Recent content by paulb

Thanks for all you help, I have removed the filter. the problem seems to be that because of the design of the 400 powerhead, I cant spin it through 180 degrees to point at the other hole?? There is small groove there which interferes and could cause loss of flow if I forced it. Reading some...

Hi everybody, I am currently re setting up my tank (Record 70), after emporarily re-homing my fish to another Juwel record 70 during some decoration. During cleaning the internal Filter case has come loose. I suppose I can re-fit this with silicon, but I was wondering if I would be able to...

Interesting that high silicone can increase brown algae. Is there something about plastic plants that the diatoms like? I notice that they seemed to colonise plastic in my tank in preference to all else (rocks, glass, real plants) that the green algae seemed to be OK with.

Hi, I started with all plastic plants and had this same problem. I seemed to get a darker algae that didnt seem to be so prevalent elsewhere. The First thing to do is to reduce algae in the usual way (ie keep nitrate (and phosphate) low and reduce lighting- assuming you dont have real plants...

Thanks for all these ideas. The drill driven pumps sounds a reasonably priced option. My drill has variable speed so I should be able to get just the right flow rate. thanks again PaulB

I change 25% of my water every two weeks. Its easy to siphon out that much, but anyone know an easy way of puting fresh in. Siphoning requires raising heavy conatiner. Is there any easy way to pump the water (not to fast) into my tank. I end up scooping small cups in; not very efficient and...