So..setting up a hillstream tank at last
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- KhuliKhilla
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So..setting up a hillstream tank at last
it has happened; after years of looking at all your hillstream tanks myself and Palaeodave are going to set one up. we have seen a very nice 180l tank on ebay so i have been looking powerheads to go on the manifold.
i saw http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-1600L-H-POWER ... m153.l1262 just now and wondered if you thought they would be ok, or if there is a particular brand which is recommended as being less generative of heat.
i saw http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-1600L-H-POWER ... m153.l1262 just now and wondered if you thought they would be ok, or if there is a particular brand which is recommended as being less generative of heat.
I use these on my rivertank http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AQUARIUM-POWER-HE ... 240%3A1318
My rivertank is 44gallon so about the same size as yours and I use two of them with no probs, the filter cages that come with them fit straight onto 20mm connectors and then you can just put your fluval type sponge inside.
I have two powerheads with three filter cages at the opposite end of the manifold and it works a treat.
My rivertank is 44gallon so about the same size as yours and I use two of them with no probs, the filter cages that come with them fit straight onto 20mm connectors and then you can just put your fluval type sponge inside.
I have two powerheads with three filter cages at the opposite end of the manifold and it works a treat.
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I got these sponges for my rivertank manifold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:US:LISTG
I use them in those cages that come with the powerheads and they are good sponges and they can hold lots of crap before clogging up so the flow rate doesn't drop much
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:US:LISTG
I use them in those cages that come with the powerheads and they are good sponges and they can hold lots of crap before clogging up so the flow rate doesn't drop much
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14 loach species bred, which will be next?
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so you keep sponges inside the cages then? i was a tad confused this morning when they arrived.
did you try out the sponges and plastic stickle bricks stuff at all when you set it up? or go straight to using sponge? we have some large sponges we bought at the weekend which can be chopped up to fit inside.
did you try out the sponges and plastic stickle bricks stuff at all when you set it up? or go straight to using sponge? we have some large sponges we bought at the weekend which can be chopped up to fit inside.
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Ive had the sponge slipped over a piece of pipe so that the fish can get at the sponge and I have tried a couple of other things inside the cages other than sponge but I have to say that these new sponges are the best I have used, they are a very tight fit for the cages so that any muck is sucked deep into the sponge but food like bloodworm etc stays on the outside in the grills so that the fish can still get at it.KhuliKhilla wrote:so you keep sponges inside the cages then? i was a tad confused this morning when they arrived.
did you try out the sponges and plastic stickle bricks stuff at all when you set it up? or go straight to using sponge? we have some large sponges we bought at the weekend which can be chopped up to fit inside.
The other main reason I like these sponges is that they are such a tight fit they stop the shrimp entering the cage and getting into the manifold and then spat out of the powerheads, I have seen the homaloptera chasing, catching and eating very small cherry shrimp on a few occasions now so I am glad my rivertank is over run with them
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We've got a spare Fluval 205 to go on it. About the same capacity but will give us a bit more space (and be less ugly).
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(People sometimes misunderstand me when I tell them I got wood at a fish shop.)
The wood is labelled Sumatra Driftwood. I expect it will float at first.
(People sometimes misunderstand me when I tell them I got wood at a fish shop.)
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