Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => New Fishkeepers => Topic started by: Rich_D on July 29, 2014, 10:33:06 AM
-
So I've had my new tank for 2 weeks now and realised I'd not updated u guys with a pic of how it looks, I was given some filter media by a friend so it has seeded straight away and I've added 6 banded rainbows on Sunday here's a pic of the tank
-
And here's my rainbows
-
nice looking tank :)
-
Thanks Chris :cheers:
-
Certainly looks good.
-
Rainbows are looking good. Notice you have a Boyu tank - I was considering one of these before I settled on my Juwel. How are you finding the tank?
-
great looking set up
-
Oooo nice set up, I was wondering about possibly using just a soft substrate in our next tank but curious as to how you would keep it clean. What do you do?
-
Rainbows are looking good. Notice you have a Boyu tank - I was considering one of these before I settled on my Juwel. How are you finding the tank?
I bought it about a week before they took £50 off the price :vcross: from all pond solutions! The tank is great and comes with everything I use an external filter as I wasn't keen on the hood filter it comes with. The stand is very stable and easy to put together (I did it by myself in around 2 hours) I would definitely recommend it especially as it's half the price as anything else for the same volume. It is very deep though which is perfect for me as I plan on keeping Angels.
-
Oooo nice set up, I was wondering about possibly using just a soft substrate in our next tank but curious as to how you would keep it clean. What do you do?
Thanks for the nice comment! I've always used sand in my tanks and find if I wave the siphon just above the sand it picks up a lot of the waste and not much substrate. My plants also seem to do better in sand than gravel.
-
:cheers: thanks for the kind comments guys! Hoping to add some pencil fish this weekend as long as my testings come back ok and I can find a shop that sells them!
-
The tank is great and comes with everything I use an external filter as I wasn't keen on the hood filter it comes with. The stand is very stable and easy to put together (I did it by myself in around 2 hours) I would definitely recommend it especially as it's half the price as anything else for the same volume. It is very deep though which is perfect for me as I plan on keeping Angels.
I do like the look of the Boyu tanks but couldn't find much info on them which is why I decided to go with a Juwel (although I'm very happy with my Juwel!). I'll keep one in mind for my second tank, once I've got permission from the OH of course ;)
-
I prefer using a wine siphon tube on sand instead of a fish one. Narrower tube so more control over just what gets sucked up, and a rigid tube that slots onto one end making it easy to control. I leave the tap off one end and the cup off the other. This one (http://www.wilko.com/homebrew-accessories+equipment/wilko-syphon-pack/invt/0022573) has a short tube but you can get them longer or join two with a bit cut off the rigid piece. The only downside is that I have to fill it with water at the tap and carefully carry it to the tank before putting one end in the water and the other in a bucket.
-
The only downside is that I have to fill it with water at the tap and carefully carry it to the tank before putting one end in the water and the other in a bucket.
You mean you don't suck-start your syphon? I thought everybody did that! ;D
-
It's a pity we don't have a 'being sick' smiley on the forum ;D I've seen some lovely green ones with that expression on other forums.
I know that people who do suck say a mouthful of tank water does them no harm, but I do draw the line at that *imagine green face about to throw up*
This is what I mean ;D
-
It's a pity we don't have a 'being sick' smiley on the forum ;D I've seen some lovely green ones with that expression on other forums.
I know that people who do suck say a mouthful of tank water does them no harm, but I do draw the line at that *imagine green face about to throw up*
This is what I mean ;D
I always have to do that... I definitely see where you're coming from it's pretty grim! Mine has never automatically started just by the movement though. I bought a new siphon online which I keep forgetting to pick up from thedepot which has an almost pump on it that starts it up. .. hopefully no more tank water mouthfuls for me!
-
I normally use the shake it up and down a few times method on my 40cm deep tank and it works fine for emptying, but have to take a mouthful of dechlorinated water to fill it, as the bucket I use isn't as deep as the tank.
