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
trigon 190 now changed to350 setup
There will only be enough bacteria in the tank as is required.
So if an extra filter is added will it take away from the first filter, ie spread the total bacteria ?
which is quite possible or be proportionate to their rating lph a they
would both be filtering the waste and if greater than 100% off whats required
then they should be proportionate to their lph IMO
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Got the trigon nicely cleaned up and chose to go with an API Nexx external filter (something a bit different and supposedly modular)
To start with when I set the filter up I thought "this isn't going to be enough" anyway I persevered and let it cycle away (filter squeeze from my smaller tank to help with cycle and some RO water to avoid issues with chlorine etc)
Anyway as you can see the water is now very very clear and I'm actually quite impressed with the filters cleanup job!
I could no longer keep my 2 pleco's where they where and had to bring them home... due to their size I had no choice other than putting them into the tank, even tho technically I haven't setup the tank for them!
The little coliseum won't be staying in there, its just there to let the two of them hide until I get some stones and slate washed and set it up as I want to!
Now my question here is, how much weight can I put into the tank before overloading the glass bottom?
My plan is to possibly use a thickish flat piece of slate / stone to help spread weight!
I plan to build the back of the tank up a bit to provide hiding places but not so much that I compromise the tank space!
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"The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you.They're freeing your soul."
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Wife was moving things around and tidying up.... she opened the cupboard under the tank thinking she could use the space and asked "what's all this and do you need it all" then asked "what's the point in having the cupboard if I can't use it"?
Personally I thought it was well used and asked her did she not have enough storage everywhere else that she wanted to use mine.......
I think I'm getting silent treatment now lol
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