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Hi all.... In the CO2 forum I see meny references to so many bubbles per second...now I can count two maybee three per sec but when I see references to fifteen/sixteen bubbles per second the mind boggles. Do they mea 15/16 per MINUTE ?????. At the moment I am set to about 1/2 per second in a...

Hi all.... here is a nice easy question...Which type of diffuser is considered the best or mos efficient.... Ladder type....inline type or the normal diffuser... all for use in a 3ft tank (180ltrs). The choice is very confusing and difficult to answer as we all have our preferences. Please help...

Hi all.... My tank is a 36" Jewell with an internal filter and an external Tetra filter.I apply CO2 at the rate of 3 bubbles a second and the bubles are added just under the internal filter outlet. I recently planted new plants namely Echin. Radicans 4 at rear left to center and 4 Echin.Compacta...

Hi all... the tank is an Aquastar 500.....65 ltr....38cm H x50 cm W .X29 cm D. The tank is lit by 2xPL 11W lamps on for 7 hours per day. In the opinion of the forum is the lighting sufficient for the tank size. CO2 is also supplied via a timer and EI Nutrients are supplied daily. All comments...

Hi all.... the tank I want to deal with is a 60ltr small tank. At the moment it is filtered with an internal filter and no CO2 is applied. The problem is that I would like to use an external filter and also add CO2 but the problem is that it appears as if all the external filters are for larger...

Hi all..... many many thanks.. so nice not to be ignored. I do not use CO2 as the tank seems so small to justify it the kits are so expensive but I do use "Easy Carbon"... is that enough ? Take care all.... Frederick ps I have some plants coming from Green Machine and will keep you posted.

Hi all.... I previosly posted this in the plants section but did not receive many replies so I will try the general forum ,....my tank is a small one ... lighting by 2+ PL11 lamps, the tank is a Aquastart 500 roughly 65 ltrs. Internal filter Aquaone 102F (roughly 450 ltrs/hr). 50% tap water...

Hi all.... my tank is a small one ... lighting by 2+ PL11 lamps, the tank is a Aquastart 500 roughly 65 ltrs. Internal filter Aquaone 102F (roughly 450 ltrs/hr). 50% tap water and 50% rain water. EI fertaliser. Lights on for 7/8 hrs per day. So far I have had no luck with plants... slow/no...

Hi there JimWalsh....... I would be very frateful for at least 0ne true Amazon Sword....please contact me via email (frederick_littler@ntlworld.com) to arrange payment or whatever yoursl truly.... Frederick

Hi all.... I have been attempting to obtain some Amazon Sword for the past few weeks but every place seems to be out of stock.... does anybody know why or more importantly where I can obtaim some. Please help..... Frederick

Hi all... Purchased a bunch of plants from a well known establishment, on delivery I washed them BUT a weekmlater found baby snails and now am trying to get rid of them but with no luck.I will be eternally grateful if the forum can tell me how to get rid of them without a complete strip down.The...

Hi there... sorry I cannot supply picture.... just a black coating on the rocks and some plants mainly stem plants.

Hi there... thank you for your fast reply.....no I do not thinks so it is not long just a coating.

Hi all.... I dose with CO2,Tropica non nitrate fertilazer,dose with easy aqua,lights on for 6 hours per day all water parameters ok....however... many plants and the rocks are covered with a black covering...not slimy and not long, just a covering.The plants effected mainly are stem...

Hi all... just purchased a new tank, Aquastart 500.65ltrs. Now having planted it I will wait some time before populating it but the question is.....as I wish to install fish AND shrimp how many of which van I install. I would like the tank to be predominately a shrimp tank. With this in mind any...

Hi all... many thanks for the help...I must confess I tought it was the acrylic tank or the gravel but it very much looks like the ammonia and nitrate levels. I will now do a daily small water change untill the levels are down... many thanks...Freerick

Hi all......Firstly, let me give you some statistics.... Tank..Wave 15 (ltrs)...temp.. 22.5C..Aeriated 24/7.. Filtered 24/7.. black gravel, lights 9hrs per day. Well planted with various Amazon swords and Cryptocorenes (which I read somewhere are r eputed to have poisonas roots?)...

Hi all.... question... do shrimps eat cooked spinach ? Secindly how the h..l do you keep it down on the bottom... other than burying it in the gravel. I placed some well cooked spinach in the tank yesterday (3 medium size RCS, two medium size cherry and 5 baby cherry ) and this morning it had...

Hi all...has any one else received the above tank generously given by PF> If so there are a few questions I would like helpng with. Regards .... Frederick

Hi jagz.... I have both...2 red cherry and two crystal reds. I must confess I thought they would be larger but if that is the full size thats ok..the tank is a 15ltr tank from the aquatic magazine (freebie) that is supplied with an airstone 24/7... no CO2 and a water change at least every...

