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    ADA vs Oliver Knott vs Colombo?

    Don't use columbo I have it in my tank RIO125 its awful I am going to strip my tank down and replace it i'll be glad to get rid of it! Its that light that my ehiem 2026 is full of sludge every 2-3weeks and the stuff floats if is more then quarter of its speed! my plants have sludge dumped on...
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    Tropica Aquacare substrate with unipac sand? ok?

    Hi I have been looking for substrate to restart my juwel rio 125 is UNIPAC Limpopo black sand ok to use to cap Tropica Aquacare substrate? I like dark substrate black/grey and want to try sand this time but wanted to use the tropica stuff as the base! Good choice?
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    Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! GETTING WORSE!

    There Hagen black beach pebbles so proper stones for aquariums!
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    Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! GETTING WORSE!

    Right I shall give that a shot the filter is a ehiem 2026 I riped the juwel one out Pump Output: 950 l/h Filter Circulation: 650 l/h its rated at!
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    Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! GETTING WORSE!

    Re: Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! Im doing whats recomended and this stuff is getting worse! im gettin black sludge now at the bottom and the white fluff is explosive it shows up dayly and my rocks are going black and slimey!
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    Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! GETTING WORSE!

    Re: Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! This stuffs a nightmare every morning long strands of brown fluffy hair! is it the substrate being draged up? its colombo florabase and im getting brown dust creaping up my glass then hair brown hair grows from it! im attacking it with 5ml daily of carbo...
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    How long do dry ferts last? any best befor?

    Hi I have been keeping potassium phosphate and nitrate in zip lock bags there 2 years old thet safe to use? would save me buying anymore! Thanks
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    Algea or fungus? Nightmare help! GETTING WORSE!

    Hi I have a Rio 125l running a ehiem 2026 spraybar slightly upward 8 hour photo period on a 4x24w plant pro t5 luminaire 2 lights on for 4 hours and the other2 for 4 overlapping to give a 2 hour boost! Co2 slightly above lime green 86 bubbles per second Doseing: 10ml AE Aquanorish+ NPK...
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    Plants with clear holes and brown edges?

    Hi I have been doseing my planted tank for the last 4-5 weeks using Aqua essentials ferts Nourish and nourish + I was advice to drop my lights down from 4x24w T5 plant pros down to 2x24w because of hair algea problems! Since doing so to an 8 hour period my plants have started showing up clear...
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    Anyone want to buy algae by the bucket load! PROBLEMS! HELP!

    Re: Anyone want to buy algae by the bucket load! PROBLEMS! H Thanks The Tanks substrate is 70%-80% planted and decor is sumatra wood and hagen black pebbles 2x Amazon swords (coverd in hair algea but still growing) 1x Cryptocoryne wendtii (old and large does well! some staghorn) 1x Anubias...
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    Anyone want to buy algae by the bucket load! PROBLEMS! HELP!

    Hi I reset my tank 4 weeks ago planted it up etc but now I have BBA on wood, Staghorn on leaf edges and hair algae all over my plants and some on rocks and glass! The tank: Juwel Rio 125. Mature 2yr old filter Eheim 2026 pro-II up full with spray bar 1 inch under water. DIY co2 with clark...
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    No KH reading confussed!?

    Hi Ive had my tank setup about a month now im using a peat substrate thats naturaly lowers ph to 6.8 (colombo flora-base) and wood as decoration and injecting Co2 at 30ppm. Now the tank stats are PH 6.8 maybe lower with the co2 injection and KH is 0 but fish are fine! My tap water sits at...
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    JBL Co2 plus PH not bromo blue anymore!

    Yes but hagen have now discontinued it and the JBL stuff is now yellow in the bottle! so what do we use?
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    JBL Co2 plus PH not bromo blue anymore!

    Well I have some hagen stuff PH 6.0-7.6 and it dark blue out the bottle and stays blue when droped into 4dkh! Yet the new JBL stuff is orange yellow out the bottle but goes to blue when droped into 4dkh! I aint a clue which is correct now!
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    JBL Co2 plus PH not bromo blue anymore!

    Hi Ive just brought some JML Co2 test refill and opened it up to find out its bright yellow like the API master test PH kit hagen have also discontinued there PH bromo blue test so were do we get this stuff from? Aqua essentials are sending me a premixed bottle of 4dkh but I would like to use...
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