camtang

Holy diver- Dio

Beards are the way of the future! That last picture shows off you tank and stock pretty dam well

A few days later

Sure don't I am sorry. Onwards and upwards on the next project

Your tank is by far the best! I will be rather annoyed if it does not win.

They are up there on my favourite list as well.

After doing the photo dance with this wee thing I finally got a pic. If I walk past with out a camera it stays there, as soon as I grab the photomaker it darts into its tunnel, until now! About 0.5 of a second after Itook this photo it darted back in.

I have heard there is some good spots for wood up there.

charlie

Haha a bit of both, got the 6 foot tank to do after this one so some of the bigger bits will feature in that. then What is left over will be used when my room is done or given to mates for there projects

I went over the hill today and got my self some wood. Some where in this load will be the main focus point for this tank

I hadnt feed for a day or two thinking it maybe bloat, but I will keep an eye on that over the next few days. Tank is 200LTR, and it was a 300W heater.I replaced it this morning but still the temp hasnt increased :facepalm: :facepalm: There is a L168 in this tank with no issue. The super baffeling thing to me is that it is only 270 that have died all other fish have been fine. Well all are still alive at least

The heater was set at 27 for that reason, with a bit of flacuation from cold water changes it never seemed to go under 24.5 roughly but if the heater was busted and it slowly went down then a cold water change on thursday would of dramaticly dropped it to 22 for a couple days. NOT COOL at all

Lost the 5th and last 270 this morning. Checked the temp and it was 22.3, pulled the heater out and found a cracked heating elemint. I suspect this to be the cause of the deaths. Has anyone with 270's kept them at a low temp like that for long periods of time?

Agree with the cf1200s or a cheap FX5, they are great units!

Thanks for thr link, I have read that several times before. But its still good too read again. Fluval 3 internal filter the day before this all started. 24 blue emperor tetras added over three weeks in groups of 8 The food being feed has dramiaticly been changed over the last four months. They were only getting left over flake and aquaone budget pellet with the odd salmon pallet when I remembered. The tank has changed from a community tank owned by my flatmate to a pleco tank since then

Lost another over night. All 4 have been L270, makes me think something specific too them as all other fish are "seeming" fine at this stage. This one did not have a bloated gut, so I am seconded guessing the bloat thought.

Hikari algae wafers, hikari sinking carnivore for the plecos. Then any left over flake, NLS cichlid, bloodworms and white worms that the blue emperor tetras don't eat. The worms go in once a week, Hikari products 2 or 3 times a week. In reflection more carnivore tabs are going in then the algae wafers. Are you enjoying your new replacement whiptail....

Could this be bloat? I lost the third one tonight and cut it open and it kinda popped.

It hasnt stopped there. I had another look at the tank and found another 270 within an inch of its life. So fished it out and put it in a hospital tank. Decided to pull the tank apart and found this

Cool thanks for the learning. Any thoughts on potential reasons of both deaths?

I thought it was a L270. But both are in the tank at this stage

I found this in my pleco tank today. I am having mixed feelings, the fry was on the intake of the canister and the adult on the spraybar. This is the first fry in the tank that I have seen, but it sucks that I lost an adult in the process. I am unsure of what type of pleco the fry is but I guess in time I will find out. Anyway all water paras are normal except for Nitrate so a water change is in order a day early this week.

Sorry I missed a day Day 8: