Recent content by D1gg3r

Thanks. The wood is Sumatran bogwood that I got from aqua essentials. I was able to select the pieces individually and their size is listed as well. Fish wise the old stock is a few remaining rainbows (Bosemani, lake terberas) cory sterbai and lots of Kribs which have bred like mad. I've also...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - IAPLC 2012 World Rank #11 Congratulations on the placing. I loved this tank in it's early stages, but that final shot is awesome. One of my favourite tanks.

Tanks only been running about two and a half weeks, but burnt through 500g in 10 days, so would be about 1.5kg a month. That was at 4 bubbles per second. I've tinkered with the bubble rate and settled to about 1.5 bps. The drop checker's still lime green and plants appear fine so hopefully will...

Thanks for the feedback, I've been looking at the setup and see exactly what you mean. Water change this Friday so I'll see what rock I have to play with. Well nearly two weeks in and the stem plants have gone mad, so I'll be trimming them soon. I've had a bit of melt with the HC, but seems to...

Thanks for all the replies. The tanks a rio 240. Kept the juwel filter but added another pump giving about 2000lph circulation. Substrate is Fluval plant stratum and I'm dosing EI. Bubble counter was showing about 3 bps and the drop checker a bright grass green, almost lime coloured. I've upped...

Thanks Whitey89, I will probably take you up on your kind offer, but just want to resolve whatever issue is causing the melt first. Is it common for Blyxa to melt?

Well nearly a week on from planting and all is fine apart from the Blyxa which has melted away. Crypts in the tank appear fine and other plants appear to show signs of growth. Will Blyxa recover? There are two areas of it in the tank on either side. Bizarrely it's the group nearest the diffuser...

thanks, I was just wondering as I'm considering a small shrimp nano once I've got my main tank back up to speed. I might not have room in the kitchen for CO2, where it's likely to go, so might have to consider a liquid carbon. Just got to convince the OH that the kitchen needs a tank now. It's...

:lol: Re the old tank, thanks. I pretty much 'winged' that tank without much forethought initially and ran it for seven years. I bought a bulk setup of random plants and tweaked it as it developed, by removing plants that weren't successful under low tec, ending up with that photo in it's...

Great looking nano. How much CO2 are you getting through on a tank that size?

Thanks. I was intending to put some moss on the branches, but forgot to order some :oops: . I will probably attach some, but probably not so it covers the wood entirely. I might wait to see how the plants grow in and then make a decision. Not sure what moss to go for either. I tweaked the...

Thanks, Yep would appear atomizer the main problem, after I replaced the faulty bubble counter. Plugged in a ceramic diffuser and all good now. :)

Thanks for the replies. The check valve is ok and it's a CO2 cylinder. However I will alternate with a FE when refilling the empty cylinder. I found a leak on the bubble counter, a tiny crack in the casing invisible to my eye. Replaced the bubble counter but still not getting through. Although...

Hi, I've just finished planting and have hooked up my CO2 system, but don't seem to be getting any CO2 through into the tank. I'm using a dennerle profi 200 regulator and solenoid. I'm assuming its set up right: cylinder to regulator to solenoid to check valve to bubble counter to atomiser...

That piece of wood is impressive, but the aquascape as a whole is absolutely stunning.