Your current Fish tank Setups!

Using the tunze one for main display, been looking at the tunze nano for my new fluval evo but i see it only uses plastic blades unlike it's daddy, flipper nano anyone.
 
So I left my RO unit in the garage during the big freeze, I didnt really think about it and I've not had any issues before. It's screwed to the wall at shoulder height above a water butt which holds the RO.

The whole thing just turned into a big block of ice and was still frozen solid on Sunday long after the snow was gone in East Anglia.

I lost both a 10" filter casing which completely cracked in half and dropped a canister of DI resin on the floor which smashed.

My membrane housing has also cracked so that needs to be replaced. I thought it would be prudent to order a new membrane at the same time.

I use a pumped Vyair unit and luckily the pump and automatic valves all seems to be working still. All the pipes and connectors seem to be leak free.

Those of you that have been hit by the cold - check your units if they are in the shed/garage.
 
Haggisman said:
Just had a look at that cleaner, looks pretty cool, please post your thoughts as I'm currently using a magfloat and have to get in there with a metal scraper every couple of weeks to get rid of the tougher stuff
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Well iv got it, used it and I must say it's great! For the price of the nano one I can highly recommend it. If I was going for thicker glass I too may of gone for a flipper or the dd mag float with razor blade.

The tunze I must say a key point to me was the fact the blade does curve at edges so u cannot wreck your seal around edges which I have done on my xl tank a little using a normal razor/window scraper
 
Got my intank media baskets for the evo.

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seems like my bristlenose plec is happily munching his way through all three of my java swords :( any suggestions for larger background plants he won't destroy?
 
Siliconslave said:
seems like my bristlenose plec is happily munching his way through all three of my java swords :( any suggestions for larger background plants he won't destroy?
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BN Plecs will munch on any broad leafed plant but if you keep them very well fed they tend to keep off them. Keep a good supply of cucumber, courgette etc in the tank rather than feeling things like wafers. Fresh food doesn't break down anywhere near as quickly.
 
Do you have any bogwood in there for him? Our bristlenose hasn't touched the java ferns we have in the tank, not sure if you'd class those as background plants?

Unicorn said:
Well iv got it, used it and I must say it's great! For the price of the nano one I can highly recommend it. If I was going for thicker glass I too may of gone for a flipper or the dd mag float with razor blade
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will have to grab one then :)
 
Hardly anything touches java fern or bolbitis so they are both worth a look. Both will get really big if you give them proper ferts and a decent light but they grow pretty slow. Just don't them near the filter input, the roots will be attracted to it because of the flow, I am constantly unclogging mine and the fern is over 4" away from it.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Hardly anything touches java fern or bolbitis so they are both worth a look. Both will get really big if you give them proper ferts and a decent light but they grow pretty slow.
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My ferns must be broken, because a year after putting 5 leaves in I had to pull a load out because they were overgrowing my tank!
 
Haggisman said:
My ferns must be broken, because a year after putting 5 leaves in I had to pull a load out because they were overgrowing my tank!
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Not sure what your point is? A year to take over your tank is pretty slow, something like jungle val can take over your tank in a few weeks if not kept in check (another potential plant by the way).

Given decent ferts and light it will grow bigger and quicker than without. They can get to well over 30cm tall with leaves being over 3cm wide on a standard java fern. There are smaller variants like the narrow leaf which may be more appropriate.

I am not suggesting you need to go out and spend loads on a 'high light' setup with CO2 etc. But a 'decent' light capable of growing plants is required to succeed in growing plants, most good quality tanks these days do come with one these days (Juwel, Fluval etc).

Also to have success with plants you do need to make sure they are well fed, be that with a liquid fert, fish load, root tabs or from the substrate. It doesn't really matter where it comes from, it is just much easier to achieve a lush planted tank with minimal algae by dosing ferts and doing water changes.

You can tell when a Java Fern is not getting though food when old leaves get brown spots on them and eventually die back as new ones appear. A well fed java fern will just keep getting bigger and bigger with minimal leaf loss.

Bolbitis behaves in a similar way, those can get massive.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Not sure what your point is? A year to take over your tank is pretty slow, something like jungle val can take over your tank in a few weeks if not kept in check (another potential plant by the way).
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Fair enough, I thought going from 5 leaves to 20 odd massive bunches in 12 months was pretty good going :p!
 
Thanks for the suggestions, the tank has got a load of bogwood which he loves although we don't feed him fresh food all that often as he doesn't ever seem to bothered about it. Might have to up that and see if it'll save the plants... I'm always hesitant to leave it in there for more than a day as i don't want it going mankey!

I do have a java fern in there as well and its thriving as i'm dosing liquid co2 and have fert under the sand... have to cut it back weekly - but might have to grab some bolbitis to try
 
Never had ancistrus eat ferns. Thought they were one of the plants that very few fish will nibble on.
Anubias are a good shout. Very hardy and have never had anything eat them.
Bought one small plant 20 odd years ago, still going strong and after numerous trims and splits over the years is still around 2ft+ in size.
 
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