Jaide
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If you have been following this thread, you will realise I have been following the manual closely The manual has suggestions of media and one of them is the pellet things which they call "peat granules", but could also be carbon - which is also in the manual. However I will try to get what? "Sintered glass media"? Sounds owie when cleaning! :-? Failing that, if the shop doesn't have it, any other suggestions please?
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The neighbour is out, the subwoofer is on max, the volume is up and I'm playing "Drums Alive" :cr12:
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Nope, they look like this: And there are 2 bags of them in the basket with lining underneath: These are the noodles on top: And this is the filter wool I added: The filter came with the pellets and noodles, and after 2-3 weeks the outflow started slowing down. Could the lining under the pellets be the issue? I assumed it's there to catch any pellets if they escape the bags.
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I have a 25ml bottle - cost $20 too, so guess I'll have to get some more :-? Sophia, what do you use and how much is it? I'll ask the vet to see if they stock that as well (if it's the same and possibly cheaper).
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I tried it without the media trays and it's going like a rocket. So the media is the issue? How is it an issue? The previous owner only had two of the trays filled (noodles and pellet things), I added the filter wool - just basic filter wool, not polished, and it's only one layer of it too.
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That seems excessive - Sophia can you please clarify if this is how much you use?
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I cleaned out the hoses - there weren't clogged at all. I ran a hose through them and the water ran out fine. Here's the tank, please tell me what is wrong with the filter set up as clearly it's not happy: I've just reattached the hoses after taking the pic and the flow is worse, the filter is currently running but very hard to tell as very little water movement.
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8.48mg/ml
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The pellet things are granules I think - little plastic bits in bags. The height from the top of the filter to the top of the tank is 113cm (it's a deep tank). The hoses aren't kinked at all, but I'll check later to see if there's any blockage.
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If we measure our tanks in Liters: 2.36 x (the size of your tank in liters) = mg/L of Levamisole HCl to treat your tank. Then that means I have to add 472ml of the stuff, I don't think so.
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I've only just added the wool, it didn't have any before and still the flow slowed down. I didn't check the impeller but I'm sure if it was stuck or blocked, the flow would be stagnant and not start strong to slow down again. Substrate is pebbles and tank is 400 litres.
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The wool has only just been added - it didn't have any before and I put it in the bottom basket (as recommended).
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It's 4 months old - I bought it 2nd hand from someone who had no trouble with it. It has noodles, pellets and filter wool.
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He's got thinner, and until someone advises how much I should dose a 200 litre tank, he will continue to do so! :nilly:
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For some reason, my new FX5 filter output flow dies down quite quickly. I thought the canister was getting dirty but it wasn't that dirty when I checked. Now a week after the clean, the outflow is dying down again. In another week I'll need to add an oxygen line as the outflow won't be strong enough to stir up the water - I don't think it's the filter itself, so what am I doing wrong?
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Not sure how to convert mg to ml.
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That's 40ml! I only bought a 25ml bottle! :cr4:
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Yes, that's the stuff I got :cr9: I treated the tank last night, I think (if I worked it out correctly) it's 1ml for 200 litre tank?
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Thanks James, I appreciate it - that's very sweet of you I phoned my local vet and they have Avitrol so will pick some up tonight :happy2:
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So you're saying it's not worms and you don't know what's wrong and I should put him down? The problem is, it's not the first Clown to get this condition and I'm concerned there's some sort of chain reaction going on with them, so if I don't work out what's wrong and fix it, I'll lose the lot :tears:
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Is it temporary? I've never seen other sites add smilies and take them away because they're not in season? :cr2:
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At home I have a regular tube monitor. At work I have a very wide flat screen but still there's a bit of scrolling to get to the submit button.
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Yep, lack of oxygen - throw an airstone in pronto. In fact, throw in two if the oxygen levels are so low they're struggling to breathe (and dying).
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Thank you for the new Xmas smilies admin people :cr9: However it's now a long way done to hit the "submit" button so perhaps they could either go along the bottom of the message window, or the full range can be opened in a new window?
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Still no change with him - he's still eating well but is still bony and none of the other fish are affected.