Hi all..... I have now set up a shrimp tank complete with 4 shrimps. The shrimps are only about 3/4" long. I was very surprised when they arrived because theywere so small... is this normal and if so (1) roughly how old are they (2) when will the achieve full size. The food I have is baby shrimp...

update to general shrimp questions Hi all....after careful consideration of the comments (well meant of course) I have moved the cherry barbs and neons into the larger tank so all that the 15ltr contains is four RCS one black and white and one Amano.I am truly gratefull for the help and now for...

Hi all..... lets be sensible about the tank stocking. The number of fish formulea was devised for a tank with no plants installed.Now adding plants increases the amount of oxygon in the water... ergo.. the more plants in the tank the more oxygon will be added furthermore the volume of the tank...

I am very surprised at the answer... quite helpfull BUT 40ltrs ????? I do not know of many nano tanks of that size most are much smaller,but neverless thank you for the reply Frederick

Hi all... I am a complete newbie to shrimp keeping. The tank I have is a Wave 15 (15ltrs I think) and is plante3d with two swards and various crypts. No CO2 at the moment. Installed are 5 neons, 2 cherry barbs, 2 Amano shrimps and 2 cherry Barbs. My questions are (1) do the blue lights give any...

Hi all... ecently changed the old glass ceramic diffuser bacause it was bocked.... how do \I clean the old one..tried a scrubbing brush and removed plenty but thereis still a remainder of gunge on the ceramic... any ideas Many thanks all .... Frederick

Hi all... I am a very new newbie to a Nano tank. The one in question is a 25ltr. Now which type of gravel should I use and should I also install a substrate as I intend to heavily plant the tank for Cherry shrimps etc. I am one of the old school and have never used a substrate as I have heard...

Hiall ...I should soon been the owner of the Wave 15 nano type tank and I intend to plant it well. As the lighting is the LED type I am uncertain as to how much light to give. My present tank is lit for 6hrs per day but that is with flourescent lighting. I will apreciate any help and advice as...

Hi.....I am more concernerd with the temp rise when the lights go on many thanks... Frederick....

Hi all... the tank in question is a Jewel Vision 180 bow fronted tank,I am having difficulty in stabilising the temp..at 25 degrees. When the lights come on the temp gradually goes up to about 26/27. Now is this normal ? I would like to replace the lid setup with another type of lid ... does...

Hi all.... a word of warning... if ordering late Friday or Saturday beware...many sites send by Parcel Force 24h delivery but do NOT work Staurday or Sunday so if you have ordered fast delivery your money is wasted because the delivery will NOT be before Monday or Tuesday. So order Monday and...

TY one and all....I suppose it is a case of live and learn but I think it should be made clear when a bc is sold but once again.... ty for the help Frederick

Hi polyester....the same

Hi all.... some time ago I purchased a JBL drop checker after reading a very good artical in the forum. I have now run out of the drop checker fluid and I can find no replacement. I have purchased a bottle of the KH4 fluid with the blue added but that just turns clear after being in the tank for...

Hi all....I have tried all the cures from an earlier topic and am now fed up .I am also getting trouble with the CO2 content... the checker will not go less than medium green so either the checker is US or the DD cylinder is not delivering CO2.If I increased the CO2 input it would not be...

H all.... a couple of days ago I fed the fish some JBL Gala food and since then I have noticed a what looks like a oily deposit on the surface of the water.This means that the CO2 bubbles are trapped under it. It is no use doing a water change as the wateris not taken from the surface. At the...

yes .. I dose the recomended amount of APF and also Easy carbon during the lights on period. Any ideas please. In assing I would also mention that I have to clean the front glass of algie every 3/4 days. I also get loads of bubbles on the surface of the water which last long after loghts out...

Hi there... My tank is very well planted and I am applying CO2.. the indicator shows light green. The lights are on for 8 hours and the CO2 is switchen on one hour before lights and off 45minutes before lights off. I have never seen pearling at any time..why ??? I have noticed that when the...

Hi all... I would like to contact any other aquarists in hinckley or near who are interested in the hobby with the intent of exchanging views and expertese.If required I my be contacted via here or on the internet at frederick_littler@ntlworld.com Please lets hear from you.... Frederick

Hi all... my tank is a Jewel 180ltr. and at the moment i have in it 3 Angels, 1 blue guarami,2 dwarf guarami, 3 platties,3 guppies,1,algie eater,1 catfish,1 red tail shark, 8 neons and one clown loach.The tank is filtered with one internal and one external filter and CO2 is added. The tank is...

Hi Gary ... where do yo live then...... Frederick

Hi... the only onees in this area were.... Shirly aquatics and A5 tropicals... both mainly pond plants... forgot ther tanks had steel frames Frederick ( email... frederick_littler@ntlworld.com)

Hi.... The tanks were glass held together with blue putty (leaked like the clappers) restrickted number of fish,very few plants mainly amazon sward and pond weed (which grew like fury in warm water).. still a very nice hobby. Just returned to the hobby after a 45year break Frederick

Hi there ... I a not exactly a newby but I just realised I Had not introduced mysef. My name is Frederick and I am a very golden oldie and have been keeping fish for about 60 years and wow has the hobby changed..now really high tech.The number of plants and hardware now available is staggering...

