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To make things even more interesting, i obviously have dozens of land plants sucking up the fertz with their roots. So just dosing from any fertz calculator doesnt work for me... Indeed, keep it stupid simple. Look at the aquariumplants and give them what they need 😊

So it appears the original thread has been removed in its entirety. I respect @Gill choice on this as it is his journal and I’m all for the “right to be forgotten”. However, I feel there would be some useful information in that journal that could guide future projects, particularly where people...

Hi all, I'd honestly concentrate on that one. cheers Darrel

Hi all, I honestly don't <"think it matters">. From a purely personal point of view one of the reasons I want to <"understand the chemistry"> is that it allows me to answer questions about the <"Duckweed Index">, <"fertilisers">, <"cycling and nitrification"> etc. with accuracy and without...

Hi all, I would always "grow my own", rather than using dry powdered yeast, straight from the packet. The problem with sugars (mono and di-saccharides) is that they are among the <"low hanging fruit of microbial substrates">. I think that is why adding a small amount of hay works <"Results...

Yes it is possible, providing the tank is heavily planted and well maintained. I've used an Eheim skimmer before on its own in a nano with the top section removed and the top of the filter sponge exposed just at water level. Advantages are, it brings the outlet nearer the surface so there is...

Nice! I assumed you were referring to the feeding strategy 😂

The Skulls will Be Blended in more once covered in moss, and just glimpses remain. Hence All that Remains.

Small updates: Did the Co2 test, drop is about 1.2 in Ph so i assume i'm ok. Did a big water change Cloud water before the WC, but i insert a lot of filter floss inside the pre filter and now look way better Algae still grow, and have a green dust on the glasses Plants growth is quite good

The reason why it is prohibited is that if there is a situation such as damage or spillage during shipping, other products will be damaged.

Unfortunately, it is prohibited and they are confiscated at customs.

Ahh ok, makes sense. Same, they don't float my boat, but I think they look good here!

Issues around stocking/ using live feeder fish etc. Skulls aren’t my sort of thing but the tank is looking good!

Good morning Darrel. I think you are a bit to modest over yourself ;) For me the nutriënts are what i know from experience. If i have this problem in the tank i add (or cut down) this. This because i 'know' that it helps me with the problem with some basic knowhow. However, the excact...

You cant order from any European country the powder form?

Thanks bro🙏🙏🙏

Yes 👍

If I want to make it 0.069ppm, 75*0.069=5.175, then 5.175/5=1.035, then 250*1.035=258.75, then 258.75/77.4=3.34ml, that is, if I put 3.34ml dtpa 6% into my 250ml container, I put it in 5ml dose into my 75liter tank. if i give Is it true that 0.069ppm iron will be dtpa?🙏🙏

no filter is fine in an heavily planted tank

Yes, it's difficult to know the right dosage to provide adequate food versus pollution. Yeast is not cheap either. I once dosed it to sugar water to generate CO2 but gave up shortly in favor of CO2 tank. BTW, can sugar water be used in lieu of flour to feed daphnia, both are carbohydrate...

Thank you very much🙏

You want to dose 0,05 mg/L Fe to 75 L, this means 75 L * 0,05 mg/L = 3,75 mg Fe This will be dosed with 3 mL* : 3,75 mg / 3 mL = 1,25 mg/ml, which is the concentration of Fe-DTPA in your stocking solution. Your stocking solution is 250 ml, so you need 250 ml * 1,25 mg/ml = 312,5 mg Fe-DTPA...

Hi, You should not go for a setup where you try to minimise WC. Lowtech or hightech. Although you could have a stable tank with only a small WWC, it will not always be the case. Your fish get sick => do lots of WC / you have an algae issue => do lots of WC / most issue you could have => do...

I only speak English, and I'm not even very good at that. A lot of potassium compounds will be bases, it really depends on the conjugate base and acid. I know exactly what you mean, I'm not very good at chemistry, despite having science degrees. I'm also not very good at fish keeping, despite...

What algae feeding elements? Lots of people on this forum use rock hard tap water for high tech and have amazing scapes. If you remineralise with Equilibrium, then you could skip that and use tap water to remineralise your RO.

TNC was coming in at £54 for a 5L, so went with AquaDesign PLANT+ Complete Liquid £28.99 looks ok, and will see what it does.

Hi all, This is Azara serrata, it is easy as a semi-hard wood cutting, and has a lovely "fresh green" leaf, but usually it doesn't flower very well. I've let it grow this year, it hasn't been frost browned, and it has flowered really well. Cheers Darrel

I'm using 6% as a basis here.

