our fish pt one
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Re: our fish pt one
by OinKY » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:09 pm
Nice assortment and looking good 
Really like that little Tiger.Going to look great
Really like that little Tiger.Going to look great
Just think about it.
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Re: our fish pt one
by ilroost » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:06 pm
do you have problems with that many plecos fighting?
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Re: our fish pt one
by befries » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:18 pm
Thanks oinKY its looking better now...
And as far as having them fighting I don't have any issues with that the bigger one 12+ in kinnda keeps to him self
As do all the rest
And as far as having them fighting I don't have any issues with that the bigger one 12+ in kinnda keeps to him self
As do all the rest
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Re: our fish pt one
by JohnL » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:39 am
Nice collection of wet pets you have there.
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Re: our fish pt one
by Gerry » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:23 am
Very nice, but looks overstocked with that many common plecs.
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Re: our fish pt one
by k0y0te » Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:34 am
cool fish.
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Re: our fish pt one
by donsfish » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:44 am
Looks great. I'm a big pleco fan but....that's a lot of pleco for that tank. I believe you already have plans for some rehoming?
Any day is a good day for watching the fish swim........
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Re: our fish pt one
by Angie » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:16 am
Nice tank. Way over crowded but they look great. How often do you do water changes?
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Re: our fish pt one
by befries » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:56 am
yeAh I agree I do have rehoming plans for a few of my smaller ones and and my angel fish:-( going to be hard to let go
And I do a 20% water change weekly but now that I have my fluval up and running im pumping
1120gph so mabey every other week now... If any of u want some of those let me know and im sure we can figure something out lol having a hard time giving them up but my O is only about a month away from needing the space so we shall see what happenes:)
And I do a 20% water change weekly but now that I have my fluval up and running im pumping
1120gph so mabey every other week now... If any of u want some of those let me know and im sure we can figure something out lol having a hard time giving them up but my O is only about a month away from needing the space so we shall see what happenes:)
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Re: our fish pt one
by donsfish » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:34 am
What are your water readings....ammonia,nitrite,nitrates....
20% weekly can't possibly be enough with that fish load. And adding the canister filter doesn't replace the need for water changes, it just allows better conversion of ammonia through the cycle process, still going to leave you high in nitrates without enough water changes.
20% weekly can't possibly be enough with that fish load. And adding the canister filter doesn't replace the need for water changes, it just allows better conversion of ammonia through the cycle process, still going to leave you high in nitrates without enough water changes.
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Re: our fish pt one
by Gerry » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:46 pm
donsfish wrote:What are your water readings....ammonia,nitrite,nitrates....
20% weekly can't possibly be enough with that fish load. And adding the canister filter doesn't replace the need for water changes, it just allows better conversion of ammonia through the cycle process, still going to leave you high in nitrates without enough water changes.
Agree, extra filtration doesn't allow less water changes
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Re: our fish pt one
by OinKY » Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:26 pm
Double Ditto.
More filtration just builds nitrates faster. 20% weekly isn't going to cut it with that bio-load even.
I run most all of my tanks between 10-17X on filtration...very few fish in any of them...and can't get away with less than 50% weekly.
More filtration just builds nitrates faster. 20% weekly isn't going to cut it with that bio-load even.
I run most all of my tanks between 10-17X on filtration...very few fish in any of them...and can't get away with less than 50% weekly.
Just think about it.
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