12 Volt Man;2383355; said:
I just bought an Aqueon 150 gallon as well. Did you make your own casing for the 2 36-inch lightstrips?
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I just bought an Aqueon 150 gallon as well. Did you make your own casing for the 2 36-inch lightstrips?
enjoy your new tank! it still looks huge to me 
no. its just twin Aqueon 36" double strip lights right out of the box. they fit right on the glass top.
no. its just twin Aqueon 36" double strip lights right out of the box. they fit right on the glass top.
12 Volt man, could you do me a favour. Next time your at your tank do a NitrATE test and give me your ppm or your nitrate-nitrogen reading.
I'm overstocked but filtered well and doing 70 percent changes weekly. And my reading is 40 PPM. Thing is it was that when I was UBER overstocked with the tinfoils. I've measured before a water change (40) and about 2 hours after one and it's still 40. Driving me nuts. I just wondered what your reading is. I expected mines to be 20.
Ps those lemons are looking good!
I'm overstocked but filtered well and doing 70 percent changes weekly. And my reading is 40 PPM. Thing is it was that when I was UBER overstocked with the tinfoils. I've measured before a water change (40) and about 2 hours after one and it's still 40. Driving me nuts. I just wondered what your reading is. I expected mines to be 20.
Ps those lemons are looking good!
thanks. my nitrates are probably going to be at around 50 mg/L.
even with a 1/3d change I do each week.
with fish that eat alot, its tough to keep nitrates lower than 25-40 or so even with a big water change every week. thats just the way it is.
the thing is, even a constant nitrate level of 50 mg/l (or ppm same thing) isn't an issue.
the fish are used to it. it has to be higher than that generally to experience the stress symptoms that fish get (like cloudy eye and popeye bacterial infections).
what gets fish is rapid spikes, which can happen when you take a new fish home from the store and put it in your tank. quite often they don't last 48h and the change in water quality from the store to your tank is the problem, even though your existing fish are fine.
I used to see this all the time when I worked at the LFS.
I did a water change yesterday, I will go and check the nitrates and get back to you..
even with a 1/3d change I do each week.
with fish that eat alot, its tough to keep nitrates lower than 25-40 or so even with a big water change every week. thats just the way it is.
the thing is, even a constant nitrate level of 50 mg/l (or ppm same thing) isn't an issue.
the fish are used to it. it has to be higher than that generally to experience the stress symptoms that fish get (like cloudy eye and popeye bacterial infections).
what gets fish is rapid spikes, which can happen when you take a new fish home from the store and put it in your tank. quite often they don't last 48h and the change in water quality from the store to your tank is the problem, even though your existing fish are fine.
I used to see this all the time when I worked at the LFS.
I did a water change yesterday, I will go and check the nitrates and get back to you..
Cool thanks for the info mate. I'm more worried about my Clowns. You're quite an experienced Clown keeper, what are your thoughts on 40ppm for a school of 14 clowns?
Everyone is always banging on about under 20 or 15 for them, it's just impossible as I need to feed enough that they all eat...
Everyone is always banging on about under 20 or 15 for them, it's just impossible as I need to feed enough that they all eat...
Looking good 12vm! Sorry to hear about the 50 gallon. At least you found it before you had 50 g's on the floor!! I can't wait til I have my own place. I see many large tanks in my future...lol right now the 2-90's, 1-55, 1-38, and 1-29 g take up all the space I have! lol!
I took the tank into the store today and when we unloaded it there was another chip just like the first on in the back corner of the tank. it must have got really rattled around in shipping which is weird because it comes in a cardboard box for protection...strange. another one is coming in for Friday or Monday..
SteveR;4159876; said:
the hardcore loach keepers can be a strange bunch if you ask me..at least some of the time.
most will tell you you need a 200g+ tank to keep clowns yet none have ever grown one past 4" themselves
..it should be fine. just keep up with your normal changes.
the loaches I had at my parents place were 12 years old when I sold them and they lived in higher nitrate water their whole lives because I always had them in with big fish.
