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Well my post count has hit the 500 mark! i doubt my manager would be happy with that, but there we have it... Is anyone bored of me yet?

and you say your getting on in a couple of days? i would reseach more becuase (no offence) but it sounds like you know nothing about these... On that note, neither do I. Sorry!

yeah you need lots of right-angled supports made out of 2x4 and i guess do one seal at a time. My guess would be to build supports that look like this: | ________________________ || | /||[this is the fish tank] | / ||________________________|...

i dont think i would bother. sounds like free food to me!

sounds like air in the canister. I don't have an FX5 so excuse any silly questions. I am assuming they are just like a big 405? Are all seals under water (on your inlet/outlet pipes) How does the self prime work? is it a manual pump, or something automatic? i would repeat that a few times Was...

+1 for Fluval externals. I got a 2nd hand 305 and so far (early days) am impressed

i find the best way is use an algae cleaning magnet... Even if you do get an aglae eating loach, they won't do it forever (usually just when they are young)

or use your stanley knife. Thats what i did at the weekend (same as you, swapped internal for Fluval) and got rid of all the bits. Just make sure you keep an acute angle between the blade and the glass so you don't scratch it

Im sure someone has already said this, but... Don't leave your heater on when doing a water change! I thought i would be OK becuase the outlet of my filter nicely flows onto the heater so i left it on (new tank, new set-up) and low and behold, my heater shattered!!! i just hope i got all the...

is that like the stuff you get in a BiOrb?

i would say after your qualifying week you could add maybe 3-4 fish? i wouldn't shove all 6 cory's in next because this would be a strain on your newly set up filter. Personally i would (once the filter is sound) up your stocking by no more than 50 - 60% each two week. So add up to 3 one week...

and do you angle it up so it hits the surface? Also, is your air pump noisy? im havlf thinking about getting one, but only if it is silent

start thinking about your fish!

i would get some Gold barbs whilst your still in the 180. I know you plan to up-size, but Denison barbs will be too big for the 180 if your situation changes. I also love Gold Barbs... If you do go with any knid of barb, i think you want numbers of 5+ to you want a nice looking shoal - other...

well this eve is going to be fun - re-jigging the filter every 5 mins... Out of curiosity, do you have the outlet under the water surface, or do you have a 'waterfall' kind of setup? At the mo, i am also using the powerhead from the old internal filter to aggitate the water, but hopefully i will...

cool. Thats what's happening at the mo, but i will keep an eye on them! Also, the neons look fully grown whereas my barbs are still young, so hopefully i will be ok!

are the 4 sponges in the side compartment? (the vertical slot)

At the mo every hole is full of sponge, but its not spitting out much water. I was mainly wondering if bio-balls would mean i could keep a full canister, but not have such a decreased flow?

no-one had barbs with small tetra before? (shameless bump)

i think your bigger issue would be the fact that your tank would (im assuming) be in direct sunlight, so algae might be a big issue. Also my conservatory gets boiling in the summer, so i might be a bit worried about that. As for condensation - as AT says so long as your lid fits, it shouldn't...

i just picked up a rio 240 in tip top condition (2nd hand) for £200. I would strongly recommend a 2nd hand tank. On that note, if you want a rio 180 i might be selling mine ;)

Hi, Over the weekend i set up my new (2nd hand) fluval 305. At the mo, it has a mix between old (dead) sponge and stuff from my old filter, so i won't be changing anything until i am confident the filter has matured a bit, but i was wondering if people prefer bio-balls to sponge media, or are...

i wouldn't worry too much about bacteria - your filter should house the vast majority of the bacteria

Over the weekend i got rid of the internal on my Rio 240 and it really wasnt that hard. All i would say is that those cheap snap-off stanley knives are great, but i got the hard to reach ones with an old carving knife because the stanley wasn't long enough. Also use a stanley to scrape off the...

+1. I am doing just that with a 305

At the weekend, i got a new tank :hyper: Its a Rio 240 so a bit bigger than my old 180. Anywho, the tank came with some fish - about 4 (of each) Neons, black neons and RN Tetra. The issue is that my current tank is a barb setup with tigers, rosy, odessa, gold etc so i have never got these...

I would be tempted to up your numbers of Gold barbs to at least 4 or 5. These guys are great and will shoal more in numbers. I know you have already got your fish, but just a note that i havent had any issue with my RTBS and either red / black fish. I thought it was fish with similar body shape...

is purigen the one you can clean in bleach solution to revive it?

i believe i am after a 17mm hose. but more research required

I am buying a 2nd hand 305 off a member here and, bless her, she forgot the inlet hose. Had a quick peek online to see how much a replacement one is, but stumbled across a few forums that had people changing them on principle (didn't like the ribbed style, couldn't look down it to see if its...

Is there any reason why you want a low powered filter? I would have thought your fish and plants would rather have a bit more oomph. Maybe something that does 7 X tank volume (maybe 800-900 litres per hour?)

im being lazy. Instead of re-reading the post, what are your dimensions of the tank?

Alright then. Angels and discus do need a bit of head-space, but i would research them a bit more. Both can get large and like to be in groups. I wouldn't have thought that tank is big enough (please let someone else confirm that - i have no experience of either fish)

personally i would always go for a more traditional rectangular tank (like the Vision, or Rio range). When it comes to *most* common tropical fish, width is far more important than height. I dont see any issues with your DIY, but sounds like a chore to me. I guess my question to you would be...

they are what? 16 - 17 " wide? and cant be more than 10" deep... that sounds a bit cramped

i think 460 is about right... sorry. 78 X 2.54 = 198cm 24 X 2.54 = 61cm 15 X 2.54 = 38cm (198 X 61 X 38) / 1000 = 460L give or take... but i dont think i could resist cichlids either. Thats my plan for my next set-up. you thinking a few big-uns (JD's, texans etc) or more little-uns?

Sorry, only got a poxy Rio 180, but i would have thought most filters would fit in the hole. What one are you looking at?

agreed. dont trust the holiday tablets

Sail fin plec, OMG datz wey 2 bigz fur ur tankz! I would have thought the barbs will be fine, as well as the tetra (maybe) but i would think the angels will def have a spot of lunch

So whats that? a ~460L? I'm still in love with my Barbs, so i would say go for that, but maybe with some of the bigger ones. Get some Rosy's that haven't been stunted (these should grow to 5 inches, but usualy don't...), maybe some Arulius barbs as i think these can look great. And you might be...