bin and replace it with summi or just leave it?
what set up of filters have u now got? i'm lookin at the sand thinking how yuk it will be to mix up but i no i gotta do it dnt wanna loose my fishes x
i think im beign really dumb and now im embarassed, which filters should i have in my tank? at the mo the set up is:
white
black
green
course blue one
fine blue one
Make sure you top up your tank, I am very concerned that your heater will crack given your current water level.
Yeh i did this...
kool ok ill do that, so i only need to do it with the fine blue filter at the bottom on the filter system? thanks for all your help, how often would u do this, just the once? sounds like a crappy job, one where i will be wearing marigolds for this one! where the men when u need them lol
Just checking i've got this right....
i uses the vac to stir and sand up loads, i then poor the water back in and basically all the crap in the bottom i poor on top of my filters? or do i soak the filters in it an then poor it bk in with the filters? and what will this do, mean that the cyclin...
yeh i set the tank with sand, no i not use a gravel vac as such, ts a homemade syphon thing, basically clear plastic tubing with a funnel on the ed, does the same job only the gravel vac sucks too much sand up
the vents are at the top th, far above the pump outlet, and what about the heater?
Its all gone now, however the water today seems much better the fish and moving around as normal, altho i know this doesnt mean probelm is over. whats sustrate?
if you don't have one of these, it might be advisable to take a little bit of water out so that (providing you have the power head on the top vent, through the water tube) the filter pushes the water out in a small waterfall, causing some disruption to the water surface.
BUT, be careful, ensure...