My Plec

[WILDER]

It a pump with a tube fitted and an airstone attached, good for aearation if your filter dosn't have a good surface flow, plus good when you have to use med, as meds take the 02 out of the water, and you need alot of aeration in a cycling tank.
http/www.aquatics-online.co.uk/Z054161.asp

http/www.aquatics-online.co.uk/Z058163.asp

 

[death]

ok thanks for tht advice and link ill look into it on monday when the lfs opens again i take it when the ammonia n nitrite levels are 0 the tank has finished cycling ? sorry for all the questions that is the last 1 cheers

 

[WILDER]

Yes i will find you a cycling link, if you do buy a pump and airstone, get a gang valve that way you can turn the flow up and down.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=10099

http/semperficichlids.freewebsitehosting.com/tanks.html

 

[pica_nuttalli]

yes, you can remove the male betta. a betta can thrive in almost any container over a gallon so long as the water is kept clean. bettas don't need a filtered aquarium like other fish. i suggest you go over to the betta forum and look for inexpensive ways of keeping your fish.

remove the male betta before he starts destroying your females. male bettas cannot be kept with any other betta in the long term except in very large, well planted aquariums. even then it is very risky and two males should not be kept together.

 

[daddyfish]

the white is inside the heater at the bottom my tank is still cycling and i will do a water change ???

I can't Comment on your one question.

But I can tell you from EXPERENCE that the WHITE on the inside of your Heater is a sign of a SMALL MINUTE Leak.
Though it hasn't got to the Point to where the Heater has been rendered Useless YET!!!

My guess is it soon will be...

The WHITE STUFF on the inside of the Heater Tube is the water that has condensed on the inside of the tube, and has dried to some extent forming Mineral Deposits.

I had this happen, My Heater Crapped out on me, and after I had replced it, I took it apart and found the Mineral Deposits inside...

How a completely submereged heater dries up enough to form Mineral Deposits Inside the tube, is any bodies GUESS

But they/it does....

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I was also going to say here, never replace your filter sponges completely as you'll lose the beneficial bacteria that grows inside of them capable of breaking down ammonia, nitrates and nitrites completely. Also never wash your filter sponges out in tap water, only wash them in water from water changes from the tank, as the chlorine in tap water will kill off your beneficial bacteria- also never clean out the sponges completely, just remove the gunky bits, and never clean them more than once every 10days.
Are you useing dechlorinator/water conditioner at all? Water changes with dechlorinator are the best at lowering ammonia, nitrites and nitrates, although do not take out more than 60% of water in a single day. For a tank with no issues, 20-30% water change is advised once a week although if ammonia or nitrites rise above 0 then of course do a water change imediatly.

 

[daddyfish]

I was also going to say here, never replace your filter sponges completely as you'll lose the beneficial bacteria that grows inside of them capable of breaking down ammonia, nitrates and nitrites completely. Also never wash your filter sponges out in tap water, only wash them in water from water changes from the tank, as the chlorine in tap water will kill off your beneficial bacteria- also never clean out the sponges completely, just remove the gunky bits, and never clean them more than once every 10days.

Huh I'm not the ONLY ONE who says DON'T Wash out your Sponge Filters in Tap Water....

Only wash them out in Water already Taken from your TANK During Water Changes.

I've had this arguement a Number of times with any amounts of People LPS included.

Chlorine is USED to Kill Bacteria, Which is why We put it in the Water To Begin With.

Why use it on the Very Sponges that WE are trying to Grow it on to begin with...

 

[death]

ok thanks guys for the info im going to get a thermometer tomorow as no point buying a heater if its ok