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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.

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!!

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 )

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

I see nothing but a foreign language up there.
Welcome!

What is BOT and MTS?

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

I'm still searching for BOT

Exfishnoob

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

I'm still searching for BOT

Exfishnoob

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...

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) . . .

Hang ON Back....I do thinks

Whoops, yes! =P Hang On Back, not off. LOL. my bad.

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

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.. https://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

wait a minute, 3-4? I thought it was from 3-6? uh ohhhhhhhh

My Bad - 3-6 is correct. Thanks for catching that!

Woohoo!!! 3 hours of fish geeking, I can't wait!

Poke...you're a hoot!

welcome aboard.

Love to see some pics of your tanks

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.....

Hi exfishnoob,

Welcome to WA Fishbox; it is a great forum. If you have a chance check out the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society (GSAS), probably one of the best - most active aquarium clubs in the country! http://www.gsas.org/