Recent content by jacaranda

So there's enthusiasts that try and help people with the info they have learned..... is that such a bad thing? Really? :crazy: I browse a lot of forums and dont see people offering c&p responses "without giving them the time of day" What I see is people trying to assist and help people to...

This thread just seems like a childish attempt to call someone out (ceg2028) and its not very pro to offer a tip in this manner!

The amount of co2 your plants need depends on how much light you are giving them, the less light they get the less co2 they need. Think of algae as a disease, if the plants are healthy they can fight off the disease. If they are unhealthy due to too much light/not enough co2 + ferts/flow then...

You could have a diffuser under the intake or just have the co2 tube going into the intake with no diffuser attached. I don't have a huge amount of experience with this but the co2 tube into the filter intake worked for me. I think it works better with a faster flow rate

you could try just having the co2 going directly into your filter inlet, a lot of people have theirs this way

They have changed to a pet shop - Selby reptile centre.

Went to cape town a few times in the 80's :thumbup: Beautiful place i am jealous

Sorry I forgot to reply, but You know EXACTLY what I mean I don't need to define anything, you are being pedantic for no good reason :bookworm:

I considered using a timer that way too but have never got round to it so far . I found whats best for me is a slower rate of injection starting earlier. Therefore the co2 stays in the safe zone for the fish for longer before climbing too high.

At first I was like :wideyed: then i was :lol:

You could go second hand and get a 40d body for ~£200 and spend the rest of your budget on some nice glass. (That's where the image quality is) If all you want to do is take nice pics and arnt fussed about the extra features (video mainly) then there is no point spending too much on a body. The...

Mine gasses off pretty slow, at co2 off 7pm the pH is about 6.6/6.5 and at lights off 11pm the pH is 6.8. The next day at co2 on time the pH is 7.2 and the base line test I did (left aquarium water to stand overnight) is 7.6. So going by that there is still co2 left in the water 24h later. I...

I used a pH test to see what my co2 was doing, I bought an api liquid test and so far I only used it over 2 days and haven't used it again since I fine tuned my co2. I did hourly tests during co2 on time and it proved quite useful in terms of seeing how fast the co2 dissolves in the water and...

Why do some people have such a hard time accepting that keeping a tank clean is the best route to take? The mind boggles.:crazy:

Mine comes on 3 hours before lights on, and goes off 4 hours before lights off. The plants are still pearling and the drop checker is still green just before lights off. You could perhaps just monitor your drop checker/fish and set the timer to turn off the co2 when is starting to get too high