Hey everyone!
It's been a long time since I've been here. Everything has gone well. I have one very large Fig8 puffer & had one rather small F8.
However, the filter tube got the best of my smaller F8. This is the 2nd time I've had a small F8 fall victim to my filter tube.... Anyway I put my request into the LFS for another large puffer so I don't have to worry again.
I have a 30 gallon BW tank @ 1.005. It's been established for well over a year & has been very easy to maintain! I have big problems with green algae because of sunlight, but some remodeling will be taking care of that shortly.
I have a Whisper 30-60 filter on my 30gal tank. Unfortunately it's not even close to a whisper, it's more like a 'Give nightmares screamer'. I can hear it humming through walls. I also have a single Whisper30 from an old tank that was just as loud. My question is - what other filter setup is PROVEN to be silent or atleast as quiet as possible? I would prefer a canister type filter that I can hide away in the cabinet below my tank. I have 3 layers of soundproofing in the cabinet. I'm not experienced with any filters other than what I have now, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Next, I have play sand as a substrate. I recently removed all my decorative rocks as I believe they were low quality garbage because the colors were leaching & leaving a funny dusting over the top layer of sand. Since removing the sand color hasn't changed...so it was definitely these rocks. I am VERY interested in planting this tank - everything I've read on the subject matter is unclear & most articles vary drastically in advice.
I'd like to know from you experts on what I need to properly grow http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-138.htm and http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-50.htm. I currently have a 30watt single bulb hood. Is my substrate as it sits okay? It's definitely rich in Nitrates....
It's been a long time since I've been here. Everything has gone well. I have one very large Fig8 puffer & had one rather small F8.
However, the filter tube got the best of my smaller F8. This is the 2nd time I've had a small F8 fall victim to my filter tube.... Anyway I put my request into the LFS for another large puffer so I don't have to worry again.
I have a 30 gallon BW tank @ 1.005. It's been established for well over a year & has been very easy to maintain! I have big problems with green algae because of sunlight, but some remodeling will be taking care of that shortly.
I have a Whisper 30-60 filter on my 30gal tank. Unfortunately it's not even close to a whisper, it's more like a 'Give nightmares screamer'. I can hear it humming through walls. I also have a single Whisper30 from an old tank that was just as loud. My question is - what other filter setup is PROVEN to be silent or atleast as quiet as possible? I would prefer a canister type filter that I can hide away in the cabinet below my tank. I have 3 layers of soundproofing in the cabinet. I'm not experienced with any filters other than what I have now, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Next, I have play sand as a substrate. I recently removed all my decorative rocks as I believe they were low quality garbage because the colors were leaching & leaving a funny dusting over the top layer of sand. Since removing the sand color hasn't changed...so it was definitely these rocks. I am VERY interested in planting this tank - everything I've read on the subject matter is unclear & most articles vary drastically in advice.
I'd like to know from you experts on what I need to properly grow http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-138.htm and http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-50.htm. I currently have a 30watt single bulb hood. Is my substrate as it sits okay? It's definitely rich in Nitrates....
