Equipment you should not get

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I think cartridge filters are being bashed cause most people need a big bio load and if your not stocking your tanks full then you can get away with one. Otherwise you need an AC110, which is why they are so popular here. Plus you don't have to replace anything.

Alright..... Toms Proclear ps4. The aqualifter is bs, the cheap plastic busts and they only offer 20$ for the whole set up at lfs lol...

My xbox, man that thing always breaks.....

Wave tanks always leak
 
non-emperor bio-wheels...the emperor's spray bar keeps the bio-wheel going and i have had no problems with them...i have 2 marineland bio-wheels were the water just is overflowed through the wheel...junk...the wheels always get stuck and the impellors make alot of noise then break easy...
 
I am not a fan of Marineland (Perfecto) Aquariums.

they are made with thinner glass, flimsy cross braces and thin silicone seals compared to aqueon/oceanic tanks and yet they are the same price as the aqueon ones..:screwy:

the only exceptions are their line of 'deep dimension' 36" wide drilled tanks which are really nice..but they are super expensive so you get what you pay for..if only they could channel down some of that build quality to their normal stock tanks..
 
Never choose a filter by checking the turnover rate calculated by the company : divide it by two (unless you'll run it empty of media and without vertical tubing).
 
flowerpower;4144328; said:
CPR overflow boxes work great for me it's the TOM's aqua lifter's that usually crap out on me.
What problems have you had with CPR overflows?
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The fact that they're basically the only overflows on the market that will lose their siphon or fail to restart without a pump's help. And they charge a premium price for them over cheaper generic overflows that don't have that problem.
 
Substrate.
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Fish are known to eat rocks and die from the blocked intestine.

While providing a place for beneficial bacteria to grow, the benefit of those added bacteria are usually going to be outweighed by the amount of waste-producing debris trapped in the gravel. It doesn't break even.

Gravel can encourage spawning behavior and mess-making in large cichlids. This can also increase the odds of a ticked off Oscar spitting rocks at the glass. Scares the crud out of me.

I like the clean look and it's easier to make changes and catch fish with a bare-bottomed tank. All my media is in the filtration and it's easier to control there.

So why spend money on it unless you've got fish that need it like jurupari or spiny eels?
 
knifegill;4146511; said:
Fish are known to eat rocks and die from the blocked intestine.

While providing a place for beneficial bacteria to grow, the benefit of those added bacteria are usually going to be outweighed by the amount of waste-producing debris trapped in the gravel. It doesn't break even.

Gravel can encourage spawning behavior and mess-making in large cichlids. This can also increase the odds of a ticked off Oscar spitting rocks at the glass. Scares the crud out of me.

I like the clean look and it's easier to make changes and catch fish with a bare-bottomed tank. All my media is in the filtration and it's easier to control there.

So why spend money on it unless you've got fish that need it like jurupari or spiny eels?
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If fish ate rocks on a consistent basis and died from it then there would be no fish in the wild


If a fish can't digest something it spits it up. Case in point there was an arowana on here that swallowed a suction cup much larger than any peice of gravel and lo and behold it spat it up in a few days time.


Besides gravel looks like junk, sand is where it's at.


You forget that bare-bottom tanks look like lab experiements or sales tanks rather than a peice of a river or lake (which is what aquariums should look like) and therefore to me look ugly.
 
If fish ate rocks on a consistent basis and died from it then there would be no fish in the wild
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Fish in the wild die. A lot. Other creatures rely heavily on the bodies of dead fish. They can't always spit it up. How many threads have started with "my fish swallowed a rock!" and ended with "he died"? I've seen at least twenty between forums. Especially with catfish.

Sand is alright. I might go that route in a bit. A very thin layer of it. With a dash of paranoia.

a peice of a river or lake (which is what aquariums should look like
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Says who? It's a fish in a box. That's reality.
 
Cleanbio;4143084; said:
lol nice topic...i'd say plastic suction cups in general...plastic wears out and becomes hard and the suction is lost....Magnetic suction cups like the ones made by ZooMed...much longer lasting.
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:iagree:
 
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