If the skimmer is shrimp safe and the skimmer provide enough surface agitation and if it supports aeration it should be fine - the shrimps in particular will appreciate that. The bio filtration (and maturing of the tank) will be adequately provided by the plants and substrate if the plant mass...

So, is it right or wrong to set it this way from rotala butterfly?

Hi all, I think the problem is that to get enough yeast cells in the water to feed the Daphnia, you are balanced right on the edge of tipping over into polluted conditions, which then kills them off. Yeast can give you short term boom, but in my experience, always shortly followed by bust...

I will use this in a 250 ml stock bottle, for example 0.05ppm dtpa 0.03ppm edta 0.01ppm eddha 0.01ppm gluconate.

The tank is 75 liters, I will complete the remaining 0.05ppm iron with edta, eddha and gluconate.

Hi, 1 Litre = 1,29 KG, so the density is 1,29 g/ml. 6% DTPA-Fe. So 1 ml of that fertilizer contains 1290 mg * 0,06 = 77,4 mg DTPA-Fe. A solution of 250 ml with 0,05 mg/L Fe would be really lean. Maybe do you mean to add 0,05 ppm Fe directly to a 250 Liters tank? In this case 250 L * 0,05...

Have you got any tips on how you made this? Where's the filter hidden? Inspiration for one i'm hoping to make

Just a female betta fish or a Scralet Badis Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

Don't see why not... If it was me I'd try to use some old substrate or old crushed lava rock and then not even need to worry about getting the cycle started. What is your single nano fish going to be?

I'm a bit confused, what happened to the last thread? tank looks good, how big is it?

Are you committed to high tech? Personally, at that scale I couldn't bare regular water changes and would go for something that didn't need them. Certainly doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful tank. Plenty of people here that do do WCs at that scale though, just challenging any underlying...

Is it theoretically possible to cycle and run a nano planted tank (<=25l) with just a surface skimmer of the tank has a very low bio load (snails, shrimp and one nano fish)? Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

I'm Surprised I still have a Cherry Shrimp Population in here with all the fish, but see them pootling about without a care amongst the hardscaping. And the growing number of Platty fry are a good sign that they are growing amongst all the hidey holes and plants. The Newest Algae eaters have...

Spirulina powder sounds good. Spirulina is an ingredient of quality fish food, so it’s food for both fry and daphnia. Not sure why yeast, commonly recommended, is no good. I tried baker yeast before and can confirm that it didn’t work. Adult daphnia are too large for newly hatched fry...

I need this dumbed Down, as I dont understand Dry Ferts at all @dw1305 .

Looking good mate. 👍

I have used clay a few times with good results, both below a sand layer and on its own. When exposed it might cloud the water initially, but the particles will settle out once you get some algae on them to hold it all together. I think a doing a dry start for a few weeks until a biofilm develops...

Well the 125 gal would have sump filtration. What kind of media would get rid of the algae-feeding elements if using tap?

That's an idea for when I build my house. Currently living in an apartment.

Yes, I remineralize with seachem Equilibrium.

There's also Dragons

I Spend most Mornings having my Breakfast sitting infront of the tank watching them enjoy theirs. I much prefer the height of this as gives a very good viewing angle. I do need to add more foreground plants to blend the skulls in more. As the Ceratosaurus Skull has a marine coral base which...

I think it needs more dinosaur skulls.

Ours have almost finished flowering.

Hello friends, since dtpa iron is not available in powder form in my country, my only option is this product as dtpa iron, but this product is in liquid form, how many ml should I put in my 250ml container to get 0.05 ppm?

Rhododendron nearly in full flower.

Hi Darrel, no need to apologize ;) Thats one of the reasons i came here, to learn. About the kalium/carbonate i knew. The reason i thought that when adding kalium the hardness of our water increased was because of my experiences in the past. Its hard stuff and what i do nowadays is⁹ basically...

So After Some Consideration and chatting with Admin for sometime I can Start Posting this thread Again. I sadly Lost the Arowana last Week, Came down one morning and it was dead on the kitchen floor. All I can think of is something Spooked it and it managed to jump with enough force to lift the...

Hi all, Honestly dry salts are the answer for larger volume tanks, it really is a "no-brainer" - <"Solufeed 2:1:4 and Solufeed Sodium Free TEC or Solufeed Coir TEC Combination">. You can argue about aesthetics etc with lights and filters, but with fertilisers every potassium (K+) (or...

