: arch41c on January 10, 2014, 10:41:02 pm
Sorry Mol
I was taken with pic one, and then i spotted a cory.... ;)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 10, 2014, 10:46:24 pm
I love my Cories! Best not to look at my tank log if you don't want to see Cory pics ;) When I was first planning my tank I was going to have loaches instead, but then the cute little Cory cats were so irresistible and the loaches fell off the list. Sorry!
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Post by: arch41c on January 10, 2014, 10:47:38 pm
I love my Cories! Best not to look at my tank log if you don't want to see Cory pics ;) When I was first planning my tank I was going to have loaches instead, but then the cute little Cory cats were so irresistible and the loaches fell off the list. Sorry!
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No probs, i'm just jealous, my water isnt suitable for corys it seems ;(
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Post by: 4eye on January 10, 2014, 10:47:40 pm
I got wood!! Erm.... Bog wood![attach=5]
And also got my online stock order!!! [attach=6]
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 10, 2014, 10:52:23 pm
That's some impressive wood you've got there! But I think the fish will prefer fresh beans to tinned ones ;)
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Post by: 4eye on January 10, 2014, 11:06:32 pm
That's some impressive wood you've got there! But I think the fish will prefer fresh beans to tinned ones ;)
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Not bad for 15 quid is it!! A rare find me thinks!
Ill put the beans back in the cupboard then,lol
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 10, 2014, 11:13:05 pm
Amazing value! All my fish will eat green beans if you just feed the bean bits and throw away the pods (actually I eat the pods myself). They prefer peas though.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 10, 2014, 11:14:39 pm
Who did you order from online and are you happy with them? I've not tried mail-ordering fish yet.
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Post by: 4eye on January 11, 2014, 12:03:52 am
It was my first Time ordering online, I used ; aquatics to your door, I have no complaints yet, only hiccup is the sent 1 fish I didn't order by mistake, it was in with the glow lights...Ill call it a bonus fish! Lol
Have a look, they gave some lovely looking fighter fish there. But postage is £15 week days and then I think it is up to £25 for Saturday...I had today off work.
The only thing is you can order as much as you like no questions...I find that's bit disconcerting when it comes to those who don't really know what they're doing.
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Post by: arch41c on January 11, 2014, 12:35:37 am
That's some impressive wood, I'm looking for a large piece for the right side of my tank.... Even though it will mean a rescape.....
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Post by: 4eye on January 11, 2014, 12:37:47 am
I've been on and off looking for a year or so....couldn't believe it when I saw the ad!! *grin*
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Post by: tiredhero on January 11, 2014, 02:40:53 am
just made 2 little slate caves for my sons tank and 1 for mine :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 11, 2014, 10:45:08 am
Back from LFS with a load of fish: 10 black neon tetra 12 odessa barbs 6 gold tiger barbs
Now to finish introducing them...
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Post by: TropiGaz on January 11, 2014, 11:14:35 am
Just back from lfs with latest stock of frozen foods and some for food for the baby tilapia mariae
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Post by: 4eye on January 11, 2014, 09:46:57 pm
Now have a planted aquarium!.....also bathed and soaked my awesome piece of bog wood and placed it centre tank.
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Post by: jjb on January 11, 2014, 09:59:59 pm
Made a bucket of ro for tomorows water change-exciting right! Lol
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Post by: arch41c on January 11, 2014, 10:18:04 pm
Nothing..
Decided i needed a rest day and without my ammonia no point stressing about cycles ;)
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Post by: spyder221 on January 11, 2014, 10:43:23 pm
I bought 5 more neon tetra and another female guppy as she swum in to the net with the tetra and wouldn't leave :-) oh and set up my fry tank to start cyclling it
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Post by: Gill on January 11, 2014, 10:56:07 pm
Collected more cory eggs, did water changes on all my tanks, bought a new heater as one went kaput this morning & tried to count newly hatched cory fry.
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Post by: Sonic on January 11, 2014, 11:24:22 pm
I did water changes, and have 4 new shrimp tanks cycling.
Its been a tiring day.
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Post by: Graham01 on January 11, 2014, 11:33:12 pm
Saturday is my busy day water changes for my 7 shrimp tanks & top up bacteria & minerals Sunday is a pure rest day I don't even feed them as its there starve day to clear there systems *grin*
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Post by: TropiGaz on January 12, 2014, 02:35:45 pm
Water changes on the 8 footer and grow out tanks, had to wait while my son did his tanks first so that's 4 sets of water changes done in the house today.
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Post by: AderynGlas on January 12, 2014, 02:43:45 pm
20% water change! would have done my usual 30-40% but through the water temperature would drop far too much (dropped from (high 24's to low 21's just with 20%).
Will feed later crushed pea.
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Post by: Sobriquet on January 12, 2014, 03:23:06 pm
Ordered a Rio 180 and cabinet from my local LFS, should be with me on Thursday. Water change on the existing 30l tank and plenty of time on the web looking at wood, decor, substrate, plants and fish for when my Rio arrives
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Post by: 4eye on January 12, 2014, 04:43:56 pm
Replanted a couple of plants that came loose over night,cleared a slowing filter and a 10% water change and will be doing my water tests later tonight!
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Post by: SpursMadDave on January 12, 2014, 06:53:43 pm
Sold one of my 3 Oscars to my best friend. 2 of my Oscars had 'paired up' and whilst the 3rd was eating and growing ok he was very stressed and quite grey so it was the only thing to do.
I have informed my friend as the Oscars 'natural parent' I want visitation rights every other weekend :lol:
Just spoke to him and even after a few hours the Oscar seems happier and the colour is coming back, also my tank seems a happier place so the stress between the 3 of them must have been affecting the other fish too...
So a happy productive day :)
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Post by: Sobriquet on January 12, 2014, 07:08:59 pm
Well, well. SMD, good to see another former 350z owning spurs fan here. I didn't buy a Jag though ;).
(Aliensurfer)
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Post by: DemureGirl on January 12, 2014, 07:11:48 pm
Moved my male platy to the fry tank so that he can't get my remaining adult female any more pregnant than she already is and moved four of the fry that I might want to keep to the main tank. Also added some plants that I bought last week to both tanks and set up my co2 thing to try again (this time with the bottom covered)
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Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: SpursMadDave on January 12, 2014, 07:59:06 pm
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Post by: Sonic on January 13, 2014, 11:21:49 pm
I ordered 5 different carpeting plants, they came today, in clumps, very difficult to plant, but managed to split them into 5 pieces each and get them in, took hours, looks nice, but I do wonder if they will stay in place. I won't be surprised to see some floating tomorrow.
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Post by: 4eye on January 16, 2014, 08:52:59 pm
Found white spot on the fish(come from new fish)...I'm gutted! Heading out to lfs for treatments tomorrow, wish my fish luck!
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on January 17, 2014, 04:06:46 pm
Iv set up some traps to lower the count of these snails that come free hehhe (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/18/uveqy5y6.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/18/yjyny3ys.jpg)
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Post by: arch41c on January 17, 2014, 08:11:39 pm
Added more wood and a few more flowers :) still cycling
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Post by: Evenstar on January 17, 2014, 11:05:28 pm
For the first time ever....PUT FISH IN IT! *yahoo*
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Post by: arch41c on January 17, 2014, 11:45:06 pm
Woohooo go you Evenstar :)
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Post by: thomo0608 on January 18, 2014, 11:17:01 am
50% water change, bit of a clean of the gravel, squeeze filters sponges and added new carbon to filter. Looking at more Cory's or maybe plec later on. Feeding peas later today!
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 18, 2014, 11:18:12 am
Glass catfish are in tank 2 now. Wonder if I'll ever see them again.
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Post by: Firewall on January 18, 2014, 11:27:50 am
eventually found out how my trickle filter is suppose to be set up.. Going to be stripping down my filter and cleaning it out and rearrange all my media to it's correct place + do a 50% water change
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: GlassWalker on January 18, 2014, 01:05:12 pm
In progress with Oscar tank water change. Thankfully I can add tap to sump and pre-warm it before going in display. And cold it is right now. Also cleaned filters. Lots of black sludge. Lovely. Oscars are sulking at the moment as the filters spat out more dirt when I put them on again.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on January 18, 2014, 01:50:44 pm
Done a water change and a bit of a tidy up, and now I'm off to the LFS to see if I can find some nice dwarf cichlid.
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Post by: Sonic on January 18, 2014, 02:16:26 pm
I have done 5 water changes, 2 more to go, then I will have a rest and a cup of tea.
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Post by: halfajobman on January 18, 2014, 04:08:27 pm
50% water change, added ferts
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Post by: 4eye on January 18, 2014, 04:49:29 pm
Bought new rear tube.....man that makes a hell of a difference! *sunny* *sunny* *sunny* :idea: :idea: :idea:
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Post by: greenchameleon on January 18, 2014, 05:32:34 pm
Fed bloodworms to my newts and decided to give some to the fish as well for the first time. Seems to be a big hit with them!! A nice treat over the weekend!!!
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on January 18, 2014, 06:03:35 pm
I had to catch a male platy today and found it so hard. As I have a lot of decorations. So I got this amazing idea of the Internet and it worked a treat. I placed a few pellets in there and layer it down at the bottom of the tank. Once in there they can't get out stupidly enough heheh. I cut the top off then inserted it into the bottle (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/19/e6anaqu3.jpg)
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Post by: Sonic on January 18, 2014, 06:23:06 pm
I shone a torch into the little cave in my endlers tank, and watched the male BN plec protect his babies, lots of them in there, hatched a good few days ago now so expecting them to venture out soon.
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Post by: halfajobman on January 18, 2014, 07:06:16 pm
I shone a torch into the little cave in my endlers tank, and watched the male BN plec protect his babies, lots of them in there, hatched a good few days ago now so expecting them to venture out soon.
Treat myself to 2 gold bn plecs how do you sex them I think mine are a little small to sex yet but not sure what to look for. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/19/yruhepub.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 18, 2014, 07:06:54 pm
James, I like that idea... wonder if I should try to extract the last odessa barbs in one tank to reunite them with others...
Bristlenose sexing... wait until they're big enough to grow bristles (or not). Don't know if there's a method you can do before then.
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Post by: halfajobman on January 18, 2014, 07:10:32 pm
Thought they might be to small at the min thanks.
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Post by: Sonic on January 18, 2014, 07:28:14 pm
Yes you have to wait for the bristles to grow, I have read that the female can have them also, but I have 3 females and they are bristleless. I also have 6 super red BN but they are young also so no idea what sex they are either. Some of my babies are albino, and some do look red/orange, so will be interesting to see what happens to them once they are out.
The gold ones are nice, I wonder how many types there are?
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Post by: 4eye on January 19, 2014, 10:52:26 pm
Made some coconut caves thumbsup
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Post by: audigex on January 20, 2014, 07:43:19 am
The gold ones are nice, I wonder how many types there are?
Dozens: Ancistrus is one of the bigger genera of Loro....ae (I'll learn to spell it one day, I swear), and we're still not sure how many L-pleco's there are. There are something like 70 known sub-species of Ancistrus, not including certain colour morphs.
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Post by: Sonic on January 20, 2014, 09:34:29 am
Wow that's a lot of varieties isn't it.
I have been looking at the babies again today, lots in there, getting pretty big now but dad still wont let them out. Mum is munching on some cucumber.
I had some coconut caves delivered from Ebay, I attached some Queen moss and Erect moss on the top with elastic bands, hope it grows well as it looks really nice.
Need to do some water changes today.
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Post by: vess on January 20, 2014, 10:11:56 am
Water changed 50 tanks and De - egged a few mops.
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Post by: johnbow on January 20, 2014, 10:26:07 am
I've stripped down my useless Fluval U2 filter from the main tank and given the impeller a good clean. Despite this it still sounds noisy and looks like a house brick. I wish I'd bought an external filter. In the shrimp tank I've been looking for new crystal shrimp babies and have counted 16 so far!
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Post by: Sonic on January 20, 2014, 10:37:37 am
Well done, I am waiting for mine to breed, I had reds, and some black with f2 genes so might get a nice surprise one day.
What eggs do you have Vess?
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Post by: johnbow on January 20, 2014, 11:11:31 am
You'll have to post some pics for us to see them! I was looking at some pure red line shrimp the other day but they're soo expensive! One day..... *grin*
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Post by: vess on January 20, 2014, 12:09:59 pm
Well done, I am waiting for mine to breed, I had reds, and some black with f2 genes so might get a nice surprise one day.
What eggs do you have Vess?
Lots of cory spawns:
Melini, Julii, Davidsandsi, Nijsennei, cw21, caudimaculatus, duplicareus, Panda, white panda and diphyes to be exact.
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Post by: arch41c on January 24, 2014, 09:25:45 am
Cycle completed so water change done, gonna check pH etc once I've taken the dog for his morning walk, if all ok think about getting me some FISH!!
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Post by: Sonic on January 24, 2014, 02:31:39 pm
I have done water changes on them all, and left clear precise instructions for my younger brother to take care of all tanks whilst I am relaxing in Marazion, Cornwall :) Also bagged up a variety of foods in different bags to make sure there is no overfeeding, cos you know what younger brothers are like!!
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Post by: Miss Mandy on January 24, 2014, 06:18:52 pm
Popped some cucumber into the big tank for the first time. The plec's aren't interested at the moment, but the otto's are loving it!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on January 25, 2014, 05:40:19 pm
Did a 40% water change. Went shopping for an orange seam pleco and came back with a blue phantom instead!
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Post by: halfajobman on January 25, 2014, 06:39:40 pm
50% water change
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Post by: Stunks on January 25, 2014, 06:59:42 pm
Did a 30% water change and hook up my new fluval fx5 filter
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Post by: DoubleDutch on January 25, 2014, 07:05:44 pm
Got pounds of duckweed from my tanks. Seems to be a nice salad. Didn't try !!! Wc's in three tanks, cleaned 5 filters. After that I had to clean the badroom. Looked like a warzone!
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Post by: arch41c on January 25, 2014, 08:02:57 pm
Pushed I a few phantom tetras and had a clear up of a troublesome fluval 305 that wasn't passing water, now I need a new impeller cover :(
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Post by: johnbow on January 25, 2014, 09:19:59 pm
Bought some neon tetras.
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Post by: sexysi on January 25, 2014, 09:49:48 pm
Bought a new pump for my phosphate reactor, found that it leaked and needs fixing :mad:
Bought 2 cleaner shrimps, 2 Turbos, 3 red legged hermits and 2 clown fish.
Took back my rather large Pleco
Si
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Post by: Lucyd on January 25, 2014, 10:54:54 pm
Water change, followed by the addition of another 10 Cardinals and 2 red platy. :)
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Post by: Sobriquet on January 25, 2014, 11:34:25 pm
Unpacked it, built the flat-packed cabinet and made sure everything works. *applause* *applause*
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Post by: geoffkemp on January 26, 2014, 07:41:02 am
Well yesterday I fed them and had a look around one of the LFS, almost came home with a tank ....
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Post by: arch41c on January 26, 2014, 09:01:24 am
Replanted some things that my inhabitants felt were better suited to floating...
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Post by: SpursMadDave on January 26, 2014, 09:37:35 am
Usual water change, had a look in all the logs etc but seems the kribs have finally become lunch for the Oscars...
Sent from the golf club...
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Post by: Lockwood_5 on January 26, 2014, 11:54:58 am
Started a fishless cycle in my Jewel 120L :-)
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Post by: pmjones766 on January 26, 2014, 01:57:55 pm
I have bought some live plants to put in tanks to help with my high Nitrates. They are now in place so will test water in a week.
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Post by: hanssg on January 26, 2014, 08:27:52 pm
changed my light tube do it every 12 months.
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Post by: Sick lids on January 26, 2014, 08:35:46 pm
water change Scraped algae off some rocks Found yet another baby Bronze Cory - they do like to breed Started to research what will go into my future West African biotope
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Post by: ChrisMayhew on January 26, 2014, 09:03:14 pm
Topped my Ammonia back up to 4ppm and took a Nitrite test.. No Nitrite yet! :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 26, 2014, 09:56:56 pm
Finally got round to loading up an external filter on marine tank. Two types of carbon, a bit of rowaphos and some left over biopearls.
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Post by: geoffkemp on January 27, 2014, 08:06:31 am
Nothing Directly on my Aquarium, but started to sort out some of my spares etc.
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Post by: Sick lids on January 27, 2014, 12:58:01 pm
Bought some redmoor root, boiled it and now have it soaking in a bucket Fed my tetras some live daphnia
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Post by: arch41c on January 27, 2014, 04:45:04 pm
Swapped out the 305 for a 306... and wowsers the difference in flow is immense.
Whether that was due to the mechanical filtration being clogged up or the filter itself not pumping as well as it should i don't know, but it looks like a hurricane in there now :)
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Post by: sexysi on January 28, 2014, 10:05:00 am
Checked marine water all ok and got hold of 2 x 99p Digital Thermometers
si
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Post by: Critch on January 28, 2014, 10:07:33 am
Purchased a 1500 aquagrow Tile,
Getting another one next month,
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Post by: Steved1403 on January 28, 2014, 10:59:34 am
Had a rescape on both tanks, and still not happy with main tank, think I need a few more pieces of bogwood and a nice big feature plant. Also thinking possibly adding a bos rainbow fish or 2. Got rid of a load of fish recently and could do with a bit of colour.(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/28/tytubena.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/28/7uhu8y4u.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/28/ezutu2uj.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/28/yzabu3ud.jpg)
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Post by: Steved1403 on January 28, 2014, 11:01:20 am
Had a rescape on both tanks, and still not happy with main tank, think I need a few more pieces of bogwood and a nice big feature plant. Also thinking possibly adding a bos rainbow fish or 2. Got rid of a load of fish recently and could do with a bit of colour.
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Post by: welshdarren on January 28, 2014, 11:52:50 am
Today im going to be changing my gravel to black sand and adding new ornaments pirate ship and skeleton arm holding a map, also adding a heater guard and new backround
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Post by: sexysi on January 29, 2014, 04:20:55 pm
10 % Water change on the marine.
10 % Water change on the Tropical.
Setup a small 18cm, frag tank in the garage with heater, live rock, and Phosphate reactor.
si
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on January 29, 2014, 05:44:53 pm
Today I added more plants (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/30/e8ydajy5.jpg)
And made this for my tree project, two bits of wood stuck together with glue. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/30/ydasudan.jpg)
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Post by: audigex on January 30, 2014, 12:47:55 pm
Completely re-scaped
I added 3 smallish bits of bog wood, 3 tall plants and 3 small plants. I'm trying to break up a few sight lines within the tank... my fish aren't overly aggressive, but one particular fish has been a bit more persistent with his chasing than I'd like. I suspect this is because the victim isn't out of sight for long enough at a time so gets chased again. Hopefully this change will give them the chance to stay out of each others way for a little longer at a time.
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on January 30, 2014, 07:57:26 pm
Well my tank went from this (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/31/da7eby6e.jpg) To this today (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/31/3amy8esu.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/31/uva8emur.jpg) Not long now till I can say it's all done
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Post by: sexysi on January 31, 2014, 11:31:16 am
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Post by: Critch on January 31, 2014, 03:47:09 pm
Nice,,,
Well this arrived today, (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/31/6yvy4yse.jpg)
Excited.com
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Post by: Sonic on January 31, 2014, 04:21:16 pm
I bought my tank a gift, 4 Electric Blue Balloon Rams, and it will be very pleased with them :) as am I *applause*
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Post by: greenchameleon on January 31, 2014, 05:21:44 pm
Added a female Blue Ram and have watched my male pose and prance about trying to get here eye!
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Post by: Miss Mandy on January 31, 2014, 05:32:48 pm
Added some nerite snails to my tanks.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on January 31, 2014, 07:30:37 pm
Got two pounds if plants and duckweed out of the Pearltank. "I can see the light"(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/01/are3e6eh.jpg) Gorillas uhhhhhh Peppers in the mist.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on January 31, 2014, 07:41:17 pm
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Post by: twooo on January 31, 2014, 07:43:51 pm
What is that plant in the centre of your tank DDutch?
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Post by: Sonic on January 31, 2014, 07:45:26 pm
Jumping in as I am about to post, if you mean the red one they are lilys.
When I get back tomorrow I have to take a ton of salvinia natans out of my tank, it has gone mental.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on January 31, 2014, 08:11:46 pm
Red tiger lotus !!! As all plants it has had few light due to Vallisneria Nana, Duckweed and Salvinia. The green one is Cryptocryne Wendtii (green and red). Long leaves due to the same "problem".
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Post by: 4eye on January 31, 2014, 10:33:32 pm
Practically given up hope! :censored2: :censored2: :mad:
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Post by: Phantom2011 on January 31, 2014, 10:41:32 pm
Added 3 more odessa barbs and 2 more rainbow shiners to my temperate tank. Also got moss balls for my temp and trop tank :D
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Post by: DoubleDutch on February 01, 2014, 08:07:35 am
Practically given up hope! :censored2: :censored2: :mad:
heyyyy please don't !!! Have had years of problems with Cyano. Some slight changes can make a h*ll of a difference. All members are gladly willing to help. Hope it has to do with your tank BTW.
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Post by: twooo on February 01, 2014, 08:26:10 am
Thanks. It looks awesome. Can't wait for my new plants to get here so I can really start waterscaping properly. Although the fear of introducing problems into the tank are starting to take hold. Plankton - H2O2 you say? What sort of strength should you use, and in what quantities?
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Post by: Stunks on February 01, 2014, 09:51:08 am
Just done a water change
Johnshrinks
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Post by: thomo0608 on February 01, 2014, 11:51:13 am
30% water change installed new spray bar and a bit if a clean up.
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Post by: 4eye on February 01, 2014, 12:02:45 pm
Practically given up hope! :censored2: :censored2: :mad:
heyyyy please don't !!! Have had years of problems with Cyano. Some slight changes can make a h*ll of a difference. All members are gladly willing to help. Hope it has to do with your tank BTW.
yes it is the tank *grin*. and it's the hope of having my fish still alive after this treatment corse has finished! It's a bad time indeed!
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Post by: Euphoria on February 01, 2014, 12:09:53 pm
Practically given up hope! :censored2: :censored2: :mad:
heyyyy please don't !!! Have had years of problems with Cyano. Some slight changes can make a h*ll of a difference. All members are gladly willing to help. Hope it has to do with your tank BTW.
yes it is the tank *grin*. and it's the hope of having my fish still alive after this treatment corse has finished! It's a bad time indeed!
Dont worry 4eye, it will all sort itself out. You can learn from your experience to help prevent it in future. You are doing all you can :)
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Post by: DoubleDutch on February 01, 2014, 01:36:04 pm
Ahhhhh now I see it's 4eye. Disaster strucks once in a while. It will brighten up soon !!.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 01, 2014, 03:14:57 pm
Went to buy LEDs lights. Ended up also getting at least 4 types of coral. Doh! Suppose I should start getting it in tank...
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Post by: lurch1000 on February 01, 2014, 03:17:44 pm
See, this is why you need to take only the exact money with you when shopping.
If I'm going somewhere and I don't want to buy anything, I take the bike as it limits the size of what I can buy, or if I go to a fish shop, unless I've taken the appropriate packaging with me, I couldn't bring them back :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 01, 2014, 03:19:07 pm
To be pedantic, I went out to buy T5 lights, and ended up with the LEDs... :D there was a cash machine round the corner so taking less cash didn't work. It was a private sale, but couldn't say no at the price though... far less than LFS rates.
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Post by: lurch1000 on February 01, 2014, 03:19:53 pm
Double fail, or double win :)
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Post by: TropiGaz on February 01, 2014, 10:56:05 pm
new filter installed on big tank today - water changes all round tomorrow
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Post by: geoffkemp on February 02, 2014, 08:01:00 am
One water change all completed ....
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 02, 2014, 11:19:16 am
Casualty count today: 2.
One gold tiger barb in tank 10, no obvious signs of anything wrong except possibly a sunken head. One cardinal tetra in tank 4 - the spot infected one.
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Post by: Sonic on February 02, 2014, 11:36:13 am
I added some young golden BN plecs to my tank, I now have 4 varieties, Gold, brown, albino and super reds, also lots of brown and albino babies from my adults.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on February 02, 2014, 11:45:05 am
I added some young golden BN plecs to my tank, I now have 4 varieties, Gold, brown, albino and super reds, also lots of brown and albino babies from my adults.
no problem they'll interbreed? The golden ones have blue eyes?
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Post by: Sonic on February 02, 2014, 11:46:48 am
They are in different tanks so no interbreeding :) The Golds are only a couple of inches so not really had a good look at them yet, will try later.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 02, 2014, 11:53:12 am
Still doing routine maintenance. Culled a lot of cabomba from tank 9. Gearing up to do the WC on tank 4 next when I'll also extract the dead cardinal and look around for any more.
Casualty count: 3. Dead molly in tank 6. I think this is one of the new ones I got from an LFS I've suspected has poor stock source, but the pattern was too interesting for me to ignore on that day. Actually, should do a water test on all affected tanks...
Oh, I think I just saw an Oscar yawn. Do they do that? Had its mouth wide open for far longer than a gulp.
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Post by: Euphoria on February 02, 2014, 12:14:05 pm
The yawning is fine, Cichlids tend to do it quite frequently. If he does it on occasion it will be something like a piece of sand or dirt in his gill area that hes clearing. If hes doing it quite alot, could be a gill fluke.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 02, 2014, 01:25:17 pm
That surprised me since I had not seen it before.
Casualty count: 5. After poking around tank 4 some more, I found two more dead cardinals. One was somewhat decomposed right at the back. Another behind bogwood had almost entirely decomposed. There was only a skeleton left with some skin, so must have happened a while ago. So that's 3 dead cardinals removed today, with 3 left in the tank. One left unaccounted for. I'm not too sad about the loss of the cardinals as they're all very old anyway. At least a year when I got them, and I had them almost another year. Two of the back phantom tetra still look "well salted", but most of the rest are well on the mend. Back in tank 6, that showed traces of ammonia, so presumably the death happened long enough ago to cause that, but not so long that the filtration caught up.
Today's work isn't over yet. I only did a filter clean and plant trim in tank 4 so far. Still need to do the water change and next dose of medication. I wont do anything else to tropical tanks today after this to limit the spread of possible infection. Still got plenty to do in the marine tank anyway...
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Post by: Jack Bauer on February 02, 2014, 02:22:26 pm
Just finished the 5th 50% wc of the weekend, after a suspected toxic gas build up popped and killed 2 Discus, my pair of GBR and a few of my rummy nose tetras.
Will now continue staring at the tank.considering whether to rip out all plants and substrate and go bare bottom. (Tank, not me)
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Post by: Lesley123 on February 02, 2014, 03:53:37 pm
Scared the bejesus out most of the fish whilst cleaning the outside front glass. The praecox do not like it one tiny bit. I now remember why it hadn't been done in a while
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Post by: adam15m on February 02, 2014, 05:32:12 pm
Done a 50% water change and cleaned filter sponges in old tank water. Added some fake plants to brighten up the tank until I get my sand, plants substrate and possibly CO2.
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Post by: johnbow on February 02, 2014, 05:41:24 pm
Had a good trim of the plants in the main tank. I can see fish now!
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 02, 2014, 05:47:45 pm
So much for not doing any more freshwater tanks today. Cleaned both filters in the Oscar tank (very filthy). Wonder if that's why it seemed to be getting less clear than before.
Also started to bring tank 7 temporarily out of retirement. Decided to sell my syno, but that means getting it out of the Oscar tank. No small job in itself. Think I'll move it into tank 7 first to make it easier later on.
Still need to rearrange the marine tank. Superglue and epoxy on standy!
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Post by: johnbow on February 02, 2014, 06:38:09 pm
Sick and tired of trying to decipher ph on the api chart so I've bought a ph tester off eBay!
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Post by: TropiGaz on February 02, 2014, 08:19:30 pm
water changes done. The new FX-5 in the big tank is working wonders, im beginning to think the old fx-5 never really worked properly.
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Post by: SpursMadDave on February 03, 2014, 07:14:17 pm
The yawning is fine, Cichlids tend to do it quite frequently. If he does it on occasion it will be something like a piece of sand or dirt in his gill area that hes clearing. If hes doing it quite alot, could be a gill fluke.
My Oscars do it very ocassionaly
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 03, 2014, 08:06:45 pm
Moved featherfin into separate tank from oscars. Found a TON of white things moving in the back corner of the Oscar tank. Now to figure out what they are. They're alive, 2mm long, round-ish looking. Not planaria. Some kind of 'pod?
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Post by: arch41c on February 03, 2014, 11:43:36 pm
Water change done post melafix treatment, Cory now looks happy and healthy
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Post by: Mr. T on February 04, 2014, 07:13:11 pm
Water change and gravel vac , ripped out my old u3 which now the tank looks so much larger ! Going to install my arcadia spot light that I am using as a nightlight for an hour after my main light goes out.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on February 04, 2014, 07:16:41 pm
My foreground plants arrived from Aquarium Gardens today so I've got them all planted up.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 08, 2014, 07:52:31 pm
Water change on tank 4. Shut down tank 9 and move its contents into tank 2. Moved sand out of tank 9 (I need more buckets). Bought blue paint to re-do tank 9 Made a bar to hold two LED units over tank 10
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 08, 2014, 09:56:35 pm
Drained tank 3 and tank 9. Rinsed tank 3, left to dry. Re-mounted a zoa frag onto a sea shell Re-mounted a bit of xenia onto a sea shell
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Post by: iloveplecs on February 08, 2014, 10:15:15 pm
Picked up my new Vecton V2 200 UV sterilliser from the lfs. I couldn't resist having a look at the fish and noticed they had Otos back in, so I have put a few on order for Tuesday. I thought as I do my water change on a Monday, I can add them Tuesday so they get a quiet week to settle in.
So happy days. *grin*
Glasswalker you have been busy! thumbsup
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Post by: Mol_PMB on February 09, 2014, 12:26:00 am
I went to a NVLFS that I'd not visited before, to see what it was like and to get some basic dry goods. Ended up buying no dry goods, but 6 Petitella georgiae (NOT Hemigrammus bleheri) and an L244 instead! They're in the QT for now.
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Post by: TropiGaz on February 09, 2014, 09:02:40 pm
Water changes, glass clean and sand sift on both tanks.
New bogwood in to soak.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 09, 2014, 09:31:16 pm
Wash tank 9. See shower hose break in process. Buy and replace shower hose. Finish job. Paint two coats on back. Drain tank 7, remove sand. Wash tank. Wash sand. Give betta epsom salt bath Add spare filters to tank 2 (PF2) and 10 (U2). Top up water in tank 10 and 12. Fit the APS 1000 that was on tank 9 to tank 6. Remove dead molly. Orange ones don't seem to last. Black ones are indestructible in comparison. Try out pH meter again as I thought it didn't work properly. Seems to be working now, trick seems to be give it long enough to temperature stabilise.
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Post by: jjb on February 09, 2014, 09:46:19 pm
Finished filling up a 100 liter water with ro-a very, very slow job... and i still have 1 left to fill
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Post by: Stunks on February 09, 2014, 09:49:22 pm
Did a 50% water change and treat one of my sick German blue ram
Johnshrinks
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Post by: RickM on February 09, 2014, 10:47:52 pm
Had to do a top up :/ The cold weather outside is making the shed heater kick in every couple of hours, and there's masses of condensation building on the windows. I lost about 5L of water over the last 4 days! *blink*
Thankfully it cant get the shed structure damp!
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Post by: Sick lids on February 10, 2014, 11:56:46 am
Added 6 Black Widow Tetras to my Cory and Black Neon tank this morning.
Tied some moss to a new piece of Redmoor root that has finally stopped floating when not anchored down (only took 2 weeks)
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Post by: Sonic on February 10, 2014, 02:24:06 pm
I added 6 Emperor Tetras, and 5 blue Emperor Tetras, and they look great :)
Not a fan of tetras at all, but these seem pretty decent.
