GZ_Loach

Whats the inlet/outlet connections like? are they big, bulky and awkward to setup?

My eheim auto primes :smln:

Fill the filter up as much as you can before you put the top on, should prime easy as

Im running an Eheim pro 3 and an aquaone cannister on my 1100L tank, am about to get an fx5 to replace the aquaone filter - so i should have filtration pretty well covered :roll: Wouldn't a tower work better if it was full of water and had an air pump running through the media?

looks like a cabbage (the bag not the crayfish)

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I would recommend a light coloured sand or fine gravel. Peat would need to be in a stocking positioned near a pump outlet or in a low powered cannister filter. Oak leaves would also be a nice touch.

pH is fine, i wouldn't have a glue about the gh & kh as i don't bother measuring mine.

That being said, ammonia is alot less toxic at an acidic pH, in hard alkaline water its very very toxic to fish. So either way, taking awhile to cycle shouldn't matter.

You should leave the light on if it happens again, as plants will not use the co2 already in the tank and thus the ph will still fall. And like the others said, turn on an air pump at night and use limestone or oyster shells during the day while co2 is running.

Just finished my background for my other tank, looks pretty cool i think

perhaps you could buy a small lcd or 3d led tv, put it behind the tank, and play a looped dvd of clownfish swimming around :dunno:

You could put Africans in it instead, basically the closest thing to a marine tank. You could use the same substrate etc to as they require the same pH

Wheres a good place to get a cheap Fluval FX5?

Do a search on the forum, plenty of threads covering this already :mbh:

animates are expensive, usually the fish are the only thing reasonably priced. Just finished shaping my 2nd rock background, will have photos up tommorow :happy1:

collect rain water and add that to the tank for water changes. If you have limestone/shells in your tank that will raise the ph and could be the cause of your battle.

An electrician could put in another light for a box of piss, very easy job.

collect rain water or add bogwood/peat to the tank. 7.5 is pretty normal, city water is made to be between 7 and 7.5 so that pipes don't corrode.

If room is 17° and you want your water at 29° then you need at least 575 watt heating. This is assuming no insulation except 10mm on the bottom and on ply. This will cost you $105/month in power!! he has 900 watts heating the tank, i think 575 watts aint going to cut the mustard.

I have two 300w jager heaters on my 1100L tank and they are set to 27 degrees (tank sits at 26 degrees 24/7)

you may find that they will grow just fine with a little bit of fert and no co2, co2 is more beneficial in moderate to high light tanks

less money on hair cuts, more money on fish :digH:

must be the wool from the sheep shearers :slfg:

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