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The guy also has some for £0.99!!!!

Thanks everybody it has settled down now as a matter of interest a guy on ebay is selling filled FEs for £1.50 plus £13.oo p&p

Changed my fire extinguisher and adjusted my needle valves to the correct bubble rate but when i go back it has visibly slowed or stopped. This has happened all day, Any ideas?

The plants (2) have been in for about 11 months and seem healthy apart from the leaves. The roots look healthy with lots of little rootlets breaking through the gravel. I have put down some root tabs nearby maybe i'll stick another down The only thing i can think of is that it's the area where i...

My onion plants have started getting brown gouges down their sides like uneven bite marks, these seem to eat into the leaf until the upper bit breaks off. Only a few per strand. Also the colour seems to be fading at the sides dark green in the middle and yellowing to the edge. The other plants...

Anyone know if there is such a thing as a long thin gravel cleaner ( about 20" long and 1-2" wide) for getting into those planted corners? Or any suggestions on how to make a home made one.

Hi, I have a roma 240l with two 40watt tubes It's a goldfish tank with goldfish friendly low light plants like onion plants, vallis java fern, anubias, crypts and amazon swords (only java moss didn't catch) And a big piece of bogwood I have a jbl proflora easy 2 split to 2 rhinox 5000 and i...

I'm using " Chucks planted aquarium" calculator Which kn03 values should i use the Nitrate in potassium nitrate (kn03) or the potassium in Potassium nitrate (kn03)

Which test kits are best value for money and accuracy. And where is the cheapest place to get them (i'm Scottish btw) And maybe a stupid question what tests do i really need (i have a new planted tank with co2 & mostly gold fish)

Thanks for that went to Tachbrook tropicals today and picked up magnet of favorable size. Funny shop, an antique shop with fish!!!

Anybody know of a magnetic algae scrapper that the rough bit (the bit inside the tank) is quite thin, maybe an inch thick? The one i've got is too thick and is quite bulky to be getting between plants and wood ect. sorry, my first post Hello Everybody!!