Just an update... the tail is healing nicely... along with the feeler-fin... yet the other fin (the one near the gill plate - dunno the name for that) is taking some more time...
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Loulou;1929447; said:Just an update... the tail is healing nicely... along with the feeler-fin... yet the other fin (the one near the gill plate - dunno the name for that)(Pectoral fins) is taking some more time...
Looking good, Lou
Pectoral fins!!!Yanbbrox;1929503; said:Looking good, Lou
Thank you! 
Just finished a 50% water change... vacuumed only part of the gravel and everything was fine until I turned the canisters back on... that's where the water turned cloudy again...
I am guessing the bacteria in the filters must have been pushed out...Enlighten me, why do you turn the canisters off when doing water changes? The canister is pressurized so as soon as you turn it off everything becomes 'free' for want of a better word so when you turn them back on again it re-pressurizes and all the crap in there will be free to pump out straight back into the tankLoulou;1929748; said:Pectoral fins!!!
Just finished a 50% water change... vacuumed only part of the gravel and everything was fine until I turned the canisters back on... that's where the water turned cloudy again...
Leave them on, problem solved or am I missing something?I'm just about to do a 25% change on George's tank with an internal filter rinse, as soon as the powerhead goes back on the tank will be a mess but I can't get around this with the internal but an hour or so later it will be crystal clear again, all this time the canister will be left running
You are entirely right. The reason I turn the canisters off is because of the intake tubes. I have drilled a hole at one point in each to insert suction cups that holds them to the glass. I normally turn the canisters off when the descending level of water during the change reaches near these holes - this is to avoid having the intake tubes sucking air through these holes.Yanbbrox;1929796; said:Enlighten me, why do you turn the canisters off when doing water changes? The canister is pressurized so as soon as you turn it off everything becomes 'free' for want of a better word so when you turn them back on again it re-pressurizes and all the crap in there will be free to pump out straight back into the tank
I'm just about to do a 25% change on George's tank with an internal filter rinse, as soon as the powerhead goes back on the tank will be a mess but I can't get around this with the internal but an hour or so later it will be crystal clear again, all this time the canister will be left running
Mind you, I don't know for sure that the canisters would suck air through these holes - after all, I made then tight enough. Yet, I turn them off just as a precaution. Maybe I could try to leave them on during a water change to check whether they would really suck in air. If not, then my problem would be solved. If they do, I would have to find a way to make the intake tubes really airtight... with maybe some silicon.
Loulou;1930034; said:
Still a bit
Correct me if I'm wrong: You've drilled holes in the tank for the cups that hold the pipe intakes for the canister, the intakes must be lower than the holes, tanks drain downwards(or at least they do on this side of the planet, I'm sure master Tequila's tanks are different
) so how can air get into the canister through the holes for the cup?....No chance of digging which left me 2 options, insert myself into liberty city matrix style via a xbox360 matirx interface and drop a nuke on the place just to find the 200th bloody pigeon or take some pictures during water change/filter rinse, as option one would require technology not yet available I took some pictures(bad ones of course).
Turned everything off apart from the canister dropped 25% water with the gravel vac, half filled 2 buckets and took out the filter media from the internal and rinsed it in the old tank water in the buckets.
Partly filled again and switched everything back as normal the power head through out a fair amount of rubbish from the internal:
Side on view:
Spray bar return still on:
Water from the buckets after cleaning:
An hour or so later 'I believe I heard the sound of prawns being defrosted?':
Weather cleared up so I did do some digging, still can't find the bloody pigeon
).Turned everything off apart from the canister
dropped 25% water with the gravel vac, half filled 2 buckets and took out the filter media from the internal and rinsed it in the old tank water in the buckets.Partly filled again and switched everything back as normal the power head through out a fair amount of rubbish from the internal:
Side on view:
Spray bar return still on
:Water from the buckets after cleaning:
An hour or so later 'I believe I heard the sound of prawns being defrosted?':
Weather cleared up so I did do some digging, still can't find the bloody pigeon
In fact I have drilled the intake tubes for the cups... below is a picture showing these intakes (the tube in the middle is for the air lines)Yanbbrox;1930116; said:Still a bit
So, as the water level goes down during a change, at one point it will reach the place where the suction cup is - and where the hole that I have drilled in the tube to hold that said cup is. My concern is that air would then go into the intake... though that remains to be tested.
While I was taking a picture of the intakes, I also took the opportunity to photograph the decor of the tank: my nice rocks! I believe they are petrified wood or something...
I believe they are petrified wood or something...