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Thanks guys so I know that it is possible then. I will go for another external then as I dont really like the look of the Juwel internal and would like the more space that removing it would give. I just hope the tank does not end up like a whirpool with almost 2500 litres an hour throughput...

Hi I am thinking of making my Juwel vision 260 (260 litres) into a Malawi tank However I work away for 2 weeks every month so home for 2 week then away for 2 and so on. I usually do a water change (around 40-50%) on my 2 tanks (the other is a Juwel rio 300 (300 litres) just after coming home...

The Nitrates in my tap water comes out at 30 so its difficult to keep it at any less than 40. I would love to have low Nitrate tap water.

Forget the fluval and the eheim and get a tetratek 1200. Had mine for a few days and its not broke down yet :P

One other thing you could do which may help a little is to push your airline down the hole where you pump was sitting (inside the filter) If you push it in far enough it should go into the centre section of the filter (below the first set of sponges). If you then turn on the air pump you will...

The black box with sponges inside it IS your filter. The pump at the top of it is a powerhead. It is a water pump not an air pump and draws the water through the sponges before returning it to the aquarium. Some of the powerheads do have provision for a venturi tube which sucks in air at the...

Well mine is now fitted and up and running after having containers of water everywhere to get it to a weight where I could shuffle it forward enough to make the pipes fit behind the tank. :rolleyes: I have left the carbon out and fitted one of my juwel sponges inside the 1200 to start off the...

got mine today unfortunately my tank is vey close to the wall so the pipes wont fit. Will have to take out a load of water and shuffle it forward a few millimetres. Looks a really nice bit of kit and I got it from the same supplier. Scouse are you running it with your juwel filter or did you...

Hi sorry for the persitant questions Would Interpet no 9 Anti Internal bacteria work? It claims on the side to cure diseases with symptoms such as bacterial gillrot, dropsy, ulcers and septicaemia. This is pretty much the same of what it says for Waterlife Myxazin on a description I have...

I am in the UK Will either (or both) of these two meds (waterlife myxazin, and pimafix) kill my filter cultures as well? thanks Darren

Yes it is fluffy and seems to be eating away at the pectoral fin as well although this does not seem to be fin rot. The patches are fluffy looking and reading the description it looks like columnaris and I accelerated the disease by increasing the temperature. :angry: I am off to the lfs to...

Hi I bought some rainbow fish a week ago (not sure which type but they are long thin fish silver with what looks like dark brown rust and red rest colours) Soon after I noticed some of the other fish flicking especially my catfish so I thought I had an outbreak of itch. I increased the...

Thanks smithrc I will order one for my rio 300 and if I get on okay I will get another one for the vision. I will just place the juwel sponges in the ex 1200 I have loads of the white filters as well so will just make them all fit as best I can saves throwing them away cheers Darren

Hi guys I have a couple of questions if anyone could be so kind as to answer. I have a Juwel rio 300 and a Juwel vision 260 both with the Juwel internal filters. I was thinking of replacing them both with the Ex1200 external. What I was wondering is will I have to modify the juwel flaps to...