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Morning all! Post your maintenance pics!

Still looks mint!

How come you leave the filters on while cleaning? Any particular reason?

How many heaters have you blown in your lifetime before you remembered to switch it off? :woot: I've done two :/
 
I sometimes turn them off but after giving everything I good scrub I prefer to leave the circulation going so I siphon up more of the waste.

Next weekend I will be cleaning the hoses and lily pipes. Will obviously be switching them off then!!

I'm going to get an inline heater this month, but yeah - I have blown a few up!!
 
Chrispowell said:
I sometimes turn them off but after giving everything I good scrub I prefer to leave the circulation going so I siphon up more of the waste.

Next weekend I will be cleaning the hoses and lily pipes. Will obviously be switching them off then!!

I'm going to get an inline heater this month, but yeah - I have blown a few up!!
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I don't even run heaters anymore. The tanks never go below 23c, even in the winter. I do have a problem with heat in the summer though.

I wonder if the inlines are more efficient. Would make sense that they were in a way.

How often do you rinse your filter out?
 
HiNtZ said:
How often do you rinse your filter out?
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Well my setup is only a month old so as of yet I havent.. I will do a filter/hose and lily pipe clean next weekend, Im more concerned at how I will keep the inline diffusors free of lime scale. I think citric or Hydrocholic acid bath is the best way to do that.

Ben Gibson said:
3 months in I've found my ideal system just about
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Great looking tank Ben! Is it hard to work with or does the top come right off?
 
Chrispowell said:
Well my setup is only a month old so as of yet I havent.. I will do a filter/hose and lily pipe clean next weekend, Im more concerned at how I will keep the inline diffusors free of lime scale. I think citric or Hydrocholic acid bath is the best way to do that.
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I suppose it depends on how hard your water is? When my tank was around 14Gh I used to clean my inline with warm water and a pipe cleaner every month. Now I'm at 7Gh I barely touch it and it still diffuses a fine mist. It's more the slime that blocks them, but that's easy enough to get rid of.

Tank looks really good considering it's only a month in.
 
I rarely turn off the filter - I've had some fish that note the change & appear much more stressed (during water change) which is how I got in the habit of leaving it going

After a couple heater CRAAAAACK
Step 1 - UNPLUG heater
of course, now I sometimes forget to plug the heater back in afterwards .... but generally notice next day when feeding
- this morning poor Mr Betta is at 15C 😱 😱 😱 but he's his usual manic self so all's well 😎


Ben Gibson said:
3 months in I've found my ideal system just about
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just make sure no one borrows a book 😀
 
alto said:
I rarely turn off the filter - I've had some fish that note the change & appear much more stressed (during water change) which is how I got in the habit of leaving it going

After a couple heater CRAAAAACK
Step 1 - UNPLUG heater
of course, now I sometimes forget to plug the heater back in afterwards .... but generally notice next day when feeding
- this morning poor Mr Betta is at 15C 😱 😱 😱 but he's his usual manic self so all's well 😎



just make sure no one borrows a book 😀
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I put my heater in the sump eventually, which wasn't a problem as I do tank side water changes. However, the day came where I had to clean the sump and I totally forgot that the heater was in there. After taking out the sponges the water level dropped and my friend says "can you smell burning?" - I said "yeah" not realising the sump (which is covered) was full of smoke!! The heater had burned clean through the clip but hadn't cracked fortunately. It took me 6 hours to completely clean the sump and contents worried about some sort of chemicals from the smoke getting in the water.

Why don't they make them so they know when they aren't under water? I always hated the idea of a 240v filament in a test tube in some water - not least when you see condensation in there! 🙄
 
Done mine a few days early tonight. Nothing really special, trimmed both hygrophila a bit, hoovered up, cleaned glass and changed out 80% water.


My little Mechano scraper. Pretty good for seeing the algae and rubbing it off.
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The lights can be a problem - waiting on dimmers still.
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Top shot
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Dirty out
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Clean in
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Job done!
 
Chrispowell said:
Top job! Lovely scape, how long has it been running?
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Thanks. It's been changed bi-monthly for the past year at least. Used to have slate substrate, HC canopy and other different plants. I couldn't leave it alone - was never happy. I want to build up a gravel bank on the right today and rearrange the pogostemon, then I think it'll be at a point where I'm at least satisfied and it has a proper chance at growing out without my meddling.


Ryan Thang To said:
this is my maintenance for the day 😉
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Real nice - must have spent a fortune in wood 😱
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Chrispowell said:
Well my setup is only a month old so as of yet I havent.. I will do a filter/hose and lily pipe clean next weekend, Im more concerned at how I will keep the inline diffusors free of lime scale. I think citric or Hydrocholic acid bath is the best way to do that.



Great looking tank Ben! Is it hard to work with or does the top come right off?
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No the top is attached. I've heard of many peoples frustrations with the Fluval but I manage. I've got a steady hand and patience. I actually find it relatively relaxing the whole Maintenance thing


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Ben Gibson said:
No the top is attached. I've heard of many peoples frustrations with the Fluval but I manage. I've got a steady hand and patience. I actually find it relatively relaxing the whole Maintenance thing


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I always liked those top view tanks, but hated the idea of restricted access. I figured the only place I could have it was in a right side corner of my room, but being right handed that would have been a nightmare. If it was in the middle of a wall and I could stand either side of it I think I'd be alright.
 
Lindy said:
300l water change
Btw, eheim jaeger heaters switch off when out of water.

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Jeez! I have to show my old dear this - she thinks it's just me that makes the living room look like this when I do WC on my Trigon 190 downstairs. She always pipes up when I bring the step ladders in to put the container on to siphon the fresh in 😛

Didn't know that about Eheim heaters - if I actually ran heaters, I'd probably opt for one as I'm a bit scatty and complacent.
 
I use a pump to get the water from containers to the tank. No way I can put a storage container holding 100l on a step ladder! I don't usually do such a big wc, usual more like 100l.

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