How To Get Crystal Clear Water In Your Tank.
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10. comment for How To Get Crystal Clear Water In Your Tank.
Well done buddy!!
20. comment for How To Get Crystal Clear Water In Your Tank.
GREAT INFO !!!!!! I feed my Discus the same (NorthFin) ,but will try the once every other day. My tank is over crowed just like ALL Discus tanks. Do have to do major W/C's.
Woody
30. comment for How To Get Crystal Clear Water In Your Tank.
thanks for the great video
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CAN YOU HELP ME AS I CLEANED MY TANK AND THE EXTERNAL FILTER AND AFTER 2 DAY THE TANKS IS CLOUDY AND SMELLY AS YOU CAN DEE IN THE PHOTOS ATTACHED ALSO THE PUMP DOES NOT PUSH THE WATER AS MUCH AS AFTER THE CLEANING. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7ssHu1XQAEwoUr.jpg
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THANKS
The best lighting for African cichlids is Blau Lumina Led 152 special reef
But, you have to know how to program it, do not use automatic programming
Schedule manual
My aquarium is 2 meters long and is lined back and sides with panels of – Juwel
So the light gets more concentrated in the aquarium
To avoid excessive light and the opposite
The programation:
Coordinates 10 South
34 East
Midday Function 15:30 Intensity Filter - 60% - yes, - 60% Lake Malawi is deep
Nubellate Days, to your taste, 2 to 5%, as Africa is constant heat and rains little as we have already decreased the light intensity I recommend 2% for occurrence of cloudy days
The Blau Lumina Led 152 special reef - special reef is expectular for dusk with its dimming channels - 2 actinic LED lights per plate
And dawn is also phenomenal
every 2 weeks my tank evaporated about 25%, i had a 20gallon treated for refills.
only used polyfill and active carbon.
never used bioballs lava rock blah blah.
i vacummed 2 times a year maybe 3.
its all about your initial setup, keeping your ph etc levels in par. once you get it cycling it was simple to maintain.
THATS what worked for me....
However I know you tube is for non-pros so this fits.
you should just make a video with you actually doing it.
OMG this video is just so unnecessarily looooong!
Regards straight from the Polish :)
My tank is so small I still to this day have issue's with fish death and the water is horrible. My grand daughter still has a problem with me killing her fish........what do I do
I know this is an old video of yours but I was just wondering, you said (Around the 3.48 mark) that you drain 50% of your water, remove the rocks and then vacuum the gravel?
Just want to know how much extra water does that vacuuming take out ? And by vacuum, is that the same as using the siphon ?
Cheers
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Based on what your saying you are a 1 in 10000000000000000 fish keeper that can get away with what your doing. Your method is your and I am glad happy fish keeping
As far as chemi pure it's based about stock etc. you get about 4-6 months
I''m curious - how do you know the effective use life of the chemipure products?
I think the problem is the quality of the fish food but I tried two different product but it's still the same
I want to ask you about another problem
I have a lionhead but my other gold fish is trying to eat her head
What type of UV Sterilizer do you use?
Thanks in advance brother!!
Would you direct me as to what Type of tank (brand and glass or acrylic) and canister filter would be best? It's confusing because of ALL the different manufacturers and the public saying theirs is the best..
Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly.
Thank you
Joe in NYC
A few months ago I agreed to keep an eye some friends' fish while they were away and fell in love with caring for them. I've since gotten my own and, having no experience (like, at all; I don't know why I was asked to fish-sit come to think of it...), am very grateful for videos like yours. Thanks again!
incorrect ph for them they are a soft water fish
from a different continent also external filters work
better if not disturbed all the time mine get serviced
every 12 months
At 62 decided to try keeping tropical fish.
Have watched it seems tons of Utube vids to learn and improve my techniques. So far you leave the rest of the utubers behind for the reasons stated.
My grandkids call me GrandadGrumpy and can't understand why when I'm watching your utubies I laugh so much, It's just a second childhood thing.
The British stiff upper lip disappears along with the poop poop. Cheers mate, Stay Cool. Grumpy Liverpool U/K.
You also don't need (and should never use) herbicides for algae. Cause the algae then uses those nitrates. Then the algae eaters quickly eat it, then they shit, the other fish shit, the entire cycle is repeated over and over.
