Author Topic: Introduce yourself! (Read 263349 times) 715 replies

chris213 · « **Reply #260 on:** April 27, 2014, 07:59:12 PM »

hello jaypeece welcome to the forum

ColinB · « **Reply #261 on:** April 28, 2014, 11:55:46 AM »

Hello and welcome, JCP.

jaypeecee · « **Reply #262 on:** April 28, 2014, 10:01:45 PM »

Thanks for the warm welcome.

It's time for me to do some exploring. Now, where shall I begin?!

JPC

ColinB · « **Reply #263 on:** April 29, 2014, 01:03:01 PM »

Quote from: jaypeecee on April 27, 2014, 06:28:48 PM

So, I am currently in the process of setting up an 120 litre freshwater tropical tank with live plants. I am taking this opportunity to dig deep into the science of fishkeeping whilst not losing sight of the beauty of the fish and plants, which grace my home.

That's good news. Best to start (in my not-very-humble opinion) with the science of....... water. As they (whoever 'they' are) say; we just keep water, the fish look after themselves.

There's a great thread on here where some of us batted around the chemistry of General Hardness and Carbonate Hardness and how, in turn, pH was buffered. However; as I'm less intelligent than the average guppy I can't for the life of me remember where that thread is. The 'typing encyclopedia' will soon chip-in to help out on this, as I'm sure she'll have the thread at her fingertips.

Sue · « **Reply #264 on:** April 29, 2014, 01:59:30 PM »

Is this the thread you meant Colin? It only took me 5 mins to find it doing a search for posts containing the word 'hardness' by author 'ColinB'

ColinB · « **Reply #265 on:** April 29, 2014, 03:22:57 PM »

I bow to your brilliance...... I didn't even remember that I'd started or what it was called!!!

Thanks Sue.

dbaggie · « **Reply #266 on:** April 30, 2014, 10:28:36 PM »

Quote from: Sue on April 29, 2014, 01:59:30 PM

Is this the thread you meant Colin? It only took me 5 mins to find it doing a search for posts containing the word 'hardness' by author 'ColinB'

Puffin · « **Reply #267 on:** May 04, 2014, 03:31:16 PM »

Hi, I'm Jane, thanks for the welcome message.
I am also on another fish forum but have found that some members on here have / had one of the tanks I'm thinking of getting and thought that would be useful.
I'm currently researching tank, plants and fish. The one I'm interested in is an aqua nano 40 as we have limited space. Would be very interested to hear any pros and cons and will post re this later on.
I want a planted tank as I think they look lovely and would make up for not being able to house much in the way of fish!

ColinB · « **Reply #268 on:** May 05, 2014, 11:29:21 AM »

Hello Jane, and welcome to the forum. I've answered some cons in another thread..... so I'll answer some more here.

Pros:
It's a very good looking tank.
It has massive amounts of filtration (I use oversized external in the community creator) - but I've changed mine about a bit as per the 'other thread'.
All the equipment (pump, heater, filter) is hidden from view, and I've put a thermometer in the pump housing too.

Cons:
You're restricted to the one placement for the pump outlet... and very small fish can swim into the pump outlet and get mashed by the pump. (RIP Dill the Guppy

)
The little plastic clips break easily.
The earlier Cube40s had an 18Watt 2-pin compact fluorescent bulb which are almost impossible to find now. You can really only get 11Watt ones as a 2-pin. The later Cube40s have an LED strip in the light housing.
The big black sponge is big (and black) and can clog and restrict flow.

I'll post further thoughts when I've thought them.

Richard W · « **Reply #269 on:** May 05, 2014, 12:20:10 PM »

If you want a planted tank you need to consider the substrate. I doubt if plain gravel would be much use in such a small tank. You would also need to be very careful in choice of plants, as many would quickly fill a tank of that size. You might be better to get a smallish piece of bog wood for a central feature and attach Java fern or Anubias to it, both of which grow very slowly.
Personally, I don't see why these nano tanks are so popular. I don't think there are many fish that are really happy with only 40 cms to swim in any direction. Unless you are really very restricted for space, I'd always go for 60 cms minimum. I have several of these and just about any of the normal small fish, tetras, rasboras, small barbs, Corydoras, seem happy in them. I bought one from Maidenhead Aquatics which is the Supoerfish Aqua Expert 70, which is still good value at £79.95, though after Christmas (when I bought mine) it was £59.95, complete with good filter, heater and LED strip light. Great value and makes most of the nano tanks seem overpriced.

Puffin · « **Reply #270 on:** May 05, 2014, 07:21:34 PM »

Thanks Colin and Richard,
Richard do you have the dimensions of that tank? I've found it on maidenhead aquatics but the info it gives is minimal.
Yes we are somewhat restricted for space having recently moved from a house almost twice the size as this one! (It's a compromise we've had to make to get a pretty special location)
Colin, I've read your comments on loubaa's post and have replied on there. Btw both the old version with fluorescent bulb and the new one with led are available in our lfs. I take it you would advise getting the new one?

johniepneumonic · « **Reply #271 on:** May 05, 2014, 09:56:12 PM »

Colin, I'm an electrician and am suprised your having trouble sourcing 18 watt 2PIn lamps. I fit them often, have you tried an electrical wholesalers I get mine from CEF.

Richard W · « **Reply #272 on:** May 06, 2014, 06:51:53 AM »

The tank is 56 cms long by 32 cms front to back and 38 cms high. Still a small tank, not much bigger in volume than the 40 cms cube, but with a larger surface area and gives that bit extra swimming space. It looks neat and tidy, the LED lighting means that the hood is very shallow. I don't think it can be beaten at the price and was an absolute bargain at the new year sale price.

Wookiejedi · « **Reply #273 on:** May 06, 2014, 09:26:48 AM »

Hi all I'm Colin. I've been mostly keeping goldfish since 1999 with a good amount if success. Since my last one got too big for the tank and my children wanted one with more fish in I have branched out into the tropical world.
I have a Biorb 30 with 2 zebra danios and 3 White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I plan on popping in some others once that have ad time to settle in.
Thanks
Colin

chris213 · « **Reply #274 on:** May 06, 2014, 09:41:03 AM »

hi colin welcome to the forum

ColinB · « **Reply #275 on:** May 06, 2014, 10:13:42 AM »

Hello Colin, and welcome to the forum. This could get confusing!!!

ColinB · « **Reply #276 on:** May 06, 2014, 10:19:10 AM »

Quote from: johniepneumonic on May 05, 2014, 09:56:12 PM

Colin, I'm an electrician and am suprised your having trouble sourcing 18 watt 2PIn lamps. I fit them often, have you tried an electrical wholesalers I get mine from CEF.

mmmm - I've just looked at the CEF site for 2-pin CFL lights here and there are no 18Watt bulbs that I can see. If you could point out a source for them then I would be very grateful.

johniepneumonic · « **Reply #277 on:** May 06, 2014, 04:47:54 PM »

Colin part code is edd18/ then quote which colour, ie warm white. Mine has them on the shelf.

ColinB · « **Reply #278 on:** May 06, 2014, 06:23:42 PM »

Quote from: johniepneumonic on May 06, 2014, 04:47:54 PM

Colin part code is edd18/ then quote which colour, ie warm white. Mine has them on the shelf.

Still can't find an 18W CFL with a G23 2-pin base. Sorry - I'm being very slow today. Please use small words with me!

chris213 · « **Reply #279 on:** May 06, 2014, 06:35:21 PM »

i am probably wrong but i think i just found them on ebay althow it might be wrong one iam unsure.Are we allowed to post links to ebay on here ?

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