I haven't found that to be the case with any of mine. So far my CF1200s are far better than any of the fluvals or eheims I've tried.
They're probably not OMG BEST FILTER EVER bragworthy like say a $900 Eheim, but mine were all about $120 and over 3 for the last 6 years I've replaced one impeller.
And it turned out it didn't really need it replaced anyway.
Huh, I'd have thought the power head would be the difference. But given the option I'd say use the 50hz because we use 50hz power in NZ unlike the US's 60hz.
Not a thing other than burning electricity. Plants only absorb a tiny amount of UV light, enough that you can safely ignore it. New tubes are like $5. Go get one or throw the fitting in the closet.
It's full of africans, so she probably does.
My first suggestion would be to take out the boring africans and put in a couple nice SA/CA cichlids. Maybe a bit more driftwood too.
Good excuse to recycle an old post..."Could be stroke, heart attack, brain tumor, congenital heart arythmia, pulmonary embolism, aneurysm...Or maybe just couldn't take it anymore and drowned himself...."
I'm still waiting for you to spell it correctly, getting closer. :slfg:
Siphoning outside into a bucket and just letting the bucket overflow works well. That way all the substrate collects in the bucket.
No, they're not fertilized before they're dropped. They're dropped. Then, maybe if there's a male around and if he happens to be paying attention then maybe they'll be fertilized.
Yup, not sure about the halfbeak or the sun cat, but I've definitely seen the others available here. And other than the scarlet are pretty common(Common on the scale of uncommon fish)
For clearing out greenwater I've had good luck just rubber banding some filter wool around the filter intake. Clogs up fairly quick so you need to rinse it out a couple times a day but cleared up the tanks in a few days. I think it also has the advantage of removing the nutrients from the water that are causing the bloom(Removing the algae) rather than a blackout which leaves it all in the tank.