Recent content by MrDaytona

I have a very large tank with an under gravel filter that takes the water thru the gravel - thru the bottom of the tank thru the pump & filter and then returns the filtered water up thru tower and into the top of the tank. I also have an overflow tower that draws water form the top of the...

Glad to see a section for the Cichlid people. My experience has been that they prefer a very high Ph and at times can be very territorial. My tank is of the larger variety (400 gallon) so I am able to have a variety of Cichlid types. The last time I changed 1/8 of the tank due to high nitrate...

Thanks for the response. I shall check it out and see if I can use it.

Does anyone have a recommendation or brand name that I could do a search of for an air pump that is reliable. I have already gone thru 2 Optima pumps in one year and they were the biggest pump they make. My problem is that I am attempting to provide an air bubbling stream that is 7 feet in...

Thanks for all the responses. Yes - I have a 400 gallon FW tank and so far the method I am using seems to work. My tank has an undergravel filter and an overflow tower that supplies the wet-dry filter. It is a community tank that has been up and running for about one year. I have ciclids and...

My experience in avoiding cedar in an aquarium is that most will leach it's color into the tank giving your water a light brown appearance. I had a particularly nice piece of cedar that I soaked in boiling water with constant water changes over a 6 month period and it still leached the brown...

I maintain my tank and make sure the PH levels & temperature is just right but as with most tanks the gravel needs cleaning every 6 weeks or so. Advice by most is to change a portion of the water on a regular basis also. I have in the past combined both of these tasks into one. I have used a...

Following the directions on the fish food label is what the manufacturer recommends. Is it correct or are they just trying to sell fish food? I feed my fish a flake food that says to feed them twice a day and only the amount that will be eaten in 10 minutes each time. When I ask at the...

CKfish - To reiterate - I have a wet/dry system that utilizes a 1200 gph pump and while the return line is a 1 inch that necks down to 3/4 inch - the Durso overflow standpipe is 1 1/4 inch as recommended at the URL you refer to. If you go to the URL and check the section on "Building your own...

Hope I can help you with a few answers or suggestions. I have a homemade wet-dry filter beneath my 400 gallon FW and also used the Durso standpipe overflow method. #1. In following the directions listed in the Durso URL I changed my 1 inch overflow PVC pipe to a 1 1/4 inch PVC pipe which...

jsoong, a word of thanks I followed the instructions as suggested at the Durso Standpipe site and after changing the overflow pipe to 1 1/4 inch the noise has been completely eliminated. It is a pleasure to be able to get advice from a fellow aquarium addict that solves a very annoying...

Problem solved The problem exists when I use the Netscape Navigator browser but goes away when I use Internet Explorer . So it must be a matter of browser compatibility with the software used for this URL. It normally use Netscape but if I need the dates of posts I shall regress back to I.E.

Problem almost solved. Thanks for the responses. The noise is from the input overflow pipe and by utilizing the Durso standpipe method, thanks to joosong it is just about solved. I was able to eliminate almost all of the noise by using fishfreek's suggestion, by using a drinking straw...

Well I finally got my FWT up and running and the wet-dry input tube that feeds the filter, that is below the tank, makes so much noise I can't operate the filter and watch T.V. at the same time. I was able to quiet it down by attaching a piece of sponge on the top of the intake tube BUT it...

This may sound like a question that everyone knows the answer to but: How much gravel is recommended for each tank? Is the proper amount determined by the number of inches that covers the bottom of the tank? For example - two inches of gravel across the entire bottom. OR Is a better rule...