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Post by: Bobcat on February 10, 2014, 03:48:25 pm
I added 6 Emperor Tetras, and 5 blue Emperor Tetras, and they look great :)
Not a fan of tetras at all, but these seem pretty decent.
They're cracking fish mate. Probably the easiest of fish to sex with the blue eyed males, and the green eyed females. The finnage on the males are also great, and both show off a nice pearlescent blue sheen when happy. I try and get a pic up of one of my full grown males.
Mines have recently started breeding. I wasn't aware of any eggs. They're in my 100l with amano and cherry shrimp. A movement caught my eye a couple of months ago and I thought it was more baby cherries.
Nope, 4 baby emperors. They're a fair size now and are 2 male, 2 female. I have also found another wee one in the last few days. Will need to have a better look, but i've deliberately let this tank grow wild, and it's hard to see in all the nooks. My frogbit has almost reached the tank floor with their roots too. :D
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Anyway, I'm currently thinking over a big replant in my 240l. Have got new plants ordered, with new easy carbo and profito en-route. The other day i added new blue LEDs for night display. Today on my lunch break, I legged it round to the local fish shop (Aquascene in Airdrie), and got 2 small bags of sand for a bit of a top up. Gave it a water change and a bit of a hoover last night.
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Post by: Sonic on February 10, 2014, 04:53:07 pm
The blues were 4 for £10 but he gave me 5, and yes, they are stunning fish and there is a lot more action in the tank now, love the males tail, its like a trident, they were a good buy and I am a happy tank owner today :)
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Post by: Sonic on February 10, 2014, 04:54:25 pm
Oh congrats with the babies, free fish are always a bonus *applause*
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Post by: spyder221 on February 11, 2014, 12:11:11 am
water change then got 6 glass bloodfin tetra then had a tidy up and got my wood soaking in a bucket oh and got a new plant can anyone id it please think its giant vallis or close not sure though heres pics
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Post by: Sonic on February 11, 2014, 08:23:02 am
Certainly is giant vallis, messy looking buggers they are, I have 2 of them.
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Post by: arch41c on February 15, 2014, 11:13:20 am
Topped up tank, added some more pentazona barbs taking the count to 8 and 8 green raspbora so I now have some activity in the upper 3rd of the tank, and fairly sure I'm now FULL :)
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Post by: Sonic on February 15, 2014, 11:31:42 am
I'm going to be adding some new fish, I need some colour, red hopefully, or maybe yellow, will have to see what MA have.
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Post by: Evenstar on February 15, 2014, 07:49:25 pm
Planted up my delivery from aquarium gardens of a variety of plants, a moss covered coconut shell and some java moss balls which I'm hoping will encourage my rainbows to breed. They are constantly showing mating behaviour.
The tank has gone from not planted, to semi planted, to mostly planted in a short time, and I think it is looking great as a result.
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Post by: halfajobman on February 15, 2014, 07:52:14 pm
Spent 3 hours trying to remove every spore of flipping duck weed out of the tank. ( I hope ). 50% water change
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Post by: karl2784 on February 15, 2014, 09:04:08 pm
Bought a new background and paid a visit to Wharf Aquatics for research.
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Post by: xstephx_0110 on February 15, 2014, 10:37:49 pm
I treat my fishies to some peas and courgette, did a 25% water change, replanted the plants that were floating along the too of my tank and cleaned my fry net :) Oh and looked dreamily at tanks on gumtree and eBay that i can't have :)
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Post by: Critch on February 15, 2014, 11:41:17 pm
Trimmed the plants (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/16/a5yryjam.jpg)
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Post by: Mrkaon on February 16, 2014, 12:54:54 am
Installed LED light for night time:
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Post by: spyder221 on February 16, 2014, 08:16:33 am
Finally got my blue led for night time as well :-)
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Post by: arch41c on February 16, 2014, 08:38:55 am
Hmmm what are you both busing for night lights?
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Post by: Mrkaon on February 16, 2014, 10:27:07 am
How long was Horatio in the net for jump I have got a angle who's a bit small for the tank I've put him in a trap for a week or two.
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Post by: ryanh88 on February 16, 2014, 03:07:33 pm
40% water changed and joined tropical fish forumsuk thumbsup
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Post by: geoffkemp on February 16, 2014, 03:31:14 pm
Water change, bouth 6 cardinal Tetras and a digital thermometer
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 16, 2014, 06:08:35 pm
For the weekend so far: Water change on tanks 1, 2, 6, 10, 11. Still need to do #4 after I refuel myself. Found more illnesses in tanks... why is it always on a weekend? Could be that I don't look enough at tanks on weekdays (lights are often out by time I get home from work). One fish with dropsy in tank 2, two with white spot on tank 6. Will do water tests later. Added more corals to tank M1. Tank M2 is now up to ball park salinity. Was hoping to get live rock in private sale vie indirect contact but doesn't seem to be happening this weekend. Might have to ask wider.
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Post by: TropiGaz on February 16, 2014, 06:11:46 pm
Usual Sunday cleans and water changes, new bogwood in the 1000l.
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Post by: johnbow on February 16, 2014, 07:59:17 pm
Started a new bottle of prime,the last one lasted over a year!
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Post by: Vikkio4 on February 16, 2014, 09:02:14 pm
Started a new bottle of prime,the last one lasted over a year!
Haha, I bought a new bottle a few months ago because I was running low but I haven't had to open it yet, lasts forever!
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Post by: sexysi on February 17, 2014, 11:53:55 am
Marine tank, had a 15% water change, a Yellow Tang added and 3 x chromis added, plus a nice clean etc.
Tropical tank, had some new ground plants added and a 10% water change and a re landscape.
si
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Post by: Stunks on February 17, 2014, 01:21:21 pm
Just made some home made fish food. Beef hart,corn,spinach,liver,shrimps,muscles,squid,fish fillet and some fish pellets, my fish goes mad for this and it brings there colours out and growing really fast
Johnshrinks
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Post by: wakojack on February 17, 2014, 03:32:06 pm
Just a water change today, more action will come during the week when my plants arrive
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Post by: chrisjj on February 17, 2014, 04:47:32 pm
Maintenance & water changes to three tanks. Some progress on plans for the next shrimp tank.....
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Post by: dianel64 on February 17, 2014, 04:50:18 pm
Did 20% water changes on my three tanks. Moved copper harlequins to the 150ltr corner tank and moved green tetras to the smaller tank.
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Post by: Mrkaon on February 17, 2014, 06:01:44 pm
Removed the broken internal heater and replace it with Hydor external one. So precision.
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Post by: lfcsi on February 17, 2014, 11:04:31 pm
Tested my ammonia on day 15 of my fish less cycling...
Still no movement...
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Post by: Stunks on February 18, 2014, 12:39:04 pm
Change one of the polishing pads in one of my FX5 and did a small water change
Johnshrinks
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Post by: wakojack on February 18, 2014, 03:45:54 pm
added the plants i ordered from aquarium gardens, really really pleased with them and i will definitely buy again (i'm actually looking now for what i can get)
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Post by: Sonic on February 18, 2014, 03:51:57 pm
I have been attempting to move some fish into a different tank, but although I got some, the others were more devious in their moves and I missed them so will try again tomorrow.
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Post by: Miss Mandy on February 18, 2014, 03:52:15 pm
Water change done on tank 2 and a pair of cockatoo cichlids added to the tank. This tank is fully stocked now and I'm really happy with the stock and look of it. I also set up a QT tank for my escaping Cory that took a trip down a plug hole. Will be doing water changes on tanks 1 and 3 tomorrow hopefully.
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Post by: SpursMadDave on February 22, 2014, 04:51:08 pm
Added a new member to the family :) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/23/5avejeda.jpg) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/23/6u8ytesa.jpg)
Sent from the golf club...
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Post by: ryanh88 on February 22, 2014, 04:53:14 pm
I'm away for the weekend so nothing :mad: missing the little guys!!
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Post by: ryanh88 on February 22, 2014, 04:54:31 pm
Added a new member to the family :) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/23/5avejeda.jpg) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/23/6u8ytesa.jpg)
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Wow very nice new addition *grin*
Thanks, happy now as I think I am just about stocked to the max but have good filtration :)
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Post by: ryanh88 on February 22, 2014, 05:03:08 pm
Same here if anything I'm a little over on aquadvisor but I do more than enough water changes and aquadvisor seems a little conservative! Only one option upgrade the tank!
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Post by: SpursMadDave on February 22, 2014, 05:47:28 pm
Same here if anything I'm a little over on aquadvisor but I do more than enough water changes and aquadvisor seems a little conservative! Only one option upgrade the tank!
Exactly, water changes & filtration are the key
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 22, 2014, 05:57:15 pm
This morning I rearranged my zoas and glued down some loose ones I found. Setting up for a big water change on tank 6, but tap is so cold that heating it could take a while...
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Post by: johnbow on February 22, 2014, 07:41:26 pm
Did a water change on the main tank and drooled over r o units.
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Post by: pmjones766 on February 22, 2014, 09:43:09 pm
I have done a deep clean on my 65L tank, swapped plants and tidied up the live plants. Looks good now. Going to do my 125L tank tomorrow, I have prepped the new plants ready to change tomorrow.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 23, 2014, 12:30:04 pm
Bought and added live rock to marine tank 2. Ran out of superglue. Found two more loose zoas to stick down. Will get some tomorrow as not going out again today...
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Post by: Aquatic Ali on February 23, 2014, 07:26:01 pm
Added 4 male guppy and took back two pregnant females to LFS that they gave me by mistake :)
Water change and trimmed plants.
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Post by: TropiGaz on February 23, 2014, 07:29:16 pm
weekly water change and tank clean
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Post by: Lockwood_5 on February 23, 2014, 08:04:12 pm
Added a section of sand: (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/24/a5e9e7a2.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 23, 2014, 09:22:19 pm
Emptied tank 4 of all plants and did a 40L water change on it. I'm giving up with cabomba in that that. No matter how fast it grows (it can take over the whole tank), hair algae grows faster. I'll let it settle a bit now and will introduce a mix of different plants later.
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Post by: psaria on February 23, 2014, 09:36:36 pm
Rescued my one guppie (we call him fancy tail) from our new danios who think he is there for them to chase, harrass and nip at. Silly me - I should have known that they would be unable to resisit the poor wee fellow. He is now in a tank of his own recovering. He needs friends though.
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Evenstar on February 24, 2014, 01:23:06 am
Water change on the big tank.
On the Betta tank I removed the slate which I think he was catching his fins on, cleaned up a bit, replanted some stray baby's tears, removed a few algae hit leaves, and had a general tidy up of the plants.
The big tank will get a good tidy up, as yesterday I made a bit of a mess trying to net a poorly boesemans rainbow.
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Post by: jamesdt on February 24, 2014, 07:12:10 am
Nothing im on hols and havent seen my tank since friday, Hoping theyre all ok in there :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 24, 2014, 01:27:47 pm
Looks like I lost a molly overnight. I would fish it out, but there isn't much left already other than skin and bone.
Also I suspect the chemical warfare going on in my main marine tank is starting to get some casualties. Will have to break them up before it gets worse. At least I have 2nd tank now. (pics later)
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Post by: Blf623 on February 24, 2014, 03:55:11 pm
Did a water change and had to reposition some plants.really need an external filter as my current one ruins the look of the tank. Drives me mad. Next decision is do I stick with no background? Not too sure.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 24, 2014, 05:38:07 pm
Finally put purigen back into tank 10. The purigen smells a bit, but not of chlorine, so hope it is ok. It has a lot of tannins to remove...
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Post by: sexysi on February 25, 2014, 11:37:22 am
Added a section of sand: (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/24/a5e9e7a2.jpg)
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Is that a real star fish. ;-)
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Post by: Lockwood_5 on February 25, 2014, 11:40:34 am
Haha no, my Fiancée bought it so it had to go in.....::)
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Post by: TropiGaz on March 02, 2014, 06:52:25 pm
Water Changes on all tanks, new tank for breeding setup painted background. Emptied 6 footer ready to be collected in week.
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Post by: psaria on March 02, 2014, 08:23:06 pm
New plants in main tank and added 6 green rasboras. 4 more CRS in shrimp tank which has had a tidy and some new plants and 6 endlesrs in tank 3 to keep guppy company. They have been joined by another endler which was drifting around the big tank looking as if he was on his last legs. Took him out and put him somewhere quiet and he perked right up. Nothing wrong with him at all.
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Post by: johnbow on March 02, 2014, 08:30:03 pm
Ordered myself an r o unit,hopefully I'll be able to assemble it without too much drama.
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Post by: looking-glass on March 02, 2014, 09:08:04 pm
Went to the LFS picked up a stand went home built it, added sand to the tank now just waiting for my heater to arrive and i can add water :)
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Post by: jjb on March 02, 2014, 11:36:40 pm
Added 3 more bronze cory, so I finally have a decent shoal :)
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Post by: Fi1907 on March 03, 2014, 07:24:50 am
Post cycle big water change, trimmed plants, tested water and topped up to 2ppm, bring on Thursday and fish!
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Post by: Evenstar on March 03, 2014, 11:37:19 am
Don't forget to keep topping up the ammonia between now and Thursday :)
A small water change on Wednesday night is probably wise too.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 03, 2014, 07:38:23 pm
Moved cardinal and black neon tetra from tank 4 to tank 1. I really couldn't keep up with them as they're so fast. Only got them as I think I wore them out. Everyone in tank looking rather grumpy now.
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Post by: TropiGaz on March 04, 2014, 07:52:18 pm
Added 50 MTS to my 120l currently housing 7 or 8 Tilapia Mariae that are growing out.
At the weekend Ill grab the bigger snails and put in the 1000l
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Post by: Miss Mandy on March 04, 2014, 10:31:21 pm
Got my sleeves wet removing some stringy algae that seems to have reappeared in the big tank.
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Post by: lurch1000 on March 04, 2014, 10:33:17 pm
I don't get wet sleeves any more with a foot deep tank :)
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on March 06, 2014, 11:48:03 am
Been trying to get some decent pics of my ram (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/jeve6uga.jpg) And yesterday I added 5 more neons to make a bunch of 8(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/5yhuqaja.jpg) Caught these two kissing (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/e7ybugy9.jpg) And waiting for the black mollie to pop (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/ypu4uqys.jpg) I need a new sd card for my phone the amount of pics of the fish I got on there lol
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 06, 2014, 11:52:56 am
150l water change with RO for my discus. Am now searching the internet for ideas for what to stock my 1000l with apart from rays.
Any suggestions?
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 06, 2014, 12:32:11 pm
I looked at the damage and devastation in the Oscar tank this morning, thinking I'll have some work tonight.
Ok, that's overstating it a bit. I was woken up around 7 am to loud splashing, which the Oscars do from time to time. Only when I went down around 8:30 did I see what they were up to. The inlet pipes to both filters were loose and not where I put them. Guess they had other ideas. Everything was still running so I left it like that as I went to work. If you're wondering why I didn't just correct it then, it will take some time to clear the top of the tank to reach them... not a 5 minute job.
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Post by: johnbow on March 06, 2014, 02:12:26 pm
Done my first water change in the shrimp tank with r o water and took out the peat balls.
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Post by: Fi1907 on March 06, 2014, 02:33:37 pm
Stocked it with fish and shrimps, yay! :-D
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Post by: Aquatic Ali on March 06, 2014, 03:59:20 pm
I added more Vallis to my tank today and have started using liquid carbon and TNC complete.
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Post by: Finn McCool on March 06, 2014, 05:36:26 pm
I made a simply spray bar from some spare hose, a cork and a couple of heater sucker brackets and connected it to the filter outlet. Looks nice imho, improves aeration and distributes heated water more evenly throughout the tank.
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Post by: greenchameleon on March 08, 2014, 09:31:09 am
Added a red tailed shark the other day along with a pearl gourami. Have also had my second clutch of eggs with my kribs and the parents are constantly indie their cave now. Will be curious to see if they are any better second time round as they lost their first clutch shortly after hatching...
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 08, 2014, 11:10:19 am
Drip acclimatising some west indian snails, turbo snails and 2 cleaner shrimp right now... and another zoa colony.
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Post by: thomo0608 on March 08, 2014, 05:06:46 pm
Acclimatised and released 7 nerite snails, interesting addition, been to LFS today and picked up some bits for some planned aquascaping
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Post by: Gill on March 08, 2014, 05:12:04 pm
Water changes & filter cleaning on all my tanks & fry tubs this morning then some of my corys decided to spawn so went egg hunting
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 08, 2014, 05:42:37 pm
Did a 20L salt water change in tank M1. In process dropped the electronic salinity meter into the salt water. Oops. Rinsing the unit in RO now and hope it is fine when it dries. Think the battery looks rather upset and angry though.
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Post by: SpikeK6 on March 08, 2014, 05:48:51 pm
Cleaned my rio 180 for sale and bought and added some serpae tetra to my new tank.
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Post by: Sonic on March 08, 2014, 06:08:51 pm
I bought a group of Pygmy Cory and added them to the upstairs hallway tank, I bought more Panda Cory who joined their friends in the living room tank. Bought 2 female Macmasteri Apisto because my original 'pair' are both male and put them into separate tanks, and bought 15 cherry shrimp for £15 from someone local and added them to the tank in my bedroom. It has been an expensive yet productive fish day *applause*
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Post by: TropiGaz on March 08, 2014, 06:10:21 pm
cleaned the 110, lots of ebay looking for tank 4. Just waiting on the 6footer to be collected.
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Post by: saorp1969 on March 08, 2014, 08:27:41 pm
Scrubbed my old AquaStyle 620T ready to move it on
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Post by: WalterWhite on March 08, 2014, 08:31:18 pm
Attempted to deal with a HUGE ammonia spike to 8ppm
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Post by: looking-glass on March 08, 2014, 11:05:24 pm
did a water change - added my heater that came through the post and tried out my new API test kit that also came :)
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Post by: Fi1907 on March 09, 2014, 07:52:52 am
Added nerites from watermarque, ordered 5, received 9! All but 1 had recovered from the journey by last night :-)
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Post by: jjb on March 09, 2014, 05:50:29 pm
Added 8 marbled hatchetfish :)
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Post by: inCage on March 10, 2014, 09:25:55 pm
4 hours of tank maintenance squeezed in 1 5min time-lapse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3kkJwTVQM
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 11, 2014, 08:54:57 am
What's the track called?
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Post by: ryanh88 on March 11, 2014, 01:48:41 pm
30% water change added 2 more rainbows bringing the shoal up to 10 *applause*
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Post by: inCage on March 11, 2014, 07:25:33 pm
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 12, 2014, 07:29:22 am
Time to search them on iTunes me thinks
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 12, 2014, 09:09:25 pm
Saw a worm in tank M1 again today. First saw yesterday. Using RO dip, it came partially out and I plucked it. Gave the rock a bit of a clean of excess algae, rinsed it again and put it back in tank.
Went for closer look at worm to ID it. I didn't get all of it. No obvious head, so presumably that's still in rock. Just hope it is dead given half of it is missing. I'm now 80% sure it is an eunice worm, so getting it out was a good thing. Now how much do I believe when some say even a small segment will grow back into a more worms? The half I got was very dead.
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Post by: lurch1000 on March 12, 2014, 10:18:27 pm
Not all worms can regenerate, it's a bt of an urban myth, but you'd need to check your worm can't...
What do those worms do that's so bad?
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Post by: looking-glass on March 12, 2014, 10:40:33 pm
added some plants and bogwood and added my first fish :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 12, 2014, 11:00:20 pm
I have consulted a marine biologist in training, said these worms have a blood system so once open they're dead, so something like that. I'm not big on the details... these worms get massive, with stories of them reaching many feet if left alone. They are also quite aggressive. Not sure how far they go, but corals will be at risk, and it may explain why one of mine (which I found it on twice) was looking rather poor.
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Post by: audigex on March 13, 2014, 12:18:00 am
They'll attack coral and even fish, although not necessarily, if they have other soruces of food.
They can get to several metres long, though, and look horrible (although some people don't even notice them). I think it was a Maidenhead aquatics found a 6ft one or something in a display tank!
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 14, 2014, 12:09:00 am
Done something they say never to do... I moved two tanks without emptying them. Bigger one was 125L, slid it along the floor slowly so as not to splash. Everything seems fine now plugged back in. That gives me a space for the new tank, while I set to decommissioning others.
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Post by: Finn McCool on March 14, 2014, 08:09:12 am
I moved my tank recently but I half emptied it first. I got a clean wastebin lined it with a new bin liner, siphoned the water into the bin moved the tank, moved the tank, then raised the bin and pumped the water back into the tank. Easy peasy.
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Post by: Ali3315 on March 14, 2014, 08:11:13 am
Today I'll be walking half a mile to a friend's house with a bottle of tank water, like every day. Due to a power cut last week I had the pleasure of panic-moving two angels, 10 neons, 3 corys, a spare tank and 50% of their tank water to said friend's. On foot (damn you, epilepsy)! And then repeat that with 30ish angelfish fry, another tank, and more water. Amazingly, no losses. Now to acclimatise them back to the refilled tank at my house and get them home. Oh, the relaxing pleasures of fish keeping!
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Post by: audigex on March 14, 2014, 01:21:47 pm
I've slid a full 125 litre, slid a mostly full 240, lifted a 240 with a couple of inches of water and a load of sand. You have to bear in mind the potential risk, though.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 14, 2014, 03:46:47 pm
Normally I'd part drain a tank before attempting this but I'm running out of time. Picking up what will be marine tank 3 on Saturday and needed to make space for it. 125L on a hard wood floor slid well. I wouldn't think of doing it on a less slippery surface.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 15, 2014, 11:27:00 am
I suppose technically it isn't about an aquarium... yet! I've cleared a space for the new tank. Got 6 water containers as well as two large buckets so I can move as much of the water as practically possible, as well as livestock. Got a glove, syphon and two nets ready too. Am semi-concerned about how to pick up a puffer as they're supposed to not like netting... Will have to dig folding trolley out of the garage in a second, as well as prepare the car for maximum space...
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Post by: lurch1000 on March 15, 2014, 11:28:43 am
You could try guiding him in to a clear plastic jug? I caught an 18" plec with 2x 2l jugs!
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 15, 2014, 11:32:55 am
Good point. I've only got 1L jugs but hope he isn't that big...
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Post by: lurch1000 on March 15, 2014, 11:38:48 am
I have 2x 2l jugs in my kit. Minimum if anything I made was 1l, and half filling a 2l is easier than brimming a 1l!
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Post by: psaria on March 15, 2014, 02:30:49 pm
Finally got my otos! They are now happily munching on the algae I left on the glass for them when I cleaned the tanks last week. They look fat and sassy!
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 15, 2014, 03:50:55 pm
2 hours into tank move now. Picked it up and got it home. Now I just need to set up the tank again... after a drink! Fortunately caught my neighbour as he was leaving to go for a walk so moving the tank wasn't so bad.
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Post by: SpikeK6 on March 15, 2014, 04:30:34 pm
Done a 30% water change this morning to keep the little fishies happy
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 15, 2014, 04:55:32 pm
100% nothing !!!
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Post by: lurch1000 on March 15, 2014, 05:11:35 pm
Same! Might put some food in later :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 15, 2014, 05:13:05 pm
Tank is now mostly filled with the old water. Very cloudy, so I've put in an internal filter for now just to pick up debris in water. The external that came with the tank is going to need a lot more work before that runs again. Puffer is looking highly unimpressed. I had a jumper already, but fortunately it hit my arm and I think it went in the tank. At least I thought I saw a splash and there's nothing on the floor nearby...
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 15, 2014, 06:37:21 pm
Got home to find my angel pecked it to death through a breeding net :(
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awww sorry !!!
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Post by: Miss Mandy on March 16, 2014, 07:49:50 pm
Aw, that's a shame.
Just some water changes done today and another stringy algae removal session in tank 1. I think I'm getting on top of that though as there wasn't as much to remove this week compared to previous weeks. :)
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Post by: Mrkaon on March 16, 2014, 09:22:09 pm
Dose anyone knows name of this glass snail?
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Post by: Zebra Fish on March 16, 2014, 09:51:39 pm
did a salt bath on poorly fish and did a 5l water change
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on March 16, 2014, 11:11:23 pm
Planted some new greenery in my 1st tank. And a 40% water change. Added some fertiliser too
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Post by: Razor23uk on March 17, 2014, 09:31:41 am
Got up Sunday to find that the wavemaker came off the glass overnight :mad: .....curse those damn suckers!
As I use a soil substrate with sand capping, you can imagine the mess in there. It was pointing at a 45 degree angle right into the substrate with a hollow right down to the tank floor. Plants were covered in a fine brown film of dust and the water was like the severn estuary. So it was big water change and a lot of swearing for me! Clearing up slowly now though.
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Post by: sexysi on March 17, 2014, 02:22:36 pm
Replaced the Metal Halide, just too bright, now got 2 x T5's running 24watts each..... and my GSP came out finally.
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Post by: AngelSophia on March 17, 2014, 03:59:42 pm
Removed the cambomba never did like it.. And added 15 new cardinals. Now doing a large water change and will add ferts and carbon, co2 unit currently not working :(
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Post by: Finn McCool on March 17, 2014, 07:44:09 pm
I added a floating moss ball to give my new guppy fry an extra hiding place.
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Post by: thomo0608 on March 17, 2014, 07:44:51 pm
Managed to get a photo of one of the baby snails. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/18/6u3eva4e.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 17, 2014, 07:46:11 pm
Cleaned all the filters of tank 10. Not scheduled. I just thought flow was lower than normal on one of them, and did the others while at it. Don't think it made any difference.
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on March 17, 2014, 10:00:43 pm
Tested my 4 day old tank. No nitrate and no nitrite yet :-(
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Post by: jamesdt on March 17, 2014, 10:13:34 pm
ordered tank no.2 off ebay for a shrimp/fry tank
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 18, 2014, 06:32:41 am
Got up Sunday to find that the wavemaker came off the glass overnight :mad: .....curse those damn suckers!
As I use a soil substrate with sand capping, you can imagine the mess in there. It was pointing at a 45 degree angle right into the substrate with a hollow right down to the tank floor. Plants were covered in a fine brown film of dust and the water was like the severn estuary. So it was big water change and a lot of swearing for me! Clearing up slowly now though.
Omg that's so annoying. But sorry I had to laugh
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 18, 2014, 10:45:47 am
Not much. Lying on a hospital bed with possible apendicitis
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Post by: JumpMaster on March 18, 2014, 10:47:02 am
Not much. Lying on a hospital bed with possible apendicitis
Ouch, I would like to wish you a speedy recovery
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 18, 2014, 10:51:37 am
Got a 2 hour wait for an ambulance to take me to a different hospital.
Thanks for the well wish
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Post by: looking-glass on March 18, 2014, 12:23:35 pm
Get well soon :)
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Post by: halfajobman on March 19, 2014, 05:55:26 am
Anything to get out of a water change ;) get well soon.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 19, 2014, 06:50:08 am
roflmao. That's put a smile on my face. Still waiting for various scans and checks before they decide if I need opening up! I'm an operation virgin I'm afraid.
Quick tip
When your nil by mouth. Don't watch cooking programmes!!
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Post by: SpikeK6 on March 20, 2014, 09:55:03 pm
Set my new lights up. Tested the water. Pick up my new rainbows tomorrow night
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 21, 2014, 12:11:51 am
Changed rowaphos in tank M2. What else could be more exciting at midnight?
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Post by: jjb on March 21, 2014, 05:41:34 pm
Added a green tiger lotus bulb :)
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Post by: insanejim69 on March 21, 2014, 05:47:00 pm
Just washed 30KG of natural gravel, 10kg of rock, some of my redmoor root and prepping my tank for moving it across my living room tomorrow and doing a full transformation with no plants at all, hardscape only. *blink* wish me luck *bye3*
James
:)
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Post by: Miss Mandy on March 21, 2014, 07:47:51 pm
Water tests to make sure everything's still running ok in all the tanks and popped some food in.
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Post by: iloveplecs on March 21, 2014, 08:00:24 pm
Dancoulcher - Hope everything is sorted now. Get well soon.
I am soaking my new resin log (it actually looks pretty real!!) in melafix,boiling water to make sure it's clean.
Fed the fish and did a quick vac.
Off to get some more shrimp (RCS) tomorrow. *grin*
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 21, 2014, 08:08:14 pm
Cheers. Day 4 and they have finally decided to open me up. Hopefully in the morning.
Then home two weeks off work and 6 weeks of no lifting. I hope the other half will help with the water changes.
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Post by: stu1964 on March 21, 2014, 08:11:04 pm
Picked up one of my blue gourami off the floor after it tried to escape while I was changing some plants roflmao
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Post by: SpikeK6 on March 21, 2014, 09:40:05 pm
Added 9 rainbows to the tank. That is it fully stocked now
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Post by: jamesdt on March 22, 2014, 12:12:46 am
Started cycling tank #2 *grin*
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Post by: jaffa1963 on March 22, 2014, 07:09:26 am
Gathering up sterbai cory eggs as fed up with adults eating them all.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 22, 2014, 09:59:15 am
I need to do a big water change on tank M3 but I managed to hurt my back just moving around the house... not a good start to the day. I need a trip to LFS later anyway as I'm low on salt, and those buckets are really heavy too...
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 22, 2014, 12:57:14 pm
Removing Duckweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed, duckweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed and some duckweeeeeeeed. Thinking of getting some ducks to do the job.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 22, 2014, 01:11:02 pm
80L salt water change done. Think I need the rest of the week in bed now.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 22, 2014, 01:17:01 pm
80L salt water change done. Think I need the rest of the week in bed now.
hahaha
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Post by: vivalacoulter on March 22, 2014, 01:33:46 pm
Added my bamboo Java Moss stick that came from aquarium gardens today :)
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Post by: halfajobman on March 22, 2014, 01:41:47 pm
50% water change which 30l went into setting up the shrimp tank plus 2ltrs of media out of the filter into the shrimp tank happy days. :)
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 22, 2014, 03:36:37 pm
Nothing again. Been out of surgery about an hour now. Hopefully home tonight.
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Post by: knotron on March 22, 2014, 06:45:42 pm
I've been cycling a 20 ltr for the last 5 weeks. This week it finally cycled so I did a full water change this morning. Then I took a trip into Central London for a look around the Aquatic Design Centre. I bought 10 Red Cherry Shrimp and they went into the 20 ltr.
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Post by: halfajobman on March 22, 2014, 08:13:48 pm
I've been cycling a 20 ltr for the last 5 weeks. This week it finally cycled so I did a full water change this morning. Then I took a trip into Central London for a look around the Aquatic Design Centre. I bought 10 Red Cherry Shrimp and they went into the 20 ltr.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 22, 2014, 08:28:46 pm
Move free swimming fish from tank 4 to tank 1+10. Black phantom tetra into tank 1, danios and black skirt tetra into tank 10. The tiger barbs seem really confused by the speed for the danios! Two of the danios decided to go floor surfing as I tried to move them... hope there weren't more jumpers that I missed, it would be too long now.
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Post by: insanejim69 on March 22, 2014, 10:13:20 pm
We today I got up, removed my heater from tank and placed it into a large 30L tub and fille dit with tank water, spent 30 mins chasing my fish around the tank to catch them with a net and place inside the tub, removed my external filter and put the intake and outlet pipes into the tub to keep the fish fine for a few hours. Emptied the tank of water, removed all the sand (took only 30 mins surprisingly)
Moved the tank across the living room. I forgot how light an empty 200L tank is, managed to move it with 1 hand literally !! Fully cleaned the top half of the tank. Setup alot of large stones and pebbles to take up the height for the rear of the tank. Placed my gravel into the tank, took almost 35kg of gravel. Placed my large redmoor root into place along with the black rocks. Filled the tank with water upto tank temperature and added de chlorinator, then left it to sit for 2 hours. Then it was filter time and managed to setup the intake and outlet fine. Then waited a few hours for the water to settle slightly, before doing a water test (came back fine). Added the fish along with the heater and all is still fine :) 3 hours later and another water test and the readings are all still fine :) Job done for today.
