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Its a bowfront tank, and I don’t know if that will mess with the measurements or not.... Also, the boarders are included on some of the measurements, so you can probably round them up.

width = 12.4 in

length = 36 in

hight = 20.12 in

bowfront = 37.3 in

On another note, know any good ways to get out the stuff leached by drift wood?


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-Kasey Carter

hi i make that out to be about 40 uk gallons = 180 liters as your measure ments match about my tank. AS for the wood did you soak it in a bucket befor you put it in your tank? If not you might want to take it out and boil it as this realy get rid of it. That stuff works a lot like a tea bag as in the hotter you get it the more is realesed. But if you have soaked it befor putting it in and you dont want to remove it the only thing to do is to do regular water changes. It will go in the end it will just take some time. As a Q how long have you had the tank set up and how many bits of drift wood are there in the tank? If this does not help your drift wood problem have a look on this web site and see what you think http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/driftwood.php

hope this helps

Hi oldpro,

Sounds similar to a 46G Bow Front to me.

Here is a list of All-Glass Aquarium tank dimensions.

Where did you measure the width, at the end or the deepest spot. If it is the latter then the 46G Bow Front would not match, but otherwise it seems to be that one.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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Thanks a lot guys!
I needed to know the size of the tank because it looks like the light isn’t strong enough(tannins probably to blame).

As a Q how long have you had the tank set up and how many bits of drift wood are there in the tank?

I haven’t kept track of how long I’ve had it setup, but its long enough to put 8 fish in(not all at the same time). only 3 big peace’s of wood in the tank
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/oldpro_fish/Picture074.jpg. Here is the peace to blame(probably).http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/oldpro_fish/rightsideoftank.jpg

Thanks for all the help!


"I am who I am, and who I am is who I want to be."
-Kasey Carter

carbon should help, remove the yellowish tinge

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carbon should help, remove the yellowish tinge

- But what about water changes?

How often do you replace how much of your water?

Ingo

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Hi,
To a person who does not like "black water tanks" that is
yucky to look at. I'm with Ingo. That will take a truck
load of carbon to clear it up, or regular, large, water
changes.

Frank


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I'll stick with regular, large, water changes. The carbon may remove the bacteria from the water(or so I’ve heard)

"I am who I am, and who I am is who I want to be."
-Kasey Carter

oldpro,

You are going with the cheapest (if time invested is not an issue) and most effective way of "cleaning" your tank water by doing the water changes, and the fish will like it too

On word to your statement "The carbon may remove the bacteria from the water" - - Who told you that? Beneficial bacteria basically don't float around in the water, at least not as their location of choice. The vast majority sits on some form of surface and works its magic from there, waiting for the water to flow by. Inside the tank that would be the glass, substrate, hardscape, and plants. And outside - there is your filter material, with carbon being a good source to settle for bacteria as it has a large surface. The problem with carbon is that it becomes "clogged" and inefficient and is usually replaced between 6 to 12 weeks of usage (the latter is most likely stretching it really thin) and as such any settled bacteria culture in it is disposed.

BTW, another way, albeit more expensive, is to use Purigen (made by Seachem) in the filter. It cleans water very well, but has to be replaced (or recharged) even more often than carbon (and is not a carbon replacement as its sole purpose is cleaning, not chemical filtration). I personally find it not worth the hassle as my tanks are not so great that I would need water so clean that one cannot even see it anymore.

Ingo

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Hi,
Our filters perform three types of filtration.
They are Biological, Mechanical, and Chemical.
The media that performs the chemical filtration is Carbon.

Here is a site (additional reading) that describes the
modern filtration systems in general terms:
http://www.firsttankguide.net/filters.php

Once the carbon is saturated, it ceases to remove chemicals
and becomes just another form of mechanical filtration
trapping debris.

Frank


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