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Recent content by JAX3000

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    I have a few set up questions...

    Thanks guys, this makes sense... I was thinking I'd like a check valve immediately after the needle valve and before the bubble counter, but I really want the bubble counter in a fixed possition, not in-line, as such... So, I think I'll buy a new bubble counter with built in check valve and...
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    I have a few set up questions...

    Hi, thanks for the reply... Perfect! I can do that, no problem. Brilliant, but... as I don't trust my bubble counter not to allow back flow, (I have read the built in check valves CAN fail) I'm concerned the glycerine would not have to travel far before gumming up my reg. Am I worried about...
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    I have a few set up questions...

    Hi, I'll try to keep this brief, but I have a few issues, maybe I can wrap them all into one thread... 1) My bubble counter looses water - fast. It's a standard issue co2 art "with built in check valve". I removed it while full of water the other day and water literally drips from the bottom...
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    EI Dosing Levels

    Hi and thanks for all your comments, I'm getting somewhere here... So, just in case this is an issue, I may as well add extra cheated iron from APFUK...? This is edging into a-bit-complicated-for-me territory, but as I understand it the duckweed index is the use of floating plants to expose...
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    EI Dosing Levels

    Hi, I have hard water... so are you saying I should therefore not use Clive's or Full EI, as that's more for RO or soft water and I should just stick to the APFUK regime? Thanks
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    Best place to buy C02

    I once found a guy who worked for a fire safety company who'd give me out of date fire extinguishers for 3 quid each, but I found it was a pain to have to mess about making sure I didn't run out and disposing of the empties etc. So now I have 2 canisters, one to run while I get the other...
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    EI Dosing Levels

    Thank you all for your advice... maybe not such a stupid question after all. I completely agree Wookii, I don't really want to get into tailoring my recipe at this early stage, as I'm more likely to just balls the whole thing up, with my limited experience. However, looking at the comparison...
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    EI Dosing Levels

    Sorry if this had been covered. It may be such a stupid question it wasn't even mentioned due to bleeding obviousness... Anyway, here's my question... In a Co2 injected, heavily planted tank, with increasing light levels as the tank matures and grows in, I am using Aquarium Plant Food ei kit...
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    CO2 Needle Valve Recommendation . . .

    This is literally the exact information I needed. I am having the same experience with my co2 art needle valve. If you so much as LOOK at it too hard, the bubble rate shifts into ridiculously low or dangerously high levels. It also creeps up and down when nobody's looking, which I find extremely...
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    UK Shops for the Planted Tank Hobbyist

    All I can say is the best planted tank displays I've seen (I travel up and down the country for work and try to pop in to every fish shop I pass) is Maidenhead Aquatics Farnham. Truly inspiring scapes. I don't know much more about the shop except friendly staff and some super cool fish on...
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    New Setup... Advice Please...

    Thanks for all the advice Alto. On the Frogbit... (I'm on Android and I didn't even have to correct that. Proof possitive that Android is better than Apple! :p) I have hard water, but now you mention it, I do have lots of surface movement. Since not injecting Co2, I had assumed this would not...
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    New Setup... Advice Please...

    Hi Darrel, Thanks for the info. You just reminded me, I have a few little Frogbit floating about too. I'd forgotten them, as I impulse bought them some time ago, but having not added any ferts, they've almost curled up and died, but I hope what is left will now perk up. If not, I'll buy some...
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    New Setup... Advice Please...

    Thanks Alto, My hope is that with such low levels of nutrients as I'm 1/4 dosing EI, the low light should balance out and I can take it easy, watching it grow in nice and slow. If need be, I'll upgrade my light later, but I'm more worried about over doing it, than under doing it with light...
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    New Setup... Advice Please...

    Thank you Tim, Good to hear I should be off to a reasonable start then... Understood re deficiencies. I'll adjust ferts as they grow. Pleasantly surprised to hear I have enough light and will definitely start off with 6 hours. Also, I forgot to say, I have 2 air stones running, which must...
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    New Setup... Advice Please...

    Hi, I haven't posted here in years, since I went plantless for a while, but now getting back into it on a more low-tech setup. Could you please let me know if I'm heading in the right direction, or am I about to mess this up (again)? I have the tank set up and running for a month or two now...
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