Recent content by sudsbeers

I have a whisper ex75 and never had a issue with the sand getting in the filter even when the cori's go crazy starring up the sand while playing no issues with sand in the filter my strainer is about 4 inches from the sand

Cool water In the “wild”, Marimo only appears in cooler areas like Iceland and northern Japan. It therefore prefers cooler water – if the container/aquarium it’s in gets a bit hot (25+ degrees C/77 F) during summer, consider moving the Marimo to a slightly cooler place for a few months. It can...

cleaning of the sand is much easier then gravel in my opinion you can see the detritus and left over foods much easier because it stays on top just swirl the gravel cleaner a inch or so above and it will draw up the dirt with out the sand , I have 30/60 black diamond sand it took a while to...

I use a old glass water pitcher as a quarantine tank use a small heater for that they sell for betta tanks and a small sponge filter with airpump it works great for short term emergencies and you can easily see how the fish is copping or doing have a friend who uses a plastic storage tub in the...

Im not a expert by know means but seems you need to do a 50% water change to get the nitrates down , from my understanding unless you have a heavily planted tank the only way to get rid of nitrates is with water changes and from my brief experience if I see more the 40ppm of nitrates doing a 50%...

so I am new to fish aquariums started with a 32 gal a couple of months ago with many mistakes to learn from , started with gravel , then switched to sand to fast and screwed up my cycle lesson learned only change substrate a 1/3 at a time luckily no fish lost , had whisper ex40 hob filter had...