Aquascaping in situ ?

[2pods]

I want to change from the fairly sharp slate chips, rocks etc we've got now,
to some softer gravel.

Would I be better moving the fish and water to containers then doing it, or
attempt an "in Situ" ?

Would either of these kill my filter bio bugs ?

Juwel Rio 400
2 comets
3 shubunkin
2 weather loaches
1 tench

Peter

[Bill Stock]

"2pods" > wrote in message
...
> I want to change from the fairly sharp slate chips, rocks etc we've got
now,
> to some softer gravel.
>
> Would I be better moving the fish and water to containers then doing it,
or
> attempt an "in Situ" ?

Hi Pete,

I see you were feeding the Troll. :)

The one concern with changing the gravel in place, is that you might stir up
some nasties (Hydrogen Sulfide) that could harm the fish. If you do change
it with the fish in the tank, do it over a few weeks. Remove a few cups of
clay chips each day. Then add your new (washed) gravel.

[2pods]

Hi Bill

Every Troll needs a steady diet of 'mallows (Holy Aquatic 'mallows for
preference) ;-)

I think I'll take the fish out.
I've got to rescue some plant (remains !) anyway.

Pete

[[email protected]]

move the fish out, be sure to use air stone in the bucket with them.... what kind of
filter do you have?

"2pods" > wrote:

>I want to change from the fairly sharp slate chips, rocks etc we've got now,
>to some softer gravel.
>
>Would I be better moving the fish and water to containers then doing it, or
>attempt an "in Situ" ?
>
>Would either of these kill my filter bio bugs ?
>
>Juwel Rio 400
>2 comets
>3 shubunkin
>2 weather loaches
>1 tench
>
>Peter
>



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[2pods]

> wrote in message
...
> move the fish out, be sure to use air stone in the bucket with them....
> what kind of
> filter do you have?
>
Internal Juwel.

I siphoned about 25% into containers, put the shubs and comets in, but left
the tench and loaches.
The gravel actually went in a treat, it was harder getting the slate chips
out.
I'll check my water params today.

Peter

[Geezer From The Freezer]

2pods wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > move the fish out, be sure to use air stone in the bucket with them....
> > what kind of
> > filter do you have?
> >
> Internal Juwel.
>
> I siphoned about 25% into containers, put the shubs and comets in, but left
> the tench and loaches.
> The gravel actually went in a treat, it was harder getting the slate chips
> out.
> I'll check my water params today.
>
> Peter

Peter,

The internal juwel filters aren't that great. I'd suggest getting another one to
run too.

[2pods]

> The internal juwel filters aren't that great. I'd suggest getting another
> one to
> run too.

I heard that about them.
This one is 5ltr biomedia, with 1000lph power head, and there's certainly
plenty of current and the water test very clean.

I'd like to get the whole thing (stuck on box and all) out of there, and get
something like a Eheim proII 2048 which is more like the stuff I use for my
ponds :-)

Would you recommend something else ?

Peter

[Geezer From The Freezer]

2pods wrote:
>
> > The internal juwel filters aren't that great. I'd suggest getting another
> > one to
> > run too.
>
> I heard that about them.
> This one is 5ltr biomedia, with 1000lph power head, and there's certainly
> plenty of current and the water test very clean.
>
> I'd like to get the whole thing (stuck on box and all) out of there, and get
> something like a Eheim proII 2048 which is more like the stuff I use for my
> ponds :-)
>
> Would you recommend something else ?
>
> Peter

Peter,

Well I have a crappy internal one at the moment too (supposedly 1000l per hour
too)
and another which does another 1000l per hour (but smaller media space). I do
have
a Rena Filstar Xp3 external canister which has a HUGE media area which I need to
set-up, but as I'm trying to sell my house, I've been reluctant to install it.

The Eheim ProII's are supposed to be very good, but are expensive, but if you
can afford it why not. Are you in the UK??

[2pods]

"> Well I have a crappy internal one at the moment too (supposedly 1000l per
hour
> too)
> and another which does another 1000l per hour (but smaller media space). I
> do
> have
> a Rena Filstar Xp3 external canister which has a HUGE media area which I
> need to
> set-up, but as I'm trying to sell my house, I've been reluctant to install
> it.
>
> The Eheim ProII's are supposed to be very good, but are expensive, but if
> you
> can afford it why not. Are you in the UK??

Can't afford it at the moment :-(
Yes, I'm in Scotland

Peter

[[email protected]]

so get a whisper #3, around 25 bucks I think onlnine. Ingrid

"2pods" > wrote:

>
>"> Well I have a crappy internal one at the moment too (supposedly 1000l per
>hour
>> too)
>> and another which does another 1000l per hour (but smaller media space). I
>> do
>> have
>> a Rena Filstar Xp3 external canister which has a HUGE media area which I
>> need to
>> set-up, but as I'm trying to sell my house, I've been reluctant to install
>> it.
>>
>> The Eheim ProII's are supposed to be very good, but are expensive, but if
>> you
>> can afford it why not. Are you in the UK??
>
>Can't afford it at the moment :-(
>Yes, I'm in Scotland
>
>Peter
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.