Are These Any Good For Clean Water?

[mark7616]

As for dechlorinating the tank water just use Tetra AquaSafe, it is reccomended for ponds but will do the same job in your tank,

The large bottle will treat just under 10,000 litres

Thats why I said to buy one of the evo aqua devise £55 does 150,021 thats 15 bottles of that stuff so how much does that work out to be.

 

[cheesy feet]

I don't bother with dechlor on general water changes, apart from my discus (i got a big bottle so might as well use it!).I wouldn't both with anything atall.

 

[Davo86]

As for dechlorinating the tank water just use Tetra AquaSafe, it is reccomended for ponds but will do the same job in your tank,

The large bottle will treat just under 10,000 litres

Thats why I said to buy one of the evo aqua devise £55 does 150,021 thats 15 bottles of that stuff so how much does that work out to be.

Sorry was in a hurry before so just skimmed over previous posts. I have never seen those before, where can you buy them from?

But even if he went for one bottle it would allow him to dechlorinate the first 945L then do 32 weeks of 30% water changes.

 

[fall-apart-dave]

I know you want to go down the cichlid route but I would do a bit of reasearch and look at some bigger better fish for that tank.

What would you suggest?

 

[SJ2K]

Yet another 'bigger is better' solution to a big tank, each to there own I guess. Personly I think bigger just means "Swims back and forward eating anything it can 24/7".

Good luck whatever you choose A huge Mbuna set up would be great!

 

[fall-apart-dave]

See I would rather have a few large-ish plecs and cichlids than HUGE fish in there to be honest... Although I do like the look of red tail catfish!

I am getting the measurements of the tank double checked (I pick it up on Saturday - its already paid for so I hope to GOD they are right!).

 

[SJ2K]

Just one look at the pics says it wont be enough for a red tail im afraid 5ft fish need biiiiig aquarium. Keep researching though, some large plecs would indeed be awesome

 

[cheesy feet]

In all honesty the tank isn't THAT big, it will take some big fish to fill it, but not the real monsters.I would go for cichlids and some oddballs, thats what i'm doing with my 270gal, although, I would fill it with rays etc if I had the money and didn't want to get rid of my current fish, and if I had even more, it would be salty.

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Looks like someone has tried to con me. Luckily I haven't paid for the tank yet - but I asked for confirmation of the size and it has come out at 630 litres with dimensions of 93" x 23" x 18". A LONG way off and a far cry from the 945 litres I was initially told. NOT happy, snottogram being written as we speak.

So, I am now in the market for a large tank! Anyone got one for sale?

 

[jennybugs]

Ah matey! I'm sorry to hear that! Bang out of order imho

I'll keep my eyes peeled.

 

[fall-apart-dave]

I wouldnt mind but I already hired the van

 

[T1KARMANN]

water changes take no longer than 1hr on my tank which is more than 1200l

if you buy that tap thing you will be needing to recharge it more than anything else

mark i used to use the same thing as you they die to fast and you cant trust the changeing color thing they say i had one for 2yrs and it never changed color + you need to have a real slow flow rate for them to work well

the best way is just take the tank water 25% with a long hose to the garden or drain 20mins with gravel clean

add seachem prime much better than the other conditioners on the market

then just fill the tank up from the tap with a long hose the temp drop is no problem as its no more than the fish would get in the wild over night or when it rains

when my rays breed it was always after freash water was being added from the tap

all this takes no longer than 1hr with 1/2hr of that waiting for the tank to refil when i sit and watch TV

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Doesn't matter now since someone thought I'd be too thick to notice the tank was smaller than advertised.

 

[T1KARMANN]

look hear always lots of cheap tanks for sale

http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/recent.php

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Thanks - found one in Manchester that I like! Pick up tomorrow!