So, do you shim up the tank stand by adding pieces of wood under the legs,or what? Thanks, Jim In a message dated 1/7/2009 10:13:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, uneekfish@gmail.com writes:
Well, I am new here and to […]
If you don’t do this pressure leaks could start from the tank twisting or having more pressure on the uneven areas or sides than it should. Please trust me on this point. You want a tank to be completely flat and level and plumb BEFORE you put any water or fish in it. […]
Well, I am new here and to fish keeping, but not knew to making mistakes!
I would drain tank water into 5 gallon buckets and rehome the fish there. HOB fiter or whatever you have, make it work in the bucket.
Level the stand so the tank is level. NEVER try and shim up the tank […]
i don think any of my tanks are perfectly level. they all seem to lean just a hair to the front. Never been an issue. looking from the front you dont notice it.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Trish Souza wrote: > why do you need to level a tank?just a newbie […]
In my excitement and enthusiasm when I got that 29-gallon tank for Christmas I forgot one very, very important thing. Plumbing and leveling the tank! I can’t believe an old hand like me messed up this bad, even a “rookie” would not make this mistake but there it is, as stupid as it […]
Thanks Lenny, I will definitely let you know how long he makes it. As far as I can tell he’s healthy, just mad about his tank size, he thumps the other fish with his tail and either eats them or leaves them to die if he doesn’t like them, bad fishy […]
the relevance? all I was asking for was someone to ID the fish… I have seen it posted online in various locations by different common names… neon swordtail, pineapple swordtail, even candy swordtail.. my question is … Each site has similar pictures, with different names for the fish.. but, subtle differences, I posted a […]
A question on pictus catfish. I’m going to rescue my parent’s pictus catfish out of their (yes I know it’s awful) 20 gallon tank. Good news is that he has only a few tank mates, but the really bad part of it is that he has been in that tank for easily […]
I have one of the little square flat heaters that are rated (yeah on the box, but it all depends) for about a 10 gallon tank. It seems to work well enough so far, the house temp is set it the high 70’s (usually 75 ish) and it keeps the tank temp […]
Two things you can do.. well three actually… one of them V-8 smacks on the forehead might work… or divorce will definitely work… and a third option is to do an O.J. on him and collect the insurance and buy a BIG tank… but the V-8 smack and divorce are less painful.. at least to […]