Yea man me tooLooking forward to seeing this progress
Hi.is it still 8 drops of each solution bottle? (to test for ammonia)
If so the water line in the test tube should be higher, shouldn't it? bit hard to tell, but thought it worth mentioning.
With the added flow and skim from the ehiem the ph had dropped back to 7.8 this morning too as without it the ph hasn't returned above 7 even over night.... so I'm guessing the gas exchange is more efficient when using it as there is no bio film to restrict it.
Of course I maybe completely wrong with my observations.
Alot use the elastic loom bands round the skimmer top to stop small fish and shrimp getting sucked in.
I've used fishing line and it's held on with small spots of superglue, seems to work well but think I need a bit more as I had a mountain minnow trapped inside.Yeah that's what I use the black ones. Recently I've had a couple of incidents where they've popped off and found them either in the tank or in the skimmer itself. Good skimmer this but I wish Eheim would acknowledge the problem and bring out an adapter. I've personally lost a couple of tetras, an Otto and countless shrimp because of it. I now check it twice daily to make sure nothing is in there by switching it off, taking the top off and wiggling a wooden BBQ skewer round so anything in there jumps out. Also, always check before dropping water level.
I've seen people use rolled up plastic mesh before and very coarse sponge, I might try one of these other techniques if I can find some flexible mesh that isn't too heavy to sink the skimmer.
Why isn't that a 200 gallon tank, or a whole row of tanks???when your single and have a chill zone