Hi guys

I was just wondering if any of you have ever used this product?
http://www.tetra-fish.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=902

Friends of mine run a LFS and receive fish imports with high ammonia levels (as expected) every week. This often results in fish loss and they were wondering if this ...

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I think the fact that the filter is higher may be the reason for the air in the canister. I always position the filter below the tank. I always figure that air rises so it just made it easier.

Btw: my filters lack a priming mechanism, so perhaps yours is newer?
I got my filter when they were ...

Hi Marc

Bad manners I know but I thought I'd answer the question asked to Ian.

A far as my Ecco goes the filter is filled to the brim with water. If it isn't i'd assume that it hasn't been primed properly.

When priming mine I fill the canister with water then seal up and attach the pipes. I ...

They are Tigrinum

I may be stating the obvious, but you do realise the size these are going to get? Why buy 4??

Gordon

Any dirt that accumulates in the tank will just sit on top of the sand making it easy to remove. You will however need to disturb the sand in order to prevent gases building up.

Just one other comment. I've used playpit sand before but found that it compacted together a lot. I've always found ...

That sounds like a good idea to me. I'm quite partial to a good chinwag myself No one ever seems to be logged in when i'm on so a pre-arranged chat would be good. I can't make tonights though.

Gordon

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Gordon

Well I agree with Marcs statement against using cold water to do changes. Your fish get the heat that keeps them alive from the water they swim in and if this fluctuates rapidly it causes the fish undue stress, which in turn lowers the immune system leaving the fish open to disease. I donâ??t see ...

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The reason I asked before about the water changes is that if you NEED to change the water that regularly then you are obviously feeding the tank to much. How much are they fed each day and how many times a day? it could be that you are overfeeding them which in turn will affect the water quality ...

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A couple of questons for you.

Firstly what have you been treating the finrot with?

Secondly when you change 40% a week is that done in one water change? If so why do you feel you need to change so much a week? Not that it is necessarily a bad thing to change the water frequently.

Thirdly are ...

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The gap may indeed cause the glass in the centre of the tank to crack. I've seen and heard many horror stories of tanks cracking due to stands not providing enough support.

Has the tank got a floating base? If not then a good inch thick bed of polystyrene should allow the tank to settle and ...

Oh i don't know I may just grab the lot with both hands and run!!

I'll head down on wednesday and check them out, I've got a spare 40gal that they would look quite nice in!

Gordon

Thanks

I think i'll go down and take a look at them.
I meant to ask, what did you paid for them?

Gordon

Hi T

Thats a nice tank you've got there. I was jut wondering where abouts you got the Tatia perugiae. I've been trying to get a hold of any kind of Tatia for a while, They are great little catfish.

I've already got a couple of Tatia creutzbergi and a couple of Liosomadoras oncinus.

Gordon

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I'm not sure but ?

Gordon

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I can't help you on the exact growth rate of the tigrinius but i have a Leiarius longibarbis and it grew around 6 inches in about 8-10 months. The tank mine is housed in is a 125g, a 5x2x2, but will require a larger tank reasonably soon.

Whatever you do make sure your going to be able to give ...

Ach i lost the big Oscar.

The smaller one is doing fine but i'm finishing the treatment anyway. I suppose underneath I new I was going to loose it but it's still very annoying!

Gordon

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Thanks again for the input. I can see where your coming from with regards to feeding pellets. I'll be heading down to the fish shop tomorrow so i'll pick up some stick or pellet food then.

As far as the water changes are concerned it looks like more regular changes will need to be made. I don ...

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Firstly the Nitrate test is new and the nitrite is just a couple of months old. I went out today and got the new Nitrate test to check that it was the proper reading. Also yes the Nitrite only shows the minimum reading of <0.3mg/l, it's a tetra test.

On the feeding Golfish front it is ...

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The tests for the tank are

Ph 6.5
Nitrite <0.3mg/l
Nitrate is between 12.5mg/l and 25mg/l

As to the fish in the tank i have

2 syno Eupterus about 4 inches
3 silver dollars about 4 inches
1 Leiarius longibarbis about 10 inches
2 Oscars, one 11 inches and the second about 9 inces

From what i ...

Hi Mark

Do you mean by your comment that you expect the treatment to work?

I've been looking up on the disease that it can be due to poor water quality and poor diet both things that i can't see being the case. I know that it can seem a case of denial that my care of the fish isn't perfect but i ...

Hello Everyone

I wonder if anyone can help. 3 days ago i noticed that the larger of my 2 oscars had what looked like the start of hole in the head. I moved it immediately to a 40gal hospital tank and started treating it with waterlife sterazin and octazin. I've also moved the smaller oscar into ...

Hi Lisa

Congratulations on the new â??aquaâ??sitions! (Sorry)

I have a Juwel Trigon 190 and although the tank looks great I have found that the filtration is inefficient. Because of this Iâ??ve had to add an Eheim Aquaball filter to the tank. The Aquaball is a filter I canâ??t praise enough. It ...

Hi Paul
I got one of the Hagen CO2 units about two months ago and have found it to work fairly well. The problem I have is that it's in a 180 litre tank and the max capacity for the unit is between 50 and 70 litres. Having said this it has improved my plants slightly in the fact that I have less ...

Hi Paul

I had a similar problem in a tank and found that if i used an airstone in the tank it broke up the surface of the water enough to stop the scum forming. Another method was to used a Hagen product called a skimmer for my external filter. As for what caused the build up of scum i have no idea ...

IMO it looks a little skimpy, sand might make a nice addition, just be sure to get the proper kind (called play sand or river sand in North America) to prevent barbel damage :D
Sand is a lot easier to clean than gravel as all of the dirt sits on top. This means that the tank has to be cleaned out ...

Do you have a gas cooker? Is so it's an idea to boil water and put them in glass bottles and then float them in the tank. I have found that this plus wrapping the tank in polystyrene helps keep the temp falling to much.

Rocket

Hi Squid

I have had a fish with only one fin and never found it to hinder it too much. As long as the fish is able to get food easily and doesn't have to compete to hard for it you should have no problems.

Rocket

Hi Squid
If the "Arm" of the fin is missing then sadley it won't grow back.
Is the injury recent and is the wound still open? If it is then i would watch it very carefully as the wound could easily become infected. As a precaution i would treat the tank with Melafix a treatment i swear by. Just ...