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  3. Where Can I Find Large Pieces Of Driftwood

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    Ok, i ordered a couple boxes (15 pieces, he said he would throw in some freebies). If it takes 6 weeks that perfect timing, basement renos start mid January be done by end of January and I can then begin the rebuild in a fresh basement.

    As most of these pieces are long branches I'm still looking for ground cover, foreground accent pieces that will be suitable for Moss, Riccia and Anubias to be attached to.

    Once I've gone through the pieces and decided what items i wont be using ill be sure to spread the love and post the remaining pieces for Sale/Trade.

  11. German Rams & Bolivian Rams

    in S/A & C/A cichlids.

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    Thank you! I took the bolivians out of the main tank for the day and fed them, once they were free swimming fins out i put them back in the main tank and shut off the lights for the night. This morning they are looking pretty good ill keep an eye on them.

    Are South American Cichlids like Africans where you can lower the stress on each fish by increasing the number cichlids in the tank? I would love to add some Apistogramma's to the tank if its advisable.

  16. German Rams & Bolivian Rams

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    The Bolivian Rams were the latest entry into the tank, however i took out all the fish and plants and did quite a bit of work on the tank and reintroduced all the fish back into the tank at the same time. That was over a week ago.

    ALL of the German Rams colors are quite bright fins spread out, 1 of the bolivian rams has some nice colors and doesnt seem to back down from the germans. The other 3 are in hiding, woke up this morning and found one floating.

    Did water parameter checks this morning:

    ph 7.6

    gh 12

    kh 6

    Ammonia 0

    Nitrite 0

    Nitrate 5ppm

  19. German Rams & Bolivian Rams

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    I have 4 German Rams and 5 Bolivian Rams and have recently noticed that the bolivians are getting chased all over the tank by the germans, one of the bolivian rams has been hiding up in the top corner of the tank by the return lines and he isn't looking too good.

    There are plenty of natural hiding places, plants & rock structures, but they dont seem to hide in the spaces provided.

    Any suggestions on what i can do to help reduce the stress on the bolivian rams would be greatly appreciated!

  20. Where Can I Find Large Pieces Of Driftwood

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    Check the riverbanks along the bow river. Look for weathered wood with little to no rot and loose bark or no bark, I come across a ton of it when doing canoe trips. Another place might be fish creek park or kananaskis country. Some of the more interesting pieces I have found come from roots of uprooted trees rather than the above ground woody tissues.

    I will look in my wood pile at the shop to see if I can find something to suit your needs. Wood cut earlier this spring should have loose enough bark.

    I might even have some plants for you too!

    Thank you that would be awesome!

    Is it worth looking for driftwood on the banks of the river at this time of year or is it best to wait for spring? I want to start accumulating the wood now so i can get the rebuild going mid-end of January :) Patience definitely not a virtue! However i don't want to spend big $$$ at Pisces to get the scape that I'm trying to go for :)

  21. Where Can I Find Large Pieces Of Driftwood

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    I am stating to plan out my 230G rebuild and am wondering where i can find very large pieces of driftwood, 2-3 feet long about a foot wide and preferably with branches.

    Looking online i haven't been able to find a suitable supplier with what i am imagining in my head and I've read online its possible to find your own and make it aquarium safe (takes quite a bit of time to accomplish this though).

    Wondering if any one out there has retailer suggestions or has gathered their own wood for aquarium purposes.

    Thanks!

  22. 120G Planted

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    Prior to moving to this tank I had tons of ramshorns but they have all but dissapeared in the last couple weeks. If I get an abundance I'll let you know!

    Since adding the gravel cap my socks aren't clogging nearly as often, just did a WC and cleaned out the sump and the silt buildup is nearly non existent :)

    The whole purigen reactor experiment was a lot more work than I had intended it to be, and most definitely not required for this tank! I had the time and resources to play around and decided this was as good a time as any to give it a shot. From what I've read, mostly on reef or discus forums, the purigen being fluidized ensures that all the purigen is coming into contact with the water so it can do its job effectively. The problem I'm having is getting enough pressure into the canister to keep it all suspended without the purigen sticking to the filter.

    I plumbed the setup so it could be removed and moved to another system one day, when I decide to go down the discus path. At that point in time I'll worry about setting it up with its own pump and tweaking the system to keep the purigen suspended, at this point in time it's not worth the additional hassle on this system lol.

  23. 120G Planted

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    Well lots has happened in a week since i last posted but i was able to finally solve the sock clogging and my cloudy tank issues.

    I was messing around with my purigen reactor trying to get the purigen to stay fluidized, ended up plumbing the reactor inline with the return line to the tank and ended up dumping 250ml of purigen into my tank! In a panicked state i then attempted to vac the purigen out and created a mess (purigen being very light doesn't really vac up but i sure did get lots of dirt in the bucket).

    I decided that the purigen rolling around the substrate bugged me enough to completely rip apart the tank. I pulled out all the fish and plants, drained the tank, mixed the substrate and hid all the purigen, re-added the plants, added a gravel cap, filled it back up and put the fish back in.

    With the cap in place the tank cleared in 24 hours and my filter socks have remained relatively clean.

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    During this process i re-did the plumbing as well and moved the purigen reactor adding unions and ball valves allowing me to mess with the system a little easier. This is still a work in progress, as im still having issues keeping the purigen fluidized in the canister, ill post pics once i have a solution that im happy with sharing :)

  24. 120G Planted

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    Thank you! :)

    Yes if anyone needs MTS let me know, I've got enough to share.

    One issue in having with the tank is the filter socks in the sump get clogged very easily, within a day they are very dirty and within 2-3 they aren't letting enough water through so that section starts to overflow. Any thoughts on how to handle this?

  25. 120G Planted

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    OK got some more plants and stocked up with some fish, took a couple days to clear up the tank after planting everything so heres some new pics finally :)

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    Huge thank you to cjerrom and ckmullin who have been very helpful in stocking up the tank and providing some fantastic advice for moving forward.

    Plant List:

    Amazon Swords

    Rotala

    Red Ludwigia

    Bocapa

    Temple

    Java Moss

    Flame moss

    Java fern

    Glosso

    Wisteria

    Anubias Barteri

    Fish List

    Cardinal Tetras

    Rummynose Tetras

    German Blue Rams

    Peppered Corydoras

    Panda Corydoras

    Oranger Laser Corydoras

    Otto Catfish

    Common pleco

    Red Cherry Shrimp - i think theres a couple left in there

    Filtration

    Aqueon Proflex Model 4 sump

    Filter socks

    Sponges

    100 micron filter pads

    seachem matrix

    Fluval activated Carbon

    Purigen Reactor (DIY Project i decided to mess around with one day)

    Pressurized CO2 - using an aqua medic 500 reactor in the return section of the sump

    Lighting is done with 2 4' Current USA Freshwater Satellite LED plus fixtures

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