Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Proud new owner of RIO400, guidance needed please
however i hope you transfered whole tank contents into your place? a new set up shld be cycled properly first using many deifferent methods available these days. if the seller was using it up to the day it was sold to you then iy wld be great if you had water in it straight away and also operated the external cannister as the friendly bacteria in it shloud still be good and this in turn will help your new tank and water settle fast.
even using this method its best to let the tank cycle for a few days to 2 weeks. when cycling its not advisable to have any fishes in it yet.
we are working on too many assumptions here
in short if you transfered whole tank and contents like water and filter and media in it; you shld be fine.
regards
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some peat and RO, thanks to Kevin is working miracles.
got 10* cardinal tetras, looks like could do with another 10 or so
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Anyway I have it down to 80 now, which is close to what I want for discus, when I can afford it
Do you think I need to replace both bulbs or just the blue one? Any ideas where to look?
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I will try to get blue one replaced.any ideas which type should I install instead of that one? or make?
I was hoping for a tip on where to look too.
Thanks
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Youre right, it has 2 1200mm T5 bars in the lighting unit. and i have reflectors on both. one of them was very rusty, cause of the limescale, so i replaced it.
You can see in the picture as the top is open, still most light goes down.
I'll have to go with special plant bulb when I find one for the price I can afford
As you hopefully can see from blurry picture and comparing to the previous one.. the big plants are now very small as I had to snip all the damaged leaves. I think cucumber is now making it better, not sure how long
not sure which route to go with new plants (planning to get more). go for anubia type so no fish will eat it or just start changing the stock so it would suit the planted aquarium..
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