Your current Fish tank Setups!

rebel rebel · 31 Jan 2017 at 14:43

For anyone keeping sps there's a fully automated alkalinity controller coming out soon.

. Looks like an excellent piece of kit!

The KH Guardian.

NoobCannon · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:01

Seems im cursed. Built the tank today abd filled her up and one of my mp10s doesnt work

followed every reset guide i can google and it just wont play ball. Looks like im making a trip to charterhouse aquatics tomorrow hopefully to get a relacement.

rebel rebel · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:17

Damn that's unlucky, is the controller lighting up at all?

Ace Modder · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:25

Well I'm new to the world of keeping fish, got our first tank. Its a cool water tank with a pump and filter and we had it since 28th Dec, the water is really cloudy now.

Spook187 · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:33

Ace Modder said:
Well I'm new to the world of keeping fish, got our first tank. Its a cool water tank with a pump and filter and we had it since 28th Dec, the water is really cloudy now.

Bacterial Bloom, new set up nitrogen cycle.

Ace Modder · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:43

Spook187 said:
Bacterial Bloom, new set up nitrogen cycle.

Sorry, how do I fix it?

Things change I've changed · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:46

Ace Modder said:
Sorry, how do I fix it?

How long as it been cloudy for? how often do you do water changes and what percentage?

How big is the tank?

Spook187 · 31 Jan 2017 at 19:48

Ace Modder said:
Sorry, how do I fix it?

Check out the vid, sorry i can't stop must dash of out to work

Ace Modder · 31 Jan 2017 at 20:18

lowrider007 said:
How long as it been cloudy for? how often do you do water changes and what percentage?

How big is the tank?

40% water every 2 weeks. The tank is this

NoobCannon · 31 Jan 2017 at 20:39

rebel rebel said:
Damn that's unlucky, is the controller lighting up at all?

Yeah it lights up. Trys to spin the dry side and then just comes up with red/green flashing saying its stuck. Cant reset it, just wont do anything

rebel rebel · 31 Jan 2017 at 20:58

And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the wetside? Tried swapping it with the other one?
Charterhouse are pretty good so I'm sure they will just replace.

fredwi · 31 Jan 2017 at 21:02

Ace Modder said:
40% water every 2 weeks. The tank is this

Do you have a water test kit?

One of the following has happened either your ammonia is up or nitrite is up

it is hard to tell with out testing the water?

Has anyone explained the cycle process to you?

NoobCannon · 31 Jan 2017 at 21:08

rebel rebel said:
And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the wetside? Tried swapping it with the other one?
Charterhouse are pretty good so I'm sure they will just replace.

Took a quick video of what the controllers doing. Tried both wetsides also tried with no wet side tried all the reset procedures on echotechs site no luck

rebel rebel · 31 Jan 2017 at 21:22

NoobCannon said:
Took a quick video of what the controllers doing. Tried both wetsides also tried with no wet side tried all the reset procedures on echotechs site no luck

I can't think of anything else to try yourself. You could phone Jez at itcaquatics.co.uk, he deals with all Ecotech warranties and knows the products inside out. Could be something simple that we haven't thought of. Depends how close you are to charterhouse..

NoobCannon · 31 Jan 2017 at 21:44

Itc are about 15 mins from me but i need to go charterhouse anyway to return the rollermat will save on postage and ive never actually been there.

They should just swap it out seen as its 2 days old

Ace Modder · 31 Jan 2017 at 22:04

fredwi said:
Do you have a water test kit?

Nope

fredwi said:
Has anyone explained the cycle process to you?

Not until now, I have read up on the basics. After pulling up some of the gravel a lot of food and poop came up - so I assume that is the cause. Firstly I think we are overfeeding them and secondly poop build up is fairly heavy.

Worth getting a fish that bottom feeds?

Spook187 · 31 Jan 2017 at 22:12

Test kits are a must whatever size tank you have, nitrogen cycle must be learnt, the very basics of fish keeping, water not straight out of the tap without treatment, surprisingly people still do this :mad:

Mr.Cookie · 31 Jan 2017 at 22:13

Spook187 said:
NoobCannon made a excellent choice of equipment, I have the vectra M1 also and it's an excellent pump, I really is dead silent, takes a couple of minutes to calibrate, I can't really fault ecotech products.

Cheers, will have a chat with my shop

Ace Modder · 31 Jan 2017 at 22:17

Spook187 said:
Test kits are a must whatever size tank you have, nitrogen cycle must be learnt, the very basics of fish keeping, water not straight out of the tap without treatment, surprisingly people still do this

Any recommendation from amazon or similiar place? for a kit?

fredwi · 31 Jan 2017 at 22:25

Ace Modder said:
Nope

Not until now, I have read up on the basics. After pulling up some of the gravel a lot of food and poop came up - so I assume that is the cause. Firstly I think we are overfeeding them and secondly poop build up is fairly heavy.

Worth getting a fish that bottom feeds?

I would not get any more fish yet.

How many fish have you got in there?
Is your tank a tropical or cold water (gold fish)?

For the moment you should start off with doing a 50% water change with a gravel clean so do the gravel clean first then just keep filling buckets until the tank is half empty.

Once you have a test kit we can see what the levels you can then do more water changes as needed we are talking testing each day and changing water as I doubt you have built up the full cycle.

Oh like mentioned in the post above forgot to say you need to add an additive to the tap water that removes all the bad stuff before you put it in the tank. I am sure myself or someone here will help you out once we know a little more info

I would think you might be on the nitrite bit in short

Ammonia and nitrite can kill fish easy the last part of the process nitrate only kills when the ppm parts per million gets really high. The other affects of high nitrate before it kills fish is stunted growth and deformed young fish.

Once the tank is cycled you are only getting rid of the nitrate you would normal still clean the gravel and change 25% minimum a week