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Ocd not much

I use them in my sump, Saved me a fortune

Loving the bottom tank,

Little update as posted above, fell out with the Helferi it keep uprooting, So changed it for Enchlonorus Tenellius, Not sure I will use cat litter again, sand was so much easier, also algea is beating me at the moment,

View from my office Update, Have a slight algea problem in one small area, think it is Blanket weed, I am really struggling getting the Helferi to root in the substrate, going to perceiver for another 2 weeks, then may change it for something else, Otherwise all the others seem to have...

My Rio 125 didn't come with a brace, Could try euro bracing, But I believe the brace on these tank's is easily removed, it just pulled off on my brothers tank, he has had his running for about 2 years with it removed,

Thanks Martin, At the start I was going to do 10% as I was worried about the shrimp , but now i do 50% changes,

Here's a shot now, Hope it looks okay, like I said it's my first proper attempt,

Here is a full sun Shot,

Few more plants added the week after, Then I got some major crypt melt over the last week, but have a few little shoots growing back Will update tonight with some pictures,

Now planted, just clearing.

Been growing plants n keeping fish for years, This is my 1st tank, really thinking about where the wood n plants should actually go tank, Tank...Aqua one 35ltr, Substrate.. 8ltr Tesco Cat litter, Hardscape..Azales Root, Lighting..Tmc 400 tile, Fertaliser ..10ml Ei dosing, alternative days, 50%...

Years ago I had a tank with rainbow fish and harlequins & Cory's, water changes used to be matched to 26 degree's, one day the heater failed n the tank temp dropped to 21, Lost all the rainbow fish and harlequins, Since then I do cool not cold water changes, I think the fish get used to it...

Shrimp tank, never apart from water changes once a week, discus tank, fertilisers every morning, replant any new plants which have popped out, Feeding in the evening, Then twice weekly water changes, wipedown, n trim plants, This is when I am tank happy,

Mmmm cat litter route it may be then

I have crystal black shrimp, Many thanks for the input Ian, I think I will go down the ebi route, And many thanks Jordi, I I didn't already have the shrimp then the small ammonia spike wouldn't be a problem,

The ammonia worry, was more because of the shrimp in the tank,

I am really struggling on choosing a substrate for my 40ltr shrimp tank, Need something which will not leach ammonia, Can bank to a 10cm height, I will Ei dose, Need atleast 2 years before it turns to mush Tank is currently running with a flat sand substrate, I will move the shrimp to another...

I have had two of the 200w die on me, lost my puffers due to it, But had a 300w for 4 years now no problem, Not sure I would recommend one,

Clean daily water changes, Would be the way to go to start with, If you have recently added a new discus to an existing discus tank, there is a chance of something called cross contamination, Best thing is get over to Bidka, asap. When I want advice on plants in my tank, I ask on here, When I...

Ceg knows his stuff, Enough said

When you have the CO2 sorted :-P Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

All I know is since my tds went from 60 -90 my discus have stopped sspawning lol Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Put a lettuce leaf in at lights off 10 mins later, lettuce leaf full of snails, I used to keep puffers so would have paid postage for them ;-) Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Nice tank Sacha Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

They may not, But mine ate it, Pretty sure they have never seen a cucumber but they still ate it, Someone once told me, bloodworm has no nutritional value, but it's like crack for fish They used to eat new era corydoras pellets Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

They ate blood worm this was used to condition the Cory, n cucumber or cougette, the fact they have survived to this size/age in your tank means the have enough to survive and grow, I only ever see the mature otos out in the tank

Yeh nice one , Minee used to breed same as corydoras, lots of food n lots of cooler water changes, I had 12 adults, gave me about 60 fry over a period of time, Only ever got them to breed in my corydoras breeding tank, Which we as kept at 24 degrees, full of vallis, every other day 50% cold...

Loving the colour of tonys background, wonder what shade blue it is

This was grown purely by natural light, got silly at one point, Light above it was purely to take the photo Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Thankyou guy's, Back on it tomorrow then, Thankyou for all your help Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

So after my little problem, When can I start re adding my Ei ferts, liquid carbon, Plants are looking sorry for themselves Also should I increase the lights from 3 back up to 7 hrs over the next week, Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Everything nearly back to normal now Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Was on 8 portions of beefheart a day while growing, Now 2 smallfeeds, tonytan beef heart granules & beefheart mix or something frozen n chopped up cockles, prawns, They will eat pretty much anything

Many thanks Alastair & Trevor Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

It was off No more than 12 hrs, How long light period 4 hrs? Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Nothing has changed other than the filter cutting out Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

This was last week Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Tanks been running for years, The discus have been grown in it for the last 10 months, from 2 inches, sand was added 2 months ago along with plants, tank was clear upto Friday, I am almost certain it's a bacterial bloom caused by one of the filters stopping over night, Wife remembers not...

The slightly green tinge could just be from floating plants Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

I would like people's thoughts On this, So I have an idea which to deal with, Is this a bacterial bloom Or green water Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2

Hello Mate, glad you could join us

I have a tub of water to swill my hands in by the tanks, n a towel, Then it's off to the sink to wash my arms, surgeon stylee

myself and another friend are/will be running the following up aqua a-153 regulator & an up inline atomizer, as it turns out these regulators are not pressure adjustable as advertised, i have yet to set mine up but he advised his is running at 4 bar, is this okay or could this cause problems ?

that clears things up many thanks Ed

Thank you Ed & DTL, so i think i will need to check my KH and raise slowly to a small amount if it is near 0dkh,

Sooo I should I be worried, I am going down the C02 Fe route, The tank in question Currently dose liquid carbon, 1hr before lights on Readings were taken at lights on, The Ph is 5, tap Water is 6.5 Softness is 1.5 Gdh, Should I be worried about adding Pressuised Co2, Or should I raise...

think that says it all really.. ^^^^

i run an ehiem 2113 & a tetratech 1200, on my 220ltr, i love the flow on it but its a mare to clean and prime afterwards, compared to my other ehime's and aquis 700 i run on my oher tanks, i just dont like the way the taps connect ontop, and the big blue button ontop sticks after many years of...

