excellent point there @tracyp, i never thought about that!! @hviviers75, if you have a quaranteen tank, you could leave the new ones in there for...
one of the most important things that we forget about when it comes to fishkeeping, is stability, not the product, but the environment for the...
in all honesty, i think that if you are going to stick to this plan you wont need to add anything to the tank. if you are gonna only feed once...
in all honesty, i add very little chemicals to my tank, even ferts for plants i do at half dosage, sometimes we go overboard with all the nifty...
that is the way to go, once your tank is settled and cycled, you can feed them 4 times a day. of course your water changes will have to accomodate...
and in the pocket!!! lol
agreed. a person can start to add fish little by little after 2 weeks, but tht doesnt mean the tank is fully cycles.. proper cycling can take...
i think oyu mis-read my post, i said 2X 25% changes per week dude ;) excess food and waste could aso be trapped in a space like this?
if its only been in there for a week, then i say give it 2 to 3 weeks befor you start replacing things, bacause that means the tank is actually...
arrgh... snails.. i once took apart an entire tank and bleached everything, sand, plants tank everything to get rid of the snails... no plant goes...
yes you jsut ask them for batting. i think the rest of your existing media will be able to seed the new purigen pretty quickly... :)
sounds like you are very very seriously overstocked, now i know malawis are supposed to be overstocked, but i dont think it should be to that...
i go to a material/fabric shop and buy batting there. its R20 for a meter. does the same job at 5% of the price of filter floss and does the same...
first the filter floss 9 i do rinse them on a regular basis, then the foam, then the ceramic rings and bio balls... its no name ceramic rings, its...
mmm.. i cant remember the model numbers, they have 3 compartments each, i use foam, filter floss and bioballs, ceramic rings, that type of stuff,...
lol i will do that :)
lol nope lfs did if for me.. it was cool, they let me keep an eye on the build, every time i went there i could go and see how far they were.......
hmm it was in the region 3k with filters and equipment.. lol naaa, she puts up with a lot from me and my fish already, i wouldnt do that to...
lol you are tempting me here!!!
its real pity you had to downscale that tank :( some of my tiger barbs are at 6cm, i reckon they would go to the full 7.5cm if i had them in my...
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