My understanding was that they were pretty much identical to common plecs, just with red fins.
I would like one. Hutt Pets had a tank that said scarlet pleco on it, but didn't appear to have a scarlet pleco in the tank.
And you only get as much cycling bacteria as you have food to feed it. Once you have enough surface area for your bioload increasing efficiency or available surface area is just wasting time and money by giving the bacteria more elbow room. (Flagella room?)
I think you'd be way better off with the CF1200 than the Eheim 2213. It's rated at almost triple the flow of the 2213, the 2213 is more for tanks about half the size of yours.
I've heard they don't taste very good and are really bony. But other types of carp are eaten in places. Maybe you could make a fish stew or something with them.
And how do koi look like gross goldfish? Goldfish are the koi's mutant inbred appalachian hick cousins. If anything koi are supermodels in comparison.
You use the pvc plumbing glue stuff. I don't know the proper name for it, it's in the plumbing section of any hardware store. Just let it set for a few hours before putting it into use.
That would be a good idea. Something like 99% of the bacteria in the tank is on surfaces anyway, transferring the water is really more of a matter of keeping PH kh etc the same to decrease stress from that than to do with the cycle.
Interesting...I had 4 wisdom teeth out when I was something like 15. Under general anesthetic. I didn't have any pain at all after the second day. (Except when I'd bite something wrong or whatever)
Hahaha, What gave you the impression they were bottom dwellers? Just like all gouramis they tend to hang around the surface where the air is, just like puffadragon says.
They'll visit the bottom occasionally, but hang out mostly at the surface.
Also depends on what they're supplied power from. LEDs of course are 3-4 voltish DC, so it might just be a matter of using a differe wall wart to power them.