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No where near the satisfaction having someone do it for you!

I use a battery powered vac that filters the water through a sack for cleaning as well. likewise, on sand and there is enough disturbance that a light cleaning every 2-3 weeks is all that it seems to require to keep it clean :)

Article 1: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_plywood_aquarium.php Things to think about: http://plywoodfishtank.com/Default.aspx?pg=Materials

between the two im a juwel fan. Was using an aqua one to house a young crested gecko, bottom of the tank cracked on me!

If being sucked through is a concern, put them in a media net :)

I moved from a 15gal to a 50gal 4ft taking my current community into it. Over the last 5 years, members have died and ive gradually faded out the smaller fish to my preferred larger varieties, with opaline gouramis, pearl gouramis, plec, kirbs and so forth. This shift to larger fish is something...

Thats a decent lfs!

After nearly a year of thinking a kuhli had died and I was left with just the one, I discovered the two of them together last week. Those beggars can be very, very hard to spot!

What distance does this cover?

I've seen a number of people on other threads comment about adding it to the outflow, which also has the bonus of powering the removal from the tank. This would also resolve the residual water as it will be pushed out from the outflow pipe. Using a system of 3 valves, leave outflow open, open...

There is no harm in using media intended for another filter, but in a small internal you may find you dont get much in there and may have a lot of wasted space. On the bubbles, its drawing air through the filter and I cant say for sure as I have no experience with this filter, but its probably...

Under your kitchen sink. Washing machine supply Y split One of these: http://m.wickes.co.uk/img?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickes.co.uk%2Fcontent%2Febiz%2Fwickes%2Finvt%2F420185%2FFullway-Gatevalve_large.jpg&ttl=30d&quality=100 Apologies for the mobile link. On my phone (yup I am sherlock)

I own a tetratec ex1200 and to be totally honest, could not be bothered with all that every week. My filter is cleaned every 4-6 months only, no need to go disconnecting it all the time.

By sheer accident, the stop end of my spray bar popped off a long time ago and refused to stay in again. Realised that my outflow is now easily 3ft away for the majority of water, but I also get a nice bit of spray near the intake end :)

Im running the tetratec ex1200 and id only give the advice to buy some spare taps if you have young children. Their price has also increased quite dramatically since I bought mines 2 years ago so their value may not be so mucy bang for buck.

A 15m pipe youd be sucking for a long time. Im with you though mate, I have a large distance to cover and have to power the flow as well.

By turning on the tap, it will cause a vacuum, removing the air out the hosepipe sucking water from the tank with it. Once the siphon is going, unless its uphill probability is it will remove some of the water.

Waste of water and if being nice isnt enough, consider those of pay by the litre metres.

The air pump is purely decorative with a surface breaking bonus :)

Ok a few years ago I bought a 30" long bubble bar airstone. 3/4 wrapped in plastic, it has connectors at either end. I have put the two outlets from my air pump into this, one outlet either end. Here comes the stupid question: am I doing it right? I still get patches of no bubbles :(

An excellent, detailed post! A system similar to what ive been using for a few years, only I use a drill powered pump to siphon out and could do with some of those stop valves! I use mines to changed around 50L of water. It takes roughly 10 minutes to siphon out and 20 to refill at a slower...

I ran both my filters for almost 3 months, purely out of laziness (accessing the internal involved removing the mdf hood, un-wedging the perspex lid system and getting it out, not a short job like slotting the external tubes through the holes and operating via the perspex access slides (too...

I also have a simple version: 25 mtr garden hose. couple of feet from the tank end, one of these: http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=28641 other end sits trapped in the toilet bowl by the seat. Once I've drained the required amount of water, add tap safe of your choice, connected...

its not really the voltage that is your issue, but the current you draw through at that voltage. take a 240V 5amp extension reel and put 10kW through it and you'll soon see the wire melting/fuse blowing/fuse melting/plug melting/fire starting (or any combination of these.) You can get a 5A...

In relation to the point over a few small legs supporting the weight is a very good point. I have a 4' supported by 3 small tables comprising of 12x 40mm x 40mm legs. This was a temporary solution (5 years ago :o ) to my storage and after my 2 year old broke a tap on my external filter, its...

I can certainly say it would not be staple diet: the odd treat only. We newts, gecko and frogs eat them but invariably to give them a mixed diet there is a lot going: we supply our neighbour for her newts half these days. Thought it would be good to give treats though :)

ok, i'm currently cultivating a supply of white worms for me newts and are well aware that my community fish tank will love them. But I was wondering, would it be good to give my community tank an occasional feed of wax worms or meal worms? For reference, the tank currently has in it: Pearl...

odd this, i have a new BiOrb air pump (please note, just the pump as it was going for a song and suited the 6gallon in the bedroom down to a T.) and after hooking it up ended up with the same issue. As its brand new I plan on taking it back to the store, but the valve does sound like the culprit.

Ok, since getting the OH into the Salamander side of things, it has changed in this household a lot: A while ago I bought some chinese firebelly newts. She was hooked, and made a request for some alpine newts, got more hooked and started looking into other things. She got her heart set on a...

I bexcame a member of caudita.org and using the details there have discerned they are definately chinese fire belly newts :) will post a picture of the lastest family members tonight :)

The reasons I've seen are primarily claimed as: 1) Resolves any minor imperections in the supporting object 2) They absorbed some of any shocks that otherwise transmit through the stand to the glass ( I guess if you combined this with 1) you have a risk of a crack appearing 3) Super for helping...

That's me too: pre purchasing in advance seeing as these stores tend to be seasonal and may not keep large stocks either! But I'm planning on changing my 4' to black sand at the end of the summer so got some mats in stock now :D

Used the old 20 gallon tank for a group of 4, I believe its 3 females and one male, but it might be a 2/2 split as one may just be a bit older. Currently have a turtle dock and two lillies for them to be out of the water as well. I was going to go down a land/water route but decided against it...

Well I couldn't resist it and have delved into the world for fire bellied newts. From what I can tell, I have the chinese variety although as I read even more about these fascinating creatures I get slightly different or more information that may help discern exactly the species I have. If there...

Thought I would share the most simple and cheap and great solution for a mat under your tanks: Check out your local poundland style stores: one of my locals is selling camping mats at that good ole £1: easy to cut to size, cheap and really really effective.

it is rather quiet, just at a good enough frequency and just loud enough to be irritating esp. during "whisper" moments on the telly as it has a habit of drowning out the crucial word. im thinking a small tub lined with 2" should do the trick, will get some over the coming weeks and give it a go.

I currently have the pump sitting on top of two folded bath towels: it is definately the actual running that is slightly noisey With regards to the 'air tunnel' possibly amplifying the sound, this would be true of a material designed to reflect noise waves, such as a plastic or metal. It would...

as promised a photo. Its all screwed to the underside on the unit creating a natural drip loop and it also is plugged into through a RCD/MCB for equipment protection.

I've had to get a new air pump after one of the cats piddled on the electrical socket some time ago causing a fire. The new one is a lot larger as I also got a 36" airstone for a bubble curtain :) with being larger, it is inevitably a little more noisy!! so here is the question: how can I make...