Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hello, just posting some pictures of one of my tanks and some of my Steatocranus. Steatocranus casuarius Steatocranus sp red eyes Steatocranus tinanti Also I keep Lamprologus mocquardi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymes007 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 that is a very impressive Steatocranus casuarius. How large is he? That is one of the best photos i have ever seen. cheers Jaymes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hello, he is about 12cm now, still growing. I have about 6 pairs now and about 300 childs. They are not to famous now in germany , but I´m working to get all 11 kinds of the Steatocranus. 4 I already got, working on the Steatocranus bleheri at the moment, to get it from africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Awesome tank and fish, what type of filtration are you running in you tanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hello, I use an HMF Filter like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Nice pics. Just love the hump on his head (2nd pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Gidday and welcome to the forums These are a favourite group of mine but unfortunately in Aus. we are limited to only a couple of species. I have three pair of tinanti with young atm. and some crassies with eggs also. I have about 6 pairs now and about 300 childs Hehe...just a language translation hiccup I'm sure...otherwise you have been busy Keep the pics. coming! Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoges Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Lovely Pictures What is the plant species with the bulb on the bottom growing in the 1st picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymes007 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hello, I use an HMF Filter like that ← could you please explain how your filter works and what type of media you are using? thanks Jaymes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hello , the oplant is called Crinum thaianum. There are three kinds of them you can get . The Crinum thaianum,Crinum natans and the Crinum calamistratum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hello, I use an HMF Filter like that ← could you please explain how your filter works and what type of media you are using? thanks Jaymes ← Hello again, ok the Filter is driven by an airpump. You have e tube which is open on both ends. When the air comes inside the tube it will pull the water up the tube and the water is running out of the tube. The media is a foamplate which you can get in different thicknesses. We use 5-10cm thickness. They are made of plastic You can calculate how many air has to rum throug the tube for best performance of the filter. Costs are low and it just needs low energy. Try to find a better explanation in english as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 That Hamburg mat filter - short description © by Dipl. Ing. Olaf Deters 02/2001 that Hamburg mat filter is extremely maintenance and purely biologically working filter for fresh water aquariums, which supports the micro-biological procedures running off anyway by its structure and the dimensioning. Thus the effect of the filter bacteria is optimized, and/or reduced the necessary trash. The mat filter consists of a foam material mat inserted transverse to the direction of flow, which is flowed through due to its dimensions orthogonal for the direction of flow the water with a certain incident-flow velocity. The drive takes place depending upon basin size with simple air jacks or centrifugal pumps. The definition of the pump takes place under default of the basin circulation per hour (1-2x). From it the mat size in a further computation step, which the flow rate on approximately 5, results - 10 cm/minute specifies. The mat thickness in direction of flow amounts to for instance 5cm. In the case of usual standard basins the mat size results mostly equal the size of the side window. The mat is usually arranged in the aquarium with for instance 2cm distance to the side window. Behind the mat heating, thermometers etc. can be used. The mat colors itself grey brown after short time and can be settled with Javafarn and Javamoos. It becomes almost invisible thereby. There are still a few other designs Hamburg mat filter. For the function mat filter is necessary an organic minimum trash. This is given in usual aquariums. That cannot replace the water change Hamburg mat filter, since it concerns aerobes a filter and nitrate comes out as final product. It provides however for an enormous biological stability of the aquarium and reduces among other things NH4 extremely reliably and fast. Due to its active bacteria it can accumulate resulting heavy metals durably. Cleaned a mat filter is not kept, if necessary possibly. It is enough to suck it off every few water changes upper-laminar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndoboi Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 So simple, yet so effective. I like it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymes007 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 thankyou for the explanation. very similar concept to the air/sponge filters i run. thankyou Jaymes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steatocranus sp red eyes Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hello Jaymes, guess it is the same concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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