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Thanks for all the responses. Checked out the cartridge and it is simply glued together, no way of getting it apart to remove the carbon. Thus the plastic grate holding the carbon in got sliced and diced and the carbon removed in a very slow and totally unrecommended procedure. Trust me, wet...

Okay, confirmed an outbreak of Ich in my tank about 20 minutes ago (affecting several fish). I was about to run and get a proper treatment, when I realized I have a little problem. Most chemical medicines require the removal of any activated carbon from the filter system for obvious reasons. The...

Looks relatively strong, though since it appears you mounted the 2x4s face side up (admittedly the easiest way), you might want to add some 45 degree supports along the back and sides (where they won't interfere with access to things. The steel L brackets will help provide rigidity, but they're...

Assuming an average length tank, you're probably looking at a pitch of a fraction of a degree. If the math works out right, your tank is sitting at somewhere around a 0.3 degree angle. I don't know at what kind of a range a problem starts to develop, but it would seem that it wouldn't be a huge...

Attatchments don't seem to want to work, try: http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/home_imp/a_335_3_1.gif

Clarification Okay, water natuarally finds it's own level, no matter the orientation of the container it's in (hence your problem). The gravel vac tubing is simply the easiest way to use this principle to your advantage to let you know how far out of level your tank is. Hopefully the attatched...

I can't speak to how much of a problem it is going to cause, but obviously there is going to be more pressure exerted on one facet of the tank if it's not level. Measuring can be a rather difficult way to find if something is truly level, since if the floor is off in the slightest, then your...

Many thanks for the advice, Bio-Spira went in a while ago. Guess it's now a matter of waiting and crossing fingers. I'm pry going to wait at least a few days to put the mature Danios back, simply because when I tried to round up the fry yesterday they seemed to have decided that hiding was the...

Thanks for the advice on the Bio-Spira. I had thought about using it originally, but wasn't sure about finding it in my area, or how much extra cost it would add. I managed to find a place that carries it and have picked some up, but I do have a few questions about it's use. 1) Seeing as it's...

I recently started a fishless cycle on a ten gallon tank (currently day 6). Problem arises in that the owner of the tank listened to the LFS and put three Zebra Danios in the tank before I was able to convince her to remove them to another tank and cycle the ten gallon fishlessly. As might be...