armadillo

Thanks, Lunyin.

I also heard of associations between excessive presence of lead particles in the air and lung cancer.

Those lead kits are really expensive. Ouch!

Really? You don't trust the plant weights. Mmmmm. Never saw the plastic clips in our stores. I'll try to find some.

darkwolf29a

I usually have, at least, 5 gallons of water sitting around. I always make too much when going through the motions of making tank water. As a result, I always have some sitting. When I pour it in....I use the rock method. My crawfish hates me using her home to bounce water off of, but...she always gets spoiled afterwards. LOL

But, when I was filling my 55, I used an open mouth gallon container, put the water in the container and the container in the tank...No splashes. LOL But, once I have fish in there I won't be doing that. Of course...then I'll have rocks and plants, and stuff....everywhere. LOL

armadillo

Ooo, but you could have this really tall glass, and still do it I guess. Although the volume displacement of such a big glass might not be ideal.

armadillo

Just had a brainwave here. Why don't we just use watering cans? (feeling very smug!) Added advantage is that it can make fish think it's raining, and that makes some want babies!

tan.b

sounds like an excellent idea. only prob is i think that would be a job for my hubby as i'd get arm-ache holding a full watercan 4 foot in the air several times!! if i didnt have chlorine in the tap water a hose pipe with the rose sprinkly thing on the end would be good!

armadillo

Oh, so there was a flaw. Back to the drawing board.

Sarcastic

I'm a guy. I can say we are easily convinced to do this kind of thing.

armadillo

Yeah, my guy certainly is, the angel. Say the word and his arms will do the carrying. I secretly think men really enjoy carrying heavy things for us. Sometimes I make fake requests just to keep him happy.

It doesn't seem to extend to pushing broken down cars with the handbreak on (I figured it was safer in case the car rolled back on him). He got really annoyed. Didn't help that it was minus I don't know what temperature outside! :

vin

That's what I do...I direct the water onto the top of the cave.

tan.b

i think it makes them feel manly and useful! my hubby likes to do the fetching and carrying of water when he's home when i do the water changes. any DIY things i say i'd like to do it, but he always insists on doing it himself!! its the way no matter what needs doing (a simple job like re-wiring a plug) and he has to go in the garage and bring out his toolbox! i think carry the tool box makes him feel manly and required!! so yes, we have to keep finding plenty of jobs for the men or they may think we dont need them anymore and get unhappy!! although i think pushing a car in sub zero temps with the handbrake is pushing it a bit (no pun intended...pushing your luck, not the car!!!). anyway, i'm rambling... again : tan

armadillo

'Pushing it a bit'. Just chuckled out loud!

tan.b

glad you enjoyed my ramble!!! it seemed to be making less sense the more i typed!!! happens to me alot that!! :

armadillo

Well am a fellow rambler, so great minds and all that. Right, better help bf with non-fish stuff now, like washing up.

Small side-note. I used our flat sauce serving spoon to re-arrange the gravel in my pleco tank after adding plants in there. Was on the pile of things to wash up but he didn't realize it had been used. He's been using a pleco-poop fillled spoon to mix his food in the pan! Yak! He wasn't impressed.

griffin

lol

tan.b

thats no fun!! bet he prefers washing up to pushing cars though!

oh no!! thats so...wrong, yet i couldnt help myself rofl!!! sorry!! hope you didnt eat any of the pleco poop garnished culinery delight!!

armadillo

Well actually I was punished too as, for once, he was cooking! That meant I ate pleco poop too. Ah well, you live and learn. Kind of tasted like andouillettes!

armadillo

OK, I went and bought a watering can anyway (3 euros, that's nothing in comparison to my overall fish budget!), and it worked a treat, Tan!

It was great. Same capacity as my bucket (I chose a 10L), hardly any spillage while transporting water from the tap, and the fish loved it. They shot up to the surface and followed the streams. + it's no heavier than a bucket, and has a handle. Well I for one am never doing a water change with anything else. No sirree.

Trpimp147

i just dump the water in with a 5 gal bucket. if i stir up the dirty and poo i just net it, another way of cleaning the tank and getting it in to the filter i see. helps keep the tank clean

armadillo

But I found that disturbing the substrate left the water very cloudy for a long time (about 2 days), and am sure my fish don't like that. I tend to disturb the substrate by vaccuming, then all the goo comes up the tube.

Trpimp147

i see the fish will have to deal with it haha there is a chem you put in the tank put like 1 or 2 drops in with in and hour its clear. its not the best on the fish but as long as you dont use alot your fine with it put some in the water your putting in it will be fine. i used it on my tank it was cloudy for like 6 days i stired up the water put in 35 drops and it was clear in 2 hours. thats about how many drops i needed for my tank size of the chem haha. there was no fish in it though made it a little safer.

armadillo

Yeah, I tried one of those crystal clear things on an empty tank and it really worked wonders! I do try to avoid chemicals on stocked tanks, though.

Pouring water back in with the watering can really doesn't take that long (well, granted, longer than just the bucket). Actually, it's become one of the nice parts of the water routine. They all come up to the surface to see what's happening. They really seem to enjoy the 'fake rain'. It only cost me a couple of euros too! Bargain!

Trpimp147

yup yup, my fish do he same thing with the 1 gal milk jug in my 10gal tank its funny to see them swimming there hearts out trying to see whats going on.

armadillo

Yeah, they're nosy buggers, aren't they. Just got a new molly and she was verrrry shy for 2 days and today, she's really come out of herself. She's totally checking me out, looking at what I'm up to. She just ate an algae wafer from my hand. I love it when they do that!

Trpimp147

my fish try and eat my finger. on another note this sunday im putting all my fish in to my 75g and adding all my hiding stuff from that tank in to it also ill try and up load a pic for you but this site dont let me upload files over 400kb which is crappy i think haha but any way ill try my best.

armadillo

Cool, looking forward to seeing these. What method of cycling did you use to be able to add so many fish at once? I know that with one method (can't remember which), it's possible.

Trpimp147

just put two plecos in weds night and then waiting a few days to add more. no major way just putting fish in the tank haha

armadillo

Oh, nevermind. I thought you had the magic formula.

Trpimp147

i just have to add them slow at first due to ammona problems dont want to many fish at once, just start out with a few then at 6 at a time till your tank is full of fish. 75g should be able to hold like 40 + gold fish, like 25 cichlids with a pleco or 2. tetra should be able to hold a good amount of them too. only time tank is to full is when the filter needs changed every 2 week or so hahaha

armadillo

Changed every 2 weeks? Not just rinsed every 3 weeks (my current regime)?

Trpimp147

i do a water change once a week. about 20% and then i filter the tank out with a brine shrimp net. helps clean tank, i like to stir up the tank a little. then try n wipe off the filter media. also clean the filter out some due to stuff building up in there its gross!