Now the fun starts tomorrow with re arranging some hardscape to how I want it.
James
:)
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 22, 2014, 10:41:54 pm
Tank 4 is now empty of fish. I guess I priced the remaining bristlenose a bit cheap, had 3 offers almost instantly but they're gone now. Tomorrow I can empty it and move it out of the house.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 23, 2014, 10:50:59 am
Non-back breaking method for draining a tank: syphon directly outside. Unfortunately the only hose long enough is some airline tube so flow isn't the highest...
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Post by: thomo0608 on March 23, 2014, 01:33:32 pm
Completely emptied tank and changed substrate, had a go at my first aquascape:
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 23, 2014, 02:18:04 pm
Former tank 4 and tank 6 are empty of fish, and largely emptied of water. Found one baby molly that escaped by hiding out in a puddle. That's now put in with the tetra of tank 1 as it'll probably get eaten if in any other of my tanks.
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Post by: psaria on March 23, 2014, 04:01:28 pm
Watched my otos doing a very cool ballet in their search for algae, and discovered a berried crystal red shrimp in my shrimp tank. Yay!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on March 23, 2014, 04:23:56 pm
Installed a new APS1000EF+ filter on Tank 3, running alongside the existing Fluval 105. This should significantly increase the filtration capacity of this tank once the bacteria come on stream.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 23, 2014, 05:48:25 pm
Guy came around to buy tank 6. Left with tank 4 after OH said no :)
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 23, 2014, 09:07:57 pm
Nothing. Visited the worlchampionships allround speedskating !!! Two Dutch worldchampions !!
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Post by: TropiGaz on March 24, 2014, 09:09:09 pm
Been a busy few days, water changes on all 5 tanks with new spilt 110l breeding tank stocked with neons and guppys.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 24, 2014, 09:12:56 pm
Tank M2 tonight: finally fitted APS 1000+ into it, but it looks depressingly empty with only a small bag of rowaphos, carbon and floss in it.
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Post by: Sacha on March 24, 2014, 09:30:51 pm
My APS 1400 is SO empty! It has one blue sponge, some floss, and Sera Siporax
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 24, 2014, 09:34:44 pm
I'd fill mine with carbon but best my LFS offered was rowacarbon at £30 for 5l/2.5kg I think. Not bad for a branded one, but they said they couldn't get bigger quantities.
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Post by: halfajobman on March 24, 2014, 09:51:58 pm
I'd fill mine with carbon but best my LFS offered was rowacarbon at £30 for 5l/2.5kg I think. Not bad for a branded one, but they said they couldn't get bigger quantities.
Perlite cheap as chips.
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Post by: vivalacoulter on March 24, 2014, 09:58:39 pm
If you aren't removing meds, what's the benefits of carbon?
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 24, 2014, 10:05:42 pm
I haven't heard of perlite being used in place of carbon before.
In marine aquariums there's a ton of stuff floating around so it is more usual to run it all the time.
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Post by: halfajobman on March 24, 2014, 10:37:11 pm
Sorry I didn't mean to replace your carbon I meant to fill up your extra room in your filter.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 24, 2014, 10:42:34 pm
What role would it serve though? I don't want biomedia.
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Post by: halfajobman on March 24, 2014, 10:47:14 pm
Tank M2 tonight: finally fitted APS 1000+ into it, but it looks depressingly empty with only a small bag of rowaphos, carbon and floss in it.
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Post by: halfajobman on March 24, 2014, 10:48:04 pm
But it wouldn't look empty ;)
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on March 25, 2014, 02:43:33 pm
Removed plant from under my bogwood as it wasn't getting enough light and started to decompose
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Post by: Finn McCool on March 25, 2014, 03:00:38 pm
I set up a webcam showing my tank. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aquarium-steam
Also on this thread, feel free to join in with your own webcam. https://www.tropicalfishforums.co.uk/index.php?topic=74641
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Post by: Zebra Fish on March 25, 2014, 03:02:27 pm
9 litre water change before a 4 day holiday, salt bath for egg bound danio, watched the snail spend half an hour trying to turn itself over (no i dont have anything better to do with my time)... considering what i should say to the fish sitter about feeding (she will feed too much) do i say not at all or leave the blood worms out and say put 6 in every other day or something along those lines hmm *dontknow* *dontknow* *dontknow*
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Post by: Euphoria on March 25, 2014, 06:00:50 pm
I just wouldn't feed for 4 days :)
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Post by: halfajobman on March 26, 2014, 09:38:24 pm
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 27, 2014, 01:21:21 am
Just what you need at this time of night - A jumper! Normally you wouldn't notice, but when an Oscar dose it, you do! I heard a loud banging that went on for some time. I had to check it out. As soon as I had the lights on, I saw the filter pips moving outside the tank. Sure enough, when I looked in that corner of the floor there was an Oscar floor surfing. Due to my tank rearrangements even reaching that spot involved me climbing over the TV cabinet. How to move the Oscar? Tried to pick it up, but it flopped and slimed everywhere. No idea where to find my big net in a hurry, so I decided to grab a nearby plastic bag and tried to move it into that. Success! Easy to lift and return to tank.
Amount of extra slime on it was obvious in water and other dirt washed off too. It is now resting on its side in the bottom. I don't know how long it was out of water, but couldn't have been good. Also the drop from top of tank must be over 4ft so that isn't good either.
The tank they're in does have bracing and heavy glass covers except over one end where the weir is. I had put a bit of acrylic over it, but it doesn't have much weight. I can feel the left over slime where it went out. As a temporary workaround, I've moved the tank lights on top of that end and also put a large poly box over it. Hopefully that'll be enough weight to hold it down from any further attempts.
After this rescue I'm pumped up, so don't think I'll be getting to sleep in a hurry now.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on March 27, 2014, 06:58:22 am
Hope he's OK. Silly Oscar!
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 27, 2014, 07:48:45 am
How's the oscar?
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Post by: Asur84 on March 27, 2014, 08:21:10 am
I did another 50% change after having some problems with dead plants decomposing (bought from pets at home and now think they may not have actually been aquarium plants) so my ammonia levels went through through the roof, but are dropping again now, thankfully.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 27, 2014, 08:52:01 am
It seems to have recovered. Swimming around like nothing happened now.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 27, 2014, 08:56:38 am
Received my Hailea 6000lph pump that's going to be part of my semi automatic water change system for my 1000l tank.
When your house bound after an operation you have too much time on your hands and eBay is SOOO tempting
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 28, 2014, 04:18:06 pm
30% change... on a 400L tank. Took a while!
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on March 28, 2014, 10:10:12 pm
20% water change and cleaned Cotten looking algea from my long grass
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Post by: Jack Bauer on March 29, 2014, 04:51:39 pm
Turned a spare 3ft tank into a sump and drilled an overflow into it. Ran pipe work for my racking system and tested it all, leak free so far. Painted two 2ft tanks to use as breeding tanks. Got very wet.
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Post by: psaria on March 29, 2014, 06:17:07 pm
FINALLY put a background on my main tank - it's only taken a year to get round to it. Thought it might look a bit tacky, but it looks really good.
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Post by: piker on March 29, 2014, 07:38:59 pm
Sat looking at it trying to suss out how i want it to look tommorow when i upgrade the filter and have a re-scape.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on March 29, 2014, 07:49:30 pm
I made a mess of acclimatising my 12 new rummies in Tank 3. Had the bag just opened and floating to match temperature, then turned my attention to the 3 new cories to go into Tank 1.
3 minutes later I came back to Tank 3 to find the bag sunk in the tank and the fish swimming free.
Oops :(
It was quite a big rise in temp and drop in TDS. I didn't even get as far as testing the pH but I would expect a good match from that shop.
I've left the lights off to try and help them settle in now, but there are certainly loads of rummies swimming around so hopefully they're all OK.
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Post by: jamesdt on March 29, 2014, 08:11:03 pm
Fished out a dead golden wcmm, died of old age rip
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Post by: Shun_naka on March 29, 2014, 11:57:01 pm
Done a 30% water change and rescaped the tank.
My old EBJD died a few weeks ago, going to my LFS to try another one or if they don't have any a regular JD, going to have a look at some plants and maybe a new filter too
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 30, 2014, 01:23:29 pm
Before I get to the serious work of more water changes, checked out a new shop today which I've heard mentioned a lot. Was nice, but a bit far and in middle of nowhere. While there I did pick up some liquid phosphate remover to try. Hadn't seen that one before.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 30, 2014, 01:37:46 pm
Got her indoors to help me with the water changes.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 30, 2014, 02:18:59 pm
Wish I could do that, but the only female mammals in my house are a pair of gerbils both called Gandalf. :)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on March 30, 2014, 02:23:14 pm
Wish I could do that, but the only female mammals in my house are a pair of gerbils both called Gandalf. :)
I have visions of them 'helping'...
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 30, 2014, 04:57:56 pm
20L water change on tank 2, clean external filter, remove internal filter, add 2nd external filter, drop air pump into water. Oops. It seems to have stopped working now...
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Post by: speshul91 on March 30, 2014, 06:03:25 pm
Filled it with water to check for leaks. Bedrooms not a puddle so I'd say it's a good result lol *applause*
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 30, 2014, 07:53:22 pm
20L change on tank 1, clean both internal filters. Both work again :)
Tried phosphate remover in tank M2 and M3. Makes them cloudy which I believe is the phosphate precipitating out.
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Post by: iloveplecs on March 30, 2014, 08:27:22 pm
Well as it's Mothers day I thought I would have a day off!
How wrong I was, Hubby decided that we needed to sort the external filter out as it was full of dead duckweed. We think this caused a reading of. 25 ammonia. While we were there I decided to change the black ring things for bio mech"pillows".(only had a small layer of mech pro ,so won't cause a problem with bacteria die off.) Also, while picking up the bio mech, my lfs gave me a squeeze/sponge of their filter. *applause* So hopefully it's well seeded. 50% water change and tidy up.
The water testing is now showing 0 ammonia/0 nitrite/5-10 nitrate.
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Post by: Adzphtg on March 30, 2014, 09:00:30 pm
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Gave my shrimp some new almond leaves and a 10% water change
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Post by: piker on March 30, 2014, 09:45:32 pm
Filter upgrade and bit of a re-scape.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 31, 2014, 03:46:05 pm
Moved MTS into tank 1 so that's another freshwater tank closed.
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Post by: ryanh88 on April 03, 2014, 10:19:47 am
40% water change, trimmed some plants back and propagated some more ludwigia repens, cleaned half the gravel and sat back to admire my work! *grin*
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Post by: jamesdt on April 06, 2014, 09:16:37 am
Got some cherry shrimps for my little tank :)
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Post by: Finn McCool on April 06, 2014, 09:17:16 am
I covered about 1/3 of the floor area of my in artificial grass to give my expected guppy fry somewhere to hide. I'm not 100% sure I like it but I'd love if the next batch survived instead of being just tasty snacks for the rest of the tank.
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 06, 2014, 10:18:44 am
Tossed in 3 cory pellets and said goodbye to my aquariums for another week
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Post by: SpikeK6 on April 06, 2014, 11:49:54 am
Just done a 30% water change.
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Post by: iloveplecs on April 06, 2014, 11:10:20 pm
I'm pretty pleased with myself today!
I have taken all the sand out of my tank ( not easy when you have corys sitting on the last lump of sand and not moving! *grin*) I decided to do the change over with fish/shrimp in situ as i thought moving the fish would stress them more. I was surprised how easy it was (i took plants/wood/log out, 50% water out, then sand ), only took 3 hours including washing the new black sand and putting the plants/wood/log dec. back in.plus 80% water change/filter clean. It looks so much better with black sand. *grin* & i don't have to worry about the sand turning black!)
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Post by: Feliss on April 07, 2014, 01:12:54 pm
Added a betta bed leaf, which arrived in post today. Takeshi is pretty interested in it :)
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Post by: jamesdt on April 10, 2014, 07:38:11 pm
Put a pair of bristlnose catfish in :)
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 11, 2014, 06:37:51 am
Turned the heaters off and won't need them until October/November
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Post by: Feliss on April 11, 2014, 08:03:17 pm
Added a couple plants, failed to find a ping pong ball!
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Post by: tigerstripes on April 11, 2014, 08:05:20 pm
Put a heater guard on the heater & had my fingers nibbled at by my betta :P
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Post by: Ladysun1969 on April 12, 2014, 03:34:55 am
Moved my betta (Beauregard) plus his harem of 9 Pygmy cories, a small ghost shrimp, 3 assassin snails, and 1 nerite snail from their 3 gallon hex tank to an 8 gallon cube tank. They all seem happy with the extra space.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 12, 2014, 11:29:27 am
Just bought a few kg or so of aquaroche to top up the rock in a marine tank. Job for after lunch!
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 12, 2014, 01:54:23 pm
Got distracted by freshwater tank so not done the marine yet, but have cleaned a filter and done a water top up on the Oscar tank. Not surprisingly the purigen needs reactivating again.
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on April 12, 2014, 08:35:44 pm
Waited. And waited. And waited for my bio80 to start producing co2
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Post by: DoubleDutch on April 12, 2014, 08:42:05 pm
Duckweed, duckweed, duckweed and duckweed. About 150 litre waterchange + 3 externals cleaned + 2 internals cleaned.
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Post by: thomo0608 on April 12, 2014, 08:54:05 pm
30 percent water change and added some more sand.
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Post by: Tiger777 on April 12, 2014, 11:26:15 pm
Scrubbed clean all the plastic plants! Might consider doing it more often now so as not to take as long again!!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 13, 2014, 03:39:37 pm
Water change on marine tank 1... how I hate doing that!
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Post by: nige101 on April 13, 2014, 06:02:23 pm
Hopefully stopped a leak
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Post by: piker on April 13, 2014, 07:10:01 pm
Weekly water change on daughters 40l On the 190l corner tank a cool water change and some daphnia to distract the others and live bloodworm for the cory.I have been trying to get them to breed the last few weeks with no luck but hopefully the live,rather than frozen bloodworm will do the trick.
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Post by: Peetah on April 13, 2014, 07:35:59 pm
Added 8 red-finned blue tetras!
Looking great under the light and so far seem to be settling in fine
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Post by: SpikeK6 on April 14, 2014, 07:49:00 pm
bit of today and yesterday.
30% water change and then added 3 more cory and 10 cardinal tetra
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Post by: Dancoulcher on April 14, 2014, 08:35:28 pm
Ordered 20m of airline 3 2 inch air stones and 30g of earth worms off eBay.
Also watching a new tetratec ex 1200 filter to replace my aps 2000
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Post by: iloveplecs on April 14, 2014, 10:22:34 pm
25% water change. Trimmed the amazon sword (much to the disgust of the shrimp/Bertie bn pleco!). I had no choice as it was top heavy and since changing all the substrate last week the amazon sword wasn't staying put with it's 6" roots.
I'm off to my lfs at the weekend to get some more plants.
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Post by: Sonic on April 14, 2014, 11:29:32 pm
Bought 3 False Julii Corys for one of my tanks, at £22 I didnt have enough for 6 :( but hope they will be ok for a while. That's 5 different types so far, considering I didn't even like them before, I find it pretty funny now *applause*
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Post by: vess on April 15, 2014, 01:20:48 am
22 quid for trilineatus? ??? Ouch!
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Post by: Sonic on April 15, 2014, 04:44:45 am
Maidenhead Aquatics in Cwmbran :( there are quite a few around here, one in a place called Bridgend which is a lot cheaper, I bet if I go there they are a lot more reasonable, may go there later. At the Cwmbran store I bought 6 threadfin rainbow fish for £35 I think, at Bridgend a couple of weeks later they were £19, the price difference between stores is ridiculous.
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Post by: Firewall on April 15, 2014, 08:02:15 am
it's not what I've done today ,but what's going to happen ... Have booked 7 cardinal neons for my fish tank as they back in stock today
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 15, 2014, 08:50:23 am
Nothing :(
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Post by: Zebra Fish on April 15, 2014, 03:24:07 pm
Added 2.5 ml of melafix hopefully that'll keep any infection well away. I've think I'll just have to do the melafix every day but on the days I do the salt baths do it after the water change
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Post by: johnbow on April 15, 2014, 05:07:23 pm
Made a little cordoned off section in my shrimp tank to try to encourage my baby amazon frogbit plants to grow as the current is putting them off.
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Post by: Firewall on April 15, 2014, 08:08:50 pm
None in stock as they didn't order :( ..Soooooooo got replacement black phantoms and therefore going to have to change my selection
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 15, 2014, 08:42:49 pm
I bought a second L244 (and managed to resist buying a further four, for now at least).
I hope I now have one of each sex, but I don't have a good record with sexing fish, so I've probably got it wrong. We shall see.
I have spent 2 hours so far acclimatising her from shop TDS 2100 to tank TDS 50. I hope she copes with such a big change.
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 15, 2014, 09:06:07 pm
When do we see the pics:D
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 15, 2014, 09:13:55 pm
Not tonight. She's still acclimatising (nearly there) but the lights will stay off this evening. Have patience. When are you getting your plecos, anyway? :p
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 15, 2014, 09:23:05 pm
My plan is to get tank #3 running and the other two rearranged I will add two plecs. I am planning. To put then in tank #2. I need to change a good part of the substrate to sand
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 15, 2014, 09:24:25 pm
Great :)
I have just tried out my catfish-handling skills for the first time. I need a bit more practice but I managed to pick her up out of the bag and put her in the tank. She immediately vanished!
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Post by: Ladysun1969 on April 15, 2014, 10:48:22 pm
My local fish club had its big semiannual auction on Sunday night & I bought a lot of plants. I moved my betta from a 3 gallon to an 8 gallon tank and planted it up. I also made a moss wall for the back wall. Can't wait to see it once the plants all take root and start growing!
Here's a pic of it now.
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on April 16, 2014, 03:06:36 pm
Bio80 now working, co2 now getting into my 6litre tank.
Checked water parameters and I'm getting : Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5-10ppm
Think I am ready for a few more fish. Tank been in operation over a month now
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on April 16, 2014, 03:06:51 pm
65 litre tank!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 16, 2014, 08:17:27 pm
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Post by: jamesdt on April 17, 2014, 06:21:11 pm
Discovered some of my cherry shrimps 'Berried' *cheers*
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 17, 2014, 06:26:32 pm
Pulled my dead bolivian out of the tank *bye3*
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 17, 2014, 07:04:25 pm
Oh no :( any idea what happened?
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Post by: JumpMaster on April 17, 2014, 08:02:32 pm
I arrived home and he was stuck to the intake
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Post by: Finn McCool on April 18, 2014, 03:13:53 pm
I removed the spray bar as it was causing a lot of algae on the underside of the lid from water droplets bouncing upwards off the water surface. I also modified the filter outlet to give a calmer flow in the tank. My neons are exploring the tank more now so they must like the change. And finally, I replaced the old lighting tube. Amazing the difference a new tube makes. The old one must have gone pretty dim without me realising it.
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Post by: Firewall on April 18, 2014, 03:19:24 pm
Off to buy my rummynose all 7 of them :)
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Post by: tom.boardman.12 on April 18, 2014, 03:36:53 pm
Reserved a pair of dwarf neon blue gourami
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 18, 2014, 03:42:49 pm
Added 5 snails to tank M3 (forgot type!) 50% water change on tank 10, fitted external heater. New LED lights on tank 11. Got asked by girl at LFS how I spend so much every time, but don't stop! Discussed chameleon stuff with manager.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 18, 2014, 10:18:23 pm
Finally put LEDs back onto tank 10, put up the old T8 units for sale, one potentially gone already :)
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Post by: Firewall on April 19, 2014, 08:55:49 am
my rummynose are settling quite nicely so far
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Post by: Sonic on April 19, 2014, 09:33:40 am
I gave my mum one of my tanks complete with guppies and platies that I had inherited with some tanks I purchased.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 19, 2014, 05:07:20 pm
Water change and filter clean done on tank 2, now to do same on tank 1. Also added PhosEx to tank M2.
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Post by: jamesdt on April 19, 2014, 05:09:23 pm
Blacked out my community tank :censored2: blue green algae!!!
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Post by: nige101 on April 20, 2014, 05:07:30 pm
After re-sealing my tank and waiting 2 days for it to dry , I've just filled it with water to test if my silicone skills are any good thumbsup
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 20, 2014, 05:08:17 pm
40% change on 400L... this could take a while.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 20, 2014, 06:08:18 pm
Still in progress. Catalogue of errors... I cleaned a filter before starting the water change itself. Forgot to plug heater back in afterwards... was wondering why it wasn't heating up! Ok, so plugged it back in and... when I checked up later, the pump picked up enough air and wasn't working effectively. Ok, restart that, and we're go again. Still got about 15% of water to put back in the tank but holding off for now to let it catch up on temperature as it has dropped 2C since starting.
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Post by: jamesdt on April 22, 2014, 06:02:37 pm
Uncovered my community tank after black out and all the green has gone *grin*
And done a partial water water change in the shrimp tank
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Post by: fishfandan on April 22, 2014, 07:12:16 pm
Changed my gravel to sand so I can have some glory with some corys!
It took almost 5 hours, not for the faint hearted.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 22, 2014, 07:23:21 pm
Changed my gravel to sand so I can have some glory with some corys!
It took almost 5 hours, not for the faint hearted.
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Great move - well done! :)
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Post by: fishfandan on April 22, 2014, 07:29:09 pm
Haha thought you would appreciate that, also confirmed my lemon plec is no longer part of the community unfortunately.
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Post by: Finn McCool on April 24, 2014, 11:59:48 am
Found a dead guppy today. *bye3* No idea why it died, the body had been picked at so no clues. I've done a 70% water change just in case.
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Post by: Feliss on April 24, 2014, 07:58:52 pm
Ditched the plastic plant, got in 3 real ones! See how they get on, pretty full in there now.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on April 24, 2014, 09:11:36 pm
well thats the melafix treatment done bruises went away after day 2 and he seems happy and well and back to usual self now so no worries :D , 25% water change from a very mucky tank (must have missed a spot last time yuck) three very excitable danios swimming around need to get some cuttlefish bone for that snail though.... ill get it tomorrow
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Post by: nige101 on April 24, 2014, 11:29:05 pm
refilled big tank, no leaks present thumbsup re-used gravel,filter medium and plants , used seachem stability
bought leds for my emergency 60ltr, seems a shame to break it down when fish go back into main *grin*
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Post by: psaria on April 26, 2014, 02:11:28 pm
After weeks of obsessively scannng my shrimp tank, have spotted a baby crystal red. Yay!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 26, 2014, 03:49:54 pm
De-algae'd two marine tanks so far...
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 26, 2014, 04:28:57 pm
Doh! Missed some algae that's now laughing in my face. Since a circulation pump decided to give up suction I have to put that back in place so might as well sort the unseen algae while I'm in there again...
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Post by: DoubleDutch on April 26, 2014, 05:33:08 pm
Waterchanges (70litres) in my south Ameriasa tank. Fish loved it !!
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Post by: iloveplecs on April 26, 2014, 11:19:39 pm
50% water change and a vac of the substrate. Added two " real looking" fake plants at the back of the tank as wreck it Bertie the bn pleco keeps killing the live ones by uprooting them!! At least the sword,grass and moss balls seem to be Bertie proof!(other than he plays moss ball football with them and puts holes in the sword!!) :censored2:
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Post by: Finn McCool on April 27, 2014, 12:42:39 pm
I just got it into my head to check the filter and lo and behold I find my smallest angelfish lying flat on his side barely covered in water on top of the media in the filter. *fish* I quickly scooped him back in the tank and he's now swimming about no worse for wear. How he did it is a mystery.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 27, 2014, 02:16:50 pm
3... 2... 1... PANIC! T10 looks like it just developed a slow leak. I can't see any obvious place for water to come out of the sizes/top but it is still slowly forming a puddle outside. So it must be somewhere around the base...
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Post by: Mol_PMB on April 27, 2014, 02:24:54 pm
Sure it's not just condensation?
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 27, 2014, 02:40:26 pm
I'll start a new thread in aquarium problems...
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Post by: Zebra Fish on April 27, 2014, 04:50:21 pm
I've not done much with my tank today however I did find a 40l tank which I think at this rate may be mine by the end of today leaving me £50 down but very happy :D
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Post by: jamesdt on April 28, 2014, 08:40:36 pm
Done a water change trimmed some java moss and found 4 platy fry in the filter, shipped them to my shrimp tank in a fry net away from my angel which sucked the last ones eyes through the net :/
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Post by: Ladysun1969 on April 29, 2014, 04:14:58 am
Yesterday I moved my Marmokreb from her 5 gallon tank to a 10 gallon. She's just gotten berried up for the 5th time. None of her other berries have ever hatched, so I'm hoping the extra space will help this time!
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Post by: Georgeyporgey on April 30, 2014, 06:41:53 pm
I've done a water change, cleaned the filters but still keep finding snails in my filter!! They are doing my head in now. Any advice? I've trimmed some plants and moved some about. Hope you like my pic thumbsup
GEORGE *fish*
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Post by: Ladysun1969 on April 30, 2014, 08:32:12 pm
Here's my Mamorkreb's new 10 gallon setup!
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Post by: Gill on April 30, 2014, 08:48:01 pm
Moved my older fry into a bigger tank, water changes on the other fry tank & collected more eggs, also replanted a few plants that the corys managed to uproot.
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Post by: looking-glass on April 30, 2014, 09:42:59 pm
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/01/dada8u4e.jpg) put one of these in my tank along side the old filter til it cycles - it's a bit noisy though I hope it will quiet down once the air gets out :)
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Post by: chrisjj on May 01, 2014, 11:31:25 am
Got some "proper" tank photos taken - i.e. filters off & all equipment out. And some close ups of a few inhabitants.
Lets see what they come out like.....
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Post by: fr499y on May 01, 2014, 02:41:16 pm
looked at mine, realised the mahoosive anubias has floated off and that was it till i get back! Then its find the plant and stick it back down!
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 01, 2014, 05:37:06 pm
Not done so much for the tank today did look at some bogwood sand and rocks/stones to go in the tank though got some good ideas going :D
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Post by: thomo0608 on May 01, 2014, 06:01:29 pm
Fed some meaty bloodworm
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 01, 2014, 06:43:39 pm
Why is yours so red mines a browney colour is that live or fresh ??
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Post by: spyder221 on May 02, 2014, 02:27:25 pm
Done water change and rearanged tank and got some cherry barbs also got a lovely crowntail betta in another tank in another room I'm slowly taking over the flat had to shut down 2 tanks to set up one in another room though
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Post by: Tiger777 on May 02, 2014, 04:45:30 pm
Finally got large piece of bogwood out of my bath and into the new tank :)
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Post by: Miss Mandy on May 02, 2014, 06:25:47 pm
Yesterday I picked up tank number 6 so today I've been doing a check of what I've got around that can be used with it.
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Post by: JumpMaster on May 03, 2014, 07:34:06 am
Watched the snails make tracks in tank #3
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 03, 2014, 02:47:54 pm
Lots of shopping... most of it is still in the car! Need to unpack...
Got used: Skimmer Sump tank Eheim external filter Circulation pump Wave timer thingy A few test kits Lots of marine additives Reef bones
Got new: New Era marine flake (after my fish decided it didn't like the two new foods I got to try on them recently) NT labs phosphate remover (see how that compares to Rowaphos and JBL PhosEx)
Ok, that doesn't sound so great when I write it like that. They're in tank getting used to my water, and I'll try for photos later. Hopefully seller will confirm exact names by then too.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on May 03, 2014, 03:39:56 pm
Bought a 20 litre bucket to replace the 10 litres !!
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Post by: Gill on May 03, 2014, 03:51:10 pm
Bought some plants & a new thermometer as I managed to drop one on the kitchen tiles
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 03, 2014, 05:12:46 pm
Bought the bogwood. Saw it at lunchtime as decided yhea I like that. Went back two hours later and t was gone !! Got a nice alternative (choice two) as well as some nice white rocks for decoration (and propping wood up in tank)
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Post by: JumpMaster on May 03, 2014, 05:45:38 pm
Watch MTS in tank #3
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 03, 2014, 06:47:07 pm
Sorry didn't realise I put the wrong picture here's the bogwood. Also just done my last water change in that tank next time I fiddle with that water is when I put it in that new tank :D (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/ety6a7a9.jpg)
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Post by: jamesdt on May 03, 2014, 07:34:18 pm
Found some baby shrimps :)
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Post by: hpsam on May 03, 2014, 09:45:19 pm
Been sticking slate to my turtle ramp, Takes so long !!!
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Post by: JumpMaster on May 04, 2014, 06:04:37 am
Got up at 05:00 to perform a water change in Casa del Horatio
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 08, 2014, 09:19:52 pm
Just sold all my tetras and danios. I could close down tank 7 again if I can be bothered to move 3 bristlenose into another tank. Actually, I should do it now!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on May 08, 2014, 09:23:32 pm
In the same way that we plot the nitrite levels in a fishless cycle, should we plot the tank count in a fishkeeper's cycle?
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 08, 2014, 09:25:52 pm
I've had the freshwater cycle done, and I'm going through a marine tank phase now... :D
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 10, 2014, 12:41:05 pm
Closed tank 7, moved the remaining bristlenose into tank 5.
Also took the wood from tank 7, put a tall bit in tank 1 which seemed to make the tigers not scared at last. They really didn't like it when lights were on in that tank until then. Put other piece in tank 5, and the occupants seems to be grazing on its surface already. I should up the lighting next...
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Post by: Reyno87 on May 10, 2014, 12:56:25 pm
Water test on my cycling roma 125 day 14 :D, can't wait to be adding fish!
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Post by: wakojack on May 10, 2014, 03:57:45 pm
did a little pruning of my plants. Looking forward to more arriving next week, just need to get my co2 back up and running :grin:
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 10, 2014, 04:55:23 pm
thought about taking out my air stone as well as maybe moving them over into the new 40l either without a substrate (no where in selby does yellow/white aquarium sand !!!) or with the gravel they currently have in....what to do what to do
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 10, 2014, 06:27:31 pm
I'm supposed to be tidying up ready for a bathroom install next week. Instead, I just went out and bought two mushrooms, two crabs and a ton of snails.
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Post by: Lucyd on May 10, 2014, 06:55:36 pm
Bought a plec :)
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Post by: DomP on May 11, 2014, 02:32:31 am
Replanted an overgrown tank yesterday and 30% wc today then added 4 thick lipped gourami and evened the sexes of the yellow honey gourami.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 11, 2014, 10:20:20 am
Fed the fish and had another good look at time tank so many hiding spots and so much going on can't wait till I find some sand and get going with how I actually want it to look :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 11, 2014, 10:51:17 am
Ordered an upgraded LED unit for my 1st marine tank, which will allow me to rearrange and upgrade others too.
Time got get lunch cooking and crack on with water changes next...
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Post by: iloveplecs on May 11, 2014, 11:05:29 am
25% water change so i could clean the internal filter that had slowed down overnight. While i was up to my armpits in tank water i also did a vac of the bottom. *grin* The shrimp weren't happy and were trying to get bits before they went up the tube. Was very funny to watch.( just to say i do feed the shrimp,shrimp pellets, but they have a thing for poo!! One blue jelly, even waits outside bertie plecos man cave and darts in when he comes out and then brings out the longest poo going and runs off with it!!)
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Post by: Miss Mandy on May 11, 2014, 11:18:50 am
Big clear out on the main tank as the hair algae is out of control again. Just ordered some hydrogen peroxide so hopefully this'll help with the battle.