Hi all, Apologies for that. There is some discussion in <"Confusion concerning 0dKH and nitrification">, but again not very user friendly. We are in the German language and the "K"s but "Karbonate", not "Kalium". Potassium (K) is an alkali metal, but whether a salt is basic, neutral or acidic...

Yeah it is a Quandry theres Pos/Cons for both arguements, But I think I'll get him fixed for peace of mind.

Hi Darrel, thanks for the reply. Ah thanks for the info, appreciated! Good reads but quite hard for non english speakers cause of the terms. Always thought kalium would increase slightly the KH of the water. Will try tomorrow anyways since i want to cut down my kh a bit anyways with some...

Hiu all, We <"have a thread"> ............ It allows you to sell two products, a <"premium" and a "specialised">. I'll be honest I've got a <"pretty jaundiced view"> of the sellers of most <"Aquarium products">. Have a look at <"Algae support"> and linked threads. cheers Darrel

Hi all, None of those should add any dKH, or alkalinity, although the "Epsom Salts" (MgSO4.7H2O) will add dGH. The CO2 should <"outgas fairly quickly"> back to the equilibrium CO2 level. cheers Darrel

I don't think you should ever plant in straight clay from outside, though it might be a useful component in a substrate assuming it's free from contaminants. The only thing that makes clay clay is that the rock particles are super, super tiny. So tiny that they can form a colloidal suspension...

My male Dachshund is 4 and we never nor will ever have him done as there’s no requirement. There’s also suggestions that fixed males have more health issues later on in life. But I’ve heard so many other owners saying that their in tact males are constantly urinating indoors.

Hi all, I've seen a big Cork Oak (Q. suber) near Sidmouth, and apparently there are <"even bigger ones"> in Devon and Cornwall. You more usually see the hybrid between Turkey (Q. cerris) and Cork Oak , the "Lucombe Oak" (Q. x hispanica). We have one on the Campus (a Lucombe Oak)_ and it sheds...

Close up cryptocoryne spiralis 'tiger'

Depends on the definition of useful. Clay based soils have a much greater cation exchange capacity than a sandy soil (like an aqua soil). Though without significantly processing the clay before it’s suitable in other respects (i.e. not a massive lump which you can plant into) it may still be...

Agree with the comments here. From your photo's it looks like the new leaves in the centre of the plant are pale /white, if so then this highly likely an iron issue. Can you confirm if this is the case? I find unhealthy plants are then eaten by your shrimp!! Healthy ones are left alone.

The co2 puzzle has been solved and i am positive you cannot guess the cause 🤣 Ok so here are my measurements the last 2 days... Tapwater KH 10 Tapwater PH 7.5 Aquariumwater: KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed PH 7.5 So the problem was i couldnt get my ph below 7 trough...

Rare in the UK as cork bark oak seems to favor warmer climates, it lives in Candie Gardens. The gardens were at one time part a privateers private home, the owner a Mr Priaulx, was exceptionally wealthy and imported many rare trees and plants. Unfortunately many of the rare plants and specimen...

Anyone tried this or have a reason to or not? I have excavated about 1m down in my garden and it is hard hard clay. Wondered if it was useful.

He isn't yet, but I will have him fixed shortly after my upcoming holiday. He only has 1 descended, and there is a risk of Cancer for the undescended one.. So will get him done soon, wouldn't want to risk that with him. His old Vets in Derby never advised getting him done so left it.

Is he fixed Gill? It’s fairly common in hounds to urinante in the house if they’re not fixed. Thankfully my Dachshund doesn’t do it, but her has other “bad habits”.

Hi all, They filter particles by size, so anything the "algae" sized is ingested. Spirulina powder is a good one If you add some hay it will keep the culture ticking over. I'd definitely avoid milk (and yeast), but paprika and gram flour (chickpea) work quite well. Cheers Darrel

They've already been and fitted smoke alarms throughout the house. And LEAP have replaced all the Bulbs etc for LED and given dad Remote controlled plug adapters. So he can turn lamps on etc without getting up. I may have pinched one for the tank lights. Im looking at getting his heating...

How cool is it when you can id a 'new' species in your own tank. 3 Years ago i ordered a pot of Cryptocoryne Spiralis 'caudigera' at Aquasabi in Germany. It came a litlle bit bashed by transport and it didnt make it in middle of the tank. Since a month or 2 i noticed new leaves and i thought...

You can use spirulina powder, you only need a tiny amount dissolved in some tank water.

Some really good suggestