Castaway

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1st October 2010

With the Boyu filter's O ring stretching I decided to ditch it rather than search the world for a new O ring. I bought a Resun CY-20 for £17 including shipping and so far it is better in both appearance, setup and function than the Boyu EF-05.

The inlet 'crook' was long enough for my 80cm tall so I had to cut that down and then put the strainer on it as it would have reached up a foot above the rim. It is positioned into the right rear corner.

I have seen some complaints about the small spraybar and it is small at about 4 " long but it is absolutely spot on for this tank. It is positioned on the right hand pane. If I wanted it along the back then the Boyu spraybar will fit as they are the same diameter pipe.

It was also much easier to prime than the Boyu and was up and running without the splutters of the Boyu which used to take a good hour or so to remove the air.

My favourite improvement is that the hoses actually fit inside the tighteners when screwed tight. The boyu's hose tighteners would not fit over the tube and therefore you either didn't tighten (just pushed the hoses on and hoped for the best) or you used them to remove the hose.

Its actually quite a pretty filter and the output seems to be pretty consistent.

Beware if you want to use glassware on this filter that the intake hose is larger than the outflow.














28th December 2010

This tank met a violent end yesterday. I have been suffering with depression for while. Slipping further and further through the year and this caused a lack of interest/motivation with everything. All projects ignored and left, fish tanks being ignored and doing the bare minimum and the forums/website ignored too.

This finally came to a head to a head where I considered taking both tanks down and selling it all off.I did decide in the end to continue with the 125ltr albeit with minimal efort (back to non CO2/non water change) however this little tank incurred my full wrath!

The plants were riped out and put in the emersed cupboard The substrate was chucked on the compost heap, the shrimp moved into the 125ltr and then I took a hammer to this handmade tank.

I do however have some picture from earlier in the month showing the growth of the HC after 2 months. It did have a DIY yeast setup in it for its last 3 weeks.

The funny thing is that a week later when another Rasbora died (I assume they are getting old) that I started to research some new fish. Then I spotted a photo of a woodland stream and suddenly I was planning a rescape on the 125ltr.

I'm not at all disaapointed with my actions though because I found over the 3 years that this little tank was running that I find Nanos extremely boring!!! They are awkward to work with. and there isn't much freedom to do what I want. I often wish the 125ltr was bigger so I guess it was inevitable I got fed up with this tank. I had already let it go to ruin twice over it's life.

The only real positive is that it reared 10 black cory fryof which 7 survived to adulthood and are still alive and kicking today in the 125ltr.









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