Studied B.Com accounts, but left that after doing articles for a year after my degree, been self employed ever since in various retail businesses....
@TomK......after reading through this the word that sums it up nicely taking everything into account is "velocity" You explained it nicely, I...
Not sure of the salt theory ? Its used in marine ? Take a look at Seachems Matrix carbon on their website, looks like good stuff
I think the point is rather that there can/could be nitrates already present in the water we use in our tanks, especially with the quality of...
@Ebrahim , only Mbuna
I would take @scotty 's advice and give it a go.
@Ron How is your tank behaving :)
Used charcoal grey roof paint on mine, looks good. The roof paint is water based and more enviromentally friendly than the aerosol or enamel....
The activated carbon also removes some dissolved metals such as copper, as well as small amounts of amonia and a few other nasties as well such as...
Can be done but probably not ideal. Good filtration that turns the tank over more than the usual agreed times per hour would be essential as well...
@Ron Ooops. I am no expert but do research a lot of the theory.....theory without experience can be dangerous though :) Some of the experienced...
Probably can for R150......if you take a 40FT container load, else the freight alone on one would be 2 or 3 grand..........
Take a look at http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=21 seems that there are lots of advantages to using uv...
@Ron I read something interesting recently online. Water from a well or more likely in SA, a borehole, can contain significant nitrates in it...
Thanks @Reedfish , definitely something to be carefull with. I am aware of the aggression aspect of many of the malawi species, and the differing...
@SethD I think the fish actually come from the hatchery in Grahamstown, nice fish. Will see if we can get to pop in there later this month on...
Take a look at the Sun Sun as well, 2 models about 1000l/h and 2000l/h both have UV as well. Been highly recommended a few times on the forum....
Just started a new Malawi cichlid tank. The 780 kilometer round trip to fetch the fish from scotty in George was well worth it :) [ATTACH][ATTACH]...
Looks great !
Great filter, saw the smaller version working on Scotty's big tank, water looked really good. Enjoy :)
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