Morcs Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Anyway off the subject of Cardinal prices I filled out my tax form and got a pleasent surprise, Mr. taxman owes me $600 so I will have my pressurised c02 and a big school of Cardinals in the next few weeks :bounce: Nice I got a measly $54... so thats some neons and flourish excel for me then :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 So I've been reading up on pressurised co2 and think i know what to get and set it up, the only thing I'm wondering about is which is better to use? a glass diffuser? or a reactor? what does everyone think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 So I've been reading up on pressurised co2 and think i know what to get and set it up, the only thing I'm wondering about is which is better to use? a glass diffuser? or a reactor? what does everyone think? No idea about reactors, but glass diffusers are pretty good. Ive imported a load, may be worth sending A-town a pm seeing if he has any left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Does he have those Rhinox ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Best to buy the rhinox ones from ebay. I buy them and send them directly to someone on here for what it costs. Just remember a rhinox will only work on a proper CO2 system and usually needs 5bbs not 1bps - for the 5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Best to buy the rhinox ones from ebay. I buy them and send them directly to someone on here for what it costs. Just remember a rhinox will only work on a proper CO2 system and usually needs 5bbs not 1bps - for the 5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Hey P44 I was thinking of getting the rhinox 5000 but read in the planted tank forums that the Rhinox 2000 is better for a tank upto 75g because of the amount of bps you need the 5000 to run. What do you think I should get for my Rio 180? what do you think of your 5000? do you think a reactor would be better? like the red sea one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 dunno haha. I would get a 5000 just cause its fat as a ... well its an awesome diffuser, but if its too much CO2 for a 180 then smaller would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I might buy two 2000's (one extra incase I break the other) :lol: and see how that goes, if its not enough then I will get a 5000 since they aren't that expensive anyway. Or I might just buy one of each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 hey i just got one aswell :bounce: how much did the 3d background cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 I can't remember exactly but they are not cheap. I brought 3 of them thinking thats how many I would need but I only needed 2. I have the spare one on trademe that someone has brought but they have been mucking me around for the last week so it might be up for sale again. Think they are $70 each. As a side not I was selling my spare one for $30 still in box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Yesterday on my way home from work I stopped in at HFF in Albany and got a pair of German Blue Rams and 10 Cardinal Tetras. I want to get another 10 Cardinals cause with just 10 it still looks empty. Also today I picked up a co2 tank and at the end of this week I'm get everything else for my co2 so should have it set up this weekend. Here are some pics. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... CT0003.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... 0009-1.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... CT0013.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... CT0018.jpg Which one is the male and which is the female ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I have had my pressurised co2 running for about 2 weeks now and the growth has been amazing. I have trimmed everything twice apart from my swords and tiger lotus. Here are some updated pics as of this afternoon. Yes I know its annoying having to open up another page to looks at photos but I have no idea how to resize them but keep them big so deal with it :lol: http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... CT0002.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... CT0004.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/l ... 0005-2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Why don't my plants look that nice. My tank is filthy compared to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 :lol: You can't see it but I have green hair algae on most of the plants which is annoying me real bad so I just brought a flying fox to hopefully help get rid of it and turned my co2 up a little and starting dosing flourish excel again at a higher rate than what the bottle says but not by much. I also have a very tiny amount of black beard algae that I have been meaning to pull out as well. I'm thinking of getting a couple more swords to plant as well, anyone got any comments on which kind? I was thinking maybe a rose but I know they grow pretty big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 looking good. mines just started growing (all baby plantlets) and the co2 seems to be working well, cant wait for it to grow in and look like yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Cheers. The Tiger Lotus hasn't grown much hieght wise but has lots of little plantlets anyone know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 In a few more weeks the tiger lotus will send up more shoots to the top of the tank than you can cope with. The CO2 + flourish excel will keep the bba under control but the hair algae will run riot with all the lighting required for the CO2 - at least thats whats happening in my tank. The only good thing is that at the rate the plants go I just take a pair of scissors to them and chop the hair algae out twice a week :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 very nice land_lubber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Nice tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted August 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Thanks reef. How did you keep them big but keep the kb low? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 It is an image dimension restriction, so as long as you put 3-4 images in one post, you won't get that error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Today I was looking at my tank and saw my female Trillineatus cory was looking pretty fat, I turned away for a minute or two and next thing I knew she was laying eggs on the front glass with the males close behind her doing there thing. I'm undecided if I should scrap them out and try to raise them myself or just let them be food for the rest of the fish. My other tank I had set up for breeding is now occupied as some of you might know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Raise them! I love those cories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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