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At the weekend I won an ebay bargain and it was delivered today. :thumbup: It's a JBL Proflora u403. http://www.hobbyfish.net/index.php?prod ... 4162018038 It cost me all of £62 as it was listed as a faulty return but as new, however, I can find nothing wrong with it. :shh: :D :thumbup...

I was given it for nothing so no loss. I'll use yeast until the new year when I can afford to get a welding CO2 system sorted.

Easylife website - "EasyCarbo is a very powerful and effective source for aquarium plants. A strong grwoth [sic] improvement is noticable after 1 to 2 weeks. Usable with or without CO2 addition." Nowhere does it say that it may be harmful to some species of plant. It only tells you not to...

I have the Hydor NRG CO2 system (the one without the gauges) and was wondering whether there was a cheap option or an adapter for the CO2 bottles. I'll be using it in a 320l tank so the small bottles aren't financially viable. :thumbdown:

Email sent.

Well,I've been doing some searching on here. What a waste of £15 of plants and about a £5 worth of Easycarbo! Email going to them today.

You are kidding me! Well that is utter sh*te. I'll be writing to them to get some recompense if that is true.

I planted 25 plants each about 10" long into Caribsea Planted Aquarium. Dosing with TPN+ ans Easycarbo. Planted them on last Wednesday and they have collapsed and are starting to turn to mush. :cry: Any ideas?

I was searching but there were loads of mixed opinions. :? Just had a look at those you recommend, nice. :P Wow, that would be brilliant, thanks very much. :thumbup: I've PM'd you.

Any opinions on the best moss for a moss wall? Considering growth rates, attractiveness, colour etc.

Egmel, sounds like you and I have the same way of thinking. It's also good to see someone else has been through it so I don't have to. :lol: Looks like a combination of (maybe) sand (for non planted parts) and some clay baseed substrate for planted parts. Cheers :thumbup:

Thanks for the heads up. :thumbup: Seeing as CO2 has no detrimental effect on bacterial colonies, shall I dose BOTH external filters then so that I get CO2 rich water flowing over both sides of the tank?

Thanks. :thumbup:

I'll be running two external filters in my new setup, a Fluval 405 and a 205. I was wondering wether it would be good to diffuse CO2 into the inlet of the 205 (my secondary filter) to try and get 100% absorbtion of the CO2. The affect on the cultures in the filter doesn't bother me as I'll...

Thanks all for your advice, there's loads for me to think about now. :crazy: I'd rather use a clay based substrate as it'll give me more margin for error as you say, I would consider topping with a more innert substrate though for cosmetic reasons, although I'd rather not have a substrate...