Replaced aquarium lighting tubes: took a while to find non-standard 23.5″ tubes used in my Aqua One UFO 700 tank. T8 tubes in other tanks.
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Water is a bit hard in my main…
Water is a bit hard in my main tropical fish tank. Might have to use peat. Lost an angel fish!
My 17yr old daughter has bough…
My 17yr old daughter has bought an external filter for one of her fish tanks. Got a primer, no tank water sucking like on mine!
Cleaned out the external filter
I have been somewhat negligent in not cleaning out the external filter on my aquarium for a long time. It is very overrated for the tank though, so probably didn’t threaten the health of the fish.
External filter for my aquarium
As I am away a lot and have a good number of fish in my tank these days, I thought I owed them some more industrious filtering so I purchased an external filterfrom the local aquatics shop.
New oil tank
Since we moved into our ex-farmhouse some six or seven years ago, we have worried about the old 2000 litre oil tank hidden away around the back of the house. It was old, rusty, and a bit lop-sided. In short, likely to go at any time. Losing lots of oil is not something to look …
Snails in my fish tank
I have no idea where they came from but we have loads. What am I to do? Naturally, I turned to the web. Loads of hits – nice to know I am not alone. Summary is that they are pretty harmless, help keep algae down and are rarely a vector for disease. However, they do …
Stocking the fish tank
We have stocked the large tank with our first tropical fish. A mixture of Black Neon Tetra, Glolight Tetra, and Platy.
Fish tank surface area and geometry
In order to figure out how many fish you can have, you have to figure out the surface (water) area of your tank. Easy with a rectangular tank, but we have a corner unit.
Keeping fish
Starting out on the journey of fish keeping. We now have a small starter aquarium for the bedroom and a larger more substantial setup for the lounge that we are just starting to prepare.