Diatoms are often called Brown Algae but they are not a true single celled plant so Diatoms is the correct term. They are normal and relative common in newly set up tanks. Many attribute a part of their cause to the silicates that leach out of the silicone in a new aquarium and […]
Yes Lenny that is what it looks like. It mostly happens to the larger snails. It is probably like mentioned, the bigger foot making it have more of a suction and the snails being sucked in. I have had to pull the snail (shredded) out of the intake. Not nice believe me. […]
Wednesday Check in (Day 21 reduced salt; 37 total)
- pH: 7.4; Ammonia: .25ppm; Nitrite: .25ppm; Nitrate: almost 40ppm (The Nitrite seems to want to stay at .25, but it does read 0 for tap water and the Nitrates are rising so I’m going to trust the .25 reading. […]
Hmmm… is this what the intake looks like on yours? http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-4723208t400.jpg
With that kind of strainer, which is very similar to the strainers on most other filter systems, I don’t see how it’s happening. I just did a Google search and do not see where it’s very common either.
Applesnail.net “Discussion” section (forums) are the best […]
Many of the PetsMart fish are the bottom of the barrel fish from breeders since PetsMart wants the best/lowest prices on what they buy. Most breeders will keep the best fish for themselves, the next best would go to their closest friends who are also breeders, then to their local customers, aquarium societies, LFS […]
I have lost a number of adult mystery snails to the intake filter. I have a fluval canister on the tank that this happened to and I had to put a sponge pre filter on it to avoid this problem. Pam
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom: alambiet@yahoo.comDate: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:00:54 +0000Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Snail […]
Never… well, almost never… unless you listen to the filter companies who say every 2-4 weeks.. but then they want to sell you lots of filter cartridges.
See my long article about “Filter Maintenance And Cleaning” for more details of how I and many others “clean” our filter cartridges and other filter media without ever […]
Hi Guys, In general how often are you supposed to change the cartridge in your filter? Ken **************New year…new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
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The method that you level would depend on the stand. If it has legs and you do not need much raise I would think you could place a piece of wood directly under the leg, or you could get something at the hardware store that you could raise and lower via a nut and […]
How unlevel is it? Can you take pics from front and side to show it? Do you have hardwood floors, tile, carpeting, other?
If it’s only a little unlevel, it won’t cause any danger but might not be as aesthetically pleasing. Usually, filling the water until the water line is hidden by the […]