Recent content by Enki

things are moving along slowly, and with a bit of frustration. While the tank is clean, there are water marks that nothing I have tried has even dented. Curse of the used tank I guess. At this point I am resigned to ignore them. Decided against using the tile background as I cannot get...

+1 for heat treating ich, the salt isn't even needed really. i never used it. just increment the heat up to just over 85 and leave it there at least a week after seeing the last sign of ich. I would usually go 2 weeks. Actually after one last annoying bout I kept the temp at 80 permanently and...

Those pools are really nice, been once a while ago. Went to another thread to cover what really happened. Still cleaning out the tank I did get.

I took out the plate that I was not liking now it will overflow from the top layer instead sucking the bottom layer up to then get overflowed. Definitely going to plum in some jets for the filter return. have lots of pvc now on hand from another project, just need a few fittings. Having...

What do you think about the bioballs? Re-useable or not? Most of the tanks here have a really similar setup for the filter as canisters are pretty much unheard of and from what I have seen of this type of filter running, they can work well if big enough and maintained. The issue I was seeing...

Well I went ahead and bought a tank, a lot smaller than I was thinking but it will fit the space better, and be a lot easier and cheaper to maintain. New thread about the new tank is here.

I was thinking of getting something bigger, but I saw this deal while out shopping for a bedframe yesterday and it just seemed like the right tank, so I went for it. It's 4' x 20" x 20" so total volume is about 85 gallons, but one whole end of the tank is built into a sort of strange filter...

The tube inside a tube overflow intakes this guy did are pretty nice actually. Much cleaner looking than the other type.

Here is a quick sketch of what I was thinking of...

I was looking at this design, or a variation of it.

Yeah looking at the PVC pipe design. I think i could run the L/Hr I need with one made from 1.5 inch PVC. The more I think about it the more I am into the idea of building a sump of some kind. I did stop in at the big fish store today and they said I can special order a tank pre drilled from...

I hear what you are saying about the sump. It does sound like it is perhaps the best of the solutions available (Tho canisters were never in the running, Not paying $800 bucks for an Ehiem) OK say I do go with a sump, and I can't find someone to drill the tank, will some kind of suction/siphon...

Electric and water is pretty reliable, though brief lapses in either service are not uncommon. A biotope tank might be a cool project if I was gonna be doing a fish room with several tanks, but really all I can do is one big one, so I want something I know is going to have lots of movement and...

I have not yet found an english language Thailand fish keeping forum or any sort of online community. There is craigslist here but it's been pretty disappointing so far. Used tanks can be found by the dozen at used furniture stores, that is where I have been shopping for them, while shopping for...

Lots and lots of goldfish. Goldfish are believed to bring good luck into your house so many many households have a goldfish or 2 around. and if you have ever had goldfish you know they tend to just roll over and die for no reason so there are plenty around to replenish the fishbowl. Other than...