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Saw your video.. Yep that is a nice bunch of randy as Sterbais you've got there. They look perfectly happy and healthy to me. And that tank is looking so good now by the way. :thup:

Dead... &c:ry

Yes comes with euro plugs.. the two round ones.. Can get nice little adapters for $2 at the market.

Another good example I am looking at getting when I have the money: Locally: Eheim compact+ 5000 = $475 Eheim Air Pump 400 = $90 Total = $565 Overseas: Eheim compact+ 5000 = 90 Euro Eheim Air Pump 400 = 21 Euro Shipping = 38 Euro Total = 149 Euro = 237 NZD That is 238% more expensive locally. I am aware of warranties and all that but at this price? I don't think so.

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No change this morning.. at least I didn't find her dead. Hoping that means she is recovering.

I can see that you might have some benefitial DSB (Danske Stats Baner = Danish State Railways) going on in your tank that would explain the zero NO3 but I still think there is too much risk in having too deep a substrate in a freshwater tank. Some anaerobic bacteria will start converting NO3 back to ammonia and you'll be in serious trouble. Maybe I'm missing the point here... maybe you are not trying to create a DSB effect but you are wondering if you have by coincident made one?

Managed to get a picture of her that shows: Bump on the head, swelling on top of her good eye, a dark red patch "inside" her head possibly blood and constanly open mouth with heavy breathing. Oh and of course the other fish wanted to be in the picture.

No jumpers with suicidal tendencies I hope :sage: Nice setup Joe! Will follow with interrest :spop:

Interresting... I can't remember ever having been taught in biology that anaerobic conditions were good in any meassure... so I don't really understand how this is a benefit in a sand bed with no sand turning critters in it? Can you enlighten me with the theory behind this? :sage:

Good stuff.. or should I say good turf :sml2: Interresting to follow :spop:

Sounds like normal corys to me :slfg: No in all seriousness I reckon its normal... Mine go through periods where they do that.. especially after WC's.. Maybe they are just establishing where their new boundaries are :sml2:

My poor female Geophagus altifrons have yet again managed to injure herself. She has a sad history that includes getting beat up by her partner to a bloody pulp with no tail to getting stuck behind the heater, got burnt and lost an eye because of it.. She has since recovered to a one eyed beauty that swims a bit crooked but a beauty all the same. Just came home from work and found her looking very strange. Like she has a massive bump on her "forehead" and inside the whole front mouth region a mass of blood is visible (sort of inside the head, hard to describe) on top of that her good eye is swollen around the top. My guess is that she got spooked and swam as hard as she could into an immovable object. A human analogy would be a broken nose and a black eye I guess. Not sure what to do about it at this stage beside waiting and see if she gets better.. there are no visible skin or tissue damage that could get infected. Any suggestion? :dunno: Rooting for this girl :tears: Will see if I can get a picture of her

Whats the implications of having a turtle in the tank? I mean does he destroy a lot of things or chew on plants or what? Heavy pooper?

That's the happiest looking turtle I've ever seen!

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Super links David and LA!

I don't have personal experience with this but this is what I would do: Soak in bleach, not pure bleach but a strong solution for a few days or until bleached. Bleach is quite safe to use as long as you make sure that IT IS COMPLETELY GONE from the rocks before putting them in a tank. I would rinse several times in clean water. Soak in water with dechlorinator (e.g. prime) for a day and then perhaps dry out completely in the sun... Then I would dechlorinate again and then put in tank. Hope this would get them nice and white again.

This guy did the same to my tank once but got a bit too cocky it seems :slfg:

The other side of that one is that low cost also helps the hobby... but the awareness has to be created somewhere of course

Agree with above. I would just put old + new media + whatever sludge is in the old filter in a bucket with some old tank water. Give it a good mixing, split it and voila you have two mature filters. Don't worry the bacteria will catch up.

Why not just do it the easy way? are you worried how it will look? (temporarily)

Careful now.. you're getting dangerously close to overstocking this tank! :slfg: Jokes aside.. Very nice tank and stand. I like the idea of shared habitat between turtle and fish

Not sure if you misunderstood the "continuously heating". This is what I meant: The calculation is purely theoretical assuming a tank with the above dimensions full of water. To sustain a temperture difference of 7 degrees you will need 212 watts of energy to go into the tank continuously. It does not take into consideration any energy gained from pumps, lights, etc. Also I'm not sure why you compare with a 200 L tank? the tank in question here is a 540L tank.

This may seem a strange question but could you tell me what brand this old tank is? if you know? (looks familiar) BTW good work of the DIY fluorite. Good to see someone take initiative and try something new.