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Post by: DomP on May 12, 2014, 12:31:29 pm
I ordered two led blue light strips today with the carriage metal too. Should arrive Thursday.
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Post by: looking-glass on May 12, 2014, 04:27:37 pm
Total overhaul from plastic plants to real plants just waiting for things to settle down now :)
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Post by: vivalacoulter on May 12, 2014, 05:19:34 pm
Went by the lfs earlier (I should be revising...) to top up my Cardinals, but sadly they were all out. Got some store credit for a few things I took back mind and had a chat about UV filters.
Never a wasted visit :)
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Post by: fishfandan on May 12, 2014, 05:38:28 pm
Took my dwarf synodontis petricola back to the lfs as hes been harrassing my community members. It made me feel a little weird giving him back :'(
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Post by: JoeG on May 12, 2014, 08:29:30 pm
Washed 40kg of black sand and continuing to soak wood - most of the tannins are gone just need to wait for it to sink (only been 2 days).
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Post by: tigerstripes on May 12, 2014, 09:14:18 pm
Water test and about 30% water change. Had my fingers snapped at by my crazy betta :P
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Post by: Zac460 on May 12, 2014, 09:28:50 pm
Ordered a brand new Roma 240... Very exited.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 13, 2014, 03:38:16 pm
did the speediest and first water change in my new tank. didnt have testers so was waiting on them to come through the mail. Nitrate was higher than i thought it would be but wasn't too painful didn't have to move the fish out of the tank for once which is good, less stress on them from now on haha. tannins is defiantly showing so didn't quite soak it all out
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Post by: wakojack on May 13, 2014, 04:06:41 pm
Spent nearly 2 hours planting my new plants that arrived, thank you Dave! My tank definitely looks like a jungle now haha i didn't expect to get so much.
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Post by: Bobcat on May 13, 2014, 04:15:37 pm
Got 3 nice pieces of wood at the weekend and gave them a quick boiling to remove anything microscopic. Removed a full binbag worth of plants from the tank which I managed to offload to family.
Going the blackwater route (again), so set up a new layout of my existing wood with the new, and then planted just a couple of small swords. I suspect these may get moved on too, and will just leave the java fern and moss attached to my wood. I then did a water change after being happy(ish) with the layout.
Awaiting the arrival of some peat, Alder cones, and a whack of Indian almond leaves. Going to add a large peat ball to the tank rather than adding smaller ones to the filter this time around.
Also considering getting some white LEDS to go for the shadowy, stained underwater river look, and removing the T8s in the hood.
Reckon my Boli Rams, Oto, Cory and Shrimp will love it.
Tonight I shall test the water in this tank, and then do my weekly on my smaller 100l shrimp & Emperor tetra tank. I will need to take care though as both are currently breeding like champs, and I've just let it run wild plant wise. It can be hard to pick them out in the jungle. I don't even scrub the algae off the glass. I'll need to pay close attention when syphoning as the roots on my Frogbit is Shrimp city :D
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Post by: DomP on May 13, 2014, 04:44:02 pm
Picking up two blue led strips for moonlight tomorrow, also ordered some Nymphaea zenkeri "red". Will be planting at the weekend, so not so much of a what have I done "to" my tank today, but what have I done "for" my tank today.
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Post by: lexy99071 on May 13, 2014, 05:09:23 pm
Moved some plants from tank 3 to tank 2, has a bit of a quite tidy round and refilled the tanks where needed.
also ordered the plants for tank 3, and curently wondering if i should add a second filter to tank number 2...
poor shrimp tanks feeling neglected but its growing in nicely. t1 and t3 also got there ferts doeses.
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 14, 2014, 01:50:52 pm
Had an Oscar bounce off the walls again this morning. Saw it lie on its side for 6 hours before moving again. On that side, there is now a cloudy eye and some fleshy parts of the side fin is missing, and that fin isn't being used any more. Doing 40% water change.
Debating setting up a 3rd filter on that tank to help with water change heating.
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Post by: JoeG on May 14, 2014, 10:25:10 pm
Started my tank! The log has begun... https://www.tropicalfishforums.co.uk/index.php?topic=86538.0
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Post by: sallylove on May 15, 2014, 02:05:42 am
planted mt tank a little and watched my 10 new ruby barbs swim around and hoping that my 30 percent daily water change will keep them healthy till filter matures more x
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Post by: fr499y on May 15, 2014, 11:54:31 am
filled the cichlids cave back in, will be doing it every bloody day. Shouted and swore a few times at my light which has a faulty PSU, and the usual water change.
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Post by: JumpMaster on May 15, 2014, 11:55:39 am
I added two Bola Plecs and 3 Norberti Apistos
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Post by: Bobcat on May 15, 2014, 05:59:12 pm
Evening guys.
I added the large peat ball to the tank last night, and it was no sooner in and my Cory have started using it as a place to lie on. :)
Water beginning to stain, but no movement in water parameters. Will test later tonight to keep an eye on it. It may take a week or so on that front in any case.
Alder cones have arrived today. Will give them a clean before adding a few of them.
I still await the Indian Almond leaves and have ordered a white LED strip for a moonlight effect after the main ones go off. It's a 4 ft strip of them which can be cut down if needed. I may decide to run these on their own depending on their lighting and effect. Only £4 odds as I only required the strip. Already have a 12v power pack for them to run off. A minor bit of soldering and some heatshrink tubing is all it will need.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 17, 2014, 10:33:40 pm
Fed peas didn't cut them small enough but they'll manage very good giggle though actually stayed out and still enough for me to video then (going on tank log)
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 17, 2014, 10:45:49 pm
Water change on tanks 1, 2, 11. Forgot to write it in my logs so will have to do it when I get back...
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 18, 2014, 06:03:37 am
Finally got round to installing my CO2 system. *applause*
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Post by: Sonic on May 18, 2014, 06:51:35 am
I am on holiday tomorrow so did a 50% water change on all tanks, started at 4.30am, and now I need to go back to bed, but I can't because I have a parrot sat on my shoulder nibbling my ear *blink*
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Post by: JumpMaster on May 18, 2014, 06:54:21 am
Tank #1: Added Cory tablets Tank #2: Photographed the bolas on courgette and added Cory tablets. Tank #3: Added dead salmon
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Post by: jamesdt on May 18, 2014, 07:51:25 pm
Deep clean and water change on tank #1 came home to find more platy fry in the filter :) added fry to tank #2
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 21, 2014, 12:16:16 pm
Ok, not strictly in my aquarium, yet. I've kinda decided to sell one or both of my Oscars. One possibility is to introduce silver dollars into the tank if I keep any... popped into LFS earlier to grab a bucket of Carbon, and checked out fish while there. They had red hook myleus, which is one of the silver dollar species... but they weren't for sale yet. Asked what price would be anyway... £21 each! And I believe they should be kept in groups of 5... so maybe not!
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: GlassWalker on May 24, 2014, 08:00:09 pm
Another busy day... 20L change in tank 1 40L change in tank 2 Sell fish in tank 5, and shut down Pop to LFS for two circulation pumps, which are on the powerful end so I need to consider that. They also offered to take my Oscars if I want. Fix the filtration system in tank M3. Looks like a hose buckled and closed water flow. Prepare list of other stuff to sell...
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 25, 2014, 03:21:27 pm
Replaced skimmer in tank M2. Bought tank 14. Fluval Vicenza 260. I'm not the biggest fan of bowfronts but the price was right and it looks in decent general condition apart from the lights, where for some reason it has on T5 and one T8 which isn't original...
99% sure I'll shop the Oscars to LFS tomorrow unless anyone else grabs them before then. Then I can hope to get tank shifted.
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 26, 2014, 03:25:31 pm
Shopped the Oscars to LFS. Drained their tank. Part drained sump. Next step: moving the plants and removing substrate. I think I'm out of buckets...
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Post by: Miss Mandy on May 30, 2014, 05:13:02 pm
Spent the afternoon doing a tank swap for my betta and his 4 dwarf rasbora tank mates. They were in a 15L cube which I've replaced with an Aquastart 320 so pretty much double the size. It's not easy to do as everything from the small tank had to move over, but I got it done in the end. The cat was looking pretty interested in the fish while they were in the bucket, but luckily she didn't do anything with them!
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Post by: nikkikenney on May 31, 2014, 05:21:01 pm
Just water changes for me today, did more stuff last weekend, some filters, fresh sand, different backing.
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Post by: Sobriquet on May 31, 2014, 07:22:22 pm
60% water change, some sand replacement, glass cleaning and trimmed the jungle a little.
Also put some cucumber in for my little baby BN.
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 31, 2014, 07:38:18 pm
Watching paint dry on my tanks...
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Post by: Miss Mandy on May 31, 2014, 07:49:37 pm
My plant order arrived from Aquarium Gardens so I've put those in today, and I also popped out with my mum to get some frozen food and she came back with 2 kuhli loaches! Oh, and I also just won a tank on eBay for my sister. It's a 3ft 120L which I got for £10.50! :)
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Post by: Dub on June 02, 2014, 08:52:23 am
I won an Juwel Lido 120 off ebay last night, ex-marine set up with equip, so tonight I shall be cleaning and setting that up ready for transfer from my 55l aqua-nano. My Tropiquarium 88 £10 bargain is still undergoing diy transformation, so a trip to famous diy shop for some wood-filler to hide my rubbishy carpentry skills. (Undecided between Brackish for Dragon Goby or a heavily planted shoaling tank for that one) Trev my unsociable Betta will be re-locating to the 55l Aqua-nano with his few mates, have decided to do a Moss carpet, Anubias landscape thing for that one. Lots of research to do there. Yet another gravel clean/water change for my guppy bubbies. One week old today and not one loss.......yay !!! thumbsup
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 04, 2014, 12:44:58 pm
Just smashed up a rock with xenia growing on it, to try and separate off a colony of green star polyps. Got 3 fragments now, will try and sell the two with xenia on it later. Can't take a new pic yet as the xenia is sulking having been marinated in rain water during the smashing operation.
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Post by: Rfnwhinney on June 04, 2014, 01:12:45 pm
Just ordered a 75watt heater and set up a cheap 30lt grow out tank for my one saulosi fry Sent from my RM-914_eu_euro1_327 using Tapatalk
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 04, 2014, 02:29:00 pm
And now, my least favourite job ever. Planting vallis. I may be some time...
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Post by: Piran on June 04, 2014, 07:57:43 pm
I've got some driftwood, ordered an air pump, and bout two dwarf gouarmis, two rosbora kalachroma and seven zebra danios!
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Post by: wakojack on June 05, 2014, 05:48:17 pm
Took all of my plants out and re-scaped the whole tank. GlassWalker i understand your pain with the vallis planting. Looks much better now though imo, just need to wait until they fill out some more :grin:
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Post by: Feisty on June 05, 2014, 06:26:13 pm
Only I could go to legoland... and come home with Otos lol
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Post by: Rfnwhinney on June 05, 2014, 07:05:19 pm
Heater turned up today so the skinflints growout/q tank is up and running, not bad set up all for £10.50 Sent from my RM-914_eu_euro1_327 using Tapatalk
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 05, 2014, 07:45:24 pm
Nice one Feisty :)
Just cleaned the built in filter on T1. I think I left it a bit late...
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Post by: Zac460 on June 07, 2014, 07:54:10 am
Started cycling my 240l :D
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Post by: Georgiaclairepatrick on June 07, 2014, 09:49:01 am
I'm in the first stage/creeping into the second stage of my fishless cycle. My ammonia had fallen quite quickly, we are talking a day or two after I started, so I thought I'd see more nitrite by now!
Just gotta play the patient game.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 07, 2014, 07:30:54 pm
20L change on T1, where I found one of the amano might have died (not shed). The two females are berried, but I can't see the remaining shrimp. Also lost a firefish in M1.
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Post by: Dub on June 08, 2014, 08:01:48 pm
Did my water checks, nitrate too high so recharged my nitra-zorb and stuck that in the community. Did a 50% water change on the quarantine tank and then decided to change the decor as the new Syno has kicked the Dragon Goby out of his cave and now he's sulking. Whilst feeding I noticed a clown loach was way too fat. So it's day off grub tomorrow, crushed pea's day after. Tomorrow is water change for community and then guppy babies. Then I'm gonna start the cycle for cichilid tank after I pick up an external filter I won off eBay. It's a wonder I have time to go to work.
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on June 08, 2014, 08:57:54 pm
Gave away a spare filter to someone I knew that tank has been without a filter for 5 months .
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Post by: Zebra Fish on June 08, 2014, 10:34:18 pm
Checked my parameters they're better than they normally after this amount of time has passed since the last water changed so I'll leave it and see how long it goes (need to keep an eye on it) need to get my but in gear and start taking sections of this gravel out of the tank so I can start putting sand in !! Had a look at plants and fertilisers and considering hairgrass as a foreground plant and using fertiliser tablets (not by API bad reviews) anyone got any experience with either message me as I'd love to hear the knowledge
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Post by: jamesdt on June 14, 2014, 03:05:16 pm
Put the oldest of my platy fry in the big tank, Suprising how big my rams mouths are *bye3* *fish*
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 14, 2014, 03:15:01 pm
Done my first water change on tank 14. In total 70L cos I was stupid and cleaned the filters, which needed filling up on top of the water removed.
Somehow I also went from looking at marine LED lights, to discovering one of my barbs may not be what I thought they were, to looking at joining a planted tank specific forum...
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 15, 2014, 10:00:11 am
25L change on tank M2 done. Been 2 months since the last one...
Now for a really big job, going to move tank 1 next to tank 14. My TV and stuff is in the way though...
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Post by: Mol_PMB on June 15, 2014, 10:06:31 am
You don't really need the TV - that's using up space for another tank... ;)
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Post by: Zebra Fish on June 15, 2014, 01:06:12 pm
I've not done it yet but I need to do a 1/4 or 1/2 water change on the tank got 0.50 ammonia from the substrate change, hopefully I'll be able to get rid of some of that gunk. Going to get my fishing line as well which means I can start keeping an eye on water chestnuts :D
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Post by: Sonic on June 17, 2014, 02:48:49 pm
I bought 6 Sterbai Cory. Have wanted them for a while but prices were ridiculous at the places I was going to. Managed to get this 6 for £15 so very happy. I now have 6 different groups/types of Cory in different tanks, which is amazing since I didn't even like them before joining this forum.... :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 17, 2014, 08:53:36 pm
Removed the 2x20W T8 lights from tank 2, put in its place the 25W Fluval LED bar (tropical version). Light feels more even already :) Does mean tank is now uncovered so will have to keep an eye on evaporation.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 21, 2014, 08:26:17 pm
20L water change on T1, 60L water change on T14, added ATU to tank M2. Sold a huge lump of Xenia from M1 and did the usual clean of bubble algae.
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Post by: ian21777 on June 21, 2014, 08:34:18 pm
360l water change. General clean and tidy. Vacuumed the sand. Changed led spots for led strips. Took a load of bio balls out of the sump. And now I'm washing filter socks :)
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Post by: Miss Mandy on June 22, 2014, 04:11:58 pm
Water changes and trimmed some of the plants a bit.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 22, 2014, 05:50:26 pm
Went to 3 LFS, ended up buying two types of mushrooms now in tank M3. Also replaced the existing filtration system with an AquaManta EFX200, which decided to unclip and leak on me when I was trying to prime it... also 20L water change on tank T2, added air pump to it as the surface algae is back again. Don't know how or why, but air seems to get rid of it.
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Post by: KwacKcraig on June 22, 2014, 06:49:27 pm
POOvered tank an in middle of 45L water change, might take a look at filter too as I have some new sponge pads an want to remove, ammonia remover
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Post by: Miss Mandy on June 22, 2014, 07:51:43 pm
I just broke my sisters aquarium! I'm in trouble now! :( It was a nice 3ft one that we got cheap off eBay to upgrade her 2ft, but I've had it out in the garden today to clean and water test during which I've somehow managed to crack the bottom panel. I'm not sure if its worth trying to get the panel replaced or try and get another tank.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 28, 2014, 05:44:34 pm
Water changes in 3 freshwater tanks. Replanted the "grass" in T14 which decided it didn't like being planted yesterday.
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Post by: ian21777 on June 28, 2014, 05:46:41 pm
Partway through water change...
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Post by: Zebra Fish on June 28, 2014, 06:35:36 pm
took the last of that gravel out (finally) and got a load of floating gunk on the bottom (thankyou sponge), 10 l water change and ordered some plants and only now realised he has snails in his tank d'oh thinking caps on now
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Post by: ian21777 on June 28, 2014, 06:49:57 pm
Andddddddddd done...
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 30, 2014, 03:16:34 pm
In preparing for a water change on tank M3, I've so far managed to spill half a nearly new bottle of KH reagent and also two large test tubs of salt water. Do I really want to handle 60L of mixed salt water next?
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 30, 2014, 04:08:14 pm
60L change completed without further spillage. I'm quitting while I'm ahead now...
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Post by: MatthewR on June 30, 2014, 05:01:57 pm
Ive ordered the following ready for the weekend:
APS 1000 external filter Plants Alive 30" pack Nice piece of driftwood from eBay Nice stones from eBay Plug socket timer for lights
Looking to have a big overhaul this weekend and set the tank up as a planted tank with my current stock -
10 Zebra Danio's 5 Neon Tetras 2 Albino Cory's
I'm going to look at re-homing the tetras and replace with 6 cherry barbs and also increase the stock of my cory's to around 9/10 in the coming months.
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Post by: Si_2202 on July 04, 2014, 10:45:46 am
Just ordered a small external filter for the QT and have bid on a 22l tank so the Betta can have a permanent home. Also just about to get cracking on water changes on 4 tanks
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 04, 2014, 12:07:05 pm
Installed a new skimmer to tank M3 last night. Most expensive plastic box ever. Doesn't seem productive yet.
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Post by: skyman114 on July 04, 2014, 08:40:15 pm
Modified my Interpet PF2.
Removed the sponge holder and sponges. Cut one of the sponges to fit directly into the bottom. Filled with BIO MAX. Added a short length of spare tubing from my Fluval 305 to the output. Connected said pipe to Spare Fluval Spray bar. adjusted output to a slow trickle.
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 05, 2014, 03:59:57 pm
I know this is what have you done, not what you're about to... but I met Vale! earlier and I'm now in possession of his old CO2 gear. Figuring out how to connect it all up will be my main job for the day I think... that and the obligatory water changes.
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Post by: thomo0608 on July 05, 2014, 09:18:28 pm
Re-scaped the tank to enable more swimming room for shoaling fish, 50% water change, removed many MTS and added 4 blue Congo tetra and 2 more sterbai Cory's.
Happy with the results so far
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Post by: dropscale on July 06, 2014, 01:18:20 pm
Added a male boesemani to go with my 3 females.
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 06, 2014, 04:51:18 pm
Water change and clean all filters on T1 and T2.
Replanted the unplanted plants in T14. Tinkered with CO2 system and it seems to have stabilised on about 15 bpm but naff all change in tank pH.
Recaped M3 so ricordea are no longer horizontal, so with a bit of luck the clownfish will stop lying in them causing upset. Also replaced Hydor 3200lph pump with Jebao 4000lph turned down to 2000.
Fed all tanks (except plecos) with frozen live food until they stopped eating. 5 mins later, they're begging for and eating flake again. Just a wafer thin flake...
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Post by: skyman114 on July 06, 2014, 09:23:09 pm
spent around 2 hrs watching my Bronze cory spawn.
went to MA to get some melafix for a poorly Angel.
rescued some bronze eggs to a 2ltr ice cream tub.... Now to persuade Mrs Skyman that it would be a good idea to dig the Fishbox 64l out of the Shed and use it for Cory fry if they hatch. *grin*
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 13, 2014, 04:45:14 pm
20L water changes in T1 and T2, 40L in T14. Got some chaeto for the sump on M3, removing the old canister filter while at it. Giving away lumps of xenia from M1.
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Post by: skyman114 on July 13, 2014, 05:58:05 pm
75l water change. main tank .. reduction of depth in sand, down to around 1.25 inches
4 x water changes in the hatchery. liquifry is messy stuff!!
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Post by: boarer2004 on July 13, 2014, 08:28:39 pm
Water changes all around re-fert tanks, also added a float moss holder [filled with a bit if Christmas/java moss] and also a new stainer so my baby shrimps don't end up in filter sorry for quality of photos there off my phone
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Post by: Dub on July 16, 2014, 09:51:27 am
Cut back some plants, added some new bogwood, changed the decor around. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/16/ajaze5yh.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 19, 2014, 05:10:00 pm
20L change on T1, 40L change on T2, 60L change on T3.
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Post by: turbo200 on July 19, 2014, 05:59:38 pm
50% water change in the rio 180
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Post by: Bad Raven on July 19, 2014, 07:27:30 pm
Been running the big tropical with the lid open which has helped to lower the temp a little back in the normal range.
Managed to get back to a LFS that this time had more low plants of a type I now know like my tanks conditions and which none of the others carry, last couple of times has been fruitless...........so bought one more of one variety and two more of another.
My method of plant introduction takes tank water out to flush clean and acclimatise them, so a normal amount water change on the tank is automatically done.
The fish don't seem to mind the heat but the shrimp are happier with the temp down a little and have been more active , in fact three have appeared that I have not seen at all for nearly a week.
The fish in the unheated tank are quite happy, they think its summer.................. *mock*
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Post by: psaria on July 19, 2014, 09:52:59 pm
Completely emptied the big tank, changed the substrate from gravel to sand and took out all the old plants and ornaments that were covered in what I assume to be cyanobacteria. Cleaned the sides and then refilled. Feels like a new tank.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on July 23, 2014, 11:06:33 pm
added sand, been meaning to do it for a while but other things got in the way, didnt actually intend to buy or do it today but its done !! the fish are in and rubbing against it and flicking it about and eating it then spitting it about :) happy fishies. checked in at the lfs hes gotten the panda corys but i cant get them yet want to get the plants in and rooted and that will take a while unfortunately (damn money)
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 03, 2014, 01:31:54 pm
T1: routine water change T2: routine water change T14: trimmed plants, routine water change, set up new CO2 regulator that seems to be going well M1: Fragged off unknown coral that was being annoyed by mushrooms. Rearranged tank a bit. Fitted calibrated ORP meter (now what does the reading mean?), cleaned filter and doing experiment with filter sponge M2: Cleaned filter M3: Added extra sump light for chaeto, got bits ready to build algae scrubber
Busy weekend, as usual...
Oh, also re-started a spare tank I had to cook some rocks before reintroducing them to marine tanks. Stone soup anyone?
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Post by: psaria on August 03, 2014, 05:11:42 pm
Set up tank 3. I am weak - so very weak. It's tiny though - 8l and is only for a few really special shrimpies. Will look great in the bedroom.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on August 03, 2014, 06:50:33 pm
water change in the quarantine tank 50% since its only such a small tank took a matter of minutes so hopefully minimal stress. i added a few stones of aquarium salt into the water to help with stress and to help him get better. had a clean out and got rid of some muck out of the 40l tank. very happy to say that on the second day of dosing co2 and after dosing liquid ferts the day before my recently added plants are looking much greener and healthier :)
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Post by: ian21777 on August 03, 2014, 06:57:50 pm
Switched dirty filter sock for a clean one...
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Post by: Adzphtg on August 03, 2014, 09:23:57 pm
Massive gardening project on main tank, removed 2 carrier bags full of Cabomba and one of various mosses Looking much neater now
Gave shrimp tank some grass and mulberry cones
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Post by: Zebra Fish on August 04, 2014, 01:33:16 pm
moved my thin danio out of the quarantine tank since he stopped eating to see if he would eat in the 40l when the female was netted up (since shes the bully) eureka !! he eats :D so thats everyone back into one big 40l
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Post by: audigex on August 19, 2014, 05:05:32 pm
Filling and emptying my 240 litre (now empty of Malawi's) ready to take a couple of the Severum's from the 450 litre so that I can break that tank down to sell.
Having to give it (the 240) a good rinse since it's been in use for at least a couple of years as far as I know so has a bit of a fish smell, and is going from Malawi to South American - I don't want to accidentally buffer the South American tank!
I'm not a fan of these Juwel/Fluval style lids, they get damp and smelly. Give me the proper hood on my 4x2x2 anyday, I wish I could keep the other tank!
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Post by: skyman114 on August 24, 2014, 05:15:18 pm
Stripped out a bucket full of valid. Gave it all away enough to fill a roma125 ! Did a bit of a rescale so now the fish have some more swimming room.
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Post by: skyman114 on August 24, 2014, 05:19:09 pm
Forgot to add a piccy(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/24/849618f6e7afa8dbc7bcd885e876da93.jpg)
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Post by: skyman114 on August 24, 2014, 05:19:39 pm
Forgot to add a piccy(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/24/849618f6e7afa8dbc7bcd885e876da93.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 24, 2014, 08:42:06 pm
25L changes on both tanks M1 and M2. Flooded kitchen (again) when I got distracted by takeaway and forgot to stop RO production once container was full. Does that count as cleaning the kitchen floor?
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Post by: LiamT on August 24, 2014, 09:06:21 pm
Weekly big clean, 60% water change & added 10 wild caught rummies & 5 oto's.
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Post by: arch41c on August 30, 2014, 09:59:01 pm
30% water change and added some background plants (that a greedy pleco is eating...) and some zebra loaches to try and eradicate my pond snails
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Post by: Kam on August 30, 2014, 10:51:44 pm
Today I introduced:
A Swordtail 2 Silver Tip Tetras 2 High Fin Platy 2 Mickey Mouse Platy
The tank is now looking good.
I also bought and added some liquid CO2. I do have some concerns over this. Has anybody had adverse effects on plants or fish?
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 01, 2014, 11:00:22 pm
big 50% water change, got some new cambomba for my tank and had a shuffle around with my background plants and filter position, got the two plants for 40p then some free weights for it as well so dead chuffed with that. also got an ameno shrimp as well. bit of an impulse buy but he'll be happy in the tank with matching water parameters and no fish big enough to eat him. since i think its a boy i may add a female in so the fish can eat the larve but until then he can hide about and play in the tank :)
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Post by: Nox on September 02, 2014, 09:57:20 am
got an ameno shrimp as well. since i think its a boy i may add a female in so the fish can eat the larve but until then he can hide about and play in the tank :)
Amano shrimp breed in brackish water and don't reproduce in freshwater. Is your setup brackish?
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 02, 2014, 10:06:19 am
No just freshwater I realised that when I did some research think it's the same with nerite snails as well so I won't bother
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 02, 2014, 12:34:57 pm
Amano shrimp definitely do live and will breed in freshwater. I've certainly had zoe from mine before. It is the zoe that needs to be moved to salt water if you want to try raising them. The zoe wont survive for long in fresh water (days?) but if you just want it as fish food, that wont be a problem anyway.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 02, 2014, 12:50:57 pm
Zoe is that the female ?? So what your saying is the male and female would breed, release the eggs/larve which would be fish food
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 02, 2014, 12:59:54 pm
Zoe = baby shrimp. Do not put adults in salt water as they wont like it! My females are pretty much always producing eggs in a freshwater tank. If I look at the right time, I can find the zoe free swimming in the water (use a torch after lights out). Then after some days, they're gone. I don't know if they're in the filter or a fishes stomach. In nature, after the zoe are released they float into seawater where they grow up, before swimming back into freshwater. Replicating that process isn't straightforward.
I did try moving them to salt water once to see if I can raise them but they likely died from waste buildup as it was uncycled and I decided not to try any more. It is possible but not easy as you need to get both feeding and the fresh to saltwater, and back to freshwater timing just right.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 02, 2014, 01:11:19 pm
When I looked into it with my nerite is seemed impossible from what I understood you had to gradually drop acclimatise over a matter of weeks to salt water set up then do the same in reverse when the snails were old enough. Too difficult. Wouldn't mind supplementing the fishes diet. How much of an impact do they have on stocking levels ??
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Post by: Nox on September 02, 2014, 01:17:53 pm
Amano shrimp definitely do live and will breed in freshwater. I've certainly had zoe from mine before. It is the zoe that needs to be moved to salt water if you want to try raising them. The zoe wont survive for long in fresh water (days?) but if you just want it as fish food, that wont be a problem anyway.
Do you mean zoea? don't what a zoe is. I've heards of cases that they have managed to breed but it is extremely uncommon to point where people say its not possible for them to do so.
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Post by: waynes world on September 02, 2014, 03:41:21 pm
Got back ache as finished cleaning 75kg of bloomin sand, and finished the DIY back ground thumbsup The big fill is on its way *applause*
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Post by: turbo200 on September 02, 2014, 03:48:01 pm
50% water change and planted my new plants
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 02, 2014, 07:08:04 pm
Do you mean zoea? don't what a zoe is. I've heards of cases that they have managed to breed but it is extremely uncommon to point where people say its not possible for them to do so.
Don't know the source, but if you want to look up baby shrimp, everyone calls them zoe(s). e.g. try googling "amano zoe" and you will find lots of hits. Try "amano zoea" and... not so much luck, although I did find this article that uses that terminology: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=6305 Perhaps somewhere zoea got shortened to zoe, assuming they're the same thing.
Oh, breeding isn't the problem people have. As said before, it is successfully raising the young that is considered too difficult for all but the most determined.
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Post by: JumpMaster on September 03, 2014, 01:36:38 am
Added the following: New lights. Dual T5 lighting total 108 watts.
3 L 340S 8 Cardinal Tetras 6 sterbai 2.1 kg bogwood
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Post by: chrisjj on September 03, 2014, 11:35:19 am
Orange eye blue tiger shrimp added to their new home.
And a few more crystal reds
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 07, 2014, 01:06:18 pm
Bought a load more fish... updates later!
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Post by: waynes world on September 07, 2014, 02:37:55 pm
filled it for the first time, then emptied it again *grin*
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Post by: LiamT on September 07, 2014, 05:05:45 pm
Washed & added 10kg riverbed sand.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 07, 2014, 06:02:35 pm
They're trying to eat me...
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 07, 2014, 08:21:56 pm
large water change and big clean up done ready for the new tank mates coming tomorrow (yay cories:D) however throughout the day i was having my carpet cleaned chemically so that meant the shrimp, snail, fish and the bogwood (cover) as well as the filter and heater were off in a 10l bucket with a book covering half of the lid. however only covering half of the bucket was my biggest mistake since i walked downstairs then came back upstairs 10 mins later and two of the fish were on the floor (thankfully not stepped on by my younger sister who had walked past them earlier but after putting them in and a few minutes of them floating and being dazed they swam off and are absolutely fine so close call and lesson learnt always cover all of the bucket compleatly. but pins and needles over the new corries tomorrow :D
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Post by: Vannor on September 07, 2014, 08:49:35 pm
50% water change and cleaned some of the sand at the same time using my new high tech £1.30 water syphon from Ebay. Rearranged some of the plants and fed a pea and garlic mixture to the fish. Also turned the air pump right down to reduce the flow in the tank ( the fish seem more chilled out as a result).
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2014, 11:31:27 am
Going to be a long fishy day today...
1st job done: cull the excess xenia from tank M1 and remove visible bubble algae.
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Post by: ayreseylad79 on September 13, 2014, 12:17:12 pm
Ok thought I'd jump in and share some stuff with you guys. I brought a 3ft tank and have been doing a lot of research with regards to substrate ants etc as I'm going down the route of planting it out. Anyway I've had both tanks outside today and gave them a good rinse out and clean as I've also got a nano tank which will be a list the nursery plant off cuts in time, plan is to install the filter for the nano on the bigger tank to run and mature and any water from the water change will be added to the nano tank to help speed thing's up. I'm going to put some more silicone on which I do with all 2nd hand tanks and all being well next week I can add the substrate and Fiji sand and then the plants and let it run for a minimum of 30 days for every to mature and stabilize. Not much done compared to you guys but it's a start n gotta start somewhere lol.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2014, 12:44:32 pm
Temporary marine tank initially set up. This will be used as a zoa hospital while I treat the nudibranch infestation without risking the rest of the tank. Just letting it settle for now.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2014, 02:41:56 pm
Trimmed excess plants from T14.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2014, 05:22:32 pm
Cleaned both filters on T14, took out extra 40L and replace with remineralised RO.
