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I have started a website as well where I will be posting more photos and whats happening in the tank!

I have a new Aqua One, silent, easy to set up no problems yet in the 1st 3 weeks.

Thanks for that. I have got a new tank being built so a few weeks ago I purchased a 700L/hour external filter plus have 2 internals in the tank, so working out flow rates etc etc the whole tank has it's water cycled 20 times a hour. I just wanted the new filter ready for the new tank. The sharks and the tinfoils seem to love the current moving along the top jumping in front of the outlet holes.

Hi the tank is a 3ft x 12" x 13", my new tank should be here tommorow, it's 4ft x 14" x 18', alot more breathing room. I think 1 of the firemonths is going to have babies she has dug a hugh hole in the gravel and looks really fat. I was told this is a sign that she is close, any body know about these things? Working on getting a few more pics to view soon.

Just thought you might like a pic of my tank!

Hi He's a quickie, my tank water has a ph of 6.8 temp 26 deg, tests for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites show nil, the water is crystal clear and very well filtered. Should I continue with weekly 25% water changes or can I reduce this to once a fortnight or even once every three weeks? The tank is 80 litres (empty) and a bit overstocked but all are happy and feed twice a day. Thanks Looking forward to getting my new tank!

Hi, I am a bit colour blind and find it hard at times to read the ph colour chart, I know you can buy electronic ph testers, but are these any good and what type / brand would you recommend? Are there any electronic testers for ammonia, nitrate and nitrite? Thanks

Thanks Warren, I dont run a UG filter as I had both internals working. The new tank will contain everything from the old one. Plus the half of the old water mixed with new tap water from the next 3 water changes. This should give me a little over 200 litres to use in the new tank. I have found 2 100 litre containers to do this. It was my intent to do a straight swap as I need the location of the old tank for the new tank. If the new tank has all the gravel and objects and a filter worked for a fortnight, should it be considered cycled? If not I guess the kitchen table is about to be used as a temp stand.

Hi folk, I'm a newbie here, and in fish keeping. At the beginning of the year I inherited my mother’s old 80 litre tank with a 7 year old red spotted Pleco who is a foot long. Since then the tank population has expanded to a point where it’s getting a bit over populated. So today I paid for and ordered a new 220 litre tank to be made. Currently I am running 2 internal mechanical filters and the ph and ammonia and nitrate levels are spot on. The tank has only tropical fish in it and the temp is 26 deg. For the new tank I purchased a new Aqua One external filter with a 700 litre per hour flow rate. I have set this running on my old tank so it is prepared for the new tank while still running both internals. My 1st question is, can I over filter the tank? My 2nd question is, in the tank I have 3 Firemouths, all well and eating and swimming, but the largest 1 seems to only come out in the dark, the others don’t care when they come out. He has dug a trench down to the bottom of the tank under a rock, is this normal? Thank for all the interesting helpful post I’ve read so far.