Recent content by Graham1984

So, it theory, If i went with a 2lt diy co2 set up with my low light, but circulated the water a bit more, my results will be better, Not show stopping but better. I know I cant provide anything near enough co2 to grow thick low growing carpets, but at the same time thats not what wanting to do...

would increasing circulation of the co2 already in the tank be worth while? (via deep mounted power heads) or would keeping circulation to a minimum be the best route? and what about water movement on the surface? high or low?

Is under lighting a tank not a risk? or possible? or would things just grow so slow you would not be able to tell that anything was happening.

well, the t5hos is too powerful, full stop by the sounds of it.. i was just a bit concerned that the t8s are not strong enough, ( ive had them on before and not much grew) (but that may be down to other things) so, by fools logic, a weak light a little bit longer, should in theory be better...

so if I go with the t8s for 6 to 7 hours a day, with no co2, or will i need to lengthen the photo period with the lower light? I wont be swamped with algea, providing i look after things, water wise. and things will grow, (at some rate) and in 3 to 6 months, with re planting of cuttings and...

No its fine, actually I have another post in el nautural, where I asked about digging some clay from deep in my garden and making clay balls to push under plants, New 300l set up, help needed | UK Aquatic Plant Society so that has actually been a bit of a help. Im looking to get going with...

I have an 300L aquaone tank, (120x46x70cm) I also have a twin 54w T5ho starter, and the stock 36w t8 starter, (that came with the tank) I can use one, both or a combination of the two... Im going to be using a soil substrate, capped with bonsai soil. I dont have, and probably cant get...

I simply cant afford the amount of premium substrate I would need to fill the bottom deep enough for the lower care plants to take root, it would be £100+ just in what is basically gravel and soil. then you need it posted to you. but fush must live in worse than topsoil in the wild, all be it...

there must be 100s of people who have probably 90% of a really good planted tank hidden away in sheds and boxes, and a tank full of blue plastic plants, glow in the dark gravel and a spongebob airstone. I would encourage anyone reading, and thinking about getting serious about planting up...

AH! another soil user... do you find it has any effects on the fish in the first few months when it goes in?

slightly off topic, but is that your tank in the picture? how much maintenance goes into somthing like that? what kind of lighting are you running? substrate ect..? im currently working on a plan for a low tech 300l and yours looks like what im aiming for.

yeah, as its a a total new set up, im going to have to let the algae grow in slightly before I go down a clean up route. Was just trying to look into what space i will need to leave over, for the crew to move in eventually. I havent had great sucsess with ottos in the past, Any advice on...

I was thinking of hiding a section of drain pipe in the tank somwhere, and filling the bottom of it with a tiny bit of sand. and using that area to place the food, what would you recomend as an algae crew, in terms of numbers?

Is a bristle nose too destructive for a low tech tank with crypts and swords? And is the same true for black red tailed sharks? Would a group of corys be a better option? I have a bristle nose and a red tail, and im about to re do the tank, I already have a home sorted for them while that...

thanks troi, Ive spent a lot of time reading over your posts in the past, Ive still got half a bag of aquatic compst in the shed, so thats handy. would you mix in any cat litter molar clay into the soil subsrate? Would that provide anything other than a surface for stuff to absorb or cling...