Hi there... My tank is a Jewel 180ltrs 55cm tall 92 wide lit with the standard Jewel twin t5 (half inch) 35watt bulbs. At the moment,CO2 is added with fertiliser,lights on for8hrs per day. I would like to add carpet plants but past attempts were not very successful.What is the forums...

HI.... at the moment my tank (Jewel 180) has a complete gravel substrate but Ihave found that carpet plants do not get on at all well.Does the forum think plants grow better in a sand of some type (if so which) or gravel. If I do go "sandy" I propose to fence iff the front of the tank with a...

Hi all.... Having successfully beaten the CO2 problems I have had three attempts at growing Riccardia and Hemianthus "Cuba" in the tank front gravel with very little success I am wondering if this ia because I have gravel and not silver sand.The problem is that if I wish to put sand in the...

Hi all.... I have recently fitted a Easy Aqua super atomiser large, and since then due to the higher pressure required (2bar) I am haviing problems with the tubeing popping off the inline connectors. This is mainly due to the co2 tubing being so hard it will not fit correctly ,fully that is. I...

Hi all... I suppose it should have been obvious looking at all the bubble counters available not counting the ones supplied with the CO2 kits.I cannot help but feel that there is a lot of hoo haa rattled on regards many things in the forum.Don't get me wrong, I think this forum is the best since...

Hi all ....I am now going round in circles....just installed the new diffuser to the co2 system and because the new diffuser had no bubble counter I installed a glass one.With the old system (DD CO2 unit) the bubble rate was 1bps... the new atomiser was fitted together with the glass bubble...

Hi Ed Seely.....many thanks for the info.Will now go to B&Q to get the bits and pieces. Frederick

Hi all.....just done another water change...5 buckets and I am cream cracker'd...there must be an easier way so any ideas or suggestions will be very very welcome for a golden oldie... please help Frederic ps.. I live in a bungalow and the bathroom is only about 5/6 yds away.

Hi...m any thanks for the replies..now iI am confused cos I was considering the Aqua Medic 500 reactor which is much dearer....now is the difference worth while if the cheaper ones do the job just as`well ... what do you reckon Frederick

Hi... has anybody got or had experience of the "Easy aqua super mist atomizer" if so I will be very interested in your feedback. At the moment I am using the DD supplied atomizer but I think the bubbles are a bit large. Many thanks.... Frederick

Hi all.... I have DD co2 unit with it own bubble counter/atomiser and I was just looking at the Easy Aqua mist atomiser and was wondering if this unit would be better for CO2 distribution or would I gain nothing by changing. Comments would be appreciated.... Frederick

I have now almost completed the tank layout and would appreciate any comments especialy regards CO2 addition.The bubble checker is registering medium/light green and Iam applying one bubble per second.The fish appear ok and the plants looknice and green.This appears to me tobe a massive...

Hi malawistu....many thanks for the reply... I xan only think that I lost some when turning over however I cannot understand the addition of Kh4 liquid all Ican think ofis that the drop checker manufacturer has modified the instructions to illimate the neccessaty of the Dh4 liquid. Many thanks...

Hi all....after adding a DD CO2 rig I read the article by ceg4048 regarding CO2 measurement.In he described the JBL checker. The JBL checker I purchased apparently does not require 4dkh liquid but instructs one to place 32 drops of the CO2plus ph liquid in the lower chamber.I found this did...

H all.....having succesfully set up my DD. Co2 system now comes the 64$ question... my tank is a Jewel 180ltr...how many bubbles per minute would be a suitable gas flow . Using theDD calculation it would appear that I require approx 15 bubbles per minute.Does that sound about correct. Frederick.

My tank is a jewel vision 180 with a jewel internal filter. I use co2 and also an external filter. My question is this ... I also have a Jewel diffuser so would it be benificial to use the diffuser to further aeriate the water. What is the opinion of members please.....Frederick

Hi Wallace......thanyou for your reply....my tank is a Jewel Vision180 ltr tank.I use two filters one Jewel and one external. The tank is well planted. The CO2 unit did not arrive with a non return valve so I have ordered one neither were there many instructions with the outfit as regards...

Hi all... I have just purchased a DD CO2 outfit... hooked it up and adjusted the pressure. On opening the outlet valve I noticed that there were bubbles going into the diffuser and the were very small streames of bubbles rising out of the diffuser. My first question is ... is the large bubbles...

Hi there.... After looking at ghe replies to my last top ic I have been looking at the online plant suppliers and I have the following observations..... 1)...How on earth can TGM justify their very high prices... most times four times other prices. 2)..why is it that plants quoted in most...

Hi all....having given up on local aquarists I am desperate tofind a reliable online plant outllet So far I have only tried one... delivery was good but their description and names did not agree with the books Ihave in fact many of the named plants could noy be found.. Any help and sugestions...