Your current Fish tank Setups!

[b0rn2sk8]

I need a new filter on my juwel Rio but the cabinet has two lim cupboards on each end for the equipment and a Oase bio master won’t fit.

How are you finding the 307? I have a 306 on it now which has gone very houses. Have they improved the corrugated pipes and white rubber connectors from the 306?

 

[chorse]

It depends why it’s cloudy, if it’s new substrate or been recently steered up, that should settle in a few hours.

if it looks like a milky fog, that’s a bacteria bloom. It’s normally happens when you have an ammonia or nitrite spike which is bad.

You mentioned your testing, What are your current readings for ammonia and nitrite?

If anything is over zero and you have fish in, I’d suggest changing 50% of the water ASAP.

Thanks for the reply. Just tested nitrites no trace. Ammonia is roughly 0.2 ppm. I recently added some tetras after a month with just a couple of guppies.

So 50% water change you think?

 

[Nasher]

I need a new filter on my juwel Rio but the cabinet has two lim cupboards on each end for the equipment and a Oase bio master won’t fit.

How are you finding the 307? I have a 306 on it now which has gone very houses. Have they improved the corrugated pipes and white rubber connectors from the 306?

The canisters are a standard size, they should fit the cabinets.

I have a Juwel Rio 240 cabinet (with a different tank) and my Oase 350 easily fits that.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Thanks for the reply. Just tested nitrites no trace. Ammonia is roughly 0.2 ppm. I recently added some tetras after a month with just a couple of guppies.

So 50% water change you think?

Adding fish will likely be the cause. Your probally over the spike now if that test is accurate but I’d change the water either way to be sure.

The canisters are a standard size, they should fit the cabinets.

I have a Juwel Rio 240 cabinet (with a different tank) and my Oase 350 easily fits that.

Mines a 180 so has a smaller cabinet, the cupboards are only 23.5cm wide. The bio master range is 24cm wide. I did measure it to be sure

 

[Nasher]

I had a small 110 AquaOne cabinet and it even fit inside that.

 

[xdcx]

I need a new filter on my juwel Rio but the cabinet has two lim cupboards on each end for the equipment and a Oase bio master won’t fit.

How are you finding the 307? I have a 306 on it now which has gone very houses. Have they improved the corrugated pipes and white rubber connectors from the 306?

I had a Tetra EX800 Plus prior to the 307 and I was honestly for throwing it through my window. It was a leaky piece of junk and no matter what I done/replaced or tried the thing was just pathetic.
The 307 in relation to that is a dream. Super simple to setup, better flow, easier to clean and I can't fault it in any way.

I've never had/used a 306 so can't direct compare for you. But the corrugated pipes were fine for me, cutting to size and getting them setting right over the hanger/connectors. They are rock solid and since the day I put them on have remained as such.
Rubber connectors wise to the hose adaptor block the hoses pushes into those only but it's a very tight fight. No audible leaks or visible leaks either end so seem perfect to me. The test for those may be time, but with a 5 year warranty on the thing I am honestly not worrying!

It's a Juwel Lido 120 I have with Juwel cabinet. The hoses do touch the top shelf when they come out the top of the adaptor block so I did have a slight vibration noise. I just put a little bit of folded leccy tape underneath two of the plastic pins the shelf sits on and it is completely cured.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

The issue I have with the hoses is those rubber connectors. They create a good seal and I have never had one leak but they go hard after they have been underwater for awhile. It’s also just impossible to keep algae and lime scale (even while fully submerged) from building up on them, they discolour and look naff after awhile.

There pretty much a consumable part which is annoying.

 

[Nasher]

The internal Juwel filters arent too bad if you put some better media in them. You just wont be able to stock the tank as much as with a canister. My local store uses one in a discus breeding tank and they are super sensitive to the water conditions.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Binned it years ago, I agree it’s fine and at the end of the day a filter is just a pump, a casing and some media, there isn’t anything special about them and a canister doesn’t really allow you to add more fish. Water volume and time spent doing water changes is the limiting factor.

The internal is just a bit ugly and took up physical tank space so it got taken out.

