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18-01-2018, 10:47 PM | #21 | |
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Bro DragonfireSG, Thanks for taking the time to write up, i really appreciate it, and perhaps i would PM u sometime soon to learn more. i am currently changing about 13,000 liters a week. so i guess the pressurized tank would be the best option.
Recently a little tired of the hobby with so many fishes & tanks to maintain, was thinking of scaling down so can prolong it for the many more years to come, there was a time where i was easily changing 20,000 liters a week and decided to downscale when it felt like it was getting too much, similarly now after quite some years, i think the time is again to further scale down. possibly considering a pond sometime in the future to retire the fishes in there and to a maintenance free set up, just enjoy viewing & feeding them. Quote:
i do agree with you that this seems like a case of Shock because literally all 13 of them were either swimming erratically or already floating, My tank PH is maintained similar to my tap water at around 7.5 i do not have any gravel, and if for any reason i do clean my filter, i would shut off the pump and remove all the water completely and flush the media & the sump with the water from the main tank and then restart my system so that the main tank does not get the so called '' gunky '' water. i been doing this same usual routine/methods for the longest of time, and not experienced anything even close to this type of event happening. so i am pretty puzzled myself. |
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19-01-2018, 11:19 AM | #22 |
Hi there !!! 123
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Bro aro77, overhead filter with carbon filters for 5 tanks.
Weekly washing & clearing of the filter materials too. Yes, tough and exhausting but I am enjoying it My fish: 3 aros, oscars & some "la sup" goldfish & kois |
19-01-2018, 12:04 PM | #23 |
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I also enjoy doing maintenance. If never do will feel weird.
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19-01-2018, 12:19 PM | #24 |
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For me, doing wc is meditative.
Feeding and watching, not the fun part for me, boring.
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19-01-2018, 12:32 PM | #25 |
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19-01-2018, 12:42 PM | #26 | |
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Thanks for reminding me, yes. Don't waste. Even bones from soup. I will freeze first, then thaw and salvage the meat slivers and tendons. Red tail gouramis, louhans and climbing perch(puyu) love them. Big bones I will dry, then use as filter media for my planted tanks.
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19-01-2018, 02:17 PM | #27 | |
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19-01-2018, 03:00 PM | #28 |
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Just my idiosyncratic ideas.
I think that the bone matrix is good media material, the minerals in the bone slowly dissolved and enriches water for plant growth.
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19-01-2018, 03:08 PM | #29 |
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should be OK for media. Just don't know how good it is. Can release calcium. Maybe good for the fishes and also can buffer abit of pH. Not so sure with the last part.
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19-01-2018, 03:23 PM | #30 | |
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i know what u mean haha, i used to play around and experiment with my set up all the time, now i think just have less time to do so, and too many large tanks to handle. whenever i WC, i would sit there and view the fishes enjoying the fresh water. Aside from water changes, for me personally, i enjoy to just sit there, and appreciate the way the fishes calmly move, pure viewing pleasure. |
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