It is fed from my 50 000 litre concrete reservoir. My 50mm borehole produces 12 000 litres an hour. I am lucky! :-)))
This is my sand filter. It takes 160 kg of filter sand. The blue small pump is the booster. The big green pump is for backwash only. @ 2.5kw, it...
In my tanks I don't use mechanical filtration. Before my water gets to my tanks it is first filtered by my extreme industrial sand filter. There...
I used to do that, I have space for it, but probably won't, I prefer to keep most of my bacteria culture. I have many sumps and keeping all the...
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To give an idea of size, the filter vessel holds four 40kg bags of filter sand. The Green pump is for backwash only at 2.5 kw. It has to be very...
I have installed an industrial sand filter. Water is of very high quality very rich in minerals magnesium and calcium etc. Ph over 8, perfect for...
Ok final changes to my re-purposed sump, overflow traps installed, bags filled, clay bricks wrapped and installed! Big job reaching the final...
Lucky me, I don't need to spend the money on these products as my borehole water is chlorine free! :-)
Mucous membranes of Discus from different sources can vary dramatically which may have sparked the crash. I lost a huge batch of EBJD's in a...
It could be bloat, just quarantine all new fish next time for at least two weeks. I know this is not what you need to hear right now, but I...
I feel for you Bro', you must be devastated! I miss my discus very much! Water changes every two days or so till things stabilise I would suggest...
@BoelderBeestie ouch! Sorry Bro! I had the reverse problem when keeping Discus, my water is just too hard with way too much calcium and magnesium...
@MariaS Thank you! It's tedious work, but no pain no gain right? There's still a long way to go, I'm also modifying the marine sump to a more...
Excellent bio media as they are very porous and make for a good surface area for the bacteria to cling to.
Watch this space!
Leca expanded clay pellets
Still four to go!
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