The other day I couldn't get the siphon to work so used suck up a mouthful method.
Had a bad tummy that evening. Coincidence??
Sorry, thread hijack!
Very nice looking tank!
-
Just me then! :-\ I reckon that if I can't survive a mouthful of it then I shouldn't expect them to live in it.
OK, does anyone else use the cheese knife and board for chopping up frozen bloodworm blocks? (Thought not :) )
-
How about an old tile left over from the bathroom and a cheap paring knife?
-
If you put one end of the hose into a (clean) bottle, then suck on a bottle, any water that comes out will flow into the bottle. You then move the hose from the bottle into the bucket and Bob's your uncle! ;D
-
I do use a normal chopping board and knife for bloodworm. It's certainly no worse than chopping chicken.
I don't use my cheeseboard though, it being wooden and not so easy to wash. But wood does have it's own antibacterial properties.
I'm trying to work out what you mean Pawel, think I see, might try it.
-
Oops Colin I actually meant that I use your method not Sue's but understood why she didn't like it!! I have a special knife for my frozen food though hehe
-
Here are two simple ways of starting a syphon without getting tank water in your mouth.
Method 1
- Take the end of the tube you are using and mark off a point about 1 1/2 to 2 times the depth of your tank from the end.
- Make sure the tube is open and free from instruction.
- Feed the tank end of the tube into the tank making sure that it doesn't curl round and poke above the surface.
- Keep feeding the tube into your tank until you reach the mark you made earlier.
- When the marked length is below water level, seal the bucket end with your finger or a cork or a clamp or something.
- Place the bucket end in the bucket. ::)
- Withdraw the tube from your tank until the marked bit is below the open end in your tank.
- Remove the Finger/Clamp and the siphon will start
It doesn't matter whether the tube is 2m long or 200m.
Method 2
I use this one all the time for emptying my tank by (20m) hose pipe.
- Lay-out the hose as it will be when the siphon is active. Tank end should be secured in some way, especially if it's out of sight of the other end, in my case in the bathroom.
- Make sure that the hose immediately upon exiting from the tank, runs down below the level of the tank.
- When ready, suck on the open end. You need to suck enough to fill the tank end from the start of the hose to the point where the hose runs below tank-level.
- When you have sucked enough, the siphon will start and fill the rest of the hose for you. I find two mouthfuls is plenty.
-
I know that people who do suck say a mouthful of tank water does them no harm, but I do draw the line at that *imagine green face about to throw up*
If it's good enough for your fish then it's good enough for you!! :rotfl:
-
OK, does anyone else use the cheese knife and board for chopping up frozen bloodworm blocks? (Thought not :) )
Yes actually, although I use the veg knife ;D
-
I run the siphon tubing under a tap until it comes all the way through and then just clamp my finger over one end to stop it pouring out and hey presto..completely full siphon tubing, then I fill gravel cleaner in the tank and attach the tubing to it in the tank, keeping my finger over the other end.
-
I ALWAYS start mine off by sucking it through and spitting the mouthful I get into the bucket I'm syphoning into. The water looks so clean, I kid myself it's safe, lol. AND I use my veg knife to chop up the frozen bloodworms on my regular chopping board. :o I'm of the belief that the more "dirt" you eat, the more healthy you are..... it's worked so far :rotfl:
-
You aren't married to my husband :-\
I foolishly used the word bacteria several years ago and since then he insists that the tank is teeming with germs which will make me seriously ill if they don't kill me first. If I don't sterilise everything that goes anywhere near a tank to within an inch of its life, he nags me for days.
-
I'm a nurse and have built up quite a good resistance to buglies over the years but no way would I suck a fish tank water into my mouth..lmao! Have you seen the poop that comes out of a good gravel cleaning session?
I seriously hope you brush your teeth and gargle with a flippin good anti-septic mouth wash before you kiss the missus ;)