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@@tropicfishkeepingthere is also fx2 and fx5. When you attach the pipe at the bottom, screw the retainer into the filter, then pull off the cover with the finger tab on it. You can then fit the hose on the spigot and screw the sleeve out onto the pipe to secure it.
Plecos are Terrible aquarium fish. They are hardy as all get-out, BUT they grow to dinosaur proportions and live 20+ years! I had one in a 50 gal. tank, and eventually he ate every single tankmate he ever had, and I had nothing but a 15 inch long dinosaur that hated light for 25 YEARS! I finally have my tank back, but he should have been in a bigger tank years before he died.
Egg layers like convicts are termed gravid, because the eggs are fertilized outside after being laid. Convicts are substrate spawners and may clean or remove unfertilized eggs but the eggs and fry remain on the substrate until they are free swimming. Convicts are not mouth brooders, but they do care for and guard the fry. Convicts are one of the harder ones to keep from spawning and raising fry. There are a limited number of livebearers that are properly termed pregnant before the fry are born. They are more developed than egglayer newly hatched fry.
Convicts will move a few fry at a time from one spot to another or to bring a wanderer back to the group, but that is quite far from the definition of mouth brooding.
I copied and pasted this for you! Yes, convict cichlids are mouthbrooders, which means the female parent carries her young in her mouth to protect them. This process is called maternal mouthbrooding and is common in many cichlid species
@@tropicfishkeeping Easy to get by calling a fry a baby and a spawn a litter, those are synonyms. But when you said Convicts are mouth brooders. Which they are not, and you reply like this?
funny, wikipedia, and several books (Cichlids of the World, Dr Robert J Goldstein; Baensch Aquarium Atlas; Breeding Aquarium Fishes, H R Axelrod) I have all agree that convicts are substrate breeders, and the only time they use their mouth is to gather the fry back to the substrate hollow or crevice for the night. They move a few at a time but the fry do not sleep in their mouth as they would if they were a mouth brooder. They use their mouth as a tool to move the fry, not as a bedroom for the night. That is the difference.
I've just done mine the package showed a picture of a guy repairing a tank so I got it resealed the tank but I'm worried it's the wrong one I'm hoping it'll b ok the tanks been set up a week or so I've out 1 neon in to see if it's gonna b ok 4 fish soon
I just resealed another tank, and it seems to be fine. I put water in it and let the filter run in it for a month to cycle it. And to make sure it doesn't leak before I put fish in it. Good luck!
Use limescale remover. Very inexpensive. Put some on sponge and wipe away. Cuts through the hard bits with ease. You might need to do a tiny but of scraping. Make sure you rinse tank throughly. You will get that tank cleaned in five minutes.
Did you know that if you lay your tank on it's side, pour in just enough white vinegar to moisten the whole surface, not a puddle, just moisten it all. Then sprinkle some table salt over all of the vineger, let it sit for maybe 1/2 hour, then wipe it all down. next trun the aquarium to another side, and repeat. Do this for each surface. It takes about the same amount of time, but less elbow grease, and less chance of scratching the glass. You may still want to touch up a few tough places with the blade, but it might be fine without that hazard.
I would have kept the filters not the media..cleaned them up might work..that gravel is driving me crazy…why clean it? Filters are more expensive then that
Hi. I should have watched the entire thing before commenting. I’m going to subscribe so I can see the end product. Teak the salt will kill any bad stuff.@@tropicfishkeeping
55 gallon is 4 feet long. I would soak it and filters in heavy aquarium salt. That way you will know if there is a leak. I would throw away the grave. And the filter media Ve
Throw it out and start over qa new 75g is like $130 bucks the seals on that tank are questionable at best and the filter and lighting is such dead tech lol don't get me started on the stand
This is true! I have a led light and a canister filter already ready from another tank. And I'm going to reseal this one. It will be up and running by the end of the weekend.
I wouldn't take the change of introducing any chemicals that may have a harmful effect in the aquaruim. Using a razor and water will clean the glass or a scrub brush to clean the entire tank.
