[Leaking Aqua One Aquis 700]

Dont have one my self but ive never heard or seen anything to bad about them, must have gotten either a faulty model or a part is missing like you suggest 

[Hello all!]

Glad to see you regained your interest in this hobby. Welcome to the family 

[Giveaway 130 Kribensis ...for good friends from these nice forum.]

Thanks so much, they all arrived alive and in tip top shape.

Thanks for all the extra plants and bristle noses

They have settled in nicely and have already had two pair off  

[Hot glue gun]

I cant see you photos, but im assuming your talking about the glue sticks that come with hot glue guns.

I've used them previously for attaching fake plants to ornaments and putting rocks together and have had nothing bad happen so im guessing its alright

I wouldn't use it for anything that needs to hold up weight as its not always super reliable. if you want to be extra safe seallys silicone sealer for glass is aquarium safe

[Giveaway 130 Kribensis ...for good friends from these nice forum.]

I would love to grab some from you

Let me know how much to ship it will be 

Cheers

 

[Im getting some clowns]

Sounds as if you have an insanely epic setup, Will love to see the pics 

[Tank gone green!!]

The green stuff is microscopic free floating algae. this is completely harmless to the fish it just inst exactly appealing to the eye. This is called an algae bloom

What this will be is a nutrient overdoes in the tank. Some common causes of this are

1.  Over Feeding
2.  Over stocking
3.  Not enough water changes
4.  To much lighting 

Lighting should be kept to about 8 hours a day to help prevent this algae bloom you are experiencing

Here are some fixes you could use

1. Cover tank with towel or similar
2. Prevent any natural sunlight from hitting the tank
3. Turn the light off for about a week until the algae has died down a little
4. Refrain from feeding fish too often (perhaps 3 feeds throughout the day of smaller amounts of food to ensure all food is eaten)

After about a week your tank will start to go cloudy. Do not fear this is only dead algae, Simply keep up with your water changes (50% once weekly) and all should return to normal. Once normal i suggest 30-40% water changes if you wish to prevent the algae from coming back. 

Make sure you wait until there is no viable milkiness to the water before removing towel and turning on lights etc as the dead algae will simply provide the needed nutrients for more algae to bounce right back and you will have the exact problem again.

Hope this helped

[DIY Custom Acrylic Betta Barracks]

On 11/8/2016 at 7:14 PM, Adrienne said:

I am always a little nervous when I see shared filtration.  If one fish develops something then it will spread very quickly.  Fighters get depressed in small spaces so are more susceptible to things like velvet and fin rot so keep a good eye on all the fish.

Try and get an even distribution of flow throughout all the sections or if you have more flow at one end and have a variety of tail types consider putting the plakats in the areas with the higher flow.

I do like your design, I used to have holes drilled in my dividing walls but slots will probably work better than the holes did.

Cheers for the advice, I did think of the flow being a little strong for the first section but i have a plan for that so hears hoping that works.

Also With the shared filtration, it shouldn't be an issue as i would carryout checks minimum 2 times daily as that will be the feeding times. If a fish begins to show signs of illness i have plenty of tanks and plenty of cycled media that can be used as a hospital tank 

 

[DIY Custom Acrylic Betta Barracks]

Hey all, thought i would show off the process of me building my new custom betta barracks i will use to hold my breeders. (Approx 100L)

First of all ill clear some things up about what ive done

 

Acrylic is being used due to the fact of it actually being cheaper than glass for this project (more than $200 cheaper)

Also its easier to make the little slots you will see later

 

Firstly i ordered the acrylic from 'Anything Acrylic' with a cost of $260 (cut)

Here is the bottom panel (1220x400)

I then proceeded by using acrylic sealant to attach the sides into an L shape seen here.

Here i have added the pieces that will soon become the filter

This filter design was chosen for a few reasons:

1: It is a hell of a lot cheaper than a normal filter (and i didn't want to put sponge filters everywhere)

2: It creates the flow to push the water through all sections to keep waste moving and to ensure all water is properly filtered

3: Clear walls so i am able to see when i need to clean (because i am lazy) 

Here are the dividers that i am adding to the tank, in total 8 dividers creating space for 10 betta.

Here is the actual dimensions 

On both the top and bottom they have slots to allow for water flow from section to section.

 

Here i filled the finished tank with water to see if it had any leaks.

There was one small leak on the bottom of the filter section so i patched that up later on.

I added red food colouring to the water to check what the flow was like and i am happy with the results

I am still yet to figure out how i am going get the water from the pump into the first section.

And yes, i know the sections are not the same size but its not a show tank so that is okay  

 

I will continue to update as the project progresses

Fell free to ask questions or give advice.

 

Cheers 

-Nibblets