black piranha ?
ok might be a bit miss leading, obviously you leave just enough water for the discus to stay submerged (they will be laying flat on their sides)....
I am also not 100% sure of what you mean exactly ? Filter media impact ? the bacteria doent live in the water colomn.
Maybe also just put the fitting in some hot water and make sure it is clean, also make sure when you attach it that goes on "straight".
by doing 100% water changes everyday almost eliminates the need for any kind of filtration, these tanks will usually run on 1 or 2 small sponge...
Most breeders do 100% water change per day for discus (these are relatively small tanks with a large number of fish) Obviously for home aquarium...
The only problem is that these fittings use the O-rings the to seal and not the thread.
Is this a brand new cannister filter ? and where exactly on the "taps" is the drip coming from ?
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new life spectrum, not freely available in sa, but even the most finicky eaters go wild for the stuff
Telling people Activated Carbon will leach back substances it adsorded is like telling someone to use an under gravel filter.
Lots of other companies have strated to manufacture aerogel. You can actually buy some (55cm x 55cm) for +/-32 pounds excl shipping and all other...
it was actually developed by NASA lol
actually i already know most of the friends whose homes i would walk into so the answer would be yes i do. Do yourself a favour and google: "does...
You get denitrifying filters aswell. The big reason is that it is simply cheaper to do water changes to remove nitrates and other unwanted...
seems to be pretty good with heat Vis [IMG] here is a link to all you need to know about aerogel. Still havent been able to track any down...
is 99% air, or something like that, the most porous substance on earth
JesseG, i promise you that it doesnt, do some research. It is one of those silly fish keeping myths, and why is everybody on this site so obsessed...
I think aerogel would make an incredible bio media [IMG]
Zoom activated carbon wont release anything back into the water. It will just get "full" and then it becomes an expensive bio media.
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