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Times come for me to shut my tank down now the fish are gone and slowly trying to break the rest of the set up down. I've always brought plants from the for sale section and never been good with plant names and although I kinda know what type of plant these are I don't know what the actual names...

Hi I've got a rusty rear wheel arch that in in the process of sorting out so far I've sanded back the rust filed and sanded and primed. The car is a Toyota celica 2000> matallic silver. You can see from the picture I've drawn where I've repaired so should I be blending to a certain...

Thanks for all the input I will see how it goes within the week and report back unless I find something else to rack your brains about :)

Thanks ady what time of day do you guys do wc. I usually do them late at night 8-9pm but with co2 on up to around then would doing a wc just be getting rid of co2 that I want to keeo in the tank? I work from 7-5 so mornings are a no or on clean out days just do them on lights off 10pm?

I currently do about 50% of the tanks water volume a week and filter clean out about every month half where the fx5 has such a big canister. Ive changed the co2 times for as you suggester 1pm on and 8 pm off and slowly adjust it back up to what I feel is max. Il also move the co2 diffuser...

No thats correct that gives me lime green on lights on and co2 on for 6hrs or am I going about it all wrong

Not trying to say no to what you've suggested but I thought the DC had to be lime Green on lights on and turn off a hr before lights off is a waste as plants use less and less As day goes on? I dont have a bubble counter just use DC and fish as a guide. the mixture i mix up is as follows and...

I know it looks a mess but Im not concerned what it looks like for the moment just getting to the point I every month or so I change something or buy new plants and don't seem to get to the point im getting results. Co2 seems to be to its highest point where I think the fish can take it.

I have very slow growth slight browning/dirty look only just starting to form on foreground plants. I think I have enough flow as I have a fx5 going into a spray bar on the width of the tank and as the circulation goes around snd comes back towards the spray bar on the bottom of the track is...

one on the right has a much thicker stem and bigger leafs. Just got these from a friend but never seen them before and I just want to make sure these are aquatic plants lol

Thanks anyone else have anything to add before I get some? What's the best time/way to add new fish to a co2 tank so they don't get gassed where there not used to co2 if that's such a thing with my fish alread In there used to co2

I have been offered as many Kribensis as I like from a friend who's closing down his 8x3ft breeding tank. I love the look of Kribensis but not sure if they will be ok in my 4x1.5ft tank with 2x bolivian rams (not a pair) 5x corys 2-3 rummy noise tetras If there ok with these what do you think...

I lost the female A few months ago then the male stopped eating as a result and just lost weight day by day shame as they were a lovely breeding pair And it's also put me off to alot of work goes into keeping them surprising how much come to think of it

Still not having much luck with the plants and getting the balance right. Since I last posted I lost my discus so I'm no longer having to use 50/50mix of RO water not sure if this makes a difference. also ive had a algue issue again this could be due to water hardness change (Brown fluffy like...