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I might be able to help, just checking with the wife what's happening on sunday.
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MrLeifBeaver
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#294532 Need Help Picking Up Some Fish Tanks Willing To Pay! On Sunday!
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on 06 September 2013 - 01:43 PM
#293850 Smuggle Cichlids To Nz? Why Not
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on 30 August 2013 - 02:50 PM
#292752 First Crack At Discus
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on 19 August 2013 - 04:24 PM
#292505 Fishless Cycle Doing My Head In...would Love Some Help Please
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on 16 August 2013 - 03:30 PM
From the way you have noted everything and know exactly what happening everyday. I am wondering if you are being a little too cautious?
I think that Oscars are pretty hardy fish (from photos of seeing them in very murky yucky tanks - not on here).
So if you put them in now doing the correct bag/water technique and slowly getting them accustomed to your water conditions, then thy will be fine.
And anyway once the fish are in, the tanks conditions will change again anyway due to the fish, feeding, fish feces, etc.
However, I think Anka's suggestion seems the best. Good luck!
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#292126 My Intro
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on 13 August 2013 - 11:52 AM
Welcome to the Forum.
Glad you cleared up what you meant by Doging.
Apparently that used to happen alot at Hester Park (Langford) a while ago...
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#291232 How Many Discus Can I Fit In My Tank, And What Are Good Tank Mates?
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on 06 August 2013 - 08:40 AM
#289848 Newbie On Pcs
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on 22 July 2013 - 12:03 PM
#289175 Dont You Love It When...
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on 15 July 2013 - 03:30 PM
You do a Saturady W/C, then on Sunday afternoon when you are feeding the fish you notice the tank is cloudy, fish are lethargic... gee the tank is awful quiet... so you open the cabinet and realise that you hadn't plugged the filter, heater and extra water power head back in... Oops...
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#287293 Filter And Light
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on 20 June 2013 - 11:14 AM
Hello Scottvh,
Yes, what they are saying is correct, but maybe not detailed enough.
Rinsing the a sponge in tap water exsposes it to the Chlorine and Fluride in the tap water, which kills all the good bacteria.
They are recommending to use tank water, the easiest way to get that is when you do your 50% or 30% water change, pour some of the tank water into a bucket, then rinse the sponge and substrate in the bucket, thus not killing the good bacteria completely.
I also would like to add, you don't need to do an intrisic clean, really what you are doing is removing the solid muck & poo that the filter has picked up, the bacteria lives in that and the sponge/substrate, so the more you clean, the less bacteria you have, which means the longer the tank will take to re-stabalise. Really you're clearing the solids to get more flow happening in the filter and tank.
Rocks are different to carbon, Rocks are called 'Substrate' too... Carbon is the black stuff (quite light weight too), carbon only lasts about 6 weeks, it removes impurities, helps stabalise the tank, kills bad bacteria too (i think), but the problem is when it is 'full' it releases all the collected stuff back into the tank again. Carbon is excellent if you regularly change it.
If you have Rocks (Substrate) instead, this is where the good bacteria likes lives, it is usually the first level of filtration too, as it captures large solids. The rocks are porous for the bacteria to live in. So once again you just need to clear the solids but not too much.
I do recommend doing some research to come to your own conclusions as this is my oppinion on filtration.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Mr Leif.
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