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exfishnoob

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:geek: happy to have found a more local forum My BF and I live in PDX ( hooray for not having to translate to decimal system when asking questions). current set ups
90 gallon /
2 110 aquaclear BOT
undergravel filter running a maxi-jet 1200 and a maxi-jet 900
150 air pump running 2 airstones
residents at the moment are :
3 Tin foil barbs 1 11" ( Butch ), 1 8" ( Billy) and a 6 " ( Sundance ) (Round abouts lol they refuse to hold still against the measuring tape on the glass. :) )
1 rainbow shark 5" ( that would be Wyatt )
currently being treated with Furan-2 for a bit of a columnaris outbreak due to no QT ( Butch and Billy came from different LFS on the same day)
40 gallon /
1 50 aquaclear and 1 aqueon 50 cartridge style BOT
60 air pump 2 airstones
Residents:
3 4" koi veil-tail angels
3 peppered cory ( 2" )
1 5" albino rainbow shark
1 7" sailfin pleco ( to be moved to the 90 as soon as all is clear )

it's been an adventure....I will have to post in the blog section soon and tell how we end up here..with serious MTS and 2 + tanks..and a shopping list as long as the Oklahoma panhandle for things we need in order to set up an awesome possum qt and a planted 55 + for invertibrates ( lol) and more stuff for the 2 we have.
 
PokeSephiroth

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Welcome to WaFishBox! :)

Yay, someone else who still uses an undergravel filter with powerheads! That's pretty much the same setup I have, except I'm using two Maxi-Jet 1200's in my 55 gallon, along with a Marineland penguin bio filter :) whoop whoop!!
 
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exfishnoob

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I know right? But why waste a good 6 sq feet of biofilter? with the tank with the UGF as opposed to the one without..I have noticed the gravel vac is always cleaner. We do 25 to 30 % water changes every 2 weeks and with the plec in the smaller tank...and no UGF the gravel is nasty. BTW ..do you like the biowheel? I read mixed reviews. Aquaclear rated # 1 and Biowheel rated # 2 in BOT filters ( was looking at a prebuilt with LED lights that came with the Penguin )
 
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PokeSephiroth

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I love the biowheel! Mine is the Marineland Penguin 350 and I have two of them. I also have an aquaclear 70, which I'm still new with. I just set up the aquaclear about three days ago, so it's still building up a colony of bacteria :)
 
Salzabar

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I found out what MTS is from Madness on another post. MTS=Multiple Tank Syndrome

I'm still searching for BOT

:welcome!: Exfishnoob
 
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Salzabar said:
I found out what MTS is from Madness on another post. MTS=Multiple Tank Syndrome

I'm still searching for BOT

:welcome!: Exfishnoob
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OHHHHH! I got that too... That's the one where you start with one, end up with many... I did that. Was a pain cleaning all the tanks with my schedule. Im back down to 2 but daydream alot about a 300g tank... I miss my spot faced pike and peacock bass...
 
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PokeSephiroth

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MTS can also mean "Malaysian Trumpet Snails" . . . which I need some. LOL

BOT means, Back of Tank, I think... the more common term I'm used to is HOB (Hanging off Back) . . . :D
 
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exfishnoob

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thanks everyone for the warm welcome. :) I posted in the blog section a little bit about how we got to where we are.
 
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fishloverRon

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Welcome exfishnoob.

If you're interested in sheding or acquiring fish, plant, and/or equipment, you might want to join us at the Seattle Area Aquarium SWAP next Saturday from 3-4 in Federal Way. It's the second one we''ve done. It's facilitated by Angelman=Aron, his wife=Lori, my wife=Linda and me=Ron. If you want a table, just come early and we'll set it up. (please let me know ahead of time). Last time we had a lot of fun and met with a lot of enthusiasts. Here's the link on FB.. http://www.facebook.com/AQUARIUMSWAP?ref=hl

Then next month at the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society, we hold our big general auction of the year. It goes on for the better part of a Saturday and is another fantastic event. The public is welcome here and to all our general meetings. HEre's our website www.gsas.org

Looking forward to seeing you here and at events....Ron
 
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exfishnoob

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will do as soon as I can. loaded some into photobucket...but the site won't let me post links yet. :( Just as well. end up doing some revamping and shuffling as I just acquired a couple of gold fish. waddly looking things. hmmmm.....
 
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