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Post by: skyman114 on September 13, 2014, 08:09:49 pm
Went shopping for a Green Phantom L200 pleco, and came away with a Green Pleco and 4 large Croydoras rabauti. :closedeyes:
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2014, 09:39:28 pm
20L change on T1. Water tests on M4. Looks about ready. Think I'll move corals over tomorrow as getting late now.
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Post by: Mrkaon on September 13, 2014, 10:11:08 pm
Got rid of my external filter, replaced it with [DIY] mini sump:
(http://i61.tinypic.com/rm01dx.jpg)
Never ever external filter *2116* . *applause*
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 14, 2014, 01:29:36 pm
40L+ change on T2 and cleaned both externals.
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Post by: Feliss on September 18, 2014, 10:09:44 pm
Set up the aquastart 320, sand, plants on wood thing and moved takeshi over from the horrible hexagonal. He's exploring his way round and it's just so much easier to see him.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 21, 2014, 06:25:19 pm
Fitted new deionisation unit on RO system. Renewed all carbon on M1 - M3 and cleaned filters. Moved pump from M3 to M1, and another from M2 to M4. Water changes on T1, T14.
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Post by: waynes world on September 21, 2014, 07:21:50 pm
Decided to start a fishless cycles as been let down by two folk for a media swap, pop around to a members house and he gave me some media and ammonia plus some plants, so cycle is in flow now, sat here looking at a dark tank now with plants floating around because i cant find my lead now lol.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 21, 2014, 07:41:45 pm
20l water change with doses of melafix and a tidy up of the substrate, still worrying about how this I'll cory will turn out but fingers crossed he'll pull through :S
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Post by: chrisjj on September 29, 2014, 09:30:34 am
50ltr scaped & set up. Crystal reds moved from 125ltr to 50ltr. 125ltr rescaped for new apisto home. Tonights attempt is to catch the apisto & move him!
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Post by: fr499y on September 29, 2014, 09:47:04 am
look at cichlid tank, said *Pfleh!* looked at shrimp tank and said *ooo there you are baby pleco!* so all in all nothing. Should really do a water change on the 240L but meh
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 29, 2014, 10:55:58 am
I saw a new baby mushroom last night. Got rather more excited over it than a sane person should. Got the parent mushroom with the tank 6 months ago. While others have bred ferociously, this one hadn't done much until now.
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Post by: Vale! on September 29, 2014, 08:21:25 pm
Vale! been naughty again today.
*studies shoes ; shuffles feet a bit*
Went out and came back with these.
A month in the bilges, hard tack and no rum ration until Christmas, I reckon.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 29, 2014, 08:24:22 pm
Yay! Can't wait to see what you make of these! How is 'Guilt' developing?
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 29, 2014, 08:27:43 pm
I'm confused looking at it. 4 smaller two part tanks inside one big two part tank???
Got another tank today too: Approx 180L 3ft. Should do nicely as a coral-only marine upgrade. What swing it for me is a large unobstructed void in the cabinet big enough for a good sump! Now how do I swap it with the tank it is replacing?...
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Post by: Vale! on September 29, 2014, 09:01:11 pm
GW - yes, sorry I should have provided some sort of explanation! Two of the smaller ones are for algae culture ; they're drilled to accept a small John Guest bulkhead and tap. The other two smaller ones are each divided into two, and each compartment will house Moina cultures (hence the algae tanks!). The larger (900x380) tank is again divided into two, with the partition drilled to allow, when the 'stopper' is removed, communication between its compartments. All of these will be joining Fancy Shrimp's ex-shrimp tanks (see the piccies he posted in the 'Buy & Sell' bit a couple of months ago) on a rack.
Mol - 'Guilt' isn't yet populated because there's so much wood in it that I haven't yet got control of the tannins! I'm water-changing just about as fast as my RO kit can produce permeate and I fancy that I might be making a bit of headway at last. Though that's probably wishful thinking! Anyway, no rush.
The time has come when the Parosphromenus Project exhorts its members to take part in its semi-annual census. Last time I lost a complete clutch of eggs because they were stuck to the underside of a piece of bogwood that I had to remove in order to count heads. A little while ago I removed a mature male to private accommodation and have been engaged in a battle of wills, involving me trying to persuade him to take flake (he won!). With him removed from his erstwhile group, I wasn't entirely sure whether anyone left in it would be mature enough to pair up and breed. But two nights ago, as I was contemplating whether or not to do the census early, I saw a very young baby ; so evidently someone has indeed been busy in there! The PP may have to wait for a census return from Milton Keynes - or I may just repeat the return I made last time.
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Post by: Vale! on September 30, 2014, 07:54:53 pm
Well, really ! ...
I spent a considerable amount of time this morning carefully sifting my South American(ish) tank's top layer of substrate to winkle out all of its assassin snails. I cleared all I could find at intervals, leaving time in between for any lurkers to show themselves. Satisfied that I'd got them all, I took my haul of 45 of them up to my LFS this afternoon (along with a group of dwarf chain loach from another tank) and returned with a very nice credit note.
I just walked by the tank and, dang it, there's at least a dozen more that have somehow materialised and are marching around, trumpeting! I have no idea where they could have been hiding during the morning's extensive and (theoretically) extremely thorough operation.
Maybe they just didn't want to leave Vale! Towers. Having polished off all that tank's MTS years (literally) ago, you'd think they might opt to move to somewhere that may promise a fresh supply. Sigh. Oh well, I guess I'll plonk them in another tank.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 04, 2014, 11:37:25 pm
Still treating zoas... found one more nudi tonight. Decided to split the zoas out if that helps. Put the less common ones in the pico.
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Post by: Kam on October 04, 2014, 11:46:01 pm
I've done this...
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Post by: Zac460 on October 05, 2014, 07:51:38 am
Ordered some more plants from Aquarium Gardens. - A moss ball for my cherry shrimp - Staurogyne Repens - Anubias Barteri Should be coming today!
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Post by: skyman114 on October 05, 2014, 09:06:12 am
50L water change. trim back the jungle, and added more filters. Aqua pro 1200. :)
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Post by: Bri on October 05, 2014, 12:34:26 pm
about to start a big clean which includes the filter and the hose pipes.......i could be gone a while !!
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Post by: waynes world on October 05, 2014, 01:10:23 pm
Just done a 450l WC, now to see how the cycle is going *grin*
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Post by: inCage on October 05, 2014, 05:02:18 pm
cut it back. with no mercy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah05jThbuGc
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Post by: Zac460 on October 05, 2014, 09:57:28 pm
Lovely little tank (and fish!!) you have there inCage :)
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Post by: Timbob1387 on October 05, 2014, 10:23:43 pm
Water testing my 120L which I resealed last week and seeing if can get my L201's feeding.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 11, 2014, 06:09:54 pm
Just picked up a sixline wrasse, was also given a tiny frag of... something to try out.
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Post by: Holowlegs on October 11, 2014, 06:22:51 pm
Hello all
Hardscaping my new tank.
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Post by: Hoppydan on October 12, 2014, 02:23:22 pm
Did a water change and tried my little pleco on some cucumber and he hasn't got off it atall
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 12, 2014, 08:52:21 pm
You're not having a good day unless you accidentally make a syphon that puts salt water directly onto a mains block...
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Post by: JumpMaster on October 13, 2014, 03:59:59 am
Cleaned the intakes on the filters
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Post by: turbo200 on October 16, 2014, 07:55:30 pm
Removed the juwel filter and heater and fitted a fluval 406
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 18, 2014, 02:41:52 pm
Move corals around as part of my longer term marine adjustment. Moving from tank 1 to tank 3 are the devils hand and corky sea fingers as both were starting to take over the tank somewhat. Also moved from tank 2 to tank 3 are some mushrooms and green star polyps. On closer inspection I found some zoas on the rocks after I moved them. These I have to assume are potentially infected with the nudibranch found previously. As tank 3 is not intended to be a zoa tank, it doesn't matter if they die, as the nudis will then starve.
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Post by: Phez on October 18, 2014, 05:12:10 pm
Altered the scenery slightly and changed filters. Fish seem to like it. Love altering the plants around abit as they all seem to like a different environment regards to plants. Elephant noses love it!
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Post by: waynes world on October 18, 2014, 05:14:14 pm
Got some fish at last *grin* *grin* *grin*
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Post by: Phez on October 18, 2014, 05:21:25 pm
See below post above kida, it the place where you put your info and things, dont know what they call it lol. I sooo love the L numbers *grin* *grin*
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Post by: Phez on October 18, 2014, 05:26:35 pm
See below post above kida, it the place where you put your info and things, dont know what they call it lol. I sooo love the L numbers *grin* *grin* [/quote]
lol i dont know where to go am new on here :D
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Post by: waynes world on October 18, 2014, 05:39:37 pm
See below post above kida, it the place where you put your info and things, dont know what they call it lol. I sooo love the L numbers *grin* *grin*
lol i dont know where to go am new on here :D
This is the first time i years of being on forums to use it lol, its just what you change in your profile about yourself and your additions etc to your hobby. you see it though? always shows below your posts.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 18, 2014, 05:41:14 pm
Dettol dipped corals. Two suspected nudibranch eliminated.
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Post by: catface26 on October 18, 2014, 05:50:10 pm
Changed substrate to silica sand. Bought 3 ottos and live plants to replace silk.
I fear I didn't rinse the sand enough though so still waiting for it to settle. The missus arranged for us to have dinner at a mates so I've had to leave the fish in a 30 litre storage tub!! They have filter and heater in there so should be OK.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 19, 2014, 01:17:17 pm
Two water changes so far. While doing the 2nd, the in tank filter pump stopped working. No problem. It has happened before. Usually a clean of the impeller fixes things up. Except this time it didn't. Grabbed the Fluval U2 from another tank, which had also previously stopped working. Cleaned the impeller of that, which was now working, and away we go.
While rinsing the filter in old tank water, I saw something move. Found a planaria. But which tank was it from? The same change container was used for the two tanks, and the filter was from another...
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 19, 2014, 08:01:40 pm
Water change done on two more freshwater tanks. Put 3rd layer of paint on the new marine tank, as well as drilled and put the external fittings on the stand which will eventually hold the lights.
Even defrost some more food for all. Discovered garra rufa will go for frozen. Didn't know that before!
I might actually have caught up on tank related stuff for this weekend! Not that I'm short of other things to do, but they can wait.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on October 19, 2014, 08:11:22 pm
water change done, DIY system set up (finally yay) and air stone plugged in to counter act it of a night time. so excited to see my plants get better going to take a before and after picture for the tank log :D
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 19, 2014, 08:20:10 pm
Completely emptied, cleaned, totally re-scaped and re-stocked my Tank 1. It now has a Congo theme with some Synodontis cats in residence :)
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Post by: Zac460 on October 21, 2014, 09:18:07 am
Got a couple of Apistogramma Borellii! They're really nice, but really really really shy.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 01, 2014, 08:56:03 am
Last night I fitted the light mounting system to the M2 replacement tank. Today will be the big swap. This could take a while... as I need to get a 3rd active tank out of the way first.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 01, 2014, 11:57:04 am
Old tank drained and more or less empty (but not cleaned). Now to get it out of the way and put the new one in place!
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 01, 2014, 01:18:59 pm
New tank in place, along with overflow box. Have part filled it with water from the old tank and that's getting heated/circulated now. The substrate move has bought a lot of dirt out. While I rejected the worst of the water, the tank is looking very cloudy at the moment so I've temporarily restored the old canister which isn't staying. Time for a late lunch now, but when I get back it should hopefully be clear and warm enough to return the last bucket of livestock and water.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 04, 2014, 10:37:14 pm
Never thought I'd say this, but I just paid a fiver for some diatoms.
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Post by: WadeWilson on November 04, 2014, 11:35:53 pm
Bought it, put it in the car and nearly died from the stink from the previous owners craw fish. Cleaned and cleaned for about 3 hours, then filled the tank ready to get my cycle started at the weekend.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 09, 2014, 09:02:10 pm
Personal record. 160L of remineralised water used in water changes in freshwater tanks in 1 day, plus I also did a Dettol dip in marine tanks as well as other tidying up.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on November 09, 2014, 09:18:14 pm
50% water change, big clean out of substrate and scrub up of algae, trimmed off dying leaves of plants, changed co2 mixture. took some trimmings of cambomba as well as some bits of christmas moss to grow
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Post by: dianel on November 10, 2014, 09:16:39 am
I added 3 Trilineatus corys to my existing 3 and 4 black & red tailed cobra guppys. I then discovered a baby Cory in the same tank. :)
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Post by: Bad Raven on November 11, 2014, 04:08:29 pm
Today I did a water change on both my tanks.
I also went outside to top up a container that houses three blond dojo/weather loaches, and ended up doing a more extensive water change to reduce the Algae level.
I started them outside as an experiment last autumn when I suddenly had to empty a large custom tank which was about to fail. The large goldfish, etc went to a friends pond, where they still live happily alongside Koi. The shoal of various danios are in a 2' tank with the bronze cory and one small loach.
However, nobody wanted the larger loaches and I had no room inside, so there in their temp "home" of an open topped plastic storage container under a garden table they stayed, right through the winter. They have some slabs of slate to hide under.
The three of them are still extant a year on plus and appear quite happy. They are healthy looking, lively, plump and good colour, so they must be getting fed OK from the "pond" contents, as I have not fed them at all for six months as they stopped taking the food they were on when inside.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 22, 2014, 06:58:32 pm
I'm too old for this...
I manually removed clado from tank 2, as well as trim the plants. That opened it up quite a bit, and I cleaned all the filters before removing another 40L of water and replacing it. By eye, I replaced more than 50% today, especially as the rock/wood is mostly at the bottom so there's more displacement there.
Also did a water change on tank 7/10, and did some cleaning in M1.
I wanted to work on the sump on M2, but not sure I'm going to get that far at this rate...
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Post by: piker on November 22, 2014, 07:04:07 pm
Massive plant trim to get a mates tank set up,added a pair of Pearl Gourami. Think i got carried away with the trimming,tank looks bare.
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Post by: waynes world on November 22, 2014, 07:14:04 pm
Massive plant trim to get a mates tank set up,added a pair of Pearl Gourami. Think i got carried away with the trimming,tank looks bare.
i am dredding trimming mine ( due to tank depth and height ) the Vallis is sprouting up anywhere now, even in the darkness of the caves.
My giant val and spiral was going crazy with runners everywhere even under my bristlenoses bogwood cave,one of my swords was taking over the tank.It needed doing but when you are used to it looking like a jungle it looks bare. Think i will resurrect my tank log later.
Me i have just done a WC and well, watched some infertile cory eggs :(
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 29, 2014, 02:21:03 pm
Major marine movearound today. I've decided to close down the main hospital tank as I haven't seen any nudis in about a month now and zoas look in general good condition, apart from those overgrown with hair algae which I can move into tank M1 for the algae blenny to feast upon.
That means I had to free space in tank M1 for the zoas, and I moved assorted mushrooms and kenya tree into M3. Going from M3 to M1 is a rock with xenia on it. I've seen how invasive it can be in M1, so it can go into M1. The clownfish of M3 will be annoyed with me now as that was their home. They seem to be checking out the yellow star polyps now.
I had a bit of black sponge fall off a rock in the process so wonder if that'll reattach itself somewhere else if left alone?
In a moment I'll be going out to buy some LPS for M2, and if I see the right one will also pick up a mandarin.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 30, 2014, 12:01:46 am
Bought and added 3 corals to M2. Met my old nemesis hydrogen sulphide in the disused filter pipes from M2. Not looking forward to cleaning the filter itself as that's been closed for about a week...
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Post by: Clo99 on December 03, 2014, 10:21:29 pm
Finally got round to adding 5 more rummy nose tetra to increase my shoal, seen a Khuli loach I'd not spotted in a while (I have chocolate/oblonga, but this one is very slim with a kind of petrol sheen, possibly doriea, got mixed in with the oblonga), and wasted far too much time scanning the tank counting the baby cherry shrimp which suddenly came out of hiding from somewhere *applause* . Haven't seen my amano for a week,or so though...
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 14, 2014, 01:39:21 pm
Finally catching up with the tanks this weekend... 120L total water change in 3 tanks so far, with 4th one about to happen. Deforestation of tank 14. Close marine tank 5 (hospital) and also undesignated quarantine tank.
Part of me wants to check out LFS later but I know I'll end up buying something! Will try and hold off until after I've done all tank maintenance, maybe tomorrow instead.
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Post by: Coffee_Monster on December 14, 2014, 08:22:16 pm
Done a 25% water change, added some plant fert and also introduced 2 red spotted snails! :)
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Post by: Cichliduk on December 14, 2014, 10:16:19 pm
Nothing :(
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 15, 2014, 03:10:55 pm
Went shopping earlier. Got 4 more shrimp (2 red, 2 black) to expand the genetics of my colony.
Also bought a goniopora as well as several other frags for tank M2.
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Post by: Si_2202 on December 17, 2014, 05:59:10 pm
Had a bit of a 'mare with T2 today. The filter (Eheim 2215) started making a horrendous noise and stopped pumping right before I left for work this morning. I turned it off til I got back 10 hours later and found a small hole in one of the pipes as it exits the tank. It must have been pulling air in slowly and caused an air lock in the impeller housing, bloody thing!
There was one positive though, when I emptied the filter I found a Kuhli Loach alive and well swimming in the bottom of the canister, daft fish lol.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on December 17, 2014, 06:04:44 pm
Kuhlis are daft but very entertaining fish. One of mine managed to trap itself inside the bottom of my heater guard where the guard was an inch longer than the heater! Fortunately I spotted it and chased it out before it got burnt. I lost two jumpers which made it most of the way across the carpet looking for another source of water :( the tank now has a lid! My remaining 16 are happy and always active :) they like big groups.
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Post by: Si_2202 on December 17, 2014, 06:17:34 pm
Yep, I learnt that very quickly after I had to rescue one from a couple of feet away from the tank. I only discovered it when I wondered what the cat was whacking with its paw! The loach in question is still alive and happily ties itself into knots with it's Kuhli friends at feeding time *grin*
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Post by: LiamT on December 17, 2014, 06:40:05 pm
Removed Juwel death box & replaced with an eheim 2236. Those boxes hide some nasty stuff. Now I am left with a gap in my 3d background which I am also considering removing.
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Post by: JAX3000 on December 18, 2014, 12:10:12 pm
On Saturday I started the fishless cycling my 70l whilst eagerly awaiting the arrival of the 340l. Today I checked Ammonia... Still 4ppm.
I also learned that my 40ppm Nitrate out the tap isn't the disaster I had thought is was and that a cheap TDS (total dissolved solids) testing pen may be a better way of testing when water change is required, so I'll be buying me one of those.
I'm so excited about the Ammonia going down in the 70l...! COME ON BACTERIA! YOU CAN DO IT...! *applause*
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Post by: fr499y on December 18, 2014, 07:43:49 pm
looked at them and thought *hmm how am i gunna do this* saturday is going to be a long, wet day for me!
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Post by: Cichliduk on December 18, 2014, 10:59:55 pm
Water change and good scrub.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 20, 2014, 11:58:04 am
Just bought 20 more ember tetras to double what I have. Maybe I can find them now...
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 20, 2014, 12:27:16 pm
I think 3 of the fish weren't embers, and probably something jumping over from the next tank. Looks similar but different tail shape and body colour. Drip acclimating them now...
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 20, 2014, 02:20:51 pm
Fish acclimated and in tank. I think the unknown fish might be lampeye killifish. The eye glows like other internet images when they swim under the lights, although I'm not seeing the same body colouration.
Oh, the new embers definitely lack the colour of my existing ones. I wonder if that is just general health, or if there might be a contribution from my usage of colour enhancing foods?
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Post by: Mol_PMB on December 20, 2014, 05:08:47 pm
Intriguing...
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 20, 2014, 05:14:52 pm
In a classic case of "why didn't I do this earlier?" I inverted part of the mount holding the lights over M2. By doing that, it lifts it about 10cm higher above water, giving better coverage to the edges of the tank. I was debating getting a bigger light but don't think it is needed now.
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Post by: marty.h on December 20, 2014, 06:25:32 pm
Cleaned the sand and fed the plants also fitted timers to my lights so the plants recieve the correct amount of light a day nothing to interesting today.
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Post by: JumpMaster on December 20, 2014, 07:45:02 pm
Major water change on the 2 meter
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Post by: Clo99 on December 20, 2014, 09:48:44 pm
Fitted a moonlight LED strip and waiting to see what it looks like when the tank lights go off later. Only having it come on 45mins either side of main lights.
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Post by: Cichliduk on December 21, 2014, 12:12:28 pm
Water change and scrub time in the 6ft : (. I used to really enjoy it on my old tank but it's a chore now lol.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 21, 2014, 12:50:34 pm
Nothing... yet. I still have the change water mixing in a bucket but never quite got around to it yesterday...
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Post by: Syno14 on December 21, 2014, 01:23:09 pm
Purchased 5 giant danios for my 200 litre. Amazing fish
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Post by: Si_2202 on December 21, 2014, 05:15:16 pm
Went to plumb my RO unit in to my workshop today only to discover that the reason the water had been turned off out there was because of many small leaks! Looks like I'll be doing a lot of soldering of copper pipes over the next few days :mad:
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Post by: marty.h on December 21, 2014, 05:51:27 pm
Went to plumb my RO unit in to my workshop today only to discover that the reason the water had been turned off out there was because of many small leaks! Looks like I'll be doing a lot of soldering of copper pipes over the next few days :mad:
Watch for lead and flux going into the pipe make sure you run it for quite a while after the repair before you connect the RO unit to it :)
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Post by: WadeWilson on December 21, 2014, 06:59:50 pm
Added my new plants, red tiger lotus is the only one I know for definite lol.
Also addef 5 more guppy to join the others :)
Saw an amazing piece of bogwood with java Moss and java fern growing nicely on it, 26 pounds though couldn't add that to the 43 already spent today lol
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Post by: Si_2202 on December 21, 2014, 07:00:53 pm
Watch for lead and flux going into the pipe make sure you run it for quite a while after the repair before you connect the RO unit to it :)
I never thought of that, thanks for the tip!
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Post by: fr499y on December 21, 2014, 07:42:36 pm
Finally started on the big tank for the bigger fish! :D
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Post by: LiamT on December 22, 2014, 04:19:59 pm
Pulled most of my giant vallis out, which is a shame because they were 4/5ft plants but needed to be done. New fish arrive tomorrow.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on December 22, 2014, 05:41:07 pm
Drained the 240L down to 3", removed all the filters etc, and moved it 2'6" to the left before re-filling. I don't think the fish really enjoyed the experience :/ but the tank is still in one piece :)
50% water change on all other tanks.
New square tank set up in the under-stairs cupboard, with two external filters, each with a little media nicked from one of my existing ones while cleaning it, plus a load of new media. Cycle started with 3ppm ammonia.
A busy day!
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Post by: JumpMaster on December 24, 2014, 12:40:30 am
Made my first batch of beef heart for my discus. It was greatly accepted by all. The laetacara curviceps fought over a large chunk - until a bn came and sat on the piece.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 27, 2014, 10:18:22 am
Just had delivery of a used Juwel Rio 240 so operation fish juggle will commence shortly once coffee has gone down.
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Post by: hanssg on December 27, 2014, 04:54:35 pm
liam 5ft plants how big is your tank lol.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 27, 2014, 05:14:17 pm
Bath is now a soup of wood and stones. Yay.
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Post by: Bad Raven on December 27, 2014, 05:57:58 pm
Sat and watched the Red Cherry Shrimps nicking Prima from under the noses of the Guppies and Cardinals!
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Post by: Cichliduk on December 27, 2014, 06:22:31 pm
Fitted my heater guards, and 'stealthed' my pipe work
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2014, 01:16:41 pm
Removed some bubble algae from two marine tanks.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2014, 01:34:09 pm
Found more bubble algae I missed, and a tiny bit in a 3rd tank. So that'll be a job for after lunch.
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Post by: CaroleR on December 28, 2014, 07:44:14 pm
basically just enjoyed watching the fish apart from feeding them of course! waiting for my proper testing kit to arrive so i can check water ok
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2014, 08:33:38 pm
Smashed a T5 tube and picking glass splinters out of my feet :(
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Post by: Zac460 on December 28, 2014, 09:05:01 pm
Smashed a T5 tube and picking glass splinters out of my feet :(
Ouch! :censored2: [size=78%]Are fluorescent tubes the kind that shatter into lots of tiny pieces then?[/size]
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2014, 09:30:29 pm
There were some big bits, but also lots of small bits. Do they still use mercury in these tubes? Might be a bit late for me to open the windows now, but I've given the area a good vacuum so hopefully no more foot punctures.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2014, 09:33:34 pm
Oh, the new embers definitely lack the colour of my existing ones. I wonder if that is just general health, or if there might be a contribution from my usage of colour enhancing foods?
Finally got round to downloading the not so great photos off camera, but it does show the colour difference when I got them. I wonder if it was just travel stress, as I can't tell them apart from my older ones now. I don't think colour food would work that quickly.
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Post by: kennedy1985 on December 28, 2014, 10:21:27 pm
Fitted the new co2 system after much cursing I must add! Appears to be working well :) Carried out a big water change and placed some root tabs in the substrate :)
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Post by: piker on December 29, 2014, 04:43:35 pm
Upped the sterbai +2 and added 5 espei rasbora.
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Post by: CaroleR on January 04, 2015, 10:39:28 pm
nearly late for work so busy looking for "Graham the plec" even with light out am fascinated watching them
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Post by: DazedAndConfused on January 04, 2015, 10:57:28 pm
Topped up the water in Lancelot the bettas tank due to evaporation and continued in my DIY attempts to make him a plant pot tunnel!
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Post by: lee737 on January 06, 2015, 07:48:10 am
Live bloodworms for tea tonight....
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Post by: taffy72 on January 06, 2015, 08:56:04 am
Going to do a quick water change on the 400ltr marine, and when i return from a funeral later i will wash the sand and start getting my 60 ltr trop setup ..
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 17, 2015, 04:07:11 pm
Bought 8 more lampeyes and added them.
Found the sump light on M2 wasn't working. It was only glowing dimly so something is very wrong there. Have put in different LED bar for now but that might explain why I seem to be getting more algae recently. I don't know when it may have failed since it is on the same timer as my main lights, and I don't usually look at it since I get home late most days now.
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 17, 2015, 06:29:10 pm
Cleaned the canister filter on M3 and tidied up the wiring a bit. Gonna move my front room around in a bit and after that accessing the tank will be more difficult, so this will be the last refresh in a while.
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Post by: marty.h on January 17, 2015, 06:31:21 pm
Removed all plants and decor to replace substrate and then replaced all decor and plants never again haha
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Post by: LiamT on January 17, 2015, 07:52:30 pm
Added thin layer of white sand, bare bottom is not for me. Also changed background to a deep blue.
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 21, 2015, 08:56:48 pm
While checking on the temperature of tank M2, which is slightly lower than target and I'm about to tinker with the heaters... I found that tank M3 was at 20C! Surprised they haven't frozen in there. Only one coral looked unusual today which is a leather that was all closed up. Looked at the controller readout - confirms it was at 20C. Why isn't it heating? As I moved the part where the heater plugs into the controller, I heard the characteristic crackle of a loose connection and saw the heater light flicker also. There's the problem. Unplugged it, opened up the socket, pushed the contacts in a bit more, closed it up. All is fine now. Still, not inspiring confidence in the socket build quality as I have 3 of those controllers. At least other two appear ok.
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Post by: kennedy1985 on January 23, 2015, 12:00:31 pm
Big water change and a little gardening :)
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Post by: hanssg on January 23, 2015, 11:31:09 pm
new heater rena 100w temp spot on replacing my juwel was always 6c out and got myself a regulater from co2 art good so far
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 24, 2015, 05:34:20 pm
Moved tank M1 to make a space as agreed in principle to buy a bigger used tank to replace M3. M1 still for sale too, so long term I'll only have M2 and the M3 upgrade.
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Post by: Cichliduk on January 24, 2015, 05:45:10 pm
Just looked at it lol
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Post by: MarkB on January 24, 2015, 06:15:42 pm
I (with my 2year old sons help) did a water change, moved the hideouts driftwood around as the oscar and catfish were fighting. Removed as much of the Pleco waste as I could (only manged 50%)
Now researching new external filters. anyone have any experience of the with AquaManta Externals?
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 24, 2015, 06:36:22 pm
I've got a few AquaManta filters, which are Maidenhead Aquatics own brand. They work... but seem less effective at dirt collection than a similarly priced Fluval. Build quality is above the All Pond Solution ones. Oh, I like the prime function which means no messing around with plungers and things to get it going. Press a button and done.
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Post by: Drunken horse on January 24, 2015, 06:41:45 pm
New 300w heater the 200 just wasnt raising the temperature enough for Rams. Few new rocks to make a few extra extra caves. Cant waitvfor new fish next week.
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Post by: MarkB on January 24, 2015, 06:52:00 pm
. Oh, I like the prime function which means no messing around with plungers and things to get it going. Press a button and done.
That's the bit that got my attention. I also liked the pre-packaged media replacements. I definitely need to upgrade, just to what? I have no idea what the previous owner was thinking. The Fluval U4 just does not cut it having 2 12" plecs. If i was planning on keeping the Plecs then I would look more closely at the Fluval. But I am changing to community over the next few months so i was thinking that the Aquamanta may be just what I need as I will not have the big bioload being caused by the plecs. What do you think?
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Post by: taffy72 on January 24, 2015, 07:12:23 pm
Made some RO water ready for a water change on the 400 ltr marine and checked my readings on the 60 ltr trop ( still high nitrites lol )
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Post by: WadeWilson on January 24, 2015, 07:16:42 pm
Removed some plants I didn't like anymore and replaced them with Twisted vallis, added a foreground plant and also two Bolivian ram *grin*
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Post by: marty.h on January 24, 2015, 07:20:45 pm
Water change and a vac all round. Cleaned the inside and outside of all glass and washed down all the euro bracings nice and clean again now :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 24, 2015, 07:26:23 pm
That's the bit that got my attention. I also liked the pre-packaged media replacements. I definitely need to upgrade, just to what? I have no idea what the previous owner was thinking. The Fluval U4 just does not cut it having 2 12" plecs. If i was planning on keeping the Plecs then I would look more closely at the Fluval. But I am changing to community over the next few months so i was thinking that the Aquamanta may be just what I need as I will not have the big bioload being caused by the plecs. What do you think?
You don't need to change the media. Well, only carbon if you choose to use it, but the rest generally keeps going forever. When I was talking about the dirt collection, that is the mechanical dirt. From a bioload point I don't think there is much to choose between them.
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Post by: GlassWalker on January 31, 2015, 01:36:59 pm
Just half-collected-half-delivered an Aquaone 275 home. Sump is still in my car. This is not going to be a quick job...
Also got two more engineer eels which I'll sump for now I think. Read they're best introduced into a tank at the same time, and I have a 3rd one in another tank that will together move into the new one once I have time.
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Post by: Little.Tinca on January 31, 2015, 05:54:45 pm
Water change & ordered a new filter for my 120 litre set-up.
Also replaced the cave decoration I had with some bogwood, finally accepted that my red-tailed black shark is happy in his current cave which looks awful & is a tenth of the size, rather than moving into the cave I bought for him especially for £20!!
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Post by: taffy72 on January 31, 2015, 06:02:41 pm
ordered new ammonia test kit and nitrate . water change on the marine later or tomorrow .
