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  1. Trickle filter, sump and wetdry ?s

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Wet-dry filters allow more oxygen and thus more bacteria in the bio-filtration.

    i don't know why you think they are important for Marine tanks though... Most marine tanks these days use efficient protein skimming and live rock for 'filtration'. Of course you can get away with Wet-dry's on FO tanks, but its still not a good idea

    Out of interest, why isn't a wet/dry on a FO tank a good idea?

  8. Problem ?

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Animares Henderson had a handleful of young multipunctatus the other day.

    Fantastic :bounce:

    Only problem I've never heard of Animares and they're not list in the phone book,

    Can anybody give me directions.

    Regarsd

    Andrew

  9. Problem ?

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    i've read in a fish atlas that cuckoo synos will eat snails, removing their shells and eating the flesh... i recently got three of them for my duboisi tank but haven't really noticed a difference. i think they're either too small or too well fed :lol:

    Can I ask where you got your cuckoo synos from, been looking for a while myself. And by Cuckoo I assume their Multipunctatus (sp?)

    Regards Andrew

  11. Another sump question

    in Technical

    Posted

    Have put a couple of links in your other thread.

    Also see the thread

    http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/overfl ... 26930.html

    This is what the Tunze unit is.

    Yes, the basic principal is 2 water supplies, one with it water level higher than the other.

    The water supply with the lower water level (read sump) has its water pumped up to the higher water level supply (read aquarium). The upper supply has a weir set at the water level, as water is pumped into the aquarium, water simply spills over the weir which is then piped back down to the sump, and around it goes.

    In your case, you have the Tunze overflow acting as a weir.

    Hope that makes sense.

  12. My new secondhand tank - help please

    in Technical

    Posted

    The sump is set up as a Marine Refuge.

    As the main photo show,

    water will ne br dumped into the left chamber, possible with a prefilter.

    THe mid section would be set up with a sand base and used to culture Macro algae ( the gut would have run a light over it) the right side the first glass panel set the height of water in the refuge. The last chamber on the right would be where the return pump sat.

    The water level will only change in this chamber as water evaporates for the system, being a small chamber and the amont of evaporation you get from a reef tank, henced the need for the top up float in the chamber to maintain water level for the pump and maintain a constant salinity.

    Probable used an external pump also, hence the bulkhead fitting.

    http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_AquariumP ... p_kit.html

    So what does this all mean to you!

    Its not very useful for freashwater in its current configuration

    Ideally you want a trickle filter or wet/dry set up

    http://newaquariuminformation.com/aquar ... filter.htm

    Search trade me for "Wet & Dry Trickle Filter"

    It may suit your purposes quite well.

    Oh, and if nobody has told you, sump type systms make noise 8)

    Making them quite is another whole dicussion :wink:

  13. My new secondhand tank - help please

    in Technical

    Posted

    Power head on the right is a Maxi Jet by Aquarium systems.

    Actually quite a good power head.

    Also looks like an Eden power head in the middle with moving nozel for wave making, not so crash hot as the mechanism clogs up (well dod for me)

    Pump in the left looks like a Rio, has a reputation for blowing up.

    The overflow looks to be a Tunze box.

    http://www.tunze.com/149.html?&L=1&C=AU ... zeprod_pi1[predid]=-infoxunter005

    Looks to me as you do need a bid return pump, the power heads probably are not grunty enough although the RIO maybe.

    Actually, looking at the pipe work the original owner may had both the RIO and Maxi-Jet as return pumps. Hard to know without knowing the flows rates and head pressure.

    Personally I like the Eheim 1060 (think their now called 1260) pump for return, super reliable and easy to get a 2nd hand one off a marine guy.

    If your wanting to clean the gear off, soak it in a solution of water and white vinegar over night. Will clean it off like new.

    The plumbing Fittings (black ones) are Hassens and widely used for plumbing on fish tanks here

    http://www.hansenproducts.co.nz/

    Hard to comment on the sump with put seeing the whole item and how itsd baffled. Marine sumps do tend to be a bit more customised the a freshwater sump. There's a sump set up on TradeMe at the moment that maybe more suitable (No, it's not me but worth a look at)

    Oh yeah, I'm on holday with a ton of time to kill :bounce:

  19. Fish Wish List....

    in Rare and unusual fish

    Posted

    Probably the largest Polypterus species, and one of the rarest in the hobby. Not on our list, so I doubt I'll ever own one, in this country anyway... :lol:

    Use to keep a couple of those several years ago!

    Seeing as they're pretty hardy and live a long time, you may ned up owing one :wink:

    Sold my 2 off, so don't know what happen to them.

  22. ID Synodontis

    in Catfish

    Posted

    Redwood have some Syno Multis due for release soon (from Quarantine) and I'm planning to get some.

    I'm getting them to email me some pics to confirm.

    They're going for $85.

    If your interested, you should contact them.

    Seeing as I'm AK as well and having them posted am happy to combine the order to save on shipping if there's a cost saving.

    Regards

    Andrew

  25. Africans & Clowns?

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Fairly common overseas for keeping Clown loaches with Africans.

    Good for cleaning up

    Do well in the higher Ph range

    Can hold their own.

    Am also thinking of adding Clown loaches to my African tank.

    Only thing stopping me I like keeping the same Bio-type (is that the right word?) thing happening.

    Regards

    Andrew

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