Sunday, May 3, 2009

Aquarium Update

All the fish have been acclimated to the tank and are doing very well. The tanks Ph has balanced out to 7.0 after buying a new stabilizer (The other ph down was defective so do not buy the TopFin line of PH products). I also bought a new gravel cleaner. The EHEIM Quick Vac PRO. I am very impressed and satisfied with the new cleaner because it doent require removing water from the tank or refiltering water (with the old syphen gravel cleaner it removed waste and water which ment i needed to add more water or filter the removed water). The Quick Vac PRO runs on 4 AA batteries and is fully submersable. A motor spins a small fan which sucks up aquarium scum/sludge. Overall this product is outstanding with its ease of use and amazing cleaning power. The one downside is that there is no "fish protector/screen" and i almost sucked up a ghost shrimp... Here are some pictures and a video of the EHEIM and some other photos.

A front view of the tank

A side view of the tank

The disgusting filter after 2 weeks of use (near the top right of the filter there is some weird clear gell like substance...)

The EHEIM logo on the box

The entire assembled EHIME measures about 2 whole feet!