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Post by: paul beeston on January 31, 2015, 08:33:07 pm
new tank still cycling so just planted a few more plants
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Post by: Zebra Fish on January 31, 2015, 08:46:23 pm
another water change. just cant seem to get this tank in order it was cycled when i started this time last year but now seem to have gone a complete 180 to non-cycled and any plants that i had which were flourashing are now dying :(
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Post by: Cichliduk on February 01, 2015, 04:55:02 pm
Scrubbed algae off my rocks :(
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Post by: taffy72 on February 01, 2015, 05:25:10 pm
Just done a water change on the marine and filled the 25 ltr tubs back up with fresh RO . done my tests on my cycling 60 ltr first day of double zeros *applause* *applause* . I might even get my mrs 30 ltr cycling ..
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Post by: taffy72 on February 03, 2015, 05:57:52 pm
Just gave a nasty AIP a blast of aipx so satisfying seeing them disappear up there own backsides lol
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Post by: marty.h on February 03, 2015, 06:12:47 pm
Just gave a nasty AIP a blast of aipx so satisfying seeing them disappear up there own backsides lol
Get yourself a tank mate that will much them a lot easier :)
Acreichthys tomentosus AKA.. the aiptasia eating filefish/leatherjacket/seagrass filefish.. I did see one of them in lfs but thought i would give this stuff a try first . (http://www.tarracogoldfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Acreichthys-tomentosus.jpg)
They are reef safe as well :)
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Post by: marty.h on February 03, 2015, 07:03:12 pm
My dad had aptasia but I was not keen on adding any products to his water got one of then an bye aptasia a lot easier the having to inject each one and putting a chemical in your water.
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Post by: taffy72 on February 03, 2015, 07:25:11 pm
I know what you mean but i didnt want a fish just for one purpose if you know what i mean and there not the prettiest of fish lol
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Post by: marty.h on February 03, 2015, 07:27:19 pm
My dad's looks ok but you have to look at the bigger picture is it better to have one fish that is ugly or keep putting chemicals in tank.
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Post by: taffy72 on February 03, 2015, 07:30:16 pm
I done a fair bit of reserch before using aip x and if i can keep on top of the bigger ones and the peppermints keep the little ones down then im happy as it is.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 03, 2015, 07:50:05 pm
I've used aip-x in the past, and it does work when used correctly. Don't go spraying it over everything and it does its job. It is best used to control minor infestations though, not sure I'd like to do a whole tank with it.
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Post by: JAX3000 on February 05, 2015, 09:24:02 pm
Fishless cycle complete...!!! After about 7 weeks at it, I tested my ammo and nitrite yesterday and found square ZERO!! Woo!!! A bit more testing and a big water change and I'm in business...! :)
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Post by: Zebra Fish on February 05, 2015, 11:09:30 pm
taken out my dead amano shrimp and 25% water change, going to keep a close eye on the water and see if i need to do another change tomorrow. really worried that ive managed to kill an amano, fish seem fine for now but shall keep a close watch
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Post by: marty.h on February 05, 2015, 11:11:27 pm
Binned all the plants and back to square one :(
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Post by: Cichliduk on February 06, 2015, 12:49:11 pm
Just finishing of a DIY cabinet for two new tank. For my "fish room" (cubby hole under stairs) :)
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Post by: MarkB on February 06, 2015, 11:32:16 pm
this weekend i will be measuring up my cabinet so i can 'childproof' my new external as it wont fit in the cupboards. Making a door to go over the center section to keep filter away from wandering hands.
Next i will be looking at new decor for when my current stock gets re-homed and i change to community tank. And then standard stuff, water changes, and a bit of clean!
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Post by: taffy72 on February 07, 2015, 01:29:00 pm
About to mix some salty water up ready for a change tomorrow and going to do a big water change on the tropical tank ready for some fish tomorrow . also bought a load of frozen food for the marine and realised i had loads in the freezer :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: GlassWalker on February 08, 2015, 07:04:39 pm
Time to answer a question that should never need to be asked: how long does it take to drain a 275L tank using 4mm airhose?
Why? It is the only hose I have long enough to drain a tank outside before refilling it. Would take too much effort to manually carry it.
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Post by: vivalacoulter on February 08, 2015, 07:18:46 pm
Time to answer a question that should never need to be asked: how long does it take to drain a 275L tank using 4mm airhose?
Why? It is the only hose I have long enough to drain a tank outside before refilling it. Would take too much effort to manually carry it.
To answer accurately I'll need to know the change in elevation first!
Just kidding, any way you look at it its going to take an imperial age or metric really really long time.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 08, 2015, 07:41:58 pm
Based on current rates, ignoring the differences in pressure as it drops, that's 14 hours to go... well, something for me to pick up tomorrow morning then! Is it linearly proportional to the drop? It is ball park 1.5m when full to 95cm when empty so would it only be about 2/3 as fast at the bottom relative to the top?
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Post by: vivalacoulter on February 08, 2015, 11:50:58 pm
Well that does make sense! I'd get a bucket in there...
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 09, 2015, 12:14:13 am
It is still going... perhaps 1/5 of the way down now, but I did deliberately pump in the sump water to remove some of that too. It is more fun this way, seeing what the neighbours make of a thin tube sticking out of my letterbox in the morning :D It isn't supposed to go sub zero overnight so no ice risk either.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on February 09, 2015, 08:17:51 am
I think it will slow down quite a lot as the tank empties.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 09, 2015, 10:03:07 am
Just dragged myself out of bed, and find about 1/4 of the water is still there.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 09, 2015, 03:07:29 pm
Nearly there now! Once it gets low enough I'll syphon out the last bit and I can start the marine conversion. On that note, I need to rearrange the lights...
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Post by: vivalacoulter on February 10, 2015, 12:54:24 am
Wow that took its time then!!
Today I've simply fed the tank, waited an hour and did a water change. Another little water change tomorrow I think :)
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Post by: Drunken horse on February 13, 2015, 05:52:55 pm
Something uprooted a lot of my plants (I'm looking at you Sterbai Cory) :mad: made a right mess of the tank. But gave me the chance to do a slight rearrange of the rocks and move the Rams favourite " pick at" rock further away from the Apistos territory. They all seem okay with the slight changes but not sure about it myself
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Post by: taffy72 on February 13, 2015, 06:35:30 pm
Just the normal feeding and cleaning then tomorrow mix some salt after i buy some £55 a tub :censored2: and might treat myself to a royal gramma ..
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 15, 2015, 03:55:39 pm
Culled the algae in M1. Water changes in T16, about to do T14. Getting what's left of M3 ready for sale...
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Post by: piker on February 15, 2015, 11:01:44 pm
Filter clean and 50% water change on 190l,Water change on 40l,tipped the bucket of filter gunk from 190l into the daphnia tank to get the cycle moving and give the daphnia a feed. Gave my bristlenose a piece of yellow pepper instead of the usual cucumber and he is not happy,he's a character at the best of times but he just keeps swimming round it looking for the soft bit he normally eats on the cucumber. roflmao
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Post by: JAX3000 on February 15, 2015, 11:10:04 pm
Today I stocked my 70l... I also bought power cables for the next to be set up 340l, but that's a way off yet... The 70l was cycled over a week ago, so today I bought 8 Panda Cory, 5 Assessin Snails and 1 beautiful little Bristle Nose Pleco!
VERY EXCITED...!!!!!!! thumbsup
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 21, 2015, 11:54:24 am
Busy morning, not even noon yet!
20L water change on T2. Algae cleanup in M2, where I also added an arrow crab and am still processing a couple of acro corals to add. Fed live brineshrimp to all marine tanks Got some moss to go in a freshwater tank too.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 21, 2015, 02:52:11 pm
60L change on T16, also cleaning all filters on it. That was overdue, and gives new meaning to "blackwater". Now mixing up some top up salt to replaced some used earlier...
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Post by: paul beeston on February 21, 2015, 05:43:17 pm
Just the normal feeding and cleaning then tomorrow mix some salt after i buy some £55 a tub :censored2: and might treat myself to a royal gramma ..
I had a royal gramma and he was a total :censored2: had to nearly empty my tank to catch it as it was attacking everything.
In the end I took him back and swapped for a blackcap basslet
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Post by: taffy72 on February 21, 2015, 06:09:11 pm
Really ? i might change my mind as i don't want any crap .. was the black cap ok ?
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Post by: paul beeston on February 21, 2015, 06:36:58 pm
The black gap was fine yes, bit more expensive think mine was £65 and they are a bit harder to find but well worth it. Maybe my gramma was just a :censored2: I have seen many people have them with no problems.
Saying that I also had a flame angel as loads of people inc the abyss say they are pretty reef safe, not mine another mission to try and catch home as he was munching thru all my lps :mad:
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Post by: taffy72 on February 21, 2015, 06:45:59 pm
Do you still keep marines paul ?
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 21, 2015, 07:22:16 pm
I have a royal gramma too. Mine seems to be simultaneously scared and occasionally has a go at the ocellaris clowns, which give as good as they get.
While in this thread, I've been mixing salt for most of the afternoon and I'm still doing it now. The AquaOne 275 is almost full now. Jebao DC6000 is in, although I'm currently running it at the lowest setting. Suppose I should see if I have the water level to running a skimmer next, as the AquaOne sump layout makes no sense! Very low water level unless I put in more baffles. Does siliconne set underwater as I'm not draining it again... :D
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Post by: paul beeston on February 21, 2015, 07:31:31 pm
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Post by: coryKid2015 on February 25, 2015, 01:31:16 am
Added soil and sand to my tank just waiting on my bio home ultimate to arrive to actually get the tank up and running ordered it last week off ebay from n.r aquatics and still haven't received it so fishless cycle on hold ☹ also added bogwood and stones and blue background. Adding plants soon so will look a bit better than it does now (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/24/f923160907b39000c40cd8592f4f6bec.jpg)
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 27, 2015, 09:27:12 am
Found a dead glass cat this morning. Got some long tweezers to help me reach it. I lost of a tug of war against an amano shrimp who wanted it more, which grabbed it and pulled it under a large bit of wood so I can't even see it let alone reach it short of taking the tank apart. You win, for now...
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Post by: Cactusface on February 27, 2015, 08:01:31 pm
Hi All, What did I do today! Set up my new tank, as the old Jewel Rio 125 started to leak badly!! It's an Aquavogue 170(Litres) The temp has just about got upto the 24c I need? It took a few days to get it ordered and delivered (last night), so in the mean time I had no option but to move my fish to a large plastic storeage box, with filter, heater and airstone, etc. But there were casuties.. including some nice fish, some my favs!!
I managed to save some of the old water and used the media from my old (Eheim) canister filter.
Will keep you posted. Regards
Mel.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 28, 2015, 12:23:22 pm
Put some acrylic panels over tank M3 replacement. It seems to have made the overflow noisier not quieter by amplifying the water noises... doh! The main reason for putting them there is to hopefully cut down on evaporation as I think I'm losing over 1L/day on this tank currently.
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 28, 2015, 12:54:04 pm
Rescued 3 shrimp from filter...
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Post by: GlassWalker on February 28, 2015, 03:12:57 pm
Massive clean and water change of T16 done. This included moving the EFX1200 from T14 over which I wanted to do for ages. The filter is fine but runs louder than I like for a front room tank. Oh, I was cleaning a U3 internal, and after rinsing the sponges went to put them back in. One bit just wouldn't go in giving some resistance just before going all the way. I took everything out and found a barb had snuck into the filter body. Hope I didn't squish it too much it but swam off without much fuss.
Just had a cup of tea, now back to putting an APS1000 onto T14 to replace the EFX1200, and also do a water change on that.
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Post by: kas on February 28, 2015, 04:18:32 pm
Spent over an hour at LFS choosing a couple of pieces of wood, and another age working out best position in the tank. Still undecided so feet up with a cup of tea, thinking time needed:smiley:
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Post by: willow on February 28, 2015, 10:08:15 pm
emergency water change,lost my beautiful male bristlenose,nitrate high and i don't know why.largest of the clown loaches was going biserk,however it seems to have calmed down,and gone back to usual behaviour. planted some new plants,just amazon sword,corkscrew vallis,cabomba. got an Anubias on order along with eleocharis vivipara hair grass,and a nymphaea lotus.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 01, 2015, 12:19:37 pm
Finally added sand to M3 and did a minor rearrange to coral placement. Letting it settle now.
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Post by: Sobriquet on March 02, 2015, 05:57:31 pm
Large water change today as have been away for a few weeks. Also got my external JBL filter up and running (The one that came free from PF magazine subs) and am amazed how quiet it is.
Moved a few plants around to give more cover one side of the tank, re-positioned my Co2 piping and added some courgette for the BN's. Didn't see the male throughout any of this so have a feeling some fry are on their way.
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 07, 2015, 12:20:59 pm
Water change done on T16, preparing T14 for same as I type...
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Post by: taffy72 on March 07, 2015, 01:51:23 pm
Doing a waterchange on the trop tank later, a waterchange tomorrow on the marine but not aloud to spend anymore money on it as i have to save for a holiday *bye3*
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 07, 2015, 04:40:50 pm
Water change on T14 done, and had a packet of crisps afterwards, licking my fingers clean. Then I realised, I don't think I washed my hands between the two. Doh!
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Post by: williamjohnstone92 on March 07, 2015, 08:13:46 pm
today i installed my air pump in the location where i wanted and also place the airstones and tubing in my tank so that there are hidding
also done a water change of 25% really happy with the look of it so far :D
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 15, 2015, 04:14:13 pm
Cleaned it.. for the first time ever. To distract me from the orgy.. they ignored me completely and disappeared into a thicket.
And.. cut a cambomba that was in danger of climbing out of the tank. replanted the cut part
stuck a water polisher in.. for the rest of today and overnight. give the filter a helping hand.
Tank is a month old on wednesday. one month. one water change. 80 fish.
No deaths.. no sickness.. no snails.. no algae.. just far too much sex going on.
shameful. roflmao
From this.. five days after filling the tank. (http://i.imgur.com/NOw26Gah.png)
Exactly three weeks later: (http://i.imgur.com/Ye8QGmxh.jpg)
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Post by: Trouty on March 15, 2015, 07:28:41 pm
Lookin good tiddlers i think u just answered my question before on how u dont do water changes i fidnt realise ur tank was so new but surley u will need to start a routine at some point
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Post by: taffy72 on March 15, 2015, 07:32:17 pm
Been cleaning up 10 ltrs of water after my skimmer decided to over flow :mad: :mad: not happy .Other than that nothing just spoiling the mrs :458:
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Post by: Dancoulcher on March 16, 2015, 01:18:01 pm
The usual mahoosive water change
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 16, 2015, 07:19:12 pm
PEAS.
And just to prove that you can have healthy fish in an uncycled tank that has only had one water change in a month. a 30 second (slightly shaky) video of my sick and cruelly treated Barbs. *grin*
Only a few on show.. the rest were off elsewhere having a good time. or having sex. or both. roflmao
https://vimeo.com/122347900
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Post by: Trouty on March 16, 2015, 07:34:52 pm
And just to prove that you can have healthy fish in an uncycled tank that has only had one water change in a month. a 30 second (slightly shaky) video of my sick and cruelly treated Barbs. *grin*
Only a few on show.. the rest were off elsewhere having a good time. or having sex. or both. roflmao Looks good m8 'peas' have to try them. Do u think water flow around ur plant is important for healthy plant growth. Iv heard it is an i thought mine looked good but down the far end of outlet am thinkin it could be better an this happens to be were my plants seem to struggle
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 16, 2015, 07:40:26 pm
Do u think water flow around ur plant is important for healthy plant growth. Iv heard it is an i thought mine looked good but down the far end of outlet am thinkin it could be better an this happens to be were my plants seem to struggle
No.. I don't.
I think water flow is important for the health of the Fish. thats the be all and end all, everything else follows behind that in a very firm second place. if the water is circulating enough for the fish to be happy.. then the plants will be happy too. if any are struggling then theres something else going on. either they're undernourished in some way or they're not getting enough light.
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Post by: Trouty on March 16, 2015, 07:47:52 pm
No.. I don't.
I think water flow is important for the health of the Fish. thats the be all and end all, everything else follows behind that in a very firm second place. if the water is circulating enough for the fish to be happy.. then the plants will be happy too. if any are struggling then theres something else going on. either they're undernourished in some way or they're not getting enough light. [/quote]
Cheers pal it should be good then there is a flow just slow that end an fish seem happy. Iv started with ferts an co2 regular now didnt know co2 was added daily before so started a daily dose now added root tabs but clown loach enjoyed those gonna do ur ice cube trick just gotta get aqua soil. Thanks again.
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 16, 2015, 07:58:12 pm
I don't know anything about added CO2 or fertilisers.. and I don't want to learn. I remember last year reading about them for the first time.. I saw the logic when its for a very specific (but artificial) kind of aquascape. but.. the first tale of woe. a tank of dead fish was enough to put me off the whole thing completely - I was appalled . Im for the natural approach.. a tank in balance with itself. nothing added aside from food for the fish.. which then feeds everything else.
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Post by: Trouty on March 16, 2015, 08:22:32 pm
Oof!i can imagine and iv always done things that way in the past but never had much luck with plants some grew most didnt but this time i went for a change and would like heavier plantlife so am givin it ago i think am gettin there have bout 35-40 plants an bout 15-20 different types so think iam nearly happy ha ha most important tho fish seem really healthy llost quite a few wen g/f decided to polish tank only time iv lost fish in this set up
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 16, 2015, 08:33:35 pm
Ive never had any luck with plants either.. its been 15years since my last aquarium and in that i managed to grow twisted val. *just* twisted val. oh... and algae. i was remarkably successful with algae.
but now.. with this very simple method. the plants are growing like weeds. which is great.. I want a jungle. a riot of plants. the more the merrier. for these first two months. then i'll be in there to sort them out. cut some. pull some. plant some. and after that it'll look very different. still natural.. but not quite the jungle it is now. This early crazy growth is doing something remarkable.. which will make how the tank works in the future almost completely self sufficient. water changes - once in a blue moon. no ferts - ever. and healthy fish. which is all that matters at the end of the day.
I seem to have lost the knack with growing algae though...
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Post by: Trouty on March 16, 2015, 09:11:18 pm
Ha ha funny guy. The lack of algea probably due to ur plants doing so well they compete for the same nutrients or so iam told. An i agree healthy fish is upmost important u seem to be doing fine with ur tekkers anyway. U have used aqua soil tho am i right
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 16, 2015, 09:45:53 pm
No.. you are wrong. I used soil bought from the homebase garden centre. ordinary garden topsoil. then worked a little magic to make it suitable for the aquarium. *grin*
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Post by: Trouty on March 16, 2015, 09:57:22 pm
So hang on i think am gettin confused it was u who told me aqua soil ice cube trick wasnt it or should i go bck an read over some stuff. And is this magic u did is it a secret or r u gonna share ur wisdom
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 17, 2015, 09:27:55 am
And is this magic u did is it a secret or r u gonna share ur wisdom
already have.. 3 or 4 times. but its no real benefit to you. it works a lot better if you're starting from scratch. and need a lot.
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Post by: Trouty on March 17, 2015, 07:14:30 pm
Ok tiddlers it was you who told me the ice trick albiet u didnt mention aqua soil just soil, i think i must have assumed this is what you meant when you said soil. And when you have said youve used soil on your own tank again ive assumed you were talkin bout aqua soil,i wouldnt have thought garden top soil was even an option. So just 1 more question i think, when you spoke about the ice cube trick wot type of soil should i use
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 18, 2015, 12:10:49 pm
Im sure any half decent LFS worth its salt will sell it too.. theres a fairly wide choice.
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Post by: Trouty on March 18, 2015, 04:32:12 pm
Cheers for the info i think am gonna try this
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 21, 2015, 11:44:12 am
Removed the spray bar and replaced it with a Lily pipe, which I've angled so there's a bit of a waterfall effect. Much better... I can at last turn the filter up full without the whole tank looking like a scene from "Tornado" or expecting at any minute to see Dorothy doing a backstroke shouting "Twister!! Run Toto Run".
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 21, 2015, 01:41:24 pm
Shaved some corals and snails. I really need to also sort out both a skimmer and circulation pump which seem to have given up in one of my marine tanks. Skimmer has never been deep cleaned so that is likely the solution there. Other pump is overgrown with algae which can't be helping...
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Post by: Trouty on March 21, 2015, 08:36:07 pm
Water change. Abit of a clean and abit of gardening,added a power head for abit more circulation also added 5 big bunches of spiral valise
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Post by: GlassWalker on March 21, 2015, 10:16:04 pm
Replaced a 5D white LED tube with a home made red/white one, which I did so long ago I can't remember what power it is. I think it is 3W red and 2W white. Hope it will give algae more of a kick.
The skimmer and pump have been sitting in a bucket of citric acid most of the day... just emptied it and filled it with fresh acid and will leave it overnight. Most of the encrusted carbonates have dissolved so this might finish it off.
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Post by: Trouty on March 28, 2015, 10:59:16 pm
Cleand out filter and cleaned out impeller,wow some gunk in there let me tell you, flow is bck to like new very happy. Also ordered myself some red tiger lotus and an aponogeton should have these next week happy days. Keeping my sleeves wet.
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 28, 2015, 11:46:27 pm
treated the tank for a suspected parasite infestation.. and because of the treatment used had to remove the purigen bag from the top of the filter. was more than a little surprised to find a dead.. a very dead Danio behind it.
looks like it committed suicide by jumping out of the water and managing to land in the worst possible place. the little gap in the maintenance shaft.. so it fell down that doing its alice in wonderland impression. then realising it was a bit dry. flopped about a bit and eventually fell through the hole that all the pipes and wires go through.. and then died disgracefully behind the filter. i binned it.
some fish.. no brains at all. roflmao
so thats the second death in 38 days.. in my next life I'm keeping pet rocks. *grin*
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Post by: DoubleDutch on March 29, 2015, 04:27:06 pm
Reorganized my " new" meter-tank. Refilled my 90 cm. With water from my other meter-tank and did a huge waterchange in that one. (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/29/a1f91022b1a0073667150ac12e84a6ec.jpg)
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Post by: kas on March 29, 2015, 06:37:04 pm
Drilled some holes in a piece of redmoor root. After a month of soaking its still bobbing about!
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Post by: fr499y on March 31, 2015, 10:26:40 am
Changed the 8mm thick acrylic on my light unit so i could actually mount it to my tank ( brackets designed for a 50-60cm wide tank, mines 40! ) and cleaned the glass of the marine. Did a quick trim on the 60L shrimp tank and topped up the water.
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Post by: johnc1 on March 31, 2015, 12:31:15 pm
Water change and cut some of my plants down as its was starting to look like a jungle in there.
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Post by: Tiddlers on March 31, 2015, 03:13:22 pm
removed all the 'stem' plants and just left a few pieces of cut Elodea in.. floating to 'help out' until the new plants arrive. looking a tad bare compared to a few days ago.. but thats fine. the slower growing plants now have more light and space. Ive got some frogbit coming too.. a different floater a little more attractive than the water fern. which has itself been reduced by about 2/3rds
last night i cleaned the filter.. mainly the pads and put a couple of GREEN TEA bags in the filter.. an experiment going on. green tea is loaded with potassium (plus other useful trace elements) as well as anti oxidants.. so a bit of a health boost for the plants who are greedy for potassium and the fish - anti oxidants are great for them, just the same as us.
fish aren't affected by caffeine.. but its not soluble in water at low temperatures anyway.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 11, 2015, 01:20:15 pm
Had an idea last weekend to have a satellite tank sharing a sump of existing system, and the last step required to implement that was purchased this morning. 3m of 40mm ID hose to match my overflow box. Have checked and they do fit! So getting other things ready will probably take all afternoon.
While in there I also picked up a pair of Banggai Cardinals. They're drip acclimating now since the LFS water tested at 19ppt and I run about 34ppt.
Finally, checked out their live foods, picking up some packs of copepods and brine shrimp. I've never seen my court jester goby eat so much! It loved the live brine shrimp. I've never seen it take any other dead food I put in the tank, like frozen brine shrimp. It does frequently pick at rocks and substrate so must be finding something else to eat...
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 12, 2015, 12:44:59 pm
Still preparing for a water change.
Looking in the tank where I added the cardinals yesterday, I can only see one of them. While there might still be a chance it is hiding in the rocks, I fear it has "disappeared" like many other fish have in there.
Also I had locally put up a UV unit for sale, and ended up doing a bigger swapping for some more marine stock! Got a mandarin, a pom pom crab, some sexy shrimp and a coco worm. These are still all accounted for in a different tank.
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 12, 2015, 01:55:51 pm
Finally fitted some LED fill lights two T14 and T16. Both of these have the main lights to one side of the tank so on opposite side it gets a bit gloomy. The LEDs aren't that bright though...
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Post by: Adw on April 12, 2015, 09:34:35 pm
topped up new tank as water had dropped an inch or so due to messing around with the filter a lot and a bit of evaporation. Started the fishless cycle on the new tank as well!! also cleaned up an old branch I had kicking around in the shed and popped it in to float for awhile tho I actually quite like it up top reminds me of mangrove roots growing down so may look into attaching all my branches from the top instead of having them on the bottom!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 13, 2015, 12:56:05 pm
Didn't have time to finish the satellite tank on the weekend so instead it is running separately with some dead live rock to cycle, seeded with a piece of live rock from existing tank. The live rock is actually rubble, smashed off some far too big pieces for any tank I'm likely to fit in my current house. I need a good chisel to break yet another rock that was too thick for a hammer to shatter. All I was doing was making a fine dust on the surface of that one.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on April 13, 2015, 04:19:45 pm
50% water change, trimming all plants, added some root tabs, did the DIY CO2 bottle 1, sectioned off some plants i need getting rid of to sell on, cleaned off the algae just a big face lift because as my dad said "it's looking a bit green there"
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Post by: Noller on April 19, 2015, 06:18:15 pm
Added 10 Lemon Tetras to the 240l.Starting to colour up already and a lovely looking fish.
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Post by: Sobriquet on April 19, 2015, 07:15:51 pm
Water change today but also took the chance to trim some plants and add a little cave in for the BN's, which I positioned under some larger rocks. Also added a black background behind the tank as suggested by Plankton ages ago, makes a nice difference :)
Added 2 Zebra Nerite snails too, lovely little things!
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Post by: GlassWalker on April 25, 2015, 03:39:07 pm
Lots and lots of testing and tank maintenance today...
Amongst all this, I just saw my puffer take a big poop, then the female clownfish came up and ate it! If only I had this on video I can call it two fish one tank :D
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Post by: waynes world on April 25, 2015, 09:47:53 pm
Well toady i did a much needed trimming of the Vallis, about 12 foot in total i guess. Bit more maybe tomorrow front he side area aswell, fish need room i think aswell as water lol.
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Post by: baldingeagle on April 26, 2015, 06:04:05 pm
Hi.
Done a 50% water change and gave the tank a good clean. To help with highish nitrate level i added some nitrate minus to start the process to reduce it down to a lower level.
Put all the plants back in and changed the layout of the decorations a bit to confuse the fish !
Deciding what fish to buy next week to go with the six danio's and three raspbora's Now watching the fish swimming happily around.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 02, 2015, 09:05:20 am
Water change today. Tomorrow is operation tank move. 5 mates coming over to help get my 8x30 x24 on its stand
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Post by: Sobriquet on May 02, 2015, 01:53:22 pm
Picked up a 2nd hand 50l tank from Ebay to move my ADF's into. Just cleaned it out and filled it up in the bath to test for leaks. Looks good so far, but will have to wait until next week to get things moved across.
Seriously though, who sells a tank out of boot of his car still containing gravel AND half filled with dirty water? *blink*
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Post by: taffy72 on May 10, 2015, 04:33:37 pm
Just had a good clean of the marine tank and have noticed a few aips popping up in some awkward places so a few peppermint shrimps or even an aip eating filefish will be coming soon ... on the tropical water change and everything is looking good so may get some cories next week .
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Post by: Bad Raven on May 15, 2015, 05:30:19 pm
Seriously though, who sells a tank out of boot of his car still containing gravel AND half filled with dirty water? *blink*
A friend of mine sold his car, a week later he said he'd have to go round to the buyer as he wanted to play tennis and it emerged he'd sold it with all his personal items still in it!!
Today, I have only photographed a red cherry shrimp that decided to climb all over a 6" Plec and settled on "cleaning up" its dorsal fin!! *fool*
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 16, 2015, 08:01:39 am
Sump install day
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 17, 2015, 06:15:29 pm
Tank 2: closed, sold and out of the house.
I rescued a million MTS which I might try and give away free. I also saw two baby shrimp in tank. One I managed to catch and move into my other tank with shrimp. The other evaded my attempts at capture and I lost sight of it. So for practical purposes that is no more.
I now have an odd feeling in the kitchen as there is a huge amount of space there. Wonder what will fill it... (not more tanks!)
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Post by: Zebra Fish on May 18, 2015, 09:58:51 pm
long time no see on here. had a full gut out all dead leaves gone, shifted the sand around and got some bubbles moved irradiated all signs of algae and hopefully can start working on getting rid of it. i'm going to get rid of some pennywort either at the lfs or if anyone wants to buy some here. need to sort out the algae problem im reassuringly having brown algae, hairy green algae, black bush, green spot as well as the blue algae thats not algae. may as well give up on plants and grow algae instead
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 23, 2015, 08:30:46 am
Good size water change on my beast of a tank then once the temperature is ok drip,acclimatise my ray and add him
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Post by: SnowAddict on May 23, 2015, 09:52:16 am
Replumb my overflow on my sump as is Would appear some K1 has tried to escape and now is stopping the water from overflowing to the drain outside.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 23, 2015, 09:59:58 am
Replumb my overflow on my sump as is Would appear some K1 has tried to escape and now is stopping the water from overflowing to the drain outside.
Wanna borrow a drain rod.
Cheers for the offer dude but in going to up it from 21 to 32mm
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Post by: Mol_PMB on May 23, 2015, 11:30:56 am
Set up a second Daphnia culture in the garden, two more microworm cultures in the house, and renewed my BBS culture. Grindalworm and bananaworm next to deal with...
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 23, 2015, 12:00:54 pm
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 23, 2015, 03:26:07 pm
Routine maintenance in progress. I found the ATU off on M2 and circulation pumps off on M3. What was I doing previously??? No idea how long they've been like that.
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Post by: Dancoulcher on May 24, 2015, 11:24:31 am
Added Alan my bdxleo to my tank
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 31, 2015, 06:26:29 pm
With me forgetting to turn on ATU in one tank last week, this week I've had a different one stick on so that tank is rather high but thankfully didn't overflow. Letting evaporation bring it back into line. Might give it a push anyway, as I just got a tank to replace it!
Picked up a used M60 to replace my M90, as part of my ongoing downsizing. Essentially the same tank, but one is 3ft, the other 2ft. The one I picked up had been customised by the owner so it has a weir, sump, and overflow, which should allow me to fit it into my existing sump arrangement bypassing the supplied sump.
Before I use it, I'll give it another clean then paint the background I think. Undecided if I should go black or blue. With what I have at home, I can do any colour as long as it is black.
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Post by: hutch on May 31, 2015, 06:33:03 pm
Today i done a 50% water change, trimed/cleaned my plants and trimmed the roots. Also cleaned the filter sponges (in aquarium water of course) and added a sponge filter/bubbler to the tank.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 07, 2015, 12:43:37 pm
Setting up the tank I got last week. Stupidly I bought 3m of hose at LFS where I wanted 2m, suppose it is not as bad as getting it wrong the other way!
Because of work travels coming up, I don't think I'll risk moving in any livestock today, but I hope to at least get the tank filled and flow tested.
