lol aquaphonics is really cool actaully. i learnt ALOT while starting up my system. the plan is to incorporate it one day in a koi pond. if you...
true about the stand pipe. would be piontless. the autosiphon is also called a bell siphon. basically your water will fill to a specific point...
stunning fish. definately a fish i would love to own one day. sadly that might be many years away
just a quick question but what if you put a stand pipe in the scrubber section. that way if the power does go out at least your bacteria wont die....
i could be wrong but is it not easier to control with opening and closing. with a gate valve you can gradually open the valve where as with a...
Hi GregM. welcome to the forum. glad to hear you have started up again. post some pics so we can see you project:)
yeah i do understand and its generaly situational as to what would make a system more efficient. i have attached a snapshot of what i mean by a...
was just an alternative to increase the time the water spends in the biomedia. rather then using the pump to push water back to the biomedia...
like i said your flow rate doesnt slow down as there is greater amount of pressure forcing the water through. yes there is more resistence but it...
shouldnt slow your flow rate down with more baffels. will just create a bit more back pressure as the water that gets pumped up will over flow at...
it could work as the longer period of time your water runs through your biomedia the more chance your bacteria has to convert ammonia and...
im glad all the fishies are ok. could have ended up much worse then what it did. you have me very curious about the life long dream thing now:tongue:
Thanx MariaS. also busy soaking a piece of driftwood to that i shall add in when it is ready. after that i dont think i will be making changes for...
@RoGe you are correct. 4 HOB filters and two sponges. managed to add some decorations this weekend as well. [ATTACH] @MariaS maybe try have a look...
shall look into the red fish. not sure what could work though as i know that the other cichlids can potentially be quite aggresive. they seem to...
so i got a 4 ft tank yesterday with a green terror, fire mouth, jack dempsey and 2 cory cats. the mrs is complaining that she wants a more...
yeah he is an awesome little fish. probably my favourite fish. cant wait till he is older and starts getting his colours
na not with this tank. adopted these fish from the mate i got the tank from. its got a green terror, jack dempsey, firemouth. and then two cory...
243 litres. think 4 foot.
Thanx @tanked72. its good to be here. so as promised here are so pictures of the new tnk i got last night. very empty at the moment but am going...
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