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SAE's in my tank eat newly growing moss, remove them and your moss will grow, you can re add SAE's at a later stage to keep your moss in check....

anyone ever had mites above the water line in their aquarium, if so how do i get rid of them... better still how do i stop them coming back.... only info i have found is to wipe them of....not very informative

don't worry you can slow the out flow on the eheim pro 2 filters, which the 2026 is....

any links to parts needed to split co2 over two different sized tanks... i have seen the 4 way regulators on ebay .. but they are a bit expensive...

hi cheers for the reply ... i was thinking the increased media capacity would help to create clearer water as on the third day after water change the sponge gets a bit full and the water gets a bit mirky resulting in dusty plants... the tank is a bit rammed with plant growth due to ei dosing...

yes sorry, the current internal filter...there is no point upgrading to an external filter with the same flow rate or less flow rate

Hi i have a Nano tank and i don't know the internal filter flow rate... it is one of those cheap 25 liter tanks, i like the tank but hate the internal filter....it is called on the litreature an AQUA-QUBE 25 (it is the tank that pfk mag gave away once with a subscription). i am looking to...

will it affect the ph of my tank

ok will keep an eye on it ... i was running two eheim 2024's but have upgraded to a Fluval fx5 should i go ahead and add the MgSO4 .. have still to order it ...

my previous dosing was KNO3 5.5g x 3 a week... KH2PO4 1.5g x 3 a week.... Trace 1g x 3 a week... so i have been over dosing the KNO3 ie over dosing potassium if your Potassium deficiency assumption correct...

cheers as always i am getting crypt's with miss formed leaves almost like holes at the edge like a semi circle java fern leaves with pin holes mis formed un-uniform leaves and dying leaves black / brown) tank has been running for about 2 months with EI but with out the MgsO4

hi i am rechecking my EI dosing schedule and have come up with these measurments based on the Nutricalc tool.. i think i need these ppm's Nitrate (NO3) 20ppm per week. Potassium (K) 30ppm per week. Phosphate (PO4) 3ppm per week Magnesium (Mg) 10ppm per week Iron (Fe) 0.5ppm per week (from...

i was a bit worried about the co2 dump that will occur every 24 hrs from built up gas in the filter does it have any effect on its operating noise levels also...

hi cheers for the reply... the only problem is that reactor has 12/16 mm connections the fluvel has hoses that are 24mm diameter,... i think its gonna have to be a glass in tank diffuser .... never had one of them before i was thinking about a cheap ebay one...

hi i'm thinking of getting a Fluval Fx5 at present i have 2 eheim 2026 filters .... one has a co2 line feed into the canister, which works well for me as a co2 diffuser.. my query is can this be done to the fx5 filter as it is designed to expel trapped gases every 24 hours....does anyone have...