bjocque

awesome inspiration - am setting up a 380 for my little madam's 5th birthday

i'm thinking sump with mechanical then into bioballs/noodles kinda thang - HFF just down the road from me so would be heading that way - am liking their tri-line barbs veryily muchly

wickid stuff chasps, still arent sure lol amazon for fx5????? (ifn you have a us power supply???) been reading bout co2 reactors, i wondering if you put it inline on the return from the sump if this minimise a bit of co2 lost through turnover? has anyone use/experimented with the calfo setups/overflows? sucjh as http://www.beananimal.com/projects/silent-and-fail-safe-aquarium-overflow-system.aspx

uh huh, have my unfinished project in the garage which is a 3 footer that i had a sump for and was entertaining the idea of using the 3 footer to expand that sump into a bigger sump for the 5 footer. I ALWAYS over engineer, i can't help myself, its a condition that needs treatment lol........ where the 5 footers going to go isnt an issue for water changes/access to water etc looks like the 3 footer/sump and cabinet might just find its way out to the curb, @ least DDW will be happy-ish bugger, just thought theres a eheim 1260 sitting there too, that won't get the hoof lol

the lost of co2 is.......................... a.) minimal b.) manageable c.)who caresable?

hi chasps just getting new project together, a 5 foot FW tank (approx 365litres) and wondering about current thinking on whether to use a sump or not (have read both opinions) in a semi planted tank? i would be installing a co2 system at some stage, i love the idea of building my own filter system, i would prefer it over a store brought canister (probably a fx5), i know it'll probably cost more etc but I would have made it lol just seen the calfo systems, coooooooooooooooooooooooool anyway, just bouncing the idea out there to be laffed at lol cheers

........... exacery where i was coming from

cheers guys, all good info and more food for brain, i think another visit to albany mico plumbing is called for

why not brass for freshwater?

how about tank protector sleeve that go over a dive cylinder????

has anybody used/have comments regarding the use of snap-lock garden hose fittings for aquarium plumbing???? i'm meaning similar to the nylex range or the neta brand brass fittings, they do some good looking manifolds(?) where you can split 1 tap off into 3 hose runs each with an adjustable flow valve on it.......... generally 20mm threads but i think they use a 12mm hose (inside diametre) was mainly wondering bout pressures, leaks etc - i though it was a great idea the other night when it came to me but cos of the risk of leaks i am thing more towards the hansen range of fittings

to fit my 3 foot light (al-30D) into my hood i need to reduce its height (and i thought it would keep heat down) - has anybody ever done this? i'm thinking stripping out electrical guts/switches from light unit and moving them out of the hood, rewiring etc) any dramas/pitfalls that anyone can see? obviously need to get a sparkie to sign off on it at the end of day, how bout remote ballast lamps anyhows, are they available? price? where? cheers guys

hey yawl, long time lurker (possibly) first time poster, am currently getting gear together to overhaul a hollywood farms rimu cabinet and 3 foot (170-ish litre) aquarium and wanted to know reccommended sizes (diameter) piping to use (marley??) very much like the idea of using the skimmerless overflow system into a weir (lee's specimen container - cheers michael) then out through a durso standpipe set up, reducing down in diameter and then into the sump, return path through a eheim 1250 and back to main tank through a fluval output nozzel (have been toying with the idea of a spring loaded non return valve in here to prevent back siphon in case of power issues) - will plumb in on return line a return to the sump and a "upgrade line?" in case i want to add in anything later, hmmmmmmmmmm guess i should do a branch for water changes too, getting bigger than ben hur) 32mm seemed a little large for the durso pipe to me, i was wondering about a 25mm pipe reducing down to a 20mm for the flow into the sump and i guess the fluval nozzel will dictate diameter for return path?? i had though of using a dual pick-up out of the tank, top and bottom (my thinking that the top pickup could be placed at a height to break the siphon in case of power issues) thought off two strainers on one line (like an upsidedown capital F) using the skimmerless overflow i kinda thought that a valve in the "to sump" line wouldn't be an issue with blockages etc, especially using the strainers i've spotted at bunnings yesterday, and this valve would help set height in the weir (hang on back) http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/u/bullman7/overflow.htm cheers, should get off my ar** and draw a schematic to explain a bit easier, :lol:

cutting to the chase, is it ok to use steam distilled water in your aquarium?

aaaaaaaaaah the feeder tank? was really going to show my ignorance and ask about nymphs (basically = effed up fish???) <---- in layman terms that is