I would like to get a fish tank with one or more b
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[color="#006600"]Scrat[/color] wrote:
NOOOOO NO undergravel filters AT ALL. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT Use them. they were all well an good 20 years ago but not in fish day and age. People who sell you undergravel filters need to be :uzi They are cheap and do work but they trap ALL the dirt at the bottom of the tank under ALL your gravel and become dirt traps. you would never be able to properly clean them unless u empty the tank and remove all the gravel and that should never be done. Rather make a reverese undergravel jet system instead. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ug_jets.php
Real Plants all the way man. better for your fish and water but you need some jacked up lighting and an enriched subtrate if u want them to thrive.
Excellent man. Another filter is better then the UV anyday.
NOOOOO NO undergravel filters AT ALL. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT Use them. they were all well an good 20 years ago but not in fish day and age. People who sell you undergravel filters need to be :uzi They are cheap and do work but they trap ALL the dirt at the bottom of the tank under ALL your gravel and become dirt traps. you would never be able to properly clean them unless u empty the tank and remove all the gravel and that should never be done. Rather make a reverese undergravel jet system instead. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ug_jets.php
Real Plants all the way man. better for your fish and water but you need some jacked up lighting and an enriched subtrate if u want them to thrive.
Think I am going to try again this afternoon. I need the stress relief. Spend 2 hours at the Munisipality this morning trying to explain to the "fully educated person" behind the counter, that I can not have a electricity bill of R4000.00 because they wrongly read the meter.....
The wind is to k@k in anycase.
Here some pics, after I installed my sunken boat, cleaned up some pipes. Have a few small ajusments to add (large fake stump and few more taller plants for cover) The water is looking much better today. I have installed a 2000L/H internal pump/filter system, including the external 3 stage 740L/H filter/pump (which I thought only to be a 500L/H) . i.e is filtering @ almost 3000L/H, 10 times more than the volume of the tank! Perfect!!!!!
Front end of the tank.
Here some pics, after I installed my sunken boat, cleaned up some pipes. Have a few small ajusments to add (large fake stump and few more taller plants for cover) The water is looking much better today. I have installed a 2000L/H internal pump/filter system, including the external 3 stage 740L/H filter/pump (which I thought only to be a 500L/H) . i.e is filtering @ almost 3000L/H, 10 times more than the volume of the tank! Perfect!!!!!
Front end of the tank.
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FANTASTIC man, that internal filter works well got 1 just like it. just add some "batting"(bought from material shop) otherwise called filter floss at a petstore(where its 1000% more expensive) to the top most compartment(it will trap lotsa dirt) and cover the entire filter from the bottom up with a packet when u decide to clean it or else all the dirt will get into the tank.
Now to add the fish
Now to add the fish