If you have good filtration, good air flow, good water flow.... your water will always be clear with balanced chemistry. The ONLY REASON I change my water at all is because I don't turn down my filters when I feed. But if I did, I'd never have to replace my filters.
Then the myth about activated carbon. What a joke. I use no activated carbon. Just a 3 stage mesh. One that pulls .8 micron, another that pulls at .4 micron, another that pulls at .2 micron. Each 1 inch thick.
So my nitrification cycle is close to 95% complete.
If I turned down my filters during feeding it would be 100% complete.
And I will stress 1 more time, if you're changing your water every 2 weeks or every month you have no idea how to run a balanced aquarium. There's absolutely no reason that water should be changed unless you're doing something wrong. This is also why people can drink fresh water from lakes that fish swim in. And if sea salt didn't kill us, there'd be nothing else in an optimal salt water environment that would harm us.
This morning I picked up some Poly-Fil, Extra-Loft, Quilt batting for my two Fluval FX6's. Per your recommendation, I cut the batting to fit and placed one on the top and bottom trays in both canisters... The batting is thinner then I expected it to be. (1/8 to 3/16 of an inch)
Are you running more then one pad per tray? Thank you
Should I be using salt with my angel fish?
Fun to watch.
Needless to say, thats an Awesome tank.
renaxp-4 and 1 rena xp3 , plus 2 maxie jats 600 pumps, when doing the water changes, i never remove the rocks, i just move, them, around to clean underneath, and around, the whole tank, but i don't vaccum, , every week, you can tell when, you put your python, in if alot of crap comes up,or not, if not i will leave it, the plecos, and catfish also help, but also produce waste, i don't shut off any fithers, or heaters, or pumps, i keep the filtration on, i just lower things as i go, lokie the power heads, and heaters, they get lowered to 30%, on my water change level, i use filterfloss, and matrix, along with some eheim sub/pro, matrix, to me is the best bio on the market, i don't use chemi-pure , cause don't really feel nessasary, cause of my weekly water changes, and its very expensive, my tanks are crystal clear, i used aquarium salt in the past, but for that ever reason, just didn't think it really, helped with anything, they may, get a bit better colour, with salt, cichlid salt, isn't easy to get, also, for me, there is still debate on salt, some hobbist use it, i use it as a med, stress relief, etc, same as epsom, salts, as a med, or bath if needed, i use prime tap water, ppl have there opinion, the 3d backgrounds are nice, but take some room up width wise in the tank, makes the tank look smaller, and bacteria can collect behind them, although ppl ut strainer behind them, i don't reall like having something i can't really get to or behind to clean, whats your thoughts on that.ok
I just uploaded an updated video of my tank after adding chemi pure blue (blue was added yesterday)
Please watch the before videos (only two I am new to you tube) so you can see the difference.
Hope you like, please subscribe.
Again thanks jay
suggestion to make a video on how you clean your canister filter and what is in it (each tray). Thanks!
In my bottom basket I have a course, medium then fine filters. The middle basket I have biohome matrix and carbon, the top just has biohome matrix. What do you think of this setup?
Thanks for the upload . Very Informative. I am going to try one of those Eheim poop Vacuums'.. I saw one in the local shop not too long ago thought it was a another gimmick. So you say it works eh? I have 55G and My 10 guys get fed once a day every morning.. In the summer i am changing out my Eheim G160 and getting a FX6... Never tried Chemi pure though.
Thanks
I added chemi pure blue 22oz to my setup after watching your video , this stuff works like crazy in less than 2 hours I noticed big difference, water is crystal clear.
I am new to you tube I posted two videos about a month ago, please watch them
I will post another video tonight so you all can see the difference (before and after chemi blue) I added it yesterday !!!! And wowowo.
Jay thanks again bro
I've searched high and low for the right hypo allergenic and clean quilt batting; but until this upload, nothing. Although, I may have to order mine through eBay or Amazon cause no quilt stores or similar are near me.
Thank You so much for your incredible techniques!
If you are cleaning the filter like that I would guess it is a testament to your local water. #luckyweliveok ;)
Proof is in the pudding.
I have let my chemi pure run out but did not re up and my tank has not been the same since. Have to work that in again.