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Post by: dianel64 on June 08, 2015, 08:21:56 pm
Bought a GBR. He's proving to be a real character already ^-^
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Post by: DoubleDutch on June 08, 2015, 09:09:34 pm
Reorganised my tanks. Shut down a 60 cm. Back to 8 running tanks now. Got a new Ecco-canisterpot. Restarted this Ecco on my 80 cm. Waterchanges in my Venezualan ~ and small-Aeneustank. Lots of water over the floor / dirt and duckweed in the bathroom. Misses is VERY happy ahummmm.
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Post by: Noller on June 11, 2015, 03:36:59 pm
Added a CO2 system from CO2Art.Went for the premium complete for tanks upto 500L and using a 2kg fire extinguisher.Started using EI ferts also so expecting big results!!
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Post by: Dancoulcher on June 12, 2015, 01:32:03 pm
Making a trickle filter for my sump
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Post by: EJDennahy on June 12, 2015, 02:11:11 pm
Starting EI Dosing tonight ... wish me luck!
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Post by: taffy72 on June 13, 2015, 02:49:56 pm
Water change on the trop later and one on the marine tomorrow ... And might go coral shopping too .
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Post by: Dancoulcher on June 18, 2015, 05:42:26 am
Woke up and did my usual ray feed only to notice a batch of discus eggs on my overflow pipes
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Post by: fr499y on June 18, 2015, 09:45:12 am
Moved my acan coral to opposite side of tank as the hammer seems to be pissing it off *grin*
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 21, 2015, 07:33:27 pm
Finally getting around to setup the satellite tank, and went to connect the drain. Crack! What was that? The drain pipe snapped off when I tried to push the hose on. Let's have a closer look... it was glued on with a layer of silicone on top. That's it, no mechanical strength whatsoever. That was a time bomb!
Looking more closely at the tank, it looks like the original 1/2 NPT bulkhead is in place, so I can continue to use that. I just need to find a suitable adapter. The only downside is I've now spent ~£20 on drain hose on this tank, plus perhaps another £10 of fasteners, which are useless to the job now.
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Post by: gavinh87 on June 22, 2015, 10:25:45 am
Had a bit of a rescape with a nice piece of wood I found at MA and a new filter.
Sorry for the glare, sun is always on the rear of my house.
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 27, 2015, 06:03:52 pm
In setting up a new TV, I found my lost bottle of Prime behind the TV stand. This isn't anywhere near a tank (at the time it was lost) and no one else is in the house.
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Post by: gavinh87 on June 27, 2015, 06:22:58 pm
My guess is your fish don't like it and decided to fling it roflmao
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Post by: marty.h on June 27, 2015, 07:10:48 pm
Dropped it on floor possibly and kicked it ?
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Post by: plankton on June 28, 2015, 09:26:16 am
Poltergeist.... ;) *grin*
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 28, 2015, 12:25:27 pm
Great. I don't need another mouth to feed. :)
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Post by: bustersmate on June 28, 2015, 07:03:58 pm
300 ltr water change added 6 anubis nano 4kg matrix and 500ml purigen into filters time foe a beer billy
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Post by: GlassWalker on June 28, 2015, 10:05:43 pm
Tank 2b all connected and almost ready for full testing. Just mixing up some new salt water before going live. Found out the Jebao DC2000 pump doesn't have enough head to pump at minimum speed, but it ticks over on 2nd step and above.
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Post by: gavinh87 on June 29, 2015, 07:19:13 pm
300 ltr water change added 6 anubis nano 4kg matrix and 500ml purigen into filters time foe a beer billy
How big is your tank!?
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Post by: bustersmate on June 29, 2015, 07:33:36 pm
650ltr dont normally do that much,but was doing a bit of aquascaping. Got a good deal on the matrix and purigen so ended up just splitting between my filters billy
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Post by: kas on June 29, 2015, 07:53:43 pm
That's a big tank! Have you started a tank log bustersmate?
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Post by: gavinh87 on June 29, 2015, 08:25:04 pm
Bit of a monster that, whats in there? Got some purigen myself today, 500ml for £33 so not exactly a deal.
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Post by: bustersmate on June 29, 2015, 08:44:12 pm
Nothing big in it few gouramis assorted tetras rummys corrys biggest is a female moonlight gourami must be a good 5"
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Post by: marty.h on June 29, 2015, 09:03:59 pm
Totally swapped sump around was a complete mission.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on June 29, 2015, 09:12:28 pm
Got back from Worthy Farm, showered and slept. Then 40% water changes on the 40L 54L 90L 90L 100L 165L and 240L. The fruit bushes in the garden are being prolific on a diet of old tank water :) I'll leave the 120L and the other 40L, plus a hoover of the 450L for another day!
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Post by: bustersmate on June 29, 2015, 09:48:08 pm
Now that is dedication *applause* *applause* billy
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Post by: Mol_PMB on June 29, 2015, 09:58:01 pm
Should add I have also made another batch of Oto lollipops, cleaned out and re-started all my microworm and BBS cultures, tested my new tank to find out that all the ammonia and nitrite has been munched while I've been away, and went to the LFS to pay for my new tank and buy a heater for it. Busy times, but my fault for being away so much at the moment. The fish seem happy though, and are churning out fry!
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 05, 2015, 01:57:01 pm
Restarted testing of tank 2b. Adjusted doser for higher dosing as I'm getting more of a consistent drop in parameters now. Also reduced the photoperiod on my two sumps from 22 hours to only 16-18. I probably should reduce it even further but one step at a time. Also tried treating two aips with aip-x but both are in hard to access locations so I'm not sure on my effectiveness.
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Post by: marty.h on July 05, 2015, 02:04:50 pm
Now mixing water for the weekly change other then that noting to exciting.
@GlassWalker what are you presently having to dose ?
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 05, 2015, 03:31:16 pm
I'm dosing balling classic, was 38ml/day now upped to 42ml/day.
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Post by: marty.h on July 05, 2015, 03:50:52 pm
I'm dosing balling classic, was 38ml/day now upped to 42ml/day.
How you been getting on with it are you heavily stocked as I have no trouble with just basic water changes keeping levels where I want them have you seen any good effects from it. What equipment you using to dose
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 05, 2015, 05:09:00 pm
The tank is mostly LPS with SPS, so a mixed bag really. I rarely do water changes, and even if I do, the quantity isn't meaningful and mostly a side effect of other activity e.g. topping up after acclimating something. I also have to remove salt water now and then (replaced with RO by ATU) to keep salinity in check. I might write something up about this in the marine forum shortly.
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Post by: marty.h on July 05, 2015, 05:14:07 pm
The tank is mostly LPS with SPS, so a mixed bag really. I rarely do water changes, and even if I do, the quantity isn't meaningful and mostly a side effect of other activity e.g. topping up after acclimating something. I also have to remove salt water now and then (replaced with RO by ATU) to keep salinity in check. I might write something up about this in the marine forum shortly.
Will be interesting to see the writeup.
I have quite a few SPS and LPS as well as softies but I water change every week with red sea coral pro which has elevated levels and that keeps things in check.
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Post by: Funkyfish on July 05, 2015, 11:54:14 pm
Tried some shrimp today my fish went mad for it . The Corys especially . I changed the gravel from mixed to smooth black gravel so tank is now 3 quarters gravel and 1 quarter sand . Think the Corys will be happier now . Also found my albino bristlenose Plec inside my under gravel filter outlet tube cleaning it and swam back out as if it was nothing . My mrs said she has seen him in there before . Fearless little guy.
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Post by: MattHunt on July 07, 2015, 07:57:48 am
Added some juvenile snails from our first tank to the second one as the algae are getting ahead of the current CUC.
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on July 07, 2015, 03:51:47 pm
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/c45ede67a023b5a06b18b45a6914f804.jpg) Few plants and some orange platys went in
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Post by: julesandsash on July 07, 2015, 05:21:26 pm
At the weekend i blocked off my metal tank stand so you cant see all the wires filters ect
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Post by: Jamesrb90 on July 07, 2015, 06:26:45 pm
At the weekend i blocked off my metal tank stand so you cant see all the wires filters ect it was quite cheap to do but effective (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/83f265a07cbdd0b297df1cf7fab7a547.jpg)
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Edited: as your bad language was not necessary. In future please find a more suitable way off putting you view across. Thank you
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Post by: julesandsash on July 07, 2015, 08:32:34 pm
What bad language? I wasent aware i used any bad language ?
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Post by: SnowAddict on July 07, 2015, 08:44:26 pm
The post says " what have you done your aquarium/tank today" so that's what I did
It's a zebra plec thing, they're so expensive and difficult to look after we enjoy all the info and pics *grin*
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on July 13, 2015, 11:06:35 am
Oh you want pictures why not just say. Thort you was trying to bitch. I haven't got any pics right now but I'm doing a water change today I'll take some and post them later
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Post by: plankton on July 13, 2015, 12:04:02 pm
Oh you want pictures why not just say. Thort you was trying to bitch. I haven't got any pics right now but I'm doing a water change today I'll take some and post them later
With a ;) and a *grin*? Only bitchin' I do is when I'm angry *mad* *laugh*
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on July 13, 2015, 12:34:16 pm
Lol fiat enough. What tank setup you got?
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Post by: plankton on July 13, 2015, 12:35:50 pm
Four tanks, three with corys (two with otos as well, one with guppies) and another with tetras and clown loaches (who really do need to move to a larger tank with some friends)......
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on July 13, 2015, 06:42:53 pm
Oooooh! I like very much, what a funky looking fish *grin*
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Post by: plankton on July 14, 2015, 10:00:29 am
You're going to have to start a new thread about them now! They look very good. When you've started the thread I'll be asking how they're getting on, etc., etc....... ;) *grin*
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Post by: Zebra Fish on July 14, 2015, 12:21:17 pm
tested my water, fed the fish, had an attempt at making a black background but me trying to prevent the cardboard from curling i unintentionally stuck it together roflmao *oops*
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Post by: Blither on July 15, 2015, 02:12:12 am
Technically not my tank, but today I visited my parents and set up a 4ft tank for my mother who I've converted from terrified of fish to obsessed tank hoarder. :D Plants are all Silkus Artificialis, but we're very proud of ourselves nonetheless and it's not bad for her first big tank! ^.^
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Post by: plankton on July 15, 2015, 09:15:47 am
Looks good. Silk are so much more realistic than plastic, but harder to keep clean.
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Post by: Jessica Ellis on July 15, 2015, 09:55:22 am
Fed the fish around 7.30am next min the recently aborted pregerancy female guppy was dead on the deck... turned into extra food for the crayfish. It was expected as the shop guppys are near enough interbred in my area. they just can't abort or they die. its the 5th one to do it out of the 6 we brought in May.
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on July 17, 2015, 12:36:39 pm
Plankton... Do you have any idea what this catfish is called????
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Post by: plankton on July 17, 2015, 12:57:25 pm
It's a synodontis of some kind, and pretty finnage, but I can't find which one. It's possible a hybrid or morph, but have a look on Planetcatfish to see if you can find it...... ;)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on July 17, 2015, 02:22:00 pm
It's from Lake Tanganyika which would make sense with it being on the Cichlid Store.
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Post by: plankton on July 17, 2015, 02:57:33 pm
It was the white front spine on the dorsal that put me off actually suggesting one or another, but the multi is probably closest. :)
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Post by: Aaron-v on July 17, 2015, 03:06:17 pm
Been sorting my in floor draining system in my fish room I'm in the process of building and sorting as well as ordering other bits for the build.
This morning I did water changes and filter cleans on tanks that needed it :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 17, 2015, 11:58:30 pm
Wanted some room in marine tank 2 so put a hammer coral up for sale. 1st buyer did two no-shows so I offered it to 2nd responder. I somehow ended up swapping the hammer for 3 different corals. Not sure how that gives me space back? :)
I've also agreed in principle to pick up another one from elsewhere.
Hopefully I can mount them in better locations tomorrow so I will still gain space overall. The hammer did spread quite wide.
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Post by: marty.h on July 18, 2015, 12:23:43 am
Wanted some room in marine tank 2 so put a hammer coral up for sale. 1st buyer did two no-shows so I offered it to 2nd responder. I somehow ended up swapping the hammer for 3 different corals. Not sure how that gives me space back? :)
I've also agreed in principle to pick up another one from elsewhere.
Hopefully I can mount them in better locations tomorrow so I will still gain space overall. The hammer did spread quite wide.
Pictures will be needed on your log :)
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Post by: Blither on July 18, 2015, 12:30:43 am
Relocated the six angels and the plec and drained the tank. Currently on a tea break during the big move from artificial to dirted planted tank. This is as far as I've got, cannot wait to start planting in a minute! :D
Looks like an all-nighter for me... *coffee*
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Post by: GlassWalker on July 19, 2015, 03:27:00 pm
Maybe I should move the lobster into T14. I've neglected that for a while, plant wise, and it is not only severely overgrown but there's tons of BBA in the tank. I've pulled out almost all of the stem plants and vallis, leaving the crypts, java fern and java moss. Hope that will help.
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Post by: kas on July 19, 2015, 03:38:51 pm
Usual Sunday; big water change and general tank maintenance/cleaning. Removed half of the floating Frogbit, it was taking over.
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Post by: alexd on July 19, 2015, 03:56:05 pm
Big water change and general tank maintenance. Trimmed the plants and got lots of Frogbit out, I hate throwing it away :-( I want some bright fish like blood red platies to jazz the tank up a bit, but resisted going out to the LFS!
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Post by: MattHunt on July 19, 2015, 10:15:18 pm
4l water change on the 45 l tank and cleaned out the filter, siphoned up some residue from the holiday food block.
Added last 2 fish to the 125l tank, changed one of the filter media, fed them :)
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Stephen on July 20, 2015, 10:28:20 am
The weekend I had a bit of a re-vamp on my 125L tank. Added an extra 1 inch layer of sand, extra décor and several new plants. Trimmed and re-planted the few old plants. Changed the spray bar to a black one. I then fitted a 200W Hydor in-line heater.
I also added 6 tiny Panda Corydoras and hopefully will add some Apisto later today or tomorrow. (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/corydoras_panda.jpg)
On the 240L tank a general tidy up, added 2 new plants. I will also increase the numbers of Snakeskin Barb (AKA Red Ocellated, Rhombic, Orange Ring barb) (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus). (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/desmopuntius_rhomboocellatus.jpg)
Stephen
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Post by: Blither on July 20, 2015, 02:53:29 pm
Finished planting, had a trim and hoovered up as much soil as I could from the sand. Now to wait for it to grow into the lovely dense jungle I have pictured in my head. xD
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Post by: fr499y on July 20, 2015, 03:04:38 pm
Not seen my tanks for over a week.. Hoping parents have done a good job looking after the marine!
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Post by: Stephen on July 20, 2015, 07:26:37 pm
Added 4 Apistogramma borellii (1M, 3F) today. I also bought another 3 new plants and some bits and bobs.
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Post by: rcarter1991 on July 20, 2015, 07:31:18 pm
Added 4 Apistogramma borellii (1M, 3F) today. I also bought another 3 new plants and some bits and bobs.
Pics pics pics!
They are very small at the moment and look lost in the tank. Give it a while and I'll post some pics ;)
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Post by: Zebra Fish on July 20, 2015, 10:16:08 pm
ten litre water change and binned all of my water lettuce but two plants... dont know whats killed them as of yet yay...
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Post by: bustersmate on July 25, 2015, 09:37:06 pm
Added a second aqua one 4ft plant gro led bar. Added 24 small neons. Getting myself sorted for tomorrow carpets and floorboards lifted in kitchen/hall and bedroom to run a 20mtr hose for my water change system im building *blink* .
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Post by: Blither on July 27, 2015, 01:11:02 pm
Got a new quieter air pump for the sponge filter in the 20 gallon breeder and did a water change on the 10 gallon quarantine ready for Zoidberg, the baby super red longfin bristlenose, who's arriving tomorrow morning. ^.^
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Post by: MattHunt on July 28, 2015, 08:21:11 am
Bought some Frogbit off eBay.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on July 28, 2015, 12:49:28 pm
gone mad with the hydrogen peroxide, given my Stayro repense a good trim may be time to propagate from the plant soon, going to have a big tank shuffle around and large water change
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Post by: Connor Fisher on July 28, 2015, 11:37:18 pm
A COMPLETE rework. Woke up at 1 in the morning to find all my plants uprooted and stuck in the filter, leaf liter all over the place, and 6 very upset Rummys. I had to first get the fish out the tank, into a bucket, siphoned half the tank out, then tipped the rest down the parent sink *grin* Added fresh new sand and a new heater and air stone. Re added my old decoration and my new rock scene, topped the tank up, made sure all was well and good with the pH and stuff, then added my buddies back. Wasn't entirely sure that my Clown Loach would make it but he's quite happy eating all the bloody snails that somehow survived *blink*
Fun fun fun eh
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Post by: Mol_PMB on July 29, 2015, 07:37:46 am
Don't expect the plants to stay planted with a clown loach in there!
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Post by: Stephen on July 29, 2015, 04:39:00 pm
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Wasn't entirely sure that my Clown Loach would make it but he's quite happy eating all the bloody snails that somehow survived
They will grow to about 14 inches and need to be in a group. A 64L tank is way too small.
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Post by: Connor Fisher on July 29, 2015, 07:45:31 pm
Wasn't entirely sure that my Clown Loach would make it but he's quite happy eating all the bloody snails that somehow survived
They will grow to about 14 inches and need to be in a group. A 64L tank is way too small.
Oh, Thanks for the heads up :)
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Post by: DoubleDutch on August 01, 2015, 05:16:12 pm
Went to the LFS and got me some goldfish.
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Post by: plankton on August 02, 2015, 09:37:14 am
I spy other fish in there, gourami for a start..... ;) You do realise you can't keep them in the same tank, don't you? *laugh* I don't understand the Far Eastern fish keepers or sellers, they're nearly all bonkers.........but they do get some interesting fish.
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Post by: DoubleDutch on August 02, 2015, 01:43:14 pm
I spy other fish in there, gourami for a start..... ;) You do realise you can't keep them in the same tank, don't you? *laugh* I don't understand the Far Eastern fish keepers or sellers, they're nearly all bonkers.........but they do get some interesting fish.
hahaha isn't it incredible. Constantly zooming in in an attemp to see how it is storaged / attached.
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Post by: SnowAddict on August 02, 2015, 03:11:27 pm
Been and picked up the Rays new home.... (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/02/9465be4f868183a98b062fadbe536d48.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/02/f211b8146ce13cbb20de685312cee331.jpg)
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Post by: fr499y on August 03, 2015, 08:48:53 am
you sure its not just a hot tub? *grin* *applause*
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Post by: baldingeagle on August 03, 2015, 07:21:11 pm
Trying to get my Eheim filter to work properly. Changed one of he filter pads yesterday after a 50 litr water change and tank clean and the pressure through the trickle bar is very poor. :mad:
Any tips ?
Richard
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Post by: DoubleDutch on August 03, 2015, 08:01:16 pm
Hoses blocked ???
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Post by: MattHunt on August 05, 2015, 09:57:44 pm
Admired the fish in the 45l, I love seeing the tetra school after the revamp of the plant layout and....
10% water change in the bigger tank, changed 1/2 the biological filter ceramic pellets over to new biomax and added a 1/3of the recommend dose of plantamin to see if that and a slightly reduced light cycle helped the melting leaves in my vals. Did not go for a full dose as the tank has a soil substrate and is only 6 and bit weeks old.
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 06, 2015, 08:59:54 am
On way home from work yesterday I picked up some SPS frags. While dipping them I found what appears to be red flatworms, and had to hastily set up a quarantine tank to hold them for further treatment. Will hope to finish that tonight.
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Post by: Blither on August 06, 2015, 10:09:32 pm
50% water changes on all the tanks and a trim in the main tank.
Also swapped the pinoys into the breeding tank and the blue smokies into the main tank, went to the old house and moved the old 4ft, hex and little egg hatching tank to the new house. :)
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Post by: marty.h on August 06, 2015, 10:21:13 pm
Had a busy night on tank tonight was a big maitenance session as that's the only way to prolong equipment and keep it reliable in my opinion.
Stripped and Cleaned 2 x return pumps
Striped and Cleaned 3 x reactor pumps
Stripped and cleaned UV system pump
Stripped and Cleaned 3 x reactors
Replaced carbon
Replaced phosphate media
Topped up pellets in reactor
Changed UV bulb
Replaced airline on ozone System as I must of got pipe mixed up and it had turned to snot now has ozone safe pipe fitted
Stripped and cleaned out skimmer and skimmer pump stunk house out in the process. For those who have not smelt a skimmer it's worse then the smell of a rotten dead fish !!!
Cleaned glass on tank
Fed the fish
Took around 4 hours and now finally glad to sit down.
Next maitenance session in 3 months for pumps ect :) media in reactors changed at a max every 6 weeks.
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 06, 2015, 10:35:56 pm
Re-dipped all the corals from yesterday. No more flatworms so they're in my tank now. Just hope the inhabitants don't knock them over too often.
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Post by: Maddy05 on August 06, 2015, 10:44:50 pm
Fished out a load of fry to go into my molly fry tank. *fish2* *fish2* *lol* *wave* Have had so much fry recently.
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 09, 2015, 06:05:43 pm
It was supposed to be a routine algae removal. In the process I noticed an aiptasia that was usually out of reach had stretched out far enough for me to get it! I turned off the pumps and let the water settle, and started applying aip-x. I dropped the stuff onto it, increasing the quantity as I got closer. Did I get it? It started sagging, maybe it didn't ingest it. Bang! It shrunk to half its size. I had got it :) Bang! It shrunk again and I couldn't see it. Application successful.
Then the real problems started. I waited according to the instructions before turning the pumps back on. That's odd... water level is getting stupidly high, then I heard the sound of pumps running dry. My overflow box wasn't overflowing. Power off pumps. Got my syphon and moved some water back to the sump. Double checked the overflow box, all was good and normal. Took the pump out and cleaned it. There was some dirt in there but nothing excessive. What was happening? I tried again some more but it just wasn't starting the drain. Back a step, my overflow box is a self starting one, using the venturi effect on the return to the tank to suck out the air and make the syphon in the overflow. I swapped to the same pump I had for the side tank. No change.
Then it hit me, is that something in the return pipe? I squashed it a bit, and with the pump moving a huge lump of algae entered the tank. There's the problem. I agitated it some more which helped the flow enough to get the overflow working again. I only consider this a partial success, as I could only clean a part of the tube. I don't think it is free yet so I'm going to have to see if there are some really long pipe cleaners I can buy.
I also need to make a change. The algae grew in part as the tubes were exposed to the sump light, so the high water flow wasn't a bad place for some types of algae to settle. The change would have to be in the lighting, where I'll somehow try to direct it away from the pipes.
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Post by: Funkyfish on August 10, 2015, 12:29:13 am
Relocated the six angels and the plec and drained the tank. Currently on a tea break during the big move from artificial to dirted planted tank. This is as far as I've got, cannot wait to start planting in a minute! :D
Looks like an all-nighter for me... *coffee*
looks great love those barbs had a group of 6
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Post by: bustersmate on August 11, 2015, 10:44:35 pm
Decided to have a wee change on the outside of the tank. I've gone from this... (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/51fc7966afca650c9cefd4c04392089a.jpg)
To this..... (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/73a05ab69c6d53453486180555ef7167.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/1e8925e3de80dd4afffc5ce1baeeed69.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/5eae37046e082c8d4b9433d21809d677.jpg)
Think it looks kind of cool Billy
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Post by: ste_v_r15 on August 12, 2015, 08:50:32 am
Looks very nice, i like how you have it all built in
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Post by: gavinh87 on August 12, 2015, 07:13:41 pm
Quite like the look of that. Do you have any algae issues with it being so close to a window?
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Post by: bustersmate on August 12, 2015, 07:27:35 pm
Quite like the look of that. Do you have any algae issues with it being so close to a window?
Had quite bad black beard when first set up Once my ottos and siamese algae eaters settled in i havnt had a drop billy
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 13, 2015, 11:19:59 pm
Routine feeding of fish. I'm seriously debating slowly closing the freshwater tanks and keeping only the marine tanks. I just don't enjoy them nearly enough for the effort they take. Tank 14 would be 1st to try and shift. Ever since the shrimp disappeared I don't find interest in it. Tank 16 I want to keep purely for the lobster. If I sell T14 that would free space enough for me to keep tank M1 I was also considering scrapping.
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Post by: marty.h on August 13, 2015, 11:34:09 pm
Routine feeding of fish. I'm seriously debating slowly closing the freshwater tanks and keeping only the marine tanks. I just don't enjoy them nearly enough for the effort they take. Tank 14 would be 1st to try and shift. Ever since the shrimp disappeared I don't find interest in it. Tank 16 I want to keep purely for the lobster. If I sell T14 that would free space enough for me to keep tank M1 I was also considering scrapping.
I've always found once you loose heart/interest in something it's hard to then get it back
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 13, 2015, 11:56:35 pm
If I do sell, it wont be for another two weeks at least. Experience has shown used sales die during summer holidays so not even worth trying right now.
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Post by: marty.h on August 13, 2015, 11:58:01 pm
Every trade dies in summer holidays except theme parks ect
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Post by: GlassWalker on August 15, 2015, 10:05:22 am
For the first time EVER, today I will be doing a major water change on tank M2. I have 60L of salt already mixed up, but first I will have testing to do to check the "before" and change water parameters. I'm doing this as I previously found out my dosing system had some gaps in it. While I might be able to identify some of those gaps, it wont be all of them so this is a correction of what I might have overlooked.
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Post by: fr499y on August 15, 2015, 10:20:18 am
might add some more live rock to the marine tank, try and give it a bit more height and re-arrange the tank a bit
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Post by: rcarter1991 on August 15, 2015, 10:29:33 am
I added my external filter to the tank, works great!
And then i tried to give the cabinet some kind of system as i cant stand a messy cupboard.
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Post by: Baggy on August 15, 2015, 02:15:50 pm
Got back from a weeks holiday done a head count and everybody present and correct. Water tests spot on! Done weekly water change and now watching them all swim around. Can't believe how much bigger one cory has got and how much the Elodea has grown!
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Post by: fr499y on August 15, 2015, 07:18:12 pm
Added an extra KG of live rock, redone the pipework for overflow and pulled my hair out over the damn pump for the past 6 hours!!
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Post by: Stephen on August 15, 2015, 08:49:38 pm
The weekend I had a bit of a re-vamp on my 125L tank. Added an extra 1 inch layer of sand, extra décor and several new plants. Trimmed and re-planted the few old plants. Changed the spray bar to a black one. I then fitted a 200W Hydor in-line heater.
I also added 6 tiny Panda Corydoras and hopefully will add some Apisto later today or tomorrow. (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/corydoras_panda.jpg)
On the 240L tank a general tidy up, added 2 new plants. I will also increase the numbers of Snakeskin Barb (AKA Red Ocellated, Rhombic, Orange Ring barb) (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus). (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/desmopuntius_rhomboocellatus.jpg)
It has been a few weeks since the above post.
Well I have built some caves using lava rock and a drill. I also built a rock structure with several pieces of lave rock and have planted it with plants and moss that I received from Aquarium Gardens earlier this week. Very pleased with the result.
Today I added some more fish. 10 x Golden Pencilfish (Nannostomus beckfordi) love these, as does the missus. (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/nannostomus_beckfordi(2).jpg)
4 x Venezuela's or Orange Spot Cory (Corydoras venezuelanus) we fell in love with these but the LFS only had 4. (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/corydoras_venezuelanus.jpg)
3 x Loreto Cory (Corydoras loretoensis) spotted these and just had to have a few. (http://www.asdl.eclipse.co.uk/fish/corydoras_loretoensis.jpg)
The 125L tank will be about full when the fish are fully grown.
Stephen
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Post by: taffy72 on August 15, 2015, 08:55:44 pm
Were the cory from ma in hereford Stephen ? they do have a good choice in there .
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Post by: Stephen on August 15, 2015, 09:01:30 pm
Were the cory from ma in hereford Stephen ? they do have a good choice in there .
Yes mate. MA in Hereford is a very good store.
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Post by: kas on August 16, 2015, 03:02:59 pm
Water change, filter clean, and an attempt to zap the hair algae that's appeared on some of my swords whilst I was away on hols. I shall not be beaten!
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Post by: taffy72 on August 16, 2015, 03:19:05 pm
Water change on the 3 tanks and a good overall clean of the marine ...
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Post by: Mol_PMB on August 17, 2015, 06:54:48 pm
Helped a dozen baby catfish out of their eggs with two very steady hands and two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers...
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Post by: Stephen on August 17, 2015, 07:11:53 pm
Helped a dozen baby catfish out of their eggs with two very steady hands and two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers...
Congratulations on becoming a dad Paul or are you just the midwife ?
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Post by: Mol_PMB on August 17, 2015, 07:23:30 pm
I'm just the Uncle and Midwife!
The two dads (fertilisation was a threesome) had a post-coital fight and scattered the eggs far and wide off the glass and all over the substrate. I collected them up and put them in a breeder box, and a week later they're now hatching.
The problem is that the eggs aren't stuck to anything. So they get their tails free of the egg and then the little guys end up trying to swim around wearing the egg like a helmet, but they can't get it off. About 10 managed to hatch properly, 10 have yet to hatch, but the others were stuck half-in-half-out all day and seemed to have given up (this morning they were wiggling frantically and tonight they were still). So I thought I'd try and help them out.
Time will tell whether they recover from the ordeal.
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Post by: Blither on August 22, 2015, 03:57:57 pm
I built a tree! ^.^
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Post by: libbylillith on August 22, 2015, 07:17:20 pm
I brought two terrocatta pots for the new tank, I'm going to cover them with java moss and make little half sunked caves :D I also maybe kinda sorta got two new guppies called Fish 'n' Chips :D No more fish for me until october.
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on August 26, 2015, 09:42:47 am
Trying to get my Eheim filter to work properly. Changed one of he filter pads yesterday after a 50 litr water change and tank clean and the pressure through the trickle bar is very poor. :mad:
Any tips ?
Richard
What filter is it? I have the pro 3 600. Had the same problem. I took the white pad out of the second tray. And now it's pressure is good
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Post by: darrenmonk87 on August 26, 2015, 09:46:47 am
How did you do that? I have been wanting to make a tree but have no idea how to
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Post by: MattHunt on August 26, 2015, 08:00:41 pm
Rinsed out the filter in Sam's 45l tank and considered more trimming but then left it. Not impressed with the water sprite though. It has died away and left gaps at the rear although at the surface I have some new shoots.
How did you do that? I have been wanting to make a tree but have no idea how to
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It's a nicely shaped piece of wood with peacock moss tied on with fishing line. :)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 01, 2015, 09:44:49 pm
After a week away, got home from work and have done water changes on 11 tanks. Total water changed about 300 litres. Also caught some of the baby twiglets that had escaped from their hatchery, and put them back. More to get though. And found my new D.warzeli male dead :(
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Post by: plankton on September 02, 2015, 08:22:07 am
:(
At least the twiglets survived.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 02, 2015, 08:48:39 am
My arrangement for a friend to feed them did not occur, and I suspect they ran out of food in the hatchery. They escaped into the main tank through the overflow and about half of them are still alive (I've counted 14 but there may be more). When I put in some orange pepper yesterday, many were straight onto it, which is a good sign.
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Post by: Stephen on September 02, 2015, 10:00:20 am
Got a bit bored so cleaned the Eheim Pro3 600, a great filter. *grin*
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Post by: libbylillith on September 02, 2015, 02:00:40 pm
I added water lettuce into my tank today... then watched them dance under the flow of the filter. Panicked, spent ten minutes on google then lowered the filter further into the water :D I also reattached the background onto the back of the tank using cooking oil and a squegy, it looks much better now :)
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Post by: taffy72 on September 02, 2015, 08:07:48 pm
Water change day and kicking myself for selling my roma 200 a few weeks back it would fit just right in the fish room *bye3*
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Post by: Stephen on September 02, 2015, 09:25:32 pm
Trimmed some plants, large pile in the bin, they do grow well.
