Recent content by bakflip3

My quick easy solution - 2x4 scraps laid on floor, cover with sheet of plastic, pushing plastic down to form a basin, pour in straight vinegar deep enough to cover whatever you are cleaning. Walk away for a while, how long depends on how bad mineral deposit thickness is. Come back, wipe of...

Thanks RevLine! I did it and (so far) my baby fish are all still good! Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Does the super glue need time to cure before it's safe? I just broke a small piece of my tank rim while scrubbing it down (been in storage for a couple years). I want to superglue but don't know if I need to wait a couple days before I can fill it? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice...

Oh and yes to using with prime. I did that too. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I used it along with microbe lift nite out and cycled a 46 bow front tank in a couple days. Literally seemed to good to be true and kept expecting a cycle crash but it never happened. I've heard the effectiveness of it depends on factors like how long bottles have been sitting on shelf, temp...

And as for breaking, tanks rarely suffer a sudden catastrophic break unless they are hit with something. Any damage is much more likely to start as a slow leak at seams that you'll have time to notice and correct. In 25 years of keeping fish on and off, I've never had even that happen. The odds...

Let's put it in perspective: if you figure the average adult man weighs somewhere in the 175-200 lb range, then a 55 gallon tank fully filled with water is about the same as 3 adult men. If you had for some strange reason those 3 men standing shoulder to shoulder on your second floor, would you...

I've used it to repair plastic and silk plants that have come out of their bases. No problems with fish and has held up for about five years and counting on the oldest one. Regular glue sticks from a craft store - nothing fancy. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I lost a tank full of betas last summer in similar fashion. We were camping in our backyard. Despite having washed my hands, we figured out I had traces of a mosquito repellent on my hands when I feed them. Cory cats survived but my daughter's betas were a total loss. We completely tore down the...

Don't know if this is relevant since you're in the UK, but did you're friend do PWC and not use a dechlorinator? Here in US, that would cause a cycle crash like you're seeing. There's a lot of people who say the bacteria in a bottle methods don't work but I have personally cycled a few tanks...

If you've got an old computer mouse pad, that should help. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have tanks that I've owned, used, stored, moved cross country, set up again and again over the course of 20 years with no problems. I don't know what the life span of a tank is either but 6 years wouldn't make me think twice if it's filled when you see it. Sent from my SCH-I535 using...

The quick connect may change it. I'm only using 50 feet of 5/8 inch tubing but once the siphon is underway, I can actually turn the faucet off and my waterbed drain connection actually still sucks water out, although it's slow that way. Only have silk plants, but I've sucked up a couple small...

Just wondered if you've done anything with your polygon? How did it turn out? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I built something very similar but I used a waterbed drain/fill attachment on my sink. Solves the problem of the siphon not working if your sink is above tank's water level. I had the waterbed siphon piece on hand but I've seen them on Amazon for about $5. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Aquarium...