 

[GTO656]

Is my BTA looking ok guys? Thanks

 

[sneakysnail]

Been hit hard for not quarantening this past week. I set up a 200 odd litre pond outside 3 months ago and everything was going so well. I first added 4 blue rams which loved it, Then i introduced 6 rummy noses (from same tank as rams at lfs) a bit later, again no problem, then 7 oto's, lost 1 but generally no issues.

Then 3 weeks later i went back to add 6 more rummys and it all went wrong. Original LFS was out so i went to one next door. They looked okay but within 2 days 2 couldn't keep up with the school and were struggling. They died and then so did the other 4. A couple days later i lost another 6(assuming the originals)

I already had meds on the way and was fishing the bodies out and doing water changes. Then I lost a couple oto's and the smallest Ram. Everything in the tank was hiding but it seems to have run its course now, what ever it was that i introduced.

The remaining rams seem to be very happy though so I'm going to leave them B and not introduce any new fish for a bit. The Rummys were outcompeting them for food anyway so might go for something else.

Any recommendations for a good slow dither fish that likes hot temps and wont cause trouble?

 

[Pants]

I've had cardinal tetras, shrimp and a snail in a little tank with fake plants that was a birthday present for my daughter.

Well it's got me hooked I fancy giving them some more space and some real plants.

So I've been out and got a Fluval Spec 60L, and as recommended by the chap at the shop, some aquabasis on the bottom, some manado on top of that, then I've put together a basic arrangement of root, wood and rocks. Some anubias and cryptocoryne. I'm still very much learning but I'm hoping this will be a nice low tech tank. My tetras seem to be enjoying it so far.



Edit: clearing up now...

 

[Kyo]

Hi

I have 100l tropical aquarium with quite a bad case of.black beard alge I do 50% water changes weekly and have tried keeping it clean, lowering light but no joy. BBA has enveloped all the plants, gravel and almost everywhere in the tank.

Have 5 guppies, 4 otocinlus, 6 pepper Cory's.

I am thinking to dose the tank with Seachem flourish? Is this a bad idea? Did quite a bit of research which should do the trick but was concerned about the fish? Would it kill fish at lower dosage? Thinking this will treat the source without doing too much damage to the water parameters.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Seachem Flourish or Flourish Excell? They are two very different products.

Your changing water which is good, are you also dosing plant fertiliser? - This is what Seachem Flourish is.

Flourish Excel is used as carbon supplement and it can help deal with algae issues (which are normally caused by an imbalance of light, food (fertiliser) and CO2). The 'side effect' of it is that it can also destroy algae (sometimes plants), when spot dosed on problem areas using a syringe. Excel is on the expensive side, there isn't anything special about it. The active ingredient is
glutaraldehyde which from what I understand was originally developed as a cleaning product. There are cheaper brands out there which are identical EasyCarbo and TNC are two others.

I don't know what you mean, will it kill fish at lower dosage? I wouldn't exceed what's on the bottle, you are meant to dose it daily for it to be the most effective. That should be plenty to deal with BBA, I have done more but it's really not recommended because of what it actually is.

 

[Kyo]

Sorry I meant Seachem Flourish Excel to combat BBA. I generally avoid dosing the tank wiith anything at all. My ask was if I add SFE directly to the water column below is there a chance it could have an adverse effect on fish health or even death? Was thinking to use lower the recommended dosage to minimise that chance which was my query? Thx

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Unless you have anything particularly sensitive then no, it’s highly unlikely and your stocking looks pretty mainstream.

That said, excel isn’t really a solution to the problem, if you don’t change anything, it’s likely to just come back in time once you stop.

If your not dosing anything and you have live plants could be one of the reasons you have BBA in the first place.

Algae and BBA in particular live attacking unhealthy plants (particularly slow growing ones). Plants are generally unhealthy because they lack/have too much light, food, C02, light, heat, general waste organics etc.

I highly recommend you dose a comprehensive plant fertiliser (one that has NPK in it) if you want to keep live plants.

 

[Kyo]

Unless you have anything particularly sensitive then no, it’s highly unlikely and your stocking looks pretty mainstream.

That said, excel isn’t really a solution to the problem, if you don’t change anything, it’s likely to just come back in time once you stop.

If your not dosing anything and you have live plants could be one of the reasons you have BBA in the first place.

