Brennos

Multiple Tank Syndrome? I have a 60x30x30 setup in the garage, which is really more of a home bar/man cave, as I have carpet heaters, pool table etc, the 60x30 is plants only at this stage, Was contemplating a goldie in there though. I have the 620t in the house, and now have some real estate on my desk, suitable for the 380

Ill take some pics of the entire set-up tomorrow and post them. I might have to dig out my ar380 then, and set up something. When I upgraded to my ar620, i put the 380 under the house thinking i wont need that again lol.

Yeah, I am finding it hard to clean the gravel, I have south island shist(sp) rock, 2 pieces of driftwood, and lots of plants, with fertiliser balls in the gravel, so I cant really do much gravel cleaning, I'm hoping this filter, and its increased "oomph" will help move some of the waste deposited on and in the gravel.

AHHH. I see, thats awesome thank you so much, I guess I have no excuses, off to HFF this week.

So you use the original water outlet on the right hand side?, and set the spray bar up the same as stock? Some more pics would be awesome.

Perfect, I was contemplating something like that, now i have seen pics, i have a better idea of what I have to do. Is your inlet and out let in the same hole?

Oh these tubes are normal off the shelf tubes. Excellent. Ill go and have a look around tomorrow. Cheers. Now i just need to sort out the filter.

Yeah, I had that in my last tank, but have been lucky enough not to get it yet. I only lost fish after I bought new ones from a pet store in Glenn Innes, The females and male I got from them are still around, but the other guppies, bought from Goldfish Pagoda are all dead bar one.

yeah onehalf is red/pink, and the other half is yellow/white/blue

Nah, they are the power compact tubes. Like the ones in the links.

Are they available as a direct replacement for the stock tubes in the ar620t?

I have been looking at CF1200 for my AR620T, I realise this might be a little overkill, but should give me some head room at a later stage for adding some more fish. Problem is, I don't want to modify the stock hood too much, as I'd like to be able to keep the tank saleable at a later stage, if I upgrade. I know some of you guys have modified Aqua One tanks to take external canister filters, but i don't know how you guys have done it. Some advice from those who have would be awesome, Pictures of the jobs might be even better. I was thinking of drilling some suitable sized holes in the back of the hood, where the stock filtration normally sits, and then using the standard holes in the hood to feed the pipe through, so if I do sell this tank and get something bigger at a later stage, all I have to do is patch the holes I made in the hood using some plastic and some silicone sealant. I have also been looking at a lighting upgrade, as I don't like the yellow light the stock tubes give off. After getting some 6500k/900 lamps for a different tank, I really like the look of that light in the tank, I don't really want to go hacking up the hood of the tank, nor do i want to remove the hood all together, I have found some replacement tubes from HFF, and don't know which one will give the the correct "Bright White" colour in my tank. I have posted the links in the hope someone can inform me. Google was of no help today. In my tank, I have various plants, Ambulia, and some grass like plants, and some red stem type plants,(common LFS stuff), Fish wise, I have 10 Glow lights, and Harlequins, and some guppies, and a couple of bristle noses, i'm soon to have 2x electric blue gourami's as well. Aqua One PL 18W Marine Blue 14K Aqua One PL 18W Mix Triphosphor & Biolux Aqua One PL 18W Mix Triphosphor 7.1K & Blue 14K Aqua One PL 18W Triphosphor After reading the stickied thread and some more resources on google, I think the third one, is the standard tubes, and I guessed the 14k one would be the brightest one. Which one would give me the brightest light, but also be good for my plants.

I spoke to one guy at Hollywood, and he said something similar, about loosing guppies that is, and he said others had the same problem. Weird huh?. I haven't lost any since the last post in this thread. I haven't done anything to my water, other than 15% water changes 2 daily, and testing the water daily, including a phosphate test. All fish are accounted for, including 4 guppie fry. I also took a risk, and added some new fish, 5 Harlequins, and 5 Glowlight tetra's, and I have my eye on some Gourami's. So hopefully my problems are over. I will look into the Biopet though, might be handy to have in the medicine cupboard.

I ended up drilling a hole in the bottom of the pick up, and jamed the tube in. Seems to be working, as there are no large bubbles hitting the surface, i might take some pics tomorrow of the whole setup if anyone is keen to see what i have done..

Id live a visitor like that, and maybe a couple of bearded dragon visitors too.

I have a hang on back filter, can i still jam it up the intake?

the air stone is crap, but diffusers are expensive.

I got mine running today. I used a 2.25 L coke bottle which pipes into a 1.5L coke bottle, I'm currently using an air stone to diffuse, but I may buy a proper diffuser if it works. The mix I used is 2 teaspoons of bakers yeast, 2.5 cups of raw sugar, and half a teaspoon of Marmite. I left the cap off for about 15 mins, and then screwed all the caps on, and waited. Now my air stone is pumping out bubbles like no bodies business, so I may have to adjust my yeast mixtures down to 1 teaspoon and see how that goes.

I got 2x desk lamps, and some spiral tubes in 6500/900 the light is awesome, hopefully my hair-grass will appreciate it. Pics to come. Thanks for your advice sam.

Well its in the garage, so i can probably make a bracket that screws to the wall, and mount them on that. i also need to make a stand for the tank, do you reckon I need to put polystyrene down under it? ie between the tank and the ply it will be sitting on?

Thanks mate, ill get a couple tomorrow and see how it goes. Ill keep ya updated.

Legend. Ill go look tomorrow. i'll probably buy 2, and see how that goes. would they stimulate plant growth as well?

It is actually your old stuff. I have advertised the tank, but if no one buys it, i will continue on, ill have to put the tank in the garage though. lol Have you got a pic, or a link of what you got from mitre 10?

I have a 60x30x30 tank i purchased, It has no light, I am trying to grow hair grass, what lighting do I need, I looked at t5's but don't have $200 odd to spare right now, what can I get to keep the plants I have alive at least, and look at a t5 later next month. So far, I have got some clay balls to put in the substrate, and some Flourish Excell to use when they start growing. I was thinking of putting a beta in the tank later on, will a t5 affect him?

I'm going there today, if they are open.