Recent content by Markmark

Hi Jacob, Personnaly I would scrap it. On my 90 cm tank using all four sections of the spray bar to cover the length of the tank I found the flow was good in the first 40 cm but dropped off massively towards the end to almost a trickle. Without the spray bar attached it gives better circulation...

Nice stand youve built there and looks great in white. As you have to cycle the tank for a few weeks why not just weigh the wood down with a spare rock. By the time youre ready to add livestock the wood should be soaked enough not to float. Did this with mine with a 4 week fishless cycle and no...

Found this link the other day. It doesn't tranlate well but the pics give you an idea on how its done and which plant was used.http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... cVUWsQctpw

Re: 120 x 55 x 55cm planted with pics Wow, that full tank shot looks so cool. An epic in the making mate. So looking forward to seeing this in a few months.

Im with you both on this one. Whilst no end of skill, time and effort has gone into creating these mini landscapes I too feel they lack a true naturalistic appeal. Its often the same with all top ranking tanks the world over, Mini mountain ranges and forests which look odd with a shoal of fish...

Thankyou all for your indepth help as usual. Tap water it is for me then as easy always wins for me. Its whats in my aquarium after all.

Morning all, Hopefully my ei starter kit should arrive today from one of the forums sponsers :D . I was just wondering if plain old tap water is ok to make up the mix or wether I need to use RO or distilled. I will be following their mixing and dosing ratio's but if anyone has a better...

Nice one. Just given it a scrub down with scouring pad and bba came off nice and easy. Fortunately no bba on moss so no need to bleach dip.( sounds pretty hardcore) . Ordered some easycarbo so will paint that onto effected areas when it arrives.wood back in tank now after water change.

What is the best way to go about reusing some redmoor that is being treated for bba. Currently part covered in christmas moss but on bare exposed branches Im battling bba. Want to rescape using said branches. If I remove wood and moss and let it dry out will this kill the spores?

Tried every method you could possibly think of to get 16/22mm tubing to my APS 2000ef filter to no avail. Runnning a fluval alongside so I can attach heater and co2 inline to that. Be carefull when firing up your APS for the first time as the flow was so powerfull without spraybar attached that...

Nice stand by the way. I built one exactly the same for my 90x45x45 and was well chuffed on the saving. As for ADA Aquasoil I used 2 x9litre amazonia and 1 x 9litre powder with a bag of powersand m beneath the lot. Plenty of substrate giving me 6cm at the front and about 12cm at rear corner...

Go for the 300watt Hydor and change the hose to 16/22mm. I currently have one running on a 205 along with an Up atomiser. The standard fluval hose was a good fit to the Hydor but certainly wasn't as tight as normal filter hose. Also no problems attaching the 16/22mm to the filter.

I'll second Ed's opinion on the APS externals. Currently running a 2000ef on a 180 ltr tank and for the £ 60 I paid it is superb. Yes it may feel cheap to the likes of the bigger brands but its got all the media included and it gives one hell of a flow rate. Only draw back is the filter hose...

Re: Re: Re: 90x75x45 optiwhite. what a day + movie of sorts. Looks really nice mate.

Re: The journey begins...5 week update Well I think its been around 5 weeks into this scape and at the moment Im very pleased. Since its initial stages Ive added some stems to the rear either side of the vallis to fill it out and create some contrasting textures. No idea what they are as the...