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Who do these companies think they are thinking they can take over the english lanquage and telling everyone else they are not allowed to use a letter from the alphabet ? this is arrogance plain & simple. If a Boycott would work then i would say go for it however, most of the consumers who buy...

It just goes to show, that the thinking process of those "CORPORATE JERKS" :mad2::thumbsdown: has been severley affected by them drinking the stuff.

I have had the tank up & running now for almost a year & a half. All is great and the Africans have been very healthy & happy and I started with 16 and giving away 6 BIG ones to make room for all of the babies i have had from the most colorful of the group. I now have 40 very colorful medium...

Thanks ! I did the W/C and vac the before and there is an air situation that was causing the problem because i would lift the lever once i started having trouble and there would be a loud swoosh of air. I see now that i was opening the cap when i didn't need to and losing prime. I would start...

Here is my 100 Gallon African Cichlid tank., thanks again for the filter help.

Thanks Toddo, that video is perfect !!!! thank you everyone for all of your help. Bert

Thanks everyone !!! I thought that it had to be primed EACH time the filter was serviced. Now I learned something. I can't begin to tell you the frustration of losing the prime, At that point, I just started over but just could not get the hose to fill with water, Where it was all going i have...

Do I need to keep the filler cap ON and not take it off when putting the fiter back under the tank ? Am I causing the loss of water & prime that is IN the hoses when i first disconnect my filter by removing this cap ? When i push the lever down, a little water starts to trickle into the filter...

Thanks all ! heres what I am doing, filter is running, I unplug it lift the lever & disconect the hoses. I clean/ replace filter media in tank water close filter put it back under the tank, push in and seat the hoses with the lever in the up posistion. It was at this point i added water to...

any and all help gladly appreciated.

This is a Great filter HOWEVER, twice now i have done filter maintanence and the instruction book says 2 things to restart:help: First it says put the hoses back on and flip the lever down then turn on the motor THE 2nd way says put the hoses back on but leave the lever in the up position then...

This is a Great filter HOWEVER, twice now i have done filter maintanence and the instruction book says 2 things to restart:help: First it says put the hoses back on and flip the lever down then turn on the motor THE 2nd way says put the hoses back on but leave the lever in the up position then...

thanks coler !!!

I know Pittbull, I have said that about a million times and this could be a million 1. Thanks, i heard about the sand issue and appreciate the reminder, i have a few things i can zig zag through the sand and a kind of plastic pasta forked ladel. I did 1 water change so far and used my python to...

I never cease to amaze myself with the combinations i have come up with over the years with that tank. This time it will stay as is.

Thanks !!! I got the helpful info. i needed from you guys here when i was searching for an idea for my tank and i really appreciate all of your help and input. I rescaped that tank so many times in the 20 years that i have had it that, this time when i moved to our new home, I had just run out...

Thanks and I agree. as soon as it cycles completly I want to add a single species so they will group up. I like that too. The 8 that I have in there are my cycling fish and my next fish group will be added as soon as i find the best looking group.

OK, I have my tank up and running for 1 month now and have 8 Africans and 6 sedontis catfish ( i think thats how you say their name ) I have about 130 LBS of the #20 mesh pool filter sand and my rockscape is exactly how I wanted it with holes and caves and nice cavework under the rocks. let me...

thanks for all the help.

I guess the outflow would not change because that hose is a longer it should flow the same as it would if it were shorter, i hope.