My 385L Malawi Tank

[elisew]

just checked nitrite and thats zero aswell. bottle neck says 17A1109. so could be november 2009 or september 2011?

That indicates to me that it expired in November '09

 

[jamesmacc]

aww #29### is it worth contacting the seller on ebay? cant believe ive wasted my money

 

[elisew]

aww #29### is it worth contacting the seller on ebay? cant believe ive wasted my money

I would give it a go, yes. What`s the point in paying for something that can`t be used as it should be?

You`re not on your own though, I`ve just checked mine to see which way the dates run i.e month/year or vice versa and mine are out of date too
Ebay here I come

 

[Malawi MaD]

look forward to seeing how this turns out

 

[jamesmacc]

just emailed them now, not a happy chappy . on the plus side im doing the 240 mile journey that i talked about on saturday to collect my new stove, so i will try homebase etc for the slate, any other big name shops that sell it? i will try google landscaping shops in inverness and seee whats there

 

[markandhisfish]

i tried all the big shops and all i could find was stone tiles , i had to go to a landscape supplier for my rocks . as for ebay if the sale was marked as this seller does not accept retuyrns theres not a whole lot you can do really . . you could try emailing ebay themselves to see if thety can resolve it .

 

[jamesmacc]

update time: work has started on cutting the wall out and fitting the support lintls and re-inforcing the whole wall for the tank, photos to follow tonight

 

[markandhisfish]

cool looking forward to seeing the progress

 

[jamesmacc]

no pictures yet, cant find phome cable, just won a eheim 2217 1000 lph filter on ebay for a bargain price

 

[markandhisfish]

great choice , superb filters how much did you get it for if you dont mind me asking?

 

[jamesmacc]

£42 pound. its not very old and has all pipes,spray bar and and even unused media. i was quite happy with that and hopefully will work well with the ex1200 to keep my water clean and free from dead spots

 

[markandhisfish]

thats a pretty good price mate . it will serve you well for many many years

 

[jamesmacc]

yeh hope so, i was thinking of using same media setup as in my ex1200 to keep it simple and so i can keep stock of the filters etc. so i will need more bio balls and ceramic rings. that sound like a good idea or am i being daft?

 

[markandhisfish]

they work just fine with bioballs . i run the sponges in 1 of mine and bioballs in the other `1

 

[jamesmacc]

they work just fine with bioballs . i run the sponges in 1 of mine and bioballs in the other `1

so you have just sponges in one filter and then just bioballs in the other? my ex1200 has , rings and sponge, then bio balls, then 2x sponges, then sponge and filter floss. i was thinking of using the exact same order in the eheim or is that total overkill if the ex1200 is already so full with media?