60 gallon Octogon.

[BubbleHead]

A friend just gave me a 60 gallon octogon that he didn't want to take care of anymore. It had one clown fish. I get there and the tank is a mess and wondering what I got myself into. So I get everythiny moved and somewhat cleaned, I can't put the fish into one of my tanks as I'll never get him out and he;s to big to stay in a pico. So the rock that's suppose to go in my 90 goes in and I start filling with water. Hook up the fluval and it won't prime and start flowing. Finally I get trickle after cleaning all of the sponges. I wanted to save some bateria as I was doing over a 50% water change and didn't want to stress the fish to much with clean fresh salterwater, I finally got atrickle form the pump and went to bed. This morning the water is clear and filter is running. So now I just need to do some cleaning and tidying up wires and hoses. Then find some friends for my friends lttle buddy he made me promise to keep alive

[jimlin]

it probably got stressed from the move.

[jimlin]

i am a fluval filter owner as well and have to say those filters are the hardest filters to get going. i thought about putting a pump on one of the hoses to speed up the process.

[BubbleHead]

He seems to be doing fine now, even at some this morning. This was my first time dealing with a fluval.

[flooddc]

Fluval canister are a pain in...but works great once you get it going. Go with sump if you have space. If you plan to keep the canister, don't forget to change the O ring once awhile, otherwise it will leaks and flood every time you have a power outage!

[BubbleHead]

I am just planning on kepping this set up until I get the 90 going. I just needed someplace to keep my friends clown. But then again I've never had a Fish only tank.

[zygote2k]

6 sides is a hexagon.

What is that glued together hose? I hope that's not under pressure.

[BubbleHead]

6 sides is a hexagon.

What is that glued together hose? I hope that's not under pressure.

 

I was half asleep when I wrote this, How can I edit this. No it's not under pressure. Hose going to fluval. I just didn't have time to go out and get correct part.