Aquarium Dude

Not sure but bacteria colonies in the filter will die in about 8 hours I believe :-?

Critter kingdom on blenhim road also stock aqua one filters (not canisters), but supposidly can order stuff from aqua one

Are there any loaches that would be alright?

You could always ring them :lol:

Feather and fur in hornby stock the aqua one canister filters (the only place I have seen where they are actually in stock), they MAY have parts, but then again mabey not. :lol:

Would tiger loaches be better? they grow quite big though :lol:

How about 6x sunset gourami Instead of paradise fish?

Will the Horas loach eat snails?

I want to have asian stock if I can, also are those fish all suitable for heavily planted? I will find something to replace paradise fish. :lol:

What would be an alternitive to gae, wanted something not to big :lol:

Does this look alright? are they all avalib;e 6x blue gourami 6xGolden blue gourami 6xHoney Gourami 4x Paradise fish 1x Green male betta 3x Female Beta 6x Horas loach 10x Harlequein Rasbora 8x Golden tiger barb 8x Green tiger barb ?x Golden algae eater

Dont get me wrong, I dont know but wouldnt a uv steriliser kill algae spores which create algae on things, so if you ran a uv steriliser from the start it would prevent alge woulnt it?

Personally I wouldnt double dose anything :lol:

Thanks guys :lol:

I ordered the 2200 (step down from 2400) I havent heard anyhting bad about them! :lol:

Thanks evil :lol:

What is the carpet plant in the front right called?

oh, i thought they might even be the same thing :lol: :lol: The filter I have brought has a surface skimmer attachment or something, should I use it for freshwater tank?

Just a few questions? What is the difference between a surface skimmer and a protein skimmer? What does a surface skimmer do? Could you use a surface skimmer on a freshwater tank? Thanks Guys. :lol:

What do you reakon stock wise? I was thinking a mixture between south-east asian backwater and se a river. Sort of a back water tank stock and mixture of plants. But open to opinions, so waht do you think?

Oh ok :oops:

I have a shark 400 and went in to buy the extra filter compartment, I thought it was great to be able to get so much media in. BUT I got it home and found my tank is not high enough for the filter with extra compartment. In mine I use blue sponge on the bottom and white finer sponge on top.

I always thought they were pretty much a reef thing, but why not? Do they do anything for algae on things eg plants? Are pond inline ones alright to use?

Does anyone know where to get INLINE aquarium pumps, the only ones I have ever seen are submersible. Ps. Eheim is to much $$$

To do a water change of 100l could I stick the intake of the canister filter in my aging drum and the out put in the aquarium? And (this is genius (mabey)) then attach gravel vac to intake of canister filter and stick out put out window? Mabey the aging bin has to be same height as tank, but that is just a technicality(sp). Is the new but aged water ok going through filter media? Will this work or will I screw up the canister filter?