Tanks

Thought Id post my 2 Tropical tanks as there are ATM! Then again when they've moved about.
54l Tank (I like pink...can u tell?) I know its overcrowded atm, just til i get new tank cycled and plecs have moved



124l Fluvel



Will post a photo diary of new Rio 400 when it arrives tomorrow or wednesday!

Oh they look lovely MC (sorry, I mean phishy!), very nice. I might have a go at merging this thread with your fish photos one so if they get accidentally deleted, you'll know why!! :lol:

What are you on about Mary? lol

You can merge threads that are of a similar topic so I thought I'd merge phishy's tank & fish threads into one but couldn't figure it out...Doh.

Mary wrote:

Oh they look lovely MC

This confused me, not the merge...lol. Had a feeling you were going to merge my pics with phishys :lol:

LOL - I'm merging people again!!:lol:

Ha ha... i think you click the >< symbol at the bottom & then choose a thread to merge with

Lovely pics phisy (I know who you are ) Great tanks:D

know who i am?? r u a stalker lol!

phishy07 wrote:

know who i am?? r u a stalker lol!

No silly! Because Mary thought you were MC, so i said that i knew who you were

Oh right, thought you'd been lurking in my garden pmsl!!

Don't worry! This isn't one of them dodgy forums!

Rio 400 JUST put together the stand and put the tank on it

cant load anymore, keeps asking me to log in, then when i try and upload image it says ERROR. How annoying!

Looking good! Are you leaving the juwel filter in? Will you add any externals or additional filtration inside the tank? I'm just being nosey

Yeah, have ordered one of those sand filters. Been talking to a few people elsewhere and aparantly they're amazing (thought id do my research beforehand instead of just taking the fish shop owners word for it!) I didnt fancy an external as you can imagine would be a s*** pit with 2 plecs, oscars AND pirahnas and i can just image all the cleaning. The sand filters need to maintainance, so i opted for that opton

Physhy, I have never heard of a sand filter - what is it, and how does it work??

its a fluidised sand bed filter. http://www.atlantisaquatics.co.uk/acatalog/fluidisedbed.html see this link. It gets rid of ANY ammonia and things. Its great, it need NO maintainance either, so with my stocklist as i want it it would suit me fine lol

it says:
This toxic ammonia (NH3) is converted to another toxic compound nitrite (NO2) by the Nitrosomonas species of bacteria. The nitrite is then converted to a relatively non toxic compound called nitrate (NO3) by the Nitrobacter species of bacteria

so strictly speaking, you shouldnt EVER have any problems with nI and Amm.

It doesnt break poo and things down much though so ive still for the original jewel filter

id not heard of them either until the owner of fish shop suggested one and have done my research too. Good things to have. One of the assistants even said shes hasnt done a water change in 2 years(which is bad, i know) but she still has no probs with NI NA or amm. Obviously her water quality would be shocking though. Although they dont recommend REGULAR (as in weekly) water changes with pirahnas anyway or they grow TOO fast and have problems when they're adults. Anyone know anymore about this?

does anyone know why i cant upload any pics??

Maybe they need resizing?

i took them on my mobile so they're only very small it just keeps saying error

Am on the computer now as laptop wont allow me to post pics for some reason! This is the tank half full


Tank full of water


The bogwood that we brought today in soak in my bath!

oooh looking good!