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Water Change Done But 125 Gallon Tank Still Stinking

Bart Piotrowski — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:21:12 +0000

I did a water change in my 125 gallon and 29 gallon tanks last Friday so that’s done but today about 6 days after the water change my 125 gallon turtle tank started to stink again, so I’m going to clean my 2nd XP4 filter today and see if that helps out. I believe this filter does more cleaning then my other XP4 filter as the dirt pickup is at the bottom of my tank instead of being in the middle for my main filter. Once I get this done I will let you know how much this helped out.

I Cleaned My Rena XP4 Main Turtle Filter Today

Bart Piotrowski — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:42:58 +0000

I cleaned my main turtle filter today the Rena XP4 but it was cleaner then I thought. The only reason that I can see it being so clean was that I found a kink in the hose going into the filter, so it wasn’t sucking as much water as it was suppose to so it was filtering a lot less. So once I cleaned it, I returned it to it’s location under the aquarium and made sure the hoses were not kinked anymore.

Here are the steps that I took to cleaning my filter

Step 1 - I rinsed out a new BioZorb chemical pouch under cold water for 2-3 minutes till it was almost clean water running through it.

Step 2 - I disconnected the filter from power and used the quick release handle to remove the filter from under the aquarium and put it into my sink

Step 3 - I opened the filter, put the motor head in the sink and took out all the media baskets into a pail

Step 4 - I drained all the old water and cleaned the inside of the filter canister with a scotch pad sponge then rinsed it.

Step 5 - I cleaned the bottom basket and foam inserts one by one

Step 6 - I cleaned the other 2 baskets with Bio Rings by gently running cold water over them and shaking the basket

Step 7 - I cleaned the top basket and discarded the old BioZorb pouch and the old floss pad

Step 8 - I inserted the new rinsed BioZorb pouch and floss pad into the top basket

Step 9 - Once all the baskets were clean I inserted them into the canister filter housing and cleaned the motor

Step 10 - I made sure all the baskets were all aligned and added water to the filter, once the water was at the top I quickly closed the motor on to the canister

Step 11 - I closed all the latches on the motor and made sure it was nice and tight

Step 12 - I took a towel and wiped any excess water of the filter sides and hooked the filter back on

Step 13 -I plugged the filter back on and WAALAA its back to filtering my aquarium

Step 14 - I then cleaned up and I was done so spent I 10 minutes enjoying your turtles and fish

Below is a picture of the XP4 filter and how the water circulates through the canister.

Crosby 2010 NHL Hockey Hero

Bart Piotrowski — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:15:35 +0000

Yes ladies and gentlemen after a 2 – 2 tie with Canada and the U.S. In the 3rd period, Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal making Canada the 2010 Olympic Champions!!!

Go Canada Go!

USA did put up a good fight in the game tying it up in the last 19 seconds of the 3rd period which forced the game to go overtime but Canada pulled it of and won.

Canada is awarded gold and USA silver medals. Congrats to both teams for making it this far.

Baby Guppies have Babies

Bart Piotrowski — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:17:43 +0000

I bought some baby guppies today because they were really cheap and to my surprize these babies had babies them selves. Take a look below at the pictures.

In the picture below you can see 3 small guppies and 1 little baby guppy beside mama guppy.

Below you can see the little baby guppy swimming around

32nd Annual Coast Swap Meet May 28 and 29

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:17:59 +0000

The 32nd Annual Coast Swap Meet is this May 28 and 29, 2010. It’s a good place to buy and barter old car parts and meet a great bunch of people. I’ve attended a bunch of times in the past few years and always likes what I’ve seen so if you get a chance go check it out this year. If you click on the image below you will get sent to the main website for the swap meet which has more info.

Once There Was Three Now There is One

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:39:38 +0000

I have finally decided to combine all blogs into one because being separated they were all suffering from lack of content in the last few months.

www.QShifterHobbies.com

www.1993-Honda-Civic.com

www.UltimateGarageGuy.com

is Now WonderBart.com

This will create one place for all my hobbies, interests and future endeavours to be posted for all to see. So stay tuned for lots of cool content and fun times.

Engine Performance Manufacture Links

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:02:59 +0000

JE Pistons – Better pistons for stronger engine life

Weisco – Forged pistons for serious HP

Eagle Connecting Rods – Better connecting rods then stock so they handle more power

ARP Bolts – Engine head to block studs and bolts

Cower -Valves, springs, valve retainers, stroker kits, cams, rods

Hondata – ECU reprogramming with an addon tuning module

Crome – ECU programming

Kenji211 – Engine ECU and harness conversion

APEXI – Boost controllers and more

Greddy – Turbo kits, turbo timers and more

Tial – Waste gates, BOV’s, turbos

Quaife – Limited slip differential

Walbro – 255lph fuel pumps GSS342-400-846

GO-AutoWorks – Turbo Kits and Accessories

FJDistributors – Turbo Pistons, engine rebuild kits

Do The Research Before You Start Anything

Bart Piotrowski — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:08:06 +0000

Before you start getting into any project always make sure you do the research!
I’ve been working on Honda’s and other mechanical things for over 13 years and from my own experience doing the research before I started the project has always yielded great results. I will admit I am not the first to pickup a book and read it but as soon as I start looking at magazines or articles on the Internet that have pictures I get interested real fast. This is one of my main reasons for running this blog is for people of all mechanical expertise to find the information they are looking for in one place with lots of visual material.

Forums are also a great place for information but be careful how and where you post your questions because you might get called a NOOB or get flamed for not using the search function. So I advise you to always try searching for your question before posting a new forum post as it’s probably been covered a number of times before. Good luck and remember Google and Wikipedia is a great place for information.

AVATAR The Best Movie in a Long Time!

Bart Piotrowski — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:52:52 +0000

I just came back from the movie theater and man the new movie Avatar from James Cameron is awesome. I’ve seen a lot of movies in my time and I would have to say this one is one the best and to my surprise it was also in 3D which made it even better.

To see the HD Trailer from Apple Click Here

Transmission Gear Ratios

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:59:07 +0000

If you ever wanted to know the transmission gear ratios in your Honda Civic, I found some info on D-Series Forums that shows everything.

Click Here for the link.