livingart

yes i use feeder fish as well :oops: but wouldn't eat them live myself

local lady here said i couldn't send them went back later and got a guy who took them

as a source of entertainment it is a sad indication of the attitude of those involved swap the goldfish for mice and see how many do it

samano

don't think it was said it was the only way i only use it every now and again, ose it in a filter bag for ease of removal i cracked the bottom on an eheim canister so cut bottom off and used that as a small tower full of sponges to filter water before going into sump

nice tank fruju you on a concrete floor with those legs?

i have always liked the look of an exposed piece of wood sticking out of low growing plants

very nice sam, love the look agree with jen on the smaller rocks, just a few though

marine guys use it for coral racks maybe try HFF they may have a contact payless plastics may have something you can cut up as well

nice setup nav can you do some pics? the extra hole is what i use to stop syphon effect

what you have set up henward works for you i feel Fish keeping is a balancing act between bio load and filtration lots of fish, lots of food = lots of filtration large faeces may indicate the fish are not utilising most of the food it is eating or it may be reflective of the way they digest their food the use of flow in the tank will direct particulates to the overflow in the 1.2 deep tank i use powerheads to sweep the bottom that means the wool is clogged, staging different grades of sponge above the filterwool will make it last longer a syphon standpipe will pick gunk off the bottom

i inserted that into the description J i have found adding filter wool to my sumps helps clarity, it does have to be cleaned often though

you will need to make sure you have enough room to get your pump in and out maybe use pond plant holders for baskets for media or payless plastics may have square shaped sieve type boxes square plate on top drilled with holes wll help disperse water over dry part of filter media filterwool on top to take out big particulate you will need to make sure you have enough room in sump to take in any excess water if pump is stopped

A trickle filter is an aerobic filtration method, this means the bacteria present only occur or live in the presence of oxygen. The more oxygen saturation it gets, the better it functions, When the water falls through the holes of the drip or trickle plate then drops onto or over the bio-media it allows for maximum oxygen saturation of the water. correct any wrong part of that please

:oops: my bad, in the same sub order Ensifera another :oops: , son just informed me its most probably a ground weta Hemiandrus i think he said

yes probably Hemideina thoracica from http://awcmee.massey.ac.nz/nzinsects/pa ... etics.html

i do a top up once a week when i do water changes i think the amount of turbulence in the system and surface area exposed has an affect on evaporation levels

i would go for a minimum safety factor of 3 that would mean there would br no chance of insurance not paying out and minimal chance of injury to someone

Went cricket hunting today and found a big cricket

started a sump description anyone want to add to it? A sump is an extra water area usually set up underneath an aquarium that will increase the total volume of water in an existing system; here you can place extra filtration media, equipment, such as a top up system. a skimmer, calcium or nitrate reactor on a marine system or heaters in a tropical setup. Sumps can be plumbed in inline via a Siphon Overflow box, or bulkheads in pre-drilled aquariums, a sump can be as basic as an extra aquarium, a large plastic container, or as part of a more elaborate wet/dry trickle filter or refugium. With some basic plumbing work, a sump can be installed to most tanks to provide many benefits. The basic principle of a sump is to take water from your tank through a siphon or bulkhead to the sump, generally pass that water through a series of compartments filled with filter media then return the water via a pump back to the tank. As they increase the total volume of water in your system sumps can help keep your water parameters more stable and less prone to fluctuations. Sudden changes and the concentration of chemicals such as nitrite and phosphate are more evenly distributed; just remember that proper maintenance and regular water changes are still necessary as you are dealing with a closed system. Sumps provide an area to add extra filtration to your aquarium and can incorporate a variety of advanced filtration systems. Some of these include a wet/dry trickle filter where the water is dipersed over layered filter media in a column and trickles down through it to a sump area. Usually filter wool is the first layer to stop any large particles or waste food going through the filter A trickle filter is an aerobic filtration method, this means the bacteria present only occur or live in the presence of oxygen. The more oxygen saturation it gets, the better it functions, When the water falls through the holes of the drip or trickle plate then drops onto or over the bio-media it allows for maximum oxygen saturation of the water. Jenniferh added The conversion of ammonia and nitrates is dependant on aerobic conditions which support the nitrifying bacteria nitrobacter and nitrosomonas - the more air you have, the better these populations can function. Anaerobic filtration is also useful - aerobic bacteria convert nitrates into free nitrogen gas. I found a good schematic diagram which helps to illustrate the point.

send them to me instead

hopefully dads shape and mums colour

didn't think you had "off" time brennos

thanks henward that is an awesome setup