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Golden cobra snakehead group tank
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TomatoandEgg
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Ian, who knew woodwork was so bloody difficult. Took ages but i managed to reinforce my tank with 3 bits of wood as per ur diagram! Thanks for the advice.
Setting up the pump filter chiller took a long time. Stupidly i didn't read the instructions on the filter and put the rubber ring seal on wrongly so flooded my apartment when i turned it on. Wife was totally unimpressed i had to use all our towels to quickly soak it all up.
So i noticed a lot of my moss was disappearing, i think it was drying out too much in places and getting too wet in others perhaps? Not sure since i've no experience with this but i decided to flood the tank just to save the moss that hasn't died. I figure i can drain the tank in a month and tie some moss in places that it failed to grow in, the traditional method.
Quick detour to raid the father in laws old tank! anubias buceps and HC borrowed and off home to get to planting!
flooded, almost everything stayed in place. A few HC clumps lifted out a bit but i'll re secure later
Wonder how long the water will take to clear? any tips on water change volumes and frequency?
Setting up the pump filter chiller took a long time. Stupidly i didn't read the instructions on the filter and put the rubber ring seal on wrongly so flooded my apartment when i turned it on. Wife was totally unimpressed i had to use all our towels to quickly soak it all up.
So i noticed a lot of my moss was disappearing, i think it was drying out too much in places and getting too wet in others perhaps? Not sure since i've no experience with this but i decided to flood the tank just to save the moss that hasn't died. I figure i can drain the tank in a month and tie some moss in places that it failed to grow in, the traditional method.
Quick detour to raid the father in laws old tank! anubias buceps and HC borrowed and off home to get to planting!
flooded, almost everything stayed in place. A few HC clumps lifted out a bit but i'll re secure later
Wonder how long the water will take to clear? any tips on water change volumes and frequency?
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Fantastic job! The water should clear up pretty quickly, usually in the first 24 hours.
I think you'll get different answers for water changes with new soil. Some people don't do them, others daily for the first few weeks. I usually shoot for 2-3 big ones a week for the first fortnight. After that I find any nutrient leach settles down.
I think you'll get different answers for water changes with new soil. Some people don't do them, others daily for the first few weeks. I usually shoot for 2-3 big ones a week for the first fortnight. After that I find any nutrient leach settles down.
TomatoandEgg
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yeah im more likely to go your route. daily changes sounds like a lot of work!
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KipperSarnie
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George Kulangara
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Great scape, can't wait to see it develop!
Costa
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I just noticed the CO2 cylinder on its side. It shouldn't be like that, it must be standing
TomatoandEgg
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Oh no! Mine doesn't fit in upright. Ive put it diagonal. Ill need to buy a shorter fatter shaped tank when this one runs out. Thanks for the tip.
Costa
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I believe the cylinder itself can be ruined if you don't have it vertical. I would ring the place you got the cylinder from and ask just to be on the safe side.
Doesn't matter really what way up the CO2 cylinder is, you are using so little gas that there is b*gger all chance of liquid CO2 making it into the regulator. If you really want to "waste a worry", all of you guys using fire extinguishers you should really be using them upside down, so you only let gas out. There is a dip tube in fire extinguishers that lets out liquid CO2 when used to put out fires.
I ran my FE for months, on its side in a magazine rack, no issues.
TomatoandEgg
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Any idea what the 2 pronged bright green spindly things are?
Not sure how my snail got a hole in its shell!
So half my fissidens and mini pelia died during my dry start. Any idea how to attach to the base of my rocks? Fissidens is so small to tie with a line
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The two spindly are riccia, you can remove them, because it spreads fast and everywhere...
The Hole on the snail is probably due to low gh/kh, they'll need dry salts like some shrimp to help.
Finally, for the fissidens, just put some superglue and glue it to the rocks
The Hole on the snail is probably due to low gh/kh, they'll need dry salts like some shrimp to help.
Finally, for the fissidens, just put some superglue and glue it to the rocks
TomatoandEgg
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ok thanks! the riccia on google images looks kinda nice!
TomatoandEgg
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Some pics.
The hc is growing a bit. Not sure how fast or slow its supposed to go.
Lots of gsa on the rocks and glass. A bit of gunky algae on the sand and inbetween rocks. Been doing 50% water changes every 3 days. 1 amano died a few days in. They all molted together one night and one little fella turned white and died. Put some duck weed on the surface to absorb nutrients.
Also superglued some us fissidens around the place.
The hc is growing a bit. Not sure how fast or slow its supposed to go.
Lots of gsa on the rocks and glass. A bit of gunky algae on the sand and inbetween rocks. Been doing 50% water changes every 3 days. 1 amano died a few days in. They all molted together one night and one little fella turned white and died. Put some duck weed on the surface to absorb nutrients.
Also superglued some us fissidens around the place.
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TomatoandEgg
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tx for the tip.
is 2 bubbles per second enough co2?
is 2 bubbles per second enough co2?
