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Subject Author Date Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-09-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 10-09-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-09-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 10-09-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-10-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 10-10-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-13-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 10-13-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-13-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-16-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration !Speedy Gonzale... 10-17-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 10-21-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 10-29-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Sky-Catcher 11-07-2007  Re: Jewel Rio 180 filtration Julie 11-08-2007
Posted by Julie on October 9, 2007, 12:45 pm Please log in for more thread options Hi I find that this tank gets particles building up very easily and looks mucky, whereas my Tropiquarium stays looking clean and "bits" free. I think I might need to use a different filter (although I have added an old fluval internal filter as I thought it might help) and wonder whether to buy an external filter in addition to the existing internal built in Jewel. The Eheim filters get good reviews, but I'd like opinions from this group please. Also does the external filter sit in the cabinet? If so that is OK as there is space....but no space beside the tank, only below in the cabinet. Thanks Julie Posted by Sky-Catcher on October 9, 2007, 2:39 pm Please log in for more thread options Not sure whats going on - i have a couple of juwels and there are all crystal clear - arfe you changing the white polypad at the top regularly? > Hi > > I find that this tank gets particles building up very easily and looks > mucky, whereas my Tropiquarium stays looking clean and "bits" free. > > I think I might need to use a different filter (although I have added an > old fluval internal filter as I thought it might help) and wonder whether > to buy an external filter in addition to the existing internal built in > Jewel. The Eheim filters get good reviews, but I'd like opinions from this > group please. Also does the external filter sit in the cabinet? If so that > is OK as there is space....but no space beside the tank, only below in the > cabinet. > > Thanks > Julie > Posted by Julie on October 9, 2007, 5:22 pm Please log in for more thread options > Not sure whats going on - i have a couple of juwels and there are all > crystal clear - arfe you changing the white polypad at the top regularly? > > I think regularly enough, but I will increase and see if it makes a difference. Thanks J Posted by Sky-Catcher on October 9, 2007, 5:55 pm Please log in for more thread options even if yu dont i haven't hd problems - a have a trigon that i have experimented with and left off the white poly pad and it is just as clear - though you do need to rinse the coarse sponge more frequently. what substrate do you have and do you hoover? sky > >> Not sure whats going on - i have a couple of juwels and there are all >> crystal clear - arfe you changing the white polypad at the top regularly? >> >> > > I think regularly enough, but I will increase and see if it makes a > difference. > > Thanks > J > Posted by Julie on October 10, 2007, 4:38 am Please log in for more thread options > even if yu dont i haven't hd problems - a have a trigon that i have > experimented with and left off the white poly pad and it is just as > clear - though you do need to rinse the coarse sponge more frequently. > what substrate do you have and do you hoover? > > Yes I hoover. I need to do it much more frequently than the other tank. I have angels and bristlenoses in the other tank, yet that stays clean. The "dirty" tank has tetras, rainbows and a couple of very small plecs (much smaller than the ancistrus' in the other tank) Both are planted and were set up together when I moved 5 months ago. Same water same regime....apart from the extra time I give to the Jewel tank. Substrate is also the same.....mixture of very fine rounded gravel and sand. Similar Threads Posted Jewel fish (Hemichromis bimaculatus) June 27, 2005, 2:42 am Filtration April 1, 2007, 6:00 pm Algae build up - inadequate filtration? March 15, 2005, 6:43 am Advice on silent filtration for bedroom aquarium April 25, 2005, 3:17 pm