Algae and BBA in particular live attacking unhealthy plants (particularly slow growing ones). Plants are generally unhealthy because they lack/have too much light, food, C02, light, heat, general waste organics etc.

I highly recommend you dose a comprehensive plant fertiliser (one that has NPK in it) if you want to keep live plants.

I have a few live plants not many but planning to get a lot more once BBA issue is resolved. Your 100% spot on that I need to treat the root cause. I use to only have plastic plants which ended up introducing BBA so again your right, there must a imbalance of factors in my tank. Once Covid lockdown is relaxed, planning to get a bigger tank. 200ltr or 180ltr.

In the meantime will try fertilizer. What is NPK, any good recommendations?. Seen people use liquid green. I have tried root tabs as well but think I don't know how to best utilize them. Thanks again for the advice.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

NPK just refers to the core elements plants need. N = Nitrogen, P = Phosphorus, K = Potassium. Some fertilisers don't have these elements, Seachem flourish is a good example of this, you have to buy N, P and K separately which makes it very expensive.

There are loads of different brands of complete fertiliser out there, Tropica (green one), Evolution Aqua 'aquascaper', TNC Complete. I have TNC complete at the moment but I tend to just buy what ever is the best value at the time which tends to be either TNC or Evolution Aqua. Tropica is pretty expensive but it comes in a handy pump bottle so I have had a couple and refilled them. That said, anything is better than nothing.

Fish tanks are a bit of a money pit, you buy one, then you want a bigger one, then it plants, expensive rocks, lights, if you really get the bug, at some point it snowballs into a reef

It's really difficult to nail down the cause of BBA, think about external factors like natural light or if its catching sun during the day etc. getting the balance right really is trial and error, sometimes you need a little lock and you find what works.

 

[Kyo]

NPK just refers to the core elements plants need. N = Nitrogen, P = Phosphorus, K = Potassium. Some fertilisers don't have these elements, Seachem flourish is a good example of this, you have to buy N, P and K separately which makes it very expensive.

There are loads of different brands of complete fertiliser out there, Tropica (green one), Evolution Aqua 'aquascaper', TNC Complete. I have TNC complete at the moment but I tend to just buy what ever is the best value at the time which tends to be either TNC or Evolution Aqua. Tropica is pretty expensive but it comes in a handy pump bottle so I have had a couple and refilled them. That said, anything is better than nothing.

Fish tanks are a bit of a money pit, you buy one, then you want a bigger one, then it plants, expensive rocks, lights, if you really get the bug, at some point it snowballs into a reef

It's really difficult to nail down the cause of BBA, think about external factors like natural light or if its catching sun during the day etc. getting the balance right really is trial and error, sometimes you need a little lock and you find what works.

I have been out the hobby for a while and since returning definitely got the bug . Can see very well ending up with reef lol.

Couldn't find TNC compete but went with Evol Aqua. Take it I can use both in conjunction at the same time? Also just bought Fluval Aquasky 2.0 as well. Money pit indeed. Can't wait until the lockdown ends. Cardinal Tetra and more next . As with @xdcx replaced internal to 307 and way too powerful for my 100lr so got the power at 40% or so, was thinking ahead with my upgrade.

Thinking with the new tank to remove from my current medium size round gravel substrate to something more finer and friendly to bottom feeders. Heard sand is a nightmare but something that's good with plants but easy to maintain. Avoiding soil as well. Any good suggestions?

I've had cardinal tetras, shrimp and a snail in a little tank with fake plants that was a birthday present for my daughter.

Well it's got me hooked I fancy giving them some more space and some real plants.

So I've been out and got a Fluval Spec 60L, and as recommended by the chap at the shop, some aquabasis on the bottom, some manado on top of that, then I've put together a basic arrangement of root, wood and rocks. Some anubias and cryptocoryne. I'm still very much learning but I'm hoping this will be a nice low tech tank. My tetras seem to be enjoying it so far.

Really nice setup. What's the substrate you using? Sand?

 

[Nasher]

I used play sand in mine which is very fine. at £5 for 15kg it's WAY cheaper than the aquarium branded stuff.

It took ages to wash but it looks natural. Some fish like to dig in it.

Some plants will grow in it. Stem plants mostly.