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Thank you so much. Love your channel, been following on my other account for a while 🙏

@@pondlifeaquatics9796 thanks, much appreciated. How many tanks do you have btw?

Glad you think so!

I've not had my hands on the biomaster 2 yet so I'd not like to comment. However the original biomasters are great. I did have several issues with them sucking air. The benefit of having the prefilter and heater is fantastic but they are slightly less reliable than an FX in my opinion. Plus the auto refill on the FX is invaluable if you don't have access to things like a cobra or refill system. In conclusion both are great, it depends on the aquarium. Sorry if that's wishy washy. 🙏

Thanks brother

Oh they're marked up as Japanese maple! They give a slightly deeper tannin than the other maple leaves but they're great to use! Sorry if I didn't make that clear!

Thank you, I'll be trying them 😊

Thank you for watching! 😊

Thank you!

Honestly I was worried about the outlet if i removed the red structures but i'll definitely take your word for it. I haven't had any issue with clogging so far and have really only had minimal waste being drained off the bottom each week. I guess discuss are much less messy than cichlids though so that may be it? Love Purigen and will most likely use it in the future, I personally find that Red Sea Carbon, if you're willing to replace it regularly, is one of the single best removal products on the market. I've used it in koi ponds to help bring down heavy metal poisoning before and have had amazing success with it. The chemistry reaction from it is genuinely best in class. Cheers to you!

Please please please let me know if you actually do this I'd love to know the outcome 🫡

Thanks mate. It's really grown on me

Stay tuned!

Glad you think so!

Yes, it was actually one of the first pressurised systems I ever used. Dennerle actually have a soda stream adapter themselves but it doesn't come with a solenoid. I have a decommissioned one from TMC that I have an adapter kit on them. Personally I don't mind setting up pressurised systems although the initial outlay here is usually About £100 or more and then on an aquarium this size you will need to replace the soda stream every 4 ISH months which costs about £16 so the price is effectively the same. I've tried to convince beginner fish keepers to use them and there is a reluctance to set them up. I don't know if it's the added complexity or the idea of keeping a pressurised system in your home that puts people off but there is seemingly a push back from it. I think the beauty of the Carbo Bio is the simplicity and ease of use. Obviously you're not going to be able to really turbo your CO2 output to get crazy growth but as you can see in the video it's more than enough in my opinion.

Absolutely it's a way to go. I think the point of the Dennerle is to make everything as consumer ready as possible, which I think for a lot of people is a great thing. I've done DIY with gelatin before and it has a better result than when I did it without

​@@pondlifeaquatics9796 Yes, at least starting with the original Dennerle product would give some on a tighter budget time to become experts in the gelatine stuff. And when on holidays it surely is safer to use entirely Dennerle originals than some DIY. In fact Dennerle is a high end company, a bit like ADA, offering quality products with a lovely design. So now I agree that 4,50 pounds is ok, even convenient for a busy aquarist with a full time job. After all I guess it‘s about the same price as a pint of beer🤡 Just brainstorming🙂

When you look at something like a nano co2 injector where the disposable canisters are about £10 a piece. On an aquarium this size it's comparable in my opinion 🙏 plus factor in the ease of use and I think it's great value 🙂

@@pondlifeaquatics9796 you can DIY with glaze and yeast for baking, plus sugar. You can find videos, and I will send a link if you will allow.

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I absolutely know about DIY set ups. I've done them myself. I've had varying success with them. I genuinely believe that the Dennerle just removes some of the guesswork and being able to know the continuous output gives me a peace of mind that I personally never had when I was doing DIY but each to their own. That being said I've been toying with the idea of doing a long term project where I make everything from scratch including sticking the glass, DIY co2, no filter ect... So I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up doing it again in future.

@@pondlifeaquatics9796 the Dennerle hardware is of course great. I am criticising only the expensive consumables. Did you try using glaze and yeast for baking, plus sugar?

Thank you! I'm really enjoying the process watching it grow and propagate.

We can try to buy the shipping costs could be quite high. An alternative would be a DIY CO2 set up which can be a fun project.

Each to their own. I love the music they make. Any suggestions?

Good question, we are using a product called Filter Medium by Aquadip and Stability by Seachem. Additionally there is a pre seeded filtration system that was going to be used alongside the FX4 to seed it from the tank the discus are coming from. All stuff I should've mentioned in the video, I'm still quite new to making videos on this channel and didn't script anything so forgot to mention that. Think in future I'll definitely script everything out to be more thorough! Thanks for watching, I hope you stick around to watch more and see how everything develops 🙏

I left a small amount of mechanical. I realised I don't mention it in the video. We have another fluvial 405 with mechanical filtration being added on with a prefilter attachment possible addition in the future. Honestly I'd be okay with how it is now anyway. My filtration at home is literally half a sliver of a sponge and then an ungodly amount of seachem matrix. I'm a firm believer that bio filtration is the most important factor in a filter and keeping waste down can largely be achieved through water changes

finished the fight against bad water quality

It's cool innit. We got them from a company at a road show. I think we have one dry still. If you like I can find out the details and get a product page made up and send you the link later 😁

@ yes please that would be great!

I do not have a favorite filter other than the OASE and whenever I can justify buying another filter I will get this FX 4 . Since I appreciate the available gravel cleaner that hooks up to the canister allows you to get some of the muck without draining the water. Lastly I know that some people have a problem with seeing equipment on or inside the aquarium but I think they would like the ridiculous amount of nastiness from entering the main filter by using the EHEIM pre filter , especially when cracking open the FX isn't the most time friendly situation.

I'll get that done today for you 🙂

I was actually planning on a video discussing prefilters and filter attachments in their forms. I was debating putting an inline prefilter and an additional inline heater. Don't get me wrong I love the oase biomasters, they were my go to for a very long time, I just had a couple of build quality issues with them. That being said, a lot of my clients still run them and they're very good.

Coming soon!

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Thank you! It's been doing really well the past few days. Think I'm going to add in a bunch of shrimp

Thank you! 🙏

Thank you! 😊

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I love it ❤️

I will probably be talking about that on the update for this tank which will be in a couple of weeks hopefully!

I will be talking about this properly in the update video for this tank once I've had a few weeks to evaluate it and measure plant growth but having had it running for a few days it's incredibly promising

Absolutely. Anything specificly about it or just the whole range?

Wow, first of all i'm sorry you've been having trouble with your water that sounds horrible. The issue with having a fish tank in the window largely comes from too much direct sunlight. I should have probably specified rooms that get a lot of direct sunlight it's a much worse idea. The problems are largely down to spikes in temperature during the day as sunlight causes aquariums to heat up, additionally the algae blooms you can get from direct sunlight are mad. This can be mitigated somewhat by using a good quality background or window frosting but I would still avoid it where possible. That being said, if you are currently keeping an aquarium in the window and not experiencing any issues that aren't caused by your water board, then i'd say keep on keeping on. I would recommend as many live plants as possible to combat algae but i know that can be somewhat difficult in turtle tanks. Let me know if this helps!

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