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
Internal Filter v External Filter
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Currently replacing all my internals with externals.Theres not a huge difference in the wattage used by internals and externals,in comparison to the better job they do.
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- faolteam (keith mac)
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i agree with you about the size of t tank but i just dont have the room and i have widened the tank i have him about 3 and a half years he is about 10 inches long he is not to messy not as bad as ones i had before
i am just dreading taking him out of the tank emptying it then putting old tank were the new tank is and rezoning him to another tank as i have to take him out place him in a big bucket and then re put him in the new tank
what external filter do u recommend as i find these external filters look awkward and im worrieedd about the tubes coming off and water going every where aghhhhhhhhh
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- daryn (Darren Mc kenna)
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A minimum of a Tetratec Ex1200,and preferably a bigger tank.
as acara mentioned earlier the ex 1200 is a grand filter for the money
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You dont have anything to worry about with these filters,they are very much 'plug-in and play'.The instructions tell you to change this and that media every so often,I never do this,thats just them trying to sell you more media.I always work on the theory that if it aint broke,don't fix it.The more you open the filter up and mess around with it,the more risk you have of damagimg a seal,etc.I open mine about twice a year,if that.If you simply test your water and its fine,and if the filter flow stays good,there's no need to touch it.If and when you do open it,clean the white pad(or even replace it,the only media I replace)and squeeze the others,if they need it.
Put the hoses on properly when you assemble it,and theres a very very small chance of them leaking,no chance of them coming off.You could put some threadseal on if you like.
I wouldnt go smaller than the 700,but if you do use the 700,watch the water params.
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last q
weres best place to get this filter
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www.aquatic-village.com/shop/prodtype.as...4&strPageHistory=cat
Contact them or serratus on this forum is their man.
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he is about 10 inches long its the best i can do im really confided aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh:(
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It was a big hassle returning these parts and then chasing up a refund, had to make several calls and loads of emails but eventually got everything sorted. Seems they have a small office outlet in the UK that is not run very efficently, must be just a shipping hub.
I would recommend AV as one of the lads already mentioned, Drew will sort you out. Got 2 filters of him and not a problem since but if you have any problems they are easily returned and you won,t be waiting weeks for a replacement.
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i have a 600 on a 54l juwel
and its fine, it would not be big enough
for my 36" tank
you can always use ways to slow the flow on a larger filter
but you cant do the opposite way around
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is that a bad or good thing aghhhhhhhhhhhhh:woohoo:
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yes u can get it cheaper in germany but 2 euro and u probably wont get the adaptor
hope it comes by tuesday
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and whats best way to remove this oscar hes gonna be a handful
just use a net ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
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it has to be under the tank
cant help you about the oscar
i have micro fish!
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i cant get it to work
i syphoned it in
im sure i have it wired up right
cany anyome help me
tetartec 1200
its a race against time
would i have the inlets on wrong
is there not a on off button hellpppppppppppppppppppp
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i would be a bit worried that they dont leak was gonna sit the tetratec in a basin i have anwful feeling it might leak n flood the room
external are a bit safer
must say i cant bel;ieve how quiet it is
but every so often i hear a gush of water is that normal
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When externals are set up for the first time or just after maintenance you may hear a sound like it is pumping harder or humming a bit louder every now and then. This is just the canister clearing any air that might have been trapped in the filter media. This is normal and should pass within an hour. Usually it clears in a few minutes.
If it keeps on making noise and seems like there is an extra surge of water every now and then, just tilt the filter slightly and give it a little shake. This will dislodge air bubbles trapped in the filter.
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