Recent content by Aqua sobriquet

I just think it helps others if they can actually see what someone’s talking about sometimes.

Yes, I thought they were a bit expensive and they don’t last forever. I normally buy a couple at a time with other stuff to spread the postage cost. I get them from these folks...

This is what I use. The Dennerle Cleanator is great for stubborn algae on the glass when the Spontex washups struggle a bit. The washups are cheap though and available everywhere. The pull through is easy to use on long hoses. The original plastic cord was a bit thin and difficult to push...

I fitted one of these the other day together with some new foams. As expected it doesn’t appear to have made any difference to the flow rate on my 350. Perhaps though the flow rate won’t drop so quickly between Prefilter *cleaning? The new tube certainly looks the part though compared to the...

One issue though is flow through the filter. Someone on here was carefully stacking their ceramic or glass tubes vertically, perhaps to maximise flow?

Someone on here, I can’t remember which thread it was, rather cleverly suggested freezing foams before attempting to cut them. In my case I wanted to cut two 20mm thick foams from a spare 50mm thick Biomaster foam. Freezing and then cutting on my Bandsaw worked perfectly! Thanks for the tip. ;)

If you need them the Stainless Steel reducers are nice. The wall thickness is thinner than the plastic ones.

I use something similar for storing rainwater after I’ve filtered it.

Nah, won’t work, all your fish will end up like this: You know I’m joking right?! :lol::lol::lol:

I have one of these in the loft in case we get advanced notice of an interruption of supply. No idea if it’s any safer than the other plastic water containers I have in various sizes I use for the fish tanks?

I wonder how long RO water sits in plastic containers in the LFS waiting to be sold?

As said, just keep it in a dark place or use a black container. My rainwater often has a pretty *low TDS but it will still go green if it’s not stored carefully. * I collected some overflow direct from the shed gutter during a heavy downpour and the TDS was around 2-3.

Can you collect rainwater? It’s what I use in my 60L and 37L.

I’ve cut quite a few bits of foam on the bandsaw but not edge on, so to speak. I’m not confident unless I can support the foam on both sides somehow during the cut? I may try knocking up a quick plywood support jig of some sort.

Ha Ha! We often bake our own bread and I sometimes cut it into even slices on my bandsaw. 😆 Maybe after freezing I could do the same with the foam? Edit: I’ve actually cut circular foams for my Eheim’s on the bandsaw, but it’s easy with a circle cutting jig.