Some people use a mixture of both sand and rock. Rock being the bottom layer and sand on top. There is a substrate that is designed specifically for plants
Man I'm glad I found this video. I just bought a used tank this morning that has a lot of buildup on the glass and the plastic rim. I started searching for videos just a few minutes ago looking to see what kind of fish-safe chemicals to use to remove all that buildup. Watching you clean your tank, I realized I don't need chemicals although I do have some white vinegar on hand just incase I need it, lol. After I got the tank, I stopped by Wal Mart and bought a tank scrubber, some brushes, a plastic scraper and a few razor blades. I think I'm all set to start cleaning tomorrow.
@@tropicfishkeeping I didn't get stuck but man I got tired. My wife and I kinda tag teamed the cleaning of the tank for about 4 days. She would do little during the day while I was at work then I would get home and do a little more myself. After a lot of vinegar and baking soda and napkins and scraping, we finally got about 90% of the build-up off. There's still some some staining on the glass but I noticed that when I rinse the tank and the glass is wet, it's not visible. So all in all I'm happy with the results. Even though it doesn't look brand new, the after is way better than the before. Taking it in the house today to start setting it up. Hopefully all the filters and pumps that came with the tank work. I can't wait to get it decorated and get water in it to start cycling the water. Since it's a 125 gallon tank, I think I'm going to have an "Aquarium-warming Party" and tell everyone that comes to bring 5 fish, lol.
I opened the bag and mixed the ceramic media into my substrate in ny quarantine tank. That tank has a sponge filter. The ceramic media has a lot of pores where beneficial bacteria live. That bacteria breaks done food partials and fish waste to help lower you nitrates and nitrites. Those make you tank acidic and the fish will become sick or die. So, yes you could do that.
@@tropicfishkeeping no worries , I have a 55 gallon tank I think , 100 cm x 35 cm x 45 cm , I have a planted tank and a canister filter full of bio home ultimate media , my water test good and I never do a water change , I've a 40 cm cube aquarium and don't do water changes on it either ,
In the black part of the screen it looks like slender man just appears and abot 4 seconds later when he walks to his left then he disappears. Tell me if you see it
@@tropicfishkeeping Thanks for sharing. Yes video is fine now. Excellent system. Try adding some bcb bags/baskets to the sump as taught by Dr Kevin Novak and your will be able to complete the full nitrogen cycle and also lower Nitrates & phosphates. I've tried it in my canister & it works great. I'm still waiting for it to fully break in as it can take even 6months or more but in about 5months now my nitrates have come down from around 80ppm to around 20 - 40ppm and fish are much healthier and spawning. Hope it helps. 👍
@@tropicfishkeeping You are welcome. Just an update. My 7.5g tank has finally broken in with the anoxic filter using a plenum after 8months and it has finally reached zero nitrates.
Im a newcomer to the hobby and have lost about 1/3 of my stock due to ich.. it sucks but i now have a 10 gallon quarantine tank. How do you clean your equipment after quarantine ? I have threw everything in boiling water but i feel like thats not enough.
Boiling the water is not a bad idea. But, it would kill all your beneficial bacteria which would be bad. First, you should do a water change and vacuum the substrate if you have substrate. Then make sure your heater is set at 82' at the minimum. That is where I keep mine at. Then get some kind of ick treatment going on the tank. I use Seacheam ParaGard, read the label on any type of medication you use.
What size tank is that ? I keep up with mine like almost daily when I get board I check the plants, the fish, the tank its self, to see if there is anything that needs to be done to it. I did a 30 gal water change on my 75 gal yesterday & next week I have to change the filter in the canister & then do a gravel vac the week after, I don't have much in the tank but enough to keep me busy when there's nothing else to do.
125 gallon, personally I think it is easier to keep up with a bigger tank. 75 gallon is a good size as well. I constantly am watching my tank as well. It is a great stress reliever too.
