I'm glad I didn't start till I was off work 0.0. I did start setting water aside. I should have enough for a water change in an hour. If the chlorine is out, that will be done for the day.
The bed filters are under gravel filters and are fed by air pumps. I used two air pumps and have six uplift tubes. When the fish leave them alone, they work great. I have to reset them about once a week though. I use a powerhead in another tank because the wet/dry filters always loose suction and stop flow when the power goes out. The two filters on this tank are heavy duty and suck air when the power comes back on. I used pvc pipe to loop the water from one side of the aquarium to the other. The inlet tubes are close enough to the surface to skim ammonia. One of them is broken on the elbow because the fish hit it or something.
I don't remember this kit working much better for me when I had first got into fish. The readings were different with no changes in the aquarium. If that's what you recommend, that is what I'm getting. With any luck, I'll have that working correctly.
I was re-reading the replies and noticed something about heaters being out of water. I haven't let that happen. I do think that maybe the fish could have been hitting/biting it. This being the second heater among 8 to be in the tank to break, I am not sure that fish haven't been breaking these too along with the uplift tubes and filter tubes. Does anyone have these problems with cichlids and gouramis? If it is a big problem, I'm going to have to build an enclosure around these or get some 4" pvc inline with the filters or something. That should solve all broken heater problems on account of the fish. Let me know anyone.
Time to check the water progress and get started on changing water. Wish me luck and pray that I get better at this. I'll be checking my other aquariums for problems with nitrates and hardness although they are planted and seem to stay cleaner.
The bed filters are under gravel filters and are fed by air pumps. I used two air pumps and have six uplift tubes. When the fish leave them alone, they work great. I have to reset them about once a week though. I use a powerhead in another tank because the wet/dry filters always loose suction and stop flow when the power goes out. The two filters on this tank are heavy duty and suck air when the power comes back on. I used pvc pipe to loop the water from one side of the aquarium to the other. The inlet tubes are close enough to the surface to skim ammonia. One of them is broken on the elbow because the fish hit it or something.
I don't remember this kit working much better for me when I had first got into fish. The readings were different with no changes in the aquarium. If that's what you recommend, that is what I'm getting. With any luck, I'll have that working correctly.
I was re-reading the replies and noticed something about heaters being out of water. I haven't let that happen. I do think that maybe the fish could have been hitting/biting it. This being the second heater among 8 to be in the tank to break, I am not sure that fish haven't been breaking these too along with the uplift tubes and filter tubes. Does anyone have these problems with cichlids and gouramis? If it is a big problem, I'm going to have to build an enclosure around these or get some 4" pvc inline with the filters or something. That should solve all broken heater problems on account of the fish. Let me know anyone.
Time to check the water progress and get started on changing water. Wish me luck and pray that I get better at this. I'll be checking my other aquariums for problems with nitrates and hardness although they are planted and seem to stay cleaner.
