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Hi Gillian
I had pretty much the exact same problem from new with my FX5 which I bought last year, stopping, not restarting after purge etc. Since I have taken to stripping it down and cleaning out the impeller when I clean it out (really easy so long as you have a decent length phillips head) it has run with no problems whatsoever. I put it down to a sensitive sensor or something like that.
My substrate is argonite sand and it pulls in a decent amount of that which should cause more problems then it does, I think they are really good filters
Scott
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My African Cichlid tank is about 350L, I use a FX5 and a 2000Lph Asian brand(Jebo?) canister filter that it came with.
Ive read that the cheap filters are more power hungry, and I know they are noisier. On the plus side as far as filtration goes it ran the tank a few weeks on its own and did a great job, its got massive baskets and its pretty much the exact size of the Sunsuns which are also really cheap. If your on a budget it is probably a third of the price as well. Im sure as long as I left the powerhead in there the fish wouldnt notice if I removed a filter. I actually had more trouble getting right and spend more time on maintenence for the fluval believe it or not.
Depends what you put in there and how much you need to feed it of course
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Legit! Are you a carpenter?
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I would also like the opportunity to join the Auckland Fishkeepers
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G'day and Hi. You must have seen quite a few changes in the equipment and the way we keep fish now days to when you first started.
+1
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Your fish look great. Cheers for helping me out today, your fish you sold me look happy enough, The size of these yellows showed me how much the first ones have grown.
Be cool to see the tanks you have if you have a link or some pics.
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I have a 620T running the hood filter and an aqua one cf1000 and it works awesome, except that it took quite a bit of tweaking to get to work perfect.
My original plan was to decommission the hood filter but its so quiet and causes no problems that I've just left it in there.
Adding it didn't take more then an hour to do.
Good Luck!
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Remove the piping and plug the hole if it bothers you. You could just silicone a glass patch over the hole and then put the piping back if you want it later.
Thats a good idea! I honestly never considered that
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To hard to tell from vid, looks like some ice blues maybe, e yellows the auratus and a venustus or livingstoni can't really offer much help till we know def stock list
Thanks anyway, It will probably become much clearer when they start maturing
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Whats the white pipe on the right hand side for?
Its piping because the tank is drilled. I capped it off because I have enough filtration for now. It's an eyesore
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video link doesn't wanna work for me
Don't worry It's not your computer, I did it wrong.
This link appears to work.
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Yeah i would move the auratus on unless you want to do a tank of them by themselves, you would need a few more though. Have you had any luck finding out what else you have in the tank?
Well if you are interested I took a video. In other news the coral rock has turned pretty much all green.
I don't know how to do a forum video clip thing.
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from your description an vid it looks like you have some auratus in there, keep an eye on them they are super aggro and i would look at getting around 15 more dems as these guys need to be in big colonies to spread the aggression. They are super aggressive amongst them selves and your 2 will prob become 1. Maybe some red top ice blues, i think i can see 1 at the end of the vid. You should be fine with theses if they are still juvies but as they get bigger your probs will start. I would suggest going with a hap/peacock tank or getting rid of them and going all mbuna, all 3 together is generally considered carnage.
Thanks for the advice, bad news for me I will keep an eye out for problems and do some more research on them.
Cheers
*Edit - a quick youtube search for Auratus Cichlid has let me know just how much of a ticking time bomb this tank probably will end up being... :facepalm: there is like four of them in there
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i wish i had a small house so i had to throw stuff out.
instead i have literally tons of crap which i don't even know what is in it. i know i have those undergravel filter things somewhere but i don't have a spare month to look for them
I envy you
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tank looks sweet, what fish have you got so far?
Honestly I bought a bunch of different fry in varying amounts according to breeders recommendations. When all their colours come out etc I will be able to go through and name them all.
I know there are 6 electric yellows, 2 demasoni, 1 Red Peacock, 1 Girraffe looking one, about 4 of the Mbuna rock dwellers who should turn black and blue like one of them is, four blue body yellow fins which I forget the name just now, and a couple of others which are small, tubular and have black horizontal lines down their otherwise white bodies.
Any help from a cichlid expert with their actual names would be awesome.
Eventually they will be too big for this tank but my plan at the moment is for something around 1000 litres in my showroom which they can move into in time.
Some of the electric yellows have white under their chins which I am not too sure about, is it a different breed or a sign of a lower heirarchy in the tank?
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Everyone has some old undergravel filter plates laying around, don't they?
Stack the rocks on them.Never had an undergravel filter sorry!
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My fryeri do some digging but not nearly as much as my E Yellows they will always rearrange the tank to how they want it, but hey, they are the ones living in there not me
I bury my rocks very close to the bottom of the tank, probably unnecessarily I also put a layer of silicon on the bottom of the bottom rocks as an added precaution.
Silicon on the bottom of the base rocks is a really good idea I hadn't considered, thanks for that!
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parctially burying your bottom rocks in the sand will help stop the rocks from tumbling if the fish do decide to dig round the bottom of your pile
I did that to an extent but thought a bit of sand underneath would help spread the weight over the glass
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Siliconing them together can help stability, but can cause rather heavy issues come removing time.
I cant think of a blue hap that looks like an E yellow and I cant remember if my fryeri hap did much digging or not. But as a general rule I found most Malawis to dig, or rearange sand to their own liking.
Fryeri was what I meant sorry, I really want to get some. I have noticed that already! Its algood, they can add their personality to the layout.
I will silicon the rocks once I have a good layout.
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Rock pile looks mint. Just be careful with them as a lot of Malawis are diggers, so you may end up with squshed fish, or worse cracked glass.
Thanks for the advice, I hope it is stable enough! These fish are only tiny at the moment so hopefully will not be able to cause too much mischief.
I have heard the Blue haps which look like electric yellows can cause problems with them, is that true do you know?
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nice start, well done.
Thanks! Its a bit worrying putting big rocks in with a particleboard stand haha
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Hi,
I have been having fun today putting in new rocks, someone suggested stone and water world on here and saved me tonnes of money so thanks for that.
I have been having a bit of difficulty over the weekend with the tank becoming cloudy and the coral rock turning pretty much all green, I have a uv sterilizer which is all that is keeping the tank from going bright green. About how long does it usually take to clear up?
Do you think the coral rock will be causing me more problems then it is worth?
Anyway here are some pictures.
As you can probably tell I am not yet an expert at arranging tanks etc but I will get to something I like eventually.
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Good to hear its sorted Gillian, these things can be a little frustrating but speaking from experience in customer service sometime things just take time to sort out.
I doubt you will get any more problems with a new fx5 motor, but if you do let us know and perhaps we can help troubleshoot.
Cheers,
Scott