iredescent???& power head???

shawnme · Post by **shawnme** » 02 Sep 2003, 08:31

bros,

i've heard cases that bros with iredescent sharks loves it around with a power head in the tank....so where should i actually put the powerhead??on the tank base???near the surface???etc...???

btw,my iredescents has not been eating for the past few days....sigh**...however,i changed the water today and hope things would be better...

Post by **Silurus** » 02 Sep 2003, 10:06

Put it either in the middle of the water column or near the surface.

shawnme · Post by **shawnme** » 02 Sep 2003, 13:02

aw...alright...thanks....it was at the bottom all the while...no wonder...ok...thanks..

btw,how would they probably react to it???swimming against the current??

Post by **Silurus** » 02 Sep 2003, 13:33

Yeah, that's pretty much it. They are probably used to areas with a stronger water flow (e.g. a large river).

shawnme · Post by **shawnme** » 02 Sep 2003, 18:02

well..ok..thanks...what i'm more worried about now is that they are still not eating...sigh**

Post by **Barbie** » 02 Sep 2003, 19:46

You don't mention how long the tank has been up, or how regularly you change out what % of your water. Those bits of information might help us give you advice on what could potentially be wrong.

Barbie

shawnme · Post by **shawnme** » 03 Sep 2003, 13:41

well..ok..sorry...

ermmmm..the tank has been around for months already and i usually change 20& of water weekly...and i top up water almost every 2 days...

it's a 4x2 with sump of 400 bio balls and i lost count of how many kg's of ceremic rings already....so i suppose bio filtration is not a problem....

average ph is around 6.8 but sometimes i dont know why but it gets real acidic....so i've added coral chips and i still havent get a reading of the results....

i have 4 of them....2x5" , 1x6" and lastly i think it's around 7/8"....they have been around for quite some time already...the largest one is very very skittish...and well...i dont know why but the largest one is also kind of pale in colour...ermm..i mean that it's colour is not as 'matt black' as the rest...however,this varies...

well...that's all i could think of for now...anything i miss out???