What you did sounds logical, you're right, carbon adds little
If that stand came with the tank from the manufacturer you should be ok. I have a 340l on a stand like that, no steel
Can't keep koi in a tank, get too big. Do you have a koi pond once they outgrow the tank?
Fish for Africa, Pomona Wazeers boksburg
Malaysian trumpet snail, lives in the substrate, eats leftover food and detritus. Nocturnal, if you want to see how many you have switch your...
And if you have glass in one of the sides, you've effectively build yourself a plywood tank, very popular in the US
Not cheap....but it looks like decent quality
Ferdi, haven't read the entire thread so apologies if you covered this before, what about adding pH, ammonia, nitrite & nitrate probes to this...
Yep, it's an international meeting, so the focus would be on species grown for food. Not sure if ornamental fish would take up any significant...
https://www.was.org/meetings/Default.aspx?code=WA2017
To keep anything else you'll need a lot more water, not sure how to configure the tank to accommodate such diverse fish
@Reedfish, some light reading http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam.12886/pdf...
Bio-vital, sannisparkle, biosparkle to name a few
Would be interested to see a photo of your setup for this combination
Well done @MariaS! Where are the sponsors?
It's available in SA, AFAIK it's a probiotic and very expensive, never used it, way cheaper products available
This is the stuff http://sell.pakuya.com/upload/20111224/Cable_Cover_PVC_Conduit_PVC_Cable_Trunking.jpg
You can use glass strips, or the plastic conduit Trunking that's used fo electric cables
I tried some of the Seachem Neutraliser a few years ago, found it did nothing to my pH, which was very low at the time, instead added some coral...
For some reason, over the last couple of month, our tap water has gone from a stable 7-7.5 to around 9, maybe drought related? I don't want to...
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