Recent content by Mr P

Thanks paulo for your advice.I. havenot been moving the d.c about but will bear it mind for the future.I do have a d.c at either end of the tank 40mm or so above the substrate,I will clean them again tonight and hopefully that will sort out the problem.thanks again.roy

Thanks for your input.I have 2 d.c in tank and have the film in both.I will leave the d.cs in steralising liquid for the night and see if that solves it.many thanks.roy

Very intreasting,I have just had the same problem with the amania,grew it before with no problems,got some a couple ofweeks ago and it had died within a couple of days.I will have to try this method next.roy.

Hi all'i keep getting a film buildup in my d.c.I clean the the d.c but it returns every 2/3days.when it happens ti cannot get a proper reading from the d.c. has any one else had this problem?many thanks.roy

Many thanks alastair for your help.I bought today tmc grobeam ultima ,I spoke to richard at AE and after chatting about my needs he recommended the grobeams,I think led lighting is still in its infancy and over the next few years there will be a lot of advances and I think I will hang on a bit...

Hi alastair,I want to get a led light for my 60cm long tank,I am concerned with reliabilty has your light been trouble free,can you adjust the colour of the light and would you consider it as power as 2t5s ? Thanks .roy

Hi, has anybody got this light and what do you think of it?many thanks roy.:)

Sounds great,staying put when sloped is really handy as every thing else I have used in the past levels its self out.thanks for your help.roy.

Hi all ,has anybody using or used tropica aquarium soil.any feed back would be great.roy.

hi lee. my plants have done really well since I changed to RO.nice lush growth.its a pity as I have now gone low tech on the tank as I am trying to breed apistos and after asking Darrel I hope to have more luck wth the setup now.still using RO but no CO2. all the best .roy

hello lee,i have my TDS at around 150, cherry shrimps and amanos doing fine.

hi lee, I have just done this,take your time and start with small 10% changes and as the TDS comes down slowly increase the size of the water changes.it will take time but you don't want to lose livestock.i did not lose fish or plants but it seemed ages to achieve my target.i have read about...

cheers johan:)

hello, I am reducing the hardness of my water at the moment and wondered if dragon stone would raise the PH in the tank.i am using ro water with james c remineralising recipe. thehardness of the tank is pretty much as I want it but the PH has not altered very much. it has gone from 8.1 to...

thanks Darrel.i am using james c remineralising recipe and I got a reading of 126ppm from the prepared water,if I keep adding this to the tank it will slowly get softer. many thanks again. roy.