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Fair enough Alan will do!

Was on tank water before, now on mains Cheers Adrienne, water changed and a bit of movement, will do another in the morning

Moved with in Masterton, the plan was that they would go back in the larger one tomorrow

Cheers Adrienne, Have water draining as we speak, Yeah I have my 2 fx5s running albeit turned down some what I did acclimatise but maybe not enough, Temp is the same from both tanks but dont know the previous ph as it was a sweet stable setup and stopped checking

Ok Have moved my fish today and currently have them in a holding tank (300 litre) moving large tank tomorrow and going to swap them back over My Plec looks all good as well as the corries but my loaches arnt looking good, floating around the tank, laying on bottom/side/ kind of wedged in loach hidy holes but this isnt normal behavior Ph is @ 6.5in tank, tap water is the same Ammonia 0 Nitrite <0.3 Nitrate between 5 and 10 Not too sure what to do, I could do a water change but water chemisty would stay the same! Half of the water thats in the tank is old water and half new water from here Anybody got any ideas please?? glen

How about this? http://www.fish-street.com/boyu_jx10_ti ... gory_id=60 I have one for my wave makers, works sweet! If that wont do then can I have a pic of the plug and the socket as my brain is not functioning today!

Agreed! but with a old teaspoon, no sharp edges!!

Chuck on a pic once you have cut it, we may be able to give you an idea of what type of wood it is

What filter did you inherit? you may be able to use this to help you drain the tank (speeds up water changes)

You could always cut it up (well the arms and legs off) and pre drill it so its ready to screw back together

Sweet cheers Josh

A few years back i used to be able to buy pleco food that would stick to the side of the tank, Was a great way to see them feeding, Does any one know what brand of if/where they would be available Cheers

Guess i am off to the lfs this weekend cheers Ira

Not sure how hard or soft our water is tbh Or how to test for it

Mainly the crypts and tiger lotus, The java fern doesn't seem to do well in that tank And the swords seem to get beaten up I prolly shouldn't put all the blame on the clowns as there is a large common pleco in the tank too I am still wavering on a proper co2 unit, if anything it will help to keep the bba away and costing it over 2-3 years would be cheaper than flourish excel!

They get fed different foods but they can be quite fussy when i introduce new stuff What other plants do you have Karina?

How about 494056627 (auction number on a well known site) Will need to modify it somewhat to work

Cheers Peeps for your input so the decision really is clowns or plants If i get rid of the clowns then would prolly move towards Discus Which in turn means getting rid of the rest of the fish in the tank as the rest of the tank mates wouldn't like living in a hothouse Tough choice :tears: Cheers again

So Angus what photo period are you running now?

Was trying to be tight on the power bill, looks like I will have to go for the 12 hours I take it that the photo period should be increased over a month or two encase of algae

So what would the min photo period be then? there you go Chris Larger pic http://i47.tinypic.com/2mhshgg.jpg

4ft 2 x 54w t5 and 5ft 2 x 24w t8 (not to sure about the wattage on the 5ft but it wont be any less) depth of the tank is 70cm with out substrate

The question is for my set up is a pressurized system worth it? My tank is a 750 liter tank with largish Clown loaches and a large grumpy common Pleco I love the planted aquarium and currently stock some beaten up swords, crypts and java fern, would love these to flourish (well grow faster than the inhabitants can rip them to bits anyway) I have a plant refuge tank that they get moved to to recover when they get too bad The tank has had a problem with with bba in the past and I double dose with flourish excel once a week which seems to keeping it at bay for now, the side effect being that it has helped the growth rate of said shabby looking plants. I dont really want to run the lights 8 hours a day so would half that be enough for reasonable growth? So with pressurized co2 and a 4 hour photo-period would that be enough to see results? Cheers

Are all your clowns in a 200 liter R32GOTMLK?

If you find the flow in the Fx5 too much have a look at the spray bar mod on Youtube. I have mine on a 750 liter and its not too much. It is a wee bit louder than other filters but i find cleaning it is way easier than the eheim Check out trade me for prices against other stores