my 75G Tanganyika setup - project

[mrfuzz]

Think the shaft broke when i twisted the enclosure piece? Its a clean brake.. so im thinking it was broke before hand - hence the rattling.

 

[Inglorious]

Tough break on the impeller, but at least it's a cheap and easy fix

 

[mrfuzz]

Well, I can thank having two filters - for when downtime happens.

AC110 is running and turning over tank... When new impeller shaft arrives I'll put them eheim to work.

Hopefully wont throw the bio cycle off too much.

 

[joecoulson]

I thought we were always told 'no loops / droops' for the canister filters.

Any ideas on my PH and water params as current?

Works fine on mine....

 

[mrfuzz]

@joecoulson - Thanks for the pic / proof

So, With that being said / shown. My setup should be fine - even with the small droop in the line I have.

More pics in a few hours - testing water params after first dose of Stability!

 

[joecoulson]

YW, I just used black vinyl hose from HD (1/2") to gain the extra length needed. Eheim never gives you enough in the box IMHO

 

[mrfuzz]

I agree.. When i first opened the box, I was like WTF? This is not enough hose.. In the end it was enough. If my stand was any higher - then i would have an issue =)

anywayssss... UPDATES

Todays tests are in:

can someone help me figure what my ~PH is? idealy like to know what my high range is. I was shooting for a nice round # of 8.5




(1)Tap PH(high) ---------(2) TANK -------- (3)AMMONIA --------(4) NITRITE ------- (5) Nitrate

Ammonia levels have dropped ~.5- .10 no Nitrite spike yet.

Looks to me to confirm, my Tap PH is ~7.5
Tank PH ~8.2????
Ammonia ~.80ppm

 

[joecoulson]

looks to be 8.2-8.3 to me

 

[mrfuzz]

 

[mrfuzz]

Okay. Picture updates of progress...

Currently no real change in water params - slightly higher ammonia. Hopefully by Friday i'll see nitrite spike and or nitrates?

Oh btw.. all these pics have been taken with iphone 3g.. I'll dig up the 5MP camera and start taking pictures with that