F15hguy

spending time today bonding (or trying to) with our new Shop Mascot, Zoe the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

I've got a nice healthy boy in a shop tank that is about 10 months old, they probably only keel over due to the fact they are normally given to beginners with seriously undersized tanks.

damnit, the cuties keep coming...

try http://ghostnotes.incrementalrecords.com/track/dark-horse when your feeling a bit down it always perks me up a bit (GF hates it, budgie loved it)

aww I got a kissey smiley :nilly:

you might like ghost notes http://ghostnotes.incrementalrecords.com/track/man-takes-a-walk-in-the-desert-live some of their stuff is amazing a bit slow, but really well done

watch fish for any issues, and also don't forget to gravel vac in the next 12 hours, buy 2 bottles tomorrow and dose properly next week, (to let the first dose have a good effect)

over 200 years ago???? http://www.miapg.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1812 wow, just learnt that undergravels were that new..... still personally run undergravels and corner filters due to cost reasons, works fine if your not worried about aesthetics. btw not offering help to get money, just sick of bad LFS's so try to do my best

well done... ( :facepalm: im sooo old)

am I the only one who gets worried that there are memes talking about how old you are with technology that was way after your time... met a kid (16) today that didn;t know about windows XP and was telling me how windows 8 was the next thing.... must say he interrupted our convo twice to check his face book on his iPhone 5

I dunno, but this really made me feel better

http://youtu.be/BPp8wDJ3SKM test your sub out, this made my laptop go all clicky

sintered glass is a media that has extreme surface area for bacteria to colonise (last time I looked it up it was 10-15000 square feet per liter compared to 5-7000 ft per liter) peat is only if you want to play with your pH, activated carbon is a waste of time unless yo have other problems which should be sorted by good fish keeping instead of chemicals. just remember that the manual is made by a company that wants to make as much money as possible. my canister filters contain (in order of inlet to outlet) coarse sponge, ceramic noodles, medium sponge, sintered glass (or more ceramic if budget does not stretch) fine sponge, filter wool. only additive I use is TLC live bacteria and carbon if im using wundertonic. (or major tannin problem) tried a few and imo most chemical filtration is just a crutch for lack of BASIC fish keeping skills. just remember they were keeping rather nice tanks over 100 years ago without all of this crap

nor walk at a standard pace, I personally think that if the Zombie apocalypse happens we are more likely to see a scenario out of zombie strippers, or Shaun of the dead .... then again if half the people in the world are below average we may have to fight a little at the start..... and a working car may help....

http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/make-your-own-worm-farm/ easy to get free tyres (and please don't use the cinder block method)

sorry, just started on this page and that sounds really naughty

google worm farming, it seems to be a strange and popular hobby (sounds familiar) or you could take worm farming to the next level https://sites.google.com/a/aotea.org/don-armitage/Home/great-barrier-island-fauna--flora/invertebrates/luminescent-giant-worms

did you get any cool CV's???? check out this one....

+1, throw them in the bin, they are probably used up anyway and get some sintered glass media. I never use activated carbon except to remove tannins or medications. imo the lining under the pellets is just the equivilent to filter wool (may be wrong and might be some super important part of the filter) also maybe look at getting some coarser sponge for around the outside (if you can???) and use a medium grade sponge on the top layer of the filter to help clean out smaller solids. oh also for you..... https://usa.hagen.com/File/da5e8f69-366f-453e-8b3d-c8c82ff3c4c3 the user manual

or this one????

what kind of eel??? most will do fine on a good quality carnivore pellet food, but beef heart, worms etc would be fine. best worm farms I have done are the ones that are for making worm juice for the garden. I have heard that the tiger worms are not good for fish though.

Aviverm is just the levimisol, its normally around the $20-30, just in 100mL bottles Avitrol plus is better as it contains both of the main wormers, just a bit pricey

I havent used a FX5 before, but I had an Aquis 1200 that had a small split in the top media tray cover that allowed a small amount of filter wool into the impeller, slowing it down, when you pulled it apart it fell out again so you couldn't see what was happening

http://plecoplanet.com/?page_id=48 states 1ml for 5 L, so 200L / 5 = 40mL