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Post by: Baggy on September 03, 2015, 07:34:05 am
Added two Bolivian Rams!
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Post by: libbylillith on September 03, 2015, 08:12:55 am
they look lovely :D
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Post by: Zebra Fish on September 03, 2015, 12:40:16 pm
fished out a dead cory, done 50 different water tests and stressed my corys aren't ill its meant to be just one danio :'( *rip*
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Post by: mermaid2keep on September 05, 2015, 10:26:14 pm
I lost my fish! A clown loach swam up the outlet hose of the fx5 and never came out!
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Post by: max1zzz on September 05, 2015, 10:35:49 pm
I brought myself a nice 4' 240l tank (And it was ex display from my LFS, so only cost £325 for the tank, stand, heater and fluval 305 external filter :) )
Tomorrow is tank moving to make room for the new tank, oh fun.... :)
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 06, 2015, 05:33:17 pm
Cleaned the filters in T17. It was evil in there with a black sludge. Checking my notes it has been about 6 weeks since the last clean. There's the problem...
Had a great idea. Could I move some of the gara rufa from T17 to T16 and see if they'll help control algae? Well, I might not get to find out as they're faster than a fast thing at running away when the net touches water. Catching them is therefore unlikely short of pulling the tank apart, not something I want to do.
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Post by: taffy72 on September 06, 2015, 06:18:59 pm
Not much other than use a razor blade to remove a lot of algae from the front glass of the marine tank.Looks spot now .
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 06, 2015, 06:31:27 pm
I am learning how much of a PITA it is to fill a big DI canister with resin...
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Post by: marty.h on September 06, 2015, 06:32:14 pm
I am learning how much of a PITA it is to fill a big DI canister with resin...
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 06, 2015, 06:34:30 pm
My canister is 11 Litres! I have made a funnel but the resin doesn't flow very well.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 06, 2015, 07:01:34 pm
When I did mine, I used some paper as a makeshift wide opening funnel. It held up just long enough for the job. On the plus side, mine was about the same capacity and I can't remember when I first filled it. It is still working. Much better than refilling the little ones all the time.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 06, 2015, 07:28:01 pm
I cut the top off a 2L bottle, and then cut some 'windows' around the cap. The central tube sticks up through the neck of the bottle and has a cork in it.
I'm nearly there now, just trying to pack in the maximum amount :)
I'm going to run it off the back of my HMA filter but with no RO membrane.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 06, 2015, 08:51:14 pm
Hope you're in a soft water area!
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 06, 2015, 11:27:55 pm
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Post by: marty.h on September 07, 2015, 01:02:37 am
11 litres Christ you better hope that don't churn through that resin to fast !!
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 07, 2015, 08:31:31 am
I wish my tap was 40 TDS! That resin has some chance of lasting a while then. I assume you got resin in bulk? I got a 25L bag and used about half of it in my pod. Store the unused remainder in an airtight container as it is supposed to go off if allowed to dry out.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on September 07, 2015, 08:50:13 am
Yes, I got 25kg of Purolite and used about half of it. I've sealed it back up again. With a 120L tank and 10% changes weekly it should last a long time!
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Post by: chrisjj on September 11, 2015, 04:07:52 pm
Just aquired a 4ft, 240ltr tank with stand and lights for £30 and a few cherry shrimp!! *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin*
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Post by: Stephen on September 11, 2015, 06:36:17 pm
Just aquired a 4ft, 240ltr tank with stand and lights for £30 and a few cherry shrimp!! *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin* *grin*
You jammy :censored2: :censored2: Well done *grin*
^ My thoughts exactly! :)
I Just paid £325 for my ex display 4' tank And i thought i had a really good deal there :)
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Post by: chrisjj on September 11, 2015, 08:47:22 pm
Muahahaha!!
Tank, light and stand.
Some very light scratching to the glass, but nothing major.
Just got it in and all working fine!
Will be home to several thousand shrimp! *grin*
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Post by: The angel di Maria on September 11, 2015, 11:52:46 pm
What shrimp you gonna get?
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Post by: max1zzz on September 13, 2015, 05:57:42 pm
Filled my new 4' tank today, *looks* like the floor in my room is strong enough to support it :)
Was also pleasantly surprised to find the bogwood i purchased isn't going to take weeks of soaking to sink, in fact, both bits sank without any soaking at all
Just deciding how long I need to leave the tank to ensure the water conditioner has removed all the chlorine, Thinking I will leave adding any live bacteria to seed the filter till tomorrow evening just to be on the safe side.
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2015, 06:53:04 pm
Added two emerald crabs to M2. They're slow but I've seen past ones remove algae before, and I have a lot of algae...
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 13, 2015, 09:01:36 pm
Done a phosphate test in marine tanks as I see slight cyano in two of them. One has been traditionally high N and P, but I've been dosing lanthanum chloride to lower the P, and carbon source for N. It worked. Both are now low and non-zero. Still got tons of algae though.
Also checked freshwater tanks for first time in a long time. No surprise, the planted tank T14 is consuming ferts as quick as I dose it so that's ok. The now unplanted T16 is accumulating. Debating if there are some lobster-resistant plants I could put back in. Maybe I'll just move a moss ball in for starters.
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Post by: chrisjj on September 14, 2015, 08:43:30 am
How many you going to buy to start of with? Will look amazing once its crawling with them.
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Post by: MattHunt on September 16, 2015, 09:46:47 pm
25 percent water change on Samuel's 45l tank, checked the filter, trimmed a few plants and redid the black backing with cooking oil. Added some bicarb as hardness was 6gd.
Fed everyone including me!
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Post by: chrisjj on September 17, 2015, 08:43:07 am
How many you going to buy to start of with? Will look amazing once its crawling with them.
Dont know yet, possibly yellow and crystal reds, which might look good in what is going to be a moss wonderland!!
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Post by: GlassWalker on September 18, 2015, 01:07:35 pm
Added yellow wrasse as first step to attacking flatworms. After drip acclimating it, I put it in tank where it had a quick look and buried itself in the sand.
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Post by: MattHunt on September 18, 2015, 05:53:31 pm
Tonight's goal is...
10% change on the 125l plus a heavy plant trim and vacum substrate in the process. Plus probably add a black backing to that tank too. I may tape it in place in case it makes the room look too dark.
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Post by: Drunken horse on September 18, 2015, 06:27:25 pm
Moved fish from 125l to 200l with a couple of additions.
Moved fish from 125l to 125l
Emptied 125l ready for a clean before I give it away.
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Post by: mermaid2keep on September 18, 2015, 08:45:41 pm
Trying to save my tank after my 3yo son dropped half of the tub of fish food in my tank! It looked like a snow globe! Looks like a big job tomorrow replanting all the plants and catching all the fish!
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 08, 2015, 08:55:33 pm
Increased dosing rate to 60ml/day on marine tank 2.
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 08, 2015, 09:04:35 pm
Filled a tank with salty water for the first time!
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Post by: taffy72 on October 08, 2015, 09:07:10 pm
Ordered a shed load of stuff from amazon to help with water changes as my back is slowly giving in lol mrs is not happy but she never is lol
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Post by: MattHunt on October 08, 2015, 10:41:13 pm
25% water change in the little one and cleaned the exterior, plus photographed the big one and laughed at the 2 shrimp, one a large Bamboo and one a RCS sitting next to each other on a plant, feeding in front of the filter.
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Post by: chrisjj on October 09, 2015, 12:28:24 pm
Just starting ideas for the 240...
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Post by: BingMolly on October 09, 2015, 06:59:17 pm
For the Roma 240, I added a piece of wood, still waiting on another piece to saturate. Also testing water, waiting for the all clear to transfer some fish over from the other tank. Cannot wait to see my Corys on sand rather than gravel :) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/09/9e1e44bdccd2e2f230fcea3dc9ab5971.jpg)
For the 48l Fishpod, have done nothing but stare in amazement at how clean it now is after yesterday's maintenance... couldn't believe how much gunk had built up in a space of 12 days! Fish are happy and thriving once more after looking a little lazy in their yellow tinged water. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/09/68698c61e29273d17ec9a66a23561fc1.jpg)
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Post by: max1zzz on October 09, 2015, 09:10:25 pm
Added 4 Bronze Corys and 10 Red Cherry Shrimp to the 240l tank, Still need to find the two C.Trilineatus some more friends..... (That's what I had intended to get today, but my LFS didn't have any....)
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 10, 2015, 02:16:48 pm
Algae extraction in 2 tanks.
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Post by: clivealive on October 10, 2015, 04:59:55 pm
25 percent water change on Samuel's 45l tank, checked the filter, trimmed a few plants and redid the black backing with cooking oil. Added some bicarb as hardness was 6gd.
Fed everyone including me!
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Post by: bustersmate on October 10, 2015, 05:22:21 pm
Gave my babies new drinking water (http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc330/bustersmate/discus/20151010_163051_zpslvtppvds.jpg) (http://s524.photobucket.com/user/bustersmate/media/discus/20151010_163051_zpslvtppvds.jpg.html)
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 10, 2015, 05:50:59 pm
When I close my eyes, I see algae...
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Post by: MattHunt on October 10, 2015, 05:58:52 pm
Added more plants to both tanks.
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Post by: taffy72 on October 11, 2015, 03:44:46 pm
Added six green cromis ,some zoas and a toadstool ,pics will follow when settled .
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 11, 2015, 04:59:52 pm
Created a 10L femto marine tank, entirely from spare bits lying around. Added £15 worth of live rock rubble and it's full of life already!
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Post by: max1zzz on October 11, 2015, 05:14:03 pm
Emptied out the 24l tank, gave it a good clean, made space for it on my desk and refilled it. Currently leaving it a few hours to be sure the water conditioner has removed all the chlorine from the water before I put the filter medium back in (Well, the half of it that was usable, the other half was so gunked up I just binned it)
Need to get a few more bits for it but it should make a nice tank for a betta
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Post by: eyesdontlie on October 11, 2015, 07:11:27 pm
I have trimmed some plants and replanted the cuttings tidied up the sand that the cory insist on displacing with the head diving lol.....cleaned glass done a small water changed and fed their favourite of live brine shrimp.....glad my lfs has plenty of live food as the look of disgust they give me when i put flakes in is hilarious lol x
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Post by: chrisjj on October 13, 2015, 02:28:30 pm
2hrs maintenance session on my 186ltr - and removed a bucket full of plants!
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Post by: Fishermanjames on October 13, 2015, 10:02:56 pm
Feed my fish
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 13, 2015, 11:05:19 pm
I have trimmed some plants and replanted the cuttings tidied up the sand that the cory insist on displacing with the head diving lol.....cleaned glass done a small water changed and fed their favourite of live brine shrimp.....glad my lfs has plenty of live food as the look of disgust they give me when i put flakes in is hilarious lol x
Cories are great like that! :) once they know wrigglies are on the agenda then even catfish pellets are sneered at! Try culturing microworms, grindalworms or baby brine shrimp too :)
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Post by: libbylillith on October 14, 2015, 07:48:27 am
I set up a betta tank, and did a little planting.
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Post by: rita1 on October 14, 2015, 05:35:22 pm
been picking cory eggs off my planst and glass, put them into a tub with meth blue and now i will be waiting for them to hatch. *cheers* spare tank ready and waiting for them.
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Post by: Babblino on October 14, 2015, 06:52:57 pm
Fed the last of the mosquito larvae we had growing in our outdoor bins to my tanks (can't believe there was still some in there with how cold the weather is *blink*). The fish all munched away at those whilst I trimmed my plants and removed decaying leaves etc.
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Post by: taffy72 on October 14, 2015, 07:26:46 pm
Tried my new gear out for a water change on the marine tank what a difference it makes don't feel like a chore now which was making me think of packing it all in at one time .
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Post by: max1zzz on October 14, 2015, 08:55:47 pm
Tried out the cheap LED light I got off eBay for my Betta tank, Seems to be good, but perhaps a little too bright for my liking. Will have to do a bit of fiddling with the supply voltage to dim them a bit.
Also spent a third day puzzling at why the ammonia level hasn't budged a inch, With 50% mature media I would have thought it would have dropped by now, Guess I didn't leave the water conditioner long enough to remove all the chlorine and probably nuked all the bacteria on the mature media....
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Post by: hbunting86 on October 14, 2015, 10:13:48 pm
A few plants came loose, so got them sorted. Did a partial water change in the main tank yesterday - water looks crystal clear now <3 can't wait to get everyone back in. Oh, and caught up on here ;-)
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 14, 2015, 11:34:18 pm
max1zzz on the mature media, I've had similar before also. I don't think it is the conditioner. I suspect, but can't prove it may be due to some other factors. For example, water flow in the new filter could be very different than the old one. Also water chemistry changes have been speculated to impair function of bacteria for a time. Or maybe the bacteria lived in different parts of the media or elsewhere than you thought, so you might have moved far less than you thought.
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Post by: max1zzz on October 15, 2015, 12:23:14 pm
Yeah I guess that makes sense, the media was out of the same filter, however it was a much newer chunk of media that tho other chunk (which I binned) so perhaps didn't have as much bacteria as I was expecting
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Post by: BingMolly on October 15, 2015, 06:54:55 pm
I'm having this problem max1zzz. My ammonia is stuck at 2.0 :/
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Post by: MattHunt on October 16, 2015, 08:04:50 am
Did a 10 litre change on Samuel's 45l tank, cut back some of the plants especially where there is algal growth and vacumed the sand at the front. Then I watched the occupants :)
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Post by: BingMolly on October 16, 2015, 06:39:29 pm
I did a 10l change in my 48l fishpod, took out all ornaments and replaced with driftwood and a few plants to make it more fish friendly. Also vaccumed gravel and cleaned filter.
On my 240l Im still waiting to finish cycling, so just planted a little plant at the front and set up an airstone. Also transferred over ornaments to hopefully help with cycling, gonna remove once done.
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 17, 2015, 04:44:13 pm
I was just thinking, it has been a long time since I had an RO flood...
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 17, 2015, 05:47:35 pm
...And now all the towels in the house are in the washing machine? :)
I have probably jumped the gun and spent the princely sum of £12 on my first salty livestock.
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Post by: marty.h on October 17, 2015, 05:48:27 pm
What you get for £12 :)
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Post by: Mol_PMB on October 17, 2015, 06:49:06 pm
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Post by: GlassWalker on October 17, 2015, 06:50:28 pm
I have a wet/dry capable handheld vacuum to help mop up. Luckily I didn't leave it too long so it wasn't too bad, maybe a few L. And the floor is once again clean. After all, it was washed in 0 TDS RO :)
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Post by: BingMolly on October 17, 2015, 07:44:28 pm
More molly fry!! I have so many now at different ages...
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Post by: geoffkemp on October 19, 2015, 07:18:04 am
Did a water change and swapped out the chemical filtration. Fed the the fish later and believe I found some cardinal Tetra fry.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 01, 2015, 08:38:51 pm
Massive algae removal on tanks M2 and M3 today. I've moved the worst affected corals from M3 into M2 side tank for easier access.
Found M3 sump was choc full of chaeto so removed a bunch of that. Might explain why nutrient removal in DT isn't going according to plan. Debating ordering new skimmer as existing one stopped working again. It seemed ok after a deep clean a week or two ago but stopped again now. Tried putting in a Tunze 9002 (grossly under-sized for tank) but water level in sump might be that bit too low for it to work as I'm not getting any collecting foam. Or it just needs more run in time.
Put phos removing media and carbon into M2 to see if it makes any difference to the algae problems I have in there. Never helped in the past, but as I still have some left over might as well use it up.
Routine water change on T16 also. Finally bothered to do a nitrate test on it to see if siporax has made any difference. Nothing obvious at this time.
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Post by: max1zzz on November 02, 2015, 11:07:14 pm
Tested the water in my 24l tank anticipating my third day of double zeros, only to be slightly bemused that the ammonia level hasn't budged a inch overnight....
Now i didn't actually test ammonia last night (As it was pretty late and it had zero ammonia for several days before) I guess it's possible i just put way too much in last night, but i'm sure i only added 0.5ml....
Bah, back to square (Or rather, day) one.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 28, 2015, 10:11:59 pm
Did a water change on tank 14, first in a month! Actually... I notice there's no visible green rasboras or lampeyes any more. Still tons of embers and neon tetra. Not sure about the harlequins either. The java moss is now trying to take over the tank. I probably should harvest it.
Also did a complete test set across the marine tanks, 1 and 3 haven't been done in about a month also. 1 is a little low on KH but ok, and 3 is only lacking magnesium for some strange reason. Tank 2 is more frequently tested, and I had an unexplained KH crash last week which upset one SPS. About to set up a calibration of Sunday mornings dosing to check how that's going, but the levels never go down balanced.
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 28, 2015, 10:28:28 pm
Also just figured out why my skimmer in tank 2 was going crazy. I had a lot of algae growth on the baffle after the skimmer section, which raised the water level without me noticing...
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Post by: GlassWalker on November 29, 2015, 02:17:40 pm
When trying to calibrate a doser, it helps if the collection container I use is greater than the amount being dosed. Yup... but the weird thing is, I had two overflowing containers and one empty one. They should all have had something in them. So I now wonder if my doser is not dosing sometimes?
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2015, 02:51:57 pm
Cleaned both filters on T16 today. Wow. Checked my records, it was last done almost 3 months ago. By my standards, that's a LONG time. No surprise, the sponges inside were full of gunk. The water, now that's what I call black water. One lump or two? So along with the filter clean was a routine water change and I hope they enjoy the freshness.
According to same notes, the last time I cleaned the filters on T14 was about the same time... I should do that too, but I have a laptop, desktop and two file servers in the way.
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2015, 05:01:06 pm
And that's T14 done too. Filters weren't as bad here. So, should I set a note in my calendar for around April for the next clean? :)
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Post by: jamestaylor16028 on December 28, 2015, 06:17:31 pm
I've added some coral to my filter in an attempt to harden up my water! Has anyone done this before? My GH/KH are zero. Ph 6.4. Just want to try and push everything upwards a little bit!
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Post by: bustersmate on December 28, 2015, 06:42:16 pm
Decided to have a wee revamp (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20151228/e4faf1421534a2148d1ad2ee44b473be.jpg)
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Post by: bustersmate on December 28, 2015, 06:44:26 pm
I've added some coral to my filter in an attempt to harden up my water! Has anyone done this before? My GH/KH are zero. Ph 6.4. Just want to try and push everything upwards a little bit!
Haven't done it, but the theory say it'll work. When the pH is low, the calcium carbonate will dissolve into the water and provide some GH+KH, the latter raising the pH until it balances out.
Elsewhere: I've just harvested algae from one marine tank. Oddly, the same algae in another tank is dying off. Not sure if that's good or bad... it just "is".
Title: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: DoubleDutch on December 28, 2015, 08:26:54 pm
Swapped the tube of my 80 cm, got a pound of duckweed out, rearranged some tanks, put new leaflitter in and added ferts.
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Post by: jamestaylor16028 on December 28, 2015, 08:41:39 pm
I've added some coral to my filter in an attempt to harden up my water! Has anyone done this before? My GH/KH are zero. Ph 6.4. Just want to try and push everything upwards a little bit!
Haven't done it, but the theory say it'll work. When the pH is low, the calcium carbonate will dissolve into the water and provide some GH+KH, the latter raising the pH until it balances out.
Elsewhere: I've just harvested algae from one marine tank. Oddly, the same algae in another tank is dying off. Not sure if that's good or bad... it just "is".
I guess I will have to wait and see what it does! If nothing else the extra material in my filter should do some good!
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Post by: GlassWalker on December 28, 2015, 09:44:08 pm
Further thought occurs. In the past I've been lazy when converting marine tanks to freshwater. There's usually some coralline on surfaces, which is essentially calcium carbonate or crushed coral. When filled with fresh (usually softer) water, I find it dissolves and disappears on its own in not much time. Weeks at most.
Back to the tanks, just did tests for KH, Ca, Mg, K, and salinity for all 3 marine tanks. Quite an interesting mix of results. Not much happening in tank 1, given I last measured it a month ago! Tank 2 is dropping on all parameters yet isn't dropping in salinity as expected, so I may have sodium chloride accumulation even thought my method isn't supposed to significantly promote that. Tank 3 is climbing in Ca and KH, but dropping massively in Mg (1200) and K (320). So whatever is growing in there, it isn't hard coral! The K I'd speculate is due to the fantastic algae growth (both wanted and unwanted) but I can't explain Mg, unless that is also algae related (ref freshwater EI dosing).
Title: Re: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: GlassWalker on January 31, 2016, 03:26:28 pm
Long list of jobs today and I'm not making much of a dent in it so far.
T16: Cleaned both external filters and did 60L water change. Annoying self-start on EFX1000 refused to work so had to do manual fill trick. M3: Cleaned algae from sump. Manually top up water. M2: Cleaned algae from DT and sump. Killed a huge aiptasia that showed up (on underside of favia, only visible now I moved it). Fit 1000lph pump into side tank, remove it again 5 mins later as still too powerful and gave my mushrooms that windswept look. I had tried a 1600 before. What's the next lower one?
Todo: M2 fit new LED lights, fit new ATU. If time, 60L water change on T14 too.
Next job: tea and biscuits.
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Post by: taffy72 on January 31, 2016, 03:56:13 pm
Bought some more ottos today got 4 but also had an ammano shrimp for free and i think a baby guppy which went in with the mrs guppys .I also just noticed my powerhead on my marine tank has packed in so will be spending more later online .
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Post by: hamster3 on January 31, 2016, 04:26:36 pm
I added Indian Almond leaves to my tank. I'm not sure if it was a mistake or not yet.
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Post by: twistedwings on January 31, 2016, 05:30:15 pm
Good clean, plus an overdue pruning of the plants which needed a good hack back to encourage bushier growth, and replanting the cuttings. Hadn't appreciated how thick the Java moss had got, no wonder it was attracting hair algae.
Main thing was replacing the duck bill with the spray bar filter outlet to try to distribute the flow and current better in my battle to get on top of the algae before it gets on top of me. The angle of the flow is much better now, so I'm hoping this helps. The minnows are loving it.
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Post by: max1zzz on January 31, 2016, 10:57:19 pm
I Added substrate and gravel to the tetra's new tank (which I purchased yesterday)
Also order a filter and heater to go in the tank, and have just ordered a RO system
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Post by: chrisjj on February 02, 2016, 09:53:33 am
Started to close down the 125 CPD tank - inhabitants moved to other tanks, just plants left, all in preparation for the new 240ltr.....
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Post by: Zebra Fish on February 05, 2016, 08:14:23 pm
New plants can't remember the names though :\ not in final position (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160205/d8eeb992a28be4546e4f3f8a5bffe7a4.jpg)
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Post by: tim2223 on February 07, 2016, 04:19:00 pm
Swapped old failed tank over to new custom built tank, military operation but so far no losses. Midland Aquatics built the tank and so far it looks great and a very reasonable price. Used a 50 gallon header tank to put everything in whilst doing the changeover and put one of my 2 externals on it and a heater. Some fish got the raving hump.... large red tailed shark and my yo yo loaches but everything else seems happy. Lots of stress but it has been worth it as ghe opti white glass of the new tank is stunning!
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Post by: ChrisW on February 07, 2016, 05:39:55 pm
My small tank has finished cycling so swopped over 3 female guppys from the main tank and bought 6 small pepper corys to keep them happy For the Roma I bought 4 more Trilinatus cory to add to the 3 I had, lot bigger these new ones... plus added 4 female Black Ruby barbs to the 5 I already had (5 female 4 male now)
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Post by: Asco1104 on February 07, 2016, 07:09:36 pm
I have done the water change with my fist batch of RO water I have made, cleaned the filters and repositioned a couple of plants.
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Post by: MattHunt on February 08, 2016, 02:11:34 pm
Cleaned the glass inside the front and tested the water.
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Post by: frazzle121180 on February 08, 2016, 04:43:24 pm
Put sand and rock in and pure ammonia as I'm starting the cycle
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Post by: chrisjj on February 15, 2016, 12:42:51 pm
Tied Christmas moss to 20 little bits of rock - very slowly getting everything ready for planting the 240 Wonderland!
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Post by: Zebra Fish on February 17, 2016, 12:06:39 pm
set up a new shrimp tank 20l for three little shrimp must be very empty so may have to get them some friends soon ;) shame that
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Post by: R1ckyDaMan on February 17, 2016, 07:08:36 pm
Today I gave my grass a good cut.
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Post by: MattHunt on March 10, 2016, 09:38:42 pm
Put the 'new' Fluval U4 in with the U 3 in the 125l to get the filter ready for the new tank. I added most of the biomax from the U3 to the U4, then topped up both with fresh biomax. Also changed the filter floss in the U3 as it was foul. Now the U3 blowing out water with great gusto after its clean out and the U4 seems frighteningly powerful in the 125l next to the U3.
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Post by: R1ckyDaMan on March 31, 2016, 04:25:54 pm
Added 2 oto's now my tank is a bit more mature and brown algae is growing alot, so far they havnt stopped chomping.
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Post by: Zebra Fish on April 01, 2016, 09:03:24 pm
20l water change with a dosage of melafix and primafix noticed one of the corys missing half of his back tail due to fin rot with white fluff on it :S
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Post by: taffy72 on April 02, 2016, 06:34:03 pm
little water change on the trop and ready for a long drive tomorrow to kent to collect a 6x2x2 for my son ..from south wales :censored2: :censored2:
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Post by: gazeddy on April 02, 2016, 06:48:08 pm
Went to the shop to stock. Saw an ex display 200l tank stand and hood cheap so i bought it.soon be ready to house fish once the silicone has cured on the surplus sump fitting. Ill be fitting my external and stocking that too
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Post by: Xxviroxx on April 02, 2016, 08:07:05 pm
Bought a 15 meter hose and a mixer tap connector! No more buckets for water changes (unless cleaning filter)
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Post by: taffy72 on April 03, 2016, 06:43:57 pm
Well after a 3 hour trip down to Kent to collect my sons new tank and then bring it home to start setting it up ..And it was very heavy just as well the man who was selling was built like charles atlas lol.I will try to post some pics up once he gets it up and running .
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Post by: chrisgwynne on April 03, 2016, 07:54:08 pm
Restarted my fx6 as it keeps dying on me :( and purchased a Jebao RW-4 wave maker which arrives tomorrow!
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Post by: gazeddy on April 04, 2016, 01:44:40 pm
moved my heater into my weir box and made use of both of my airpumps outputs got 2 air stones and 2 lines now
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Post by: Abphotos on April 07, 2016, 11:16:58 am
Gave the glass a good clean and removed black background and cleaned the back of the glass to remove a big stain where I spilled some water between glass and background, looks a damn sight better
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Post by: Stephen on April 07, 2016, 02:08:20 pm
Quote
What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Absolutely nothing ........ just admiring the fish *grin*
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Post by: ShadezFPS on April 07, 2016, 07:08:29 pm
Found snail eggs & snails on my new driftwood thumbsup
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Post by: jools253 on April 08, 2016, 08:12:33 pm
Replaced one 2x 39w t8 unit with a fluval aquasky led bar, changed my filter from a fluval 305 to a hydor professional 600. Trimmed my moss tree, gravel clean, waterchange, bought a planted some new foreground plants and changed my sand waterfall from one airline and airspace to two to increase the fall effect. Been a busy week, oh and introduced a golden wonder panchax to my tank
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Post by: ShaunieO on April 10, 2016, 02:13:49 am
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Post by: Harry1973 on April 10, 2016, 07:48:24 am
I bought a pair of beautiful German Blue Rams yesterday, hoping they are pair as the LFS couldn't guaranty it, they could only do there best.
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Post by: cj60 on April 10, 2016, 12:30:29 pm
Just got back from Sedgley Road Aquarium near Dudley and bought 3 pieces of bogwood with plants attached. Had not been there since I was a kid my mum used to drive me over there many years ago. Nice friendly staff.
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Post by: jools253 on April 11, 2016, 10:57:10 pm
Today I have mostly been..........
Giving in to impulsiveness and visiting my lfs for no reason other than I felt like it at that moment.
Impulse purchases bought:
vitalis tropical small pellets 3 x Bamboo Shrimp
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Post by: chrisjj on April 12, 2016, 09:03:44 am
First water change on my new set up *grin*
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Post by: Abphotos on April 12, 2016, 03:03:26 pm
Netted out all the bits of water Sprite the cory's keep biting off
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Post by: frazzle121180 on April 12, 2016, 05:59:27 pm
Added a new xxl plant I can't pronounce (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160412/2ba49a4bdf51b55ac7060bd597733a49.jpg)
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Title: What have you done with your aquarium/tank today?
Post by: Gingerlove05 on April 12, 2016, 07:40:04 pm
Usual water changed and finally swapped the u2 out of my 100l to our 54l, also took the time to rearrange everything to try and make some more swim room(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160412/b9603b3a8022049b8e9fc66e0fecbb41.jpg)
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Post by: plankton on April 13, 2016, 08:43:34 am
Added a new xxl plant I can't pronounce (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160412/2ba49a4bdf51b55ac7060bd597733a49.jpg)
Amazon sword, small ;) *grin*
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Post by: frazzle121180 on April 13, 2016, 08:44:10 am
There we go...haha knew there would be an easier name lol
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Post by: Trouty on April 13, 2016, 02:16:25 pm
Are you sure its small its got XXL on it
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Post by: jools253 on April 13, 2016, 05:57:54 pm
Taken a load of photos of my fish with the other half's dslr camera (so much better than my phone) and posted them in the general aquaria section.
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Post by: plankton on April 14, 2016, 08:44:32 am
I bet it doesn't get as big as my echinodorus, which has the narrow leaves.... ;) *grin*
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 01, 2016, 12:58:44 pm
Finally doing a water change on T14. The last one was 10 weeks ago, but this is really set up for infrequent maintenance. Cleaning filters also... found a baby black bee shrimp! I thought they had all died out ages as I never see any in that tank any more, but maybe there are some adults hiding somewhere still breeding. Hiding from fish so I never see them. Also found the usual MTS, and also what appears to be planaria in there.
I've moved the baby shrimp into T17 and will see how it gets on in there.
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Post by: hbunting1986 on May 01, 2016, 01:11:02 pm
Today I did a 25% water change, and just general tidying up of plants. My corys (adult now) seem to think it's great fun uprooting everything!
Just about to give them a Sunday treat of some live daphnia and garlic, and a tetramin tab :D
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Post by: max1zzz on May 08, 2016, 02:02:14 pm
Replaced the Heater in my 4' tank with a Ehim Jagar today, Was a little surprised to find this at the bottom of the old heater: [attach=1] Yes, That's a puddle inside the glass.....
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Post by: MattHunt on May 10, 2016, 09:22:00 am
Took two baby frogs out now the tadpole tank and deposited them in the local pond.
Was going to do a water change in that tank but the baby was not settling so binned that and just watched them for a while.
Put cooked courgette into the 45l for the too ( I will buy him two more friends over the weekend ) and ordered an Interpet 47cm white led for the 54l to replace the far too short Leddy unit that came with it.
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Post by: GlassWalker on May 14, 2016, 06:45:04 pm
Doing some de-algaefication of marine tanks today. Harvested chaeto from M3 with some minor tidying in the DT.
M2 was more of an effort, with some caulerpa needing removing from the DT side tank, and the sump... the chaeto in there I'm not sure if it was dead or alive. Maybe slowly dying. I had some healthy growth on an unintentional scrubber that formed on an overflow partition. The weirdest part was in the return chamber... lots of red algae. Don't think it is cotton candy, but it forms mats more like a low density foam. I'm struggling to get the motivation to give the return pump a deep clean as flow is really restricted.