Aquarium advice

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Originally Posted by invadertoast

I LOVE the way that stuff smells too, lol. The hood I was using looks like this inside:

http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/ima...275a_14c27.jpg

It has a filter cartridge filled with carbon and a biowheel, but I can't keep it running unless it's sitting on top of an aquarium (it has this pump assembly that hangs down inside the tank) so unfortunately it's been down since yesterday. The whole concept kind of weirded me out at first, but I'm now convinced that this hood/filter system is the best invention ever created! It keeps my water super clean and nothing evaporates because the entire top is covered. I can't wait to not have fish tanks and tubs of water all over my floor, lol

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The Eclipse filter is excellent. Unfortunately, once the wheel stops, the good bacteria starts to die off. Once you have it up and running again, it will start to rebuild so no problem really. The carbon is basically useless unfortunately. People think carbon filters are great but the truth is, you get a couple days of "tank cleaning" out of them. After that, all they really do is catch any loose debris that is floating around. Looks good!

I had an eclipse system about 6 year's ago when I first started my aquarium hobby. The system is awesome my favorite part was how quiet they are you would never know you had an aquarium in the room.Good luck with your leak I never had one sorry I can't help.One more thing as long as the temp's in the water are ok your fish could be in there for a good while.The airstone should be fine.

I got a "new" used tank today, it's actually a couple inches taller than the old one so I guess maybe the old one isn't a 29 gallon. In any case, I think I'm just gonna forget about re-sealing and keep the new one set up, the tank itself is only a few months old. Here it is, with four happy cichlids hiding down in the corner-

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91...t/PICT0676.jpg

Everybody looks healthy and is acting like nothing ever happened! I'm relieved.

Nice!!!