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[fish]

Ooow controversy .
What filtration did you end up getting.

still looking for a canister, I have the Pond pump going at the moment

[Bowdy]

You would wanna have a huge sponge hanging off that pond pump or it's doin nothing but pushing water.

Edited by Bowdy, 30 May 2011 - 08:18 PM.

[fish]

yeah I've got it sorted

[Bowdy]

So you have attached a big sponge to it.

[Peckoltia]

yeah, looks like he's fitting in well



Hi, I bought it from Az and he was pretty certain that it is a male

Time will tell. I'm only going on one photo. But the small size and amount of colour would certainly point towards colour food.

Throw up a photo in 2 - 3 weeks time.

[fish]

Time will tell. I'm only going on one photo. But the small size and amount of colour would certainly point towards colour food.

Throw up a photo in 2 - 3 weeks time.

yep will do, will keep this updated regularly

cheers

[Neddy]

Why dont you try one of the diy canisters? You may even be able to utilize the pond pump somehow. Either way, sort out your filtration before anymore fish, please.

[Bowdy]

Fish im getting a new air pump this week so your welcome to borrow a 4 port air pump il have spare for some sponge filters for a couple weeks till you sort out your long term filtration.
Cheers.

[Fox]

yeah, looks like he's fitting in well



Hi, I bought it from Az and he was pretty certain that it is a male

I said I wasnt 100% sure, it was the only one in the tank with color, and we don't color feed anymore.
The line comes from Jwin, so I would be guessing good bloodlines, At that size you couldn't be 100% sure if it was a male.
It looks like it, but I cant be sure..

Edited by Aquatic Dreams, 31 May 2011 - 07:10 PM.

[Neddy]

Contradicting yourself there az.lol

[Peckoltia]

Neddy- I don't think Az has contradicted himself, I think you have just misread what he has written. Az was 100% sure it was the only coloured fish, but not 100% sure that it is a male. If the fish have genuinely never been fed colour food at all then it would most certainly be a male. If they have at some stage then judging the fishes sex on the colour is a guess at best. As Az said this fish hasn't been fed colour food. So enjoy your new male fusco fish!

Sorry just a personal gripe of mine towards stores feeding colour food. Makes it even more difficult than it already is to sex young fish, to try purchase the sex ratio that you are after.

Back on track...

Alex

[Neddy]

It would seem I need to eat my words. Lol

[theonetruepath]

My recommendation is for the Fluval FX5.

I like it more than the Eheim Pro 3 because:
1. The pump/impeller is at the bottom so it self primes real easy and never accumulates air. Any air that gets in just gets blown out in about 3 seconds.
2. The connectors are tougher than the Eheim connectors which are fragile as can be.
3. The top bolts down with eight tough screws. The Eheim (and virtually all other canister filters) relies on plastic clips that seem to eventually give up pressing hard enough on the rubber seal so it starts sucking air.
4. You can partially flush bigger debris from the bottom without stopping/disconnecting, it through the extra drain connector at the base. This will pump straight out through a garden host through the hole you drilled in the wall into the garden.
5. You can drain the whole thing through that same connector when cleaning the thing out, the Eheim is a bitch to drag all the way across the house full of water.
6. It gives a decent flow compared to the Eheims, no need for powerheads.

On a tank that size you could easily add an Eheim as well for additional/backup bio filtering.

[Fox]

I said I wasnt 100% sure, it was the only one in the tank with color, and we don't color feed anymore.
The line comes from Jwin, so I would be guessing good bloodlines, At that size you couldn't be 100% sure if it was a male.
It looks like it, but I cant be sure..

It was my bad...

I wrote:

I said I was 100% sure

It was meant to read:

I said I wasnt 100% sure

[gibbs]

Glad to hear you got your fish off the jiuce Az I might pop in for a visit.

Fish be prepared to buy so called males only to have them end up being female, theres a lot of people and shops feeding colour food which makes it pretty hard to get an all male tank going. Look forward to some head aches mate, most shops will let you exchange the fish if it does colour down or is not the sex you are after but it is pretty hard to catch a malawi in big tank and annoying to say the least.

Highly unusual that a hap of that size would have any colour on it especially the amount it does have!.

[Pat]

Not sure if the fish in question has previously spent a lot of time in a crowded tank and may be a bit older than his size indicates. I find in a crowded environment particularly if there are not many other males of the same "species" they will not be the size that their age is indicative of but they will colour. This is purely an anecdotal observation I made when I had a tank that was a little overcrowded.....

Regards Pat

[fish]

yeah he was in with 4 others

[meedee1209]

few posts up about the fluval .... agreed for sure. ... and the connectors are stronger .. unless u do what i did, and rolled it across the backseat of your car while transporting it from old tank to new ...

breaking the lid will set you back $50 and almost a week ... trust me . lol ...


but before i did that the fluval did awesome on my old tank

[fish]

Would an electric yellow be alright in with the predators? Or will it get eating when they all get older?

cheers, fish

[Bowdy]

You can probably answer that yourself man.
Take a few update pics man. Should be sweet with the new filter your picking up.