Ohh natureboy, That really has me interested, not really many flood planes in my area, Lancashire, Greater Manchester border More like peat bogs up here, could I use river bank clay, How did you go about using it, is if fairly malulable?

Well once again thank you v much for all the advice, I have ordered 2 ADA Amazon, and will walk down to the garden center for the corrugated border.. Once again thanks for all the advice,

As I am using max 6 ltrs, It will be going in a 240ltr tank, I really like the look of the Amazon, So could I not use a spare 30ltr tank with filter to put the substrate into for a few weeks, doing daily water changes until the ammonia has leached then use it in. The 240ltr tank, would that...

What about akadama?

That was really useful greenview many thanks, I will def go down the route of the Plastic supports to stop land slides, Would love to use ADA powersand, but cannot accommodate the ammonia leach, Def need to use something larger grain to stop compacting, Any idea's, I will also be Ei doseing...

Okay I will try my best to describe this. I have a sand substrate in my tank which I plan on keeping in 2/3 of the tank, it's about an inch deep, Now in the back corner of the tank the other 3rd is going to be built into a hill up around 2 peices of wood, going front to back 15 inches rasing to...

Not wishing to digg up an old thread, I have always found B&q sand is slightly darker than Argos or Asda, The best way to wash it, is pour some in an old pillow case and use a hose pipe to wash it through,keep turning the sand over in the pillow case, until it runs clear, takes around 10-15 mins.

Thanks Alastair, So I dose 1/3rd of 100ml then ? Yes I was going to reduce to 1ml per 50ltrs as per the instructions,

HI everyone, I currently have two tanks running at the mo, a 38 ltr planted and a 200ltr planted,the latter has been running for 6 months, I Ei dose both, but going forward only plan to keep the 35 ltr heavily planted, So here's the current how it's been for 6 months Two 54w t5, Eheim 2213...

Sorry I mean what time in the day, So one hr before lights on Is fine then?

Hello Peeps, i have moved to Ei dosing, for around two weeks now, thanks to fluid sensor online i currently use on a 48x15x18 tank Ferts: Estimative Index Wet Mix Macro Solution:-500ml Potassium Nitrate 15g of (KNO 3) Monopotassium Phospate 5g of (KH2 PO4) Magnesium Sulphate 37g of...

Not too sure where to put this, if its wrong please move it.. I am just setting up my 200ltr. Was going to go for a jungle theme tank,like George of the jungle, but Changed my mind after seeing the 750ltr amazon thread on here, Also I needed to take my fish into account a 136b pleco, Neon...

Hi George, I am really keen on replicating this as best I can, and have s few questions Where do you get your plants from. as I will be replacing a 3ft tank with a 4ft tank, and moving the fish & filter over to it,is there an alternative to the TMC Nutrasoil, which I can use which will not...

And the points go to Gill, its the Selaginella wildenowii yep thats the stuff, so i should stay well away from it then cos its a bog plant ??? Dam it looks so pretty.. they also had red Dracaena's but i have seen them before...

Hi Peeps, I will down load a pic from the camera when i get home, but i found a plant in the shop, which looked liked Trimmed conifer branches.. any idea what it might be.. they do have roots on them, but are they aquatic plants ??? Pics to follow tonight

Re: MMM Please give me help, After looking and thinking about it, i was going to Ditch all but the largest stone at the back left, keep the one to the right of it and the one infront of it, and bank it up to the back left of the tank then plant it with E tenellus to the left and behind the...

Hi I am new to all this, First of all sorry about the Pic Quality, Curently have two tanks running,both have plants growing in them would not really call them planted :lol:, i seem to be able to grow them, :clap: but not to the standard on this site, both tanks are planted from 5 original...

Hello Peeps, I am fairly new to all this, So here is as much as I know.. My Tank is a 90ltr. With JBL Aqua basis, covered in fineish whiteish Gravel, No co2, weekly fert Tetra Plantamin, sorry that's all my local shop has. I have blue leds which come on at 7-8 & 20-22 then the main lights...

Ceg to the rescue, once again. many thanks

Hi Peeps, I currently have two Camomba plants in my Q tank, and boy they are massive fill about quater of the tank, i am looking at prunning them, and of course future prunning, i have read the A general guide to plant maintenance artical, but am a little confused, Now uproot the plant and...

Sorry the water hardness was because my local water authority has very very soft water, this strips the lead out of the water pipes to counteract this they load the water with phosphates, to increase the hardness soit does not strip the lead into the water.. ohhh so i have been very miss...

Hello Peeps, I am fairly new to all this, So here is as much as I know.. My Tank is a 90ltr. With JBL Aqua basis, covered in fineish whiteish Gravel, :lol: No co2, weekly fert Tetra Plantamin, sorry that's all my local shop has. I have blue leds which come on at 7-8 & 20-22 then the main...