Recent content by blake323

It's true, any insurance your landlord has will cover damage to their property only. If a tank were to fail you could be held responsible for any damage caused to other tenants property, along with damage to your own property. I would definitely suggest getting renters insurance to cover...

The film on the water surface is protein and oils from the fish. You can point a powerhead at the water surface to break it up, or get a filter equipped with a surface skimmer. I can't help you with your filter though. HTH. Blake

I'm going to be the odd man out and agree with the filter company. In my experience water changes should be avoided during a tank cycle. I realize this is an established tank, but as was mentioned above, something must have happened to your bio filter during the filter change. You mentioned that...

You could add a sump to the aquarium and install a float valve/auto top-off unit. Or, is that what your talking about doing? I personally wouldn't trust an RO unit to flow freely into an aquarium; their output can fluctuate significantly depending on the temperature and pressure of the water...

I've seen people cut away the broken brace and then use a piece of acrylic of similar size, and then attached with nylon screws and wingnuts. You could probably use acrylic with a thickness of 1/8th of an inch.

I have a marineland submersible heater that I've used for a little over 4 years now ... I would recommend it.