Screwed Up...

[AJGray]

we have a UV bulb in our new tank (its cycling at the mo) and it looks great nice purple tinge to the water

although looking at it you cant really tell, i know i can get a replacement bulb at my local fish shop but im in england

 

[Kilo]

I meant to puit the floss in the filter box before the filter pad as media. There are all colores of li8ght spectrums. You should be able to find some online. Corallife ColorMax gives the water a pink tint; for blue light you will probably want an actinic blue light usually for deep water reefs, I have them on my Tanganyikan Reef Tank with the blue Moba frontosa. But some are bluer than others.

Ah, okay, I get it now about the floss—thank you! But still no one around here carry any. I'd have to have them special order it.I've tried the color-spectrum lights they have in PSs, and I see no difference. They must be selling generic ones or something, or I bought a weak one. But I'll keep searching.

we have a UV bulb in our new tank (its cycling at the mo) and it looks great nice purple tinge to the water

although looking at it you cant really tell, i know i can get a replacement bulb at my local fish shop but im in england

I can't see the purple `cos of the cameras flash and perhaps you also have a room light on, too; but I bet it looks great. I'll be looking for lights like these once again starting Thursday. What I have just isn't giving off a purple hue.

 

[jollysue]

UV lamps are pretty expensive. Actinic blue lights will definately make the tank blue. Have you considered getting your supplies online? It is cheaper in the long run and you have many more choices of supplies. Also, my lps does not charge extra to order for me from their suppliers. Coral Life is probably the better brand of flourescent.

How about a night time moon light?

 

[ICEEGRL]

http/www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...=2004&Nty=1

There are 2 sponges stacked on each side. I just get the replacement filters and sew up or cut the hole to fit on the intake. Then sew up the hole on the bottom. Any soft filter sponge would work. They don't reduce your flow because they are made for filtering water. They also boost your good bacteria and pre filter so the bad stuff doesn't get to your impeller. It saves on floss too. Another plus is fry don't get sucked up. All you do is rince really well in old tank water and put it right back on. If you check around you will find that sponge filters come in all sizes and shapes. All you need is the replacement sponges. They are usually very cheap.
As for the floss... it is the same thing as the poly stuffing at craft shops for pillows and stuffed animals. You can even use cotton balls. I have done that when I ran out before my shipment came. I have used new cloth diapers and washrags too.
Coffee filters are good for polishing in a pinch.... So many things...

 

[Kilo]

I found a thinner, cheaper pantyhose today. The other was too air contricting—no air flow, no water flow. This new one overlaps the intake vent and I tied a rubberband over it. Now no more sand can fit through the vent when I stir it up and when I vacuum it—or add more sand. One thing is, will the bad stuff that must flow through the vent along with the water be caught and absorbed by the filter media, now that I have this overlapping the vent?

I know plant pieces and food flakes won't go through now, but since I dunno exactly how tiny the particles are in the water that makes it cloudy, like ammonia, minute dirt and all that other junk—I'm hoping all that junk will still fit through the panyhose—that using it as a screen will still do a good job at keeping the tank crystal clear and healthy for the fish.

The powerilter was designed to pump 350 gallons per hour. Maybe wih this overlapping the vent, it may be only pumping 285 gal/hr now. That's another thought.

Thanks!

 

[Kilo]

http/www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...=2004&Nty=1

There are 2 sponges stacked on each side. I just get the replacement filters and sew up or cut the hole to fit on the intake. Then sew up the hole on the bottom. Any soft filter sponge would work. They don't reduce your flow because they are made for filtering water. They also boost your good bacteria and pre filter so the bad stuff doesn't get to your impeller. It saves on floss too. Another plus is fry don't get sucked up. All you do is rince really well in old tank water and put it right back on. If you check around you will find that sponge filters come in all sizes and shapes. All you need is the replacement sponges. They are usually very cheap.
As for the floss... it is the same thing as the poly stuffing at craft shops for pillows and stuffed animals. You can even use cotton balls. I have done that when I ran out before my shipment came. I have used new cloth diapers and washrags too.
Coffee filters are good for polishing in a pinch.... So many things...

Cool and thank you! I'll be looking again for those sponge rings either tomorrow or Friday. I sure would like to boost the good bacteria. I'll post a photo in here sometime of my intake vent now that it has a tiny piece of pantyhose over it. Only thing that's noticable really is the beige rubberband. The PH is black.

I'll also have to print your picture of those sponge rings and take it to the PS, or else they won't know what on Earth I'm talking about—seriously, they probably won't.

 

[Kilo]

Here's my PH prefilter. As you can see (if you can) there's some pieces of my 2 plants on the PH, which I guess is good,`cos now it doesn't have to get caught in the impeller. I saw some yesterday twined around the fan when I was cleaning the pump. Scissors were dull. I couldn't cut the PH straight, but it still works really good. No more worries about sand getting through the vent anymore. Thanks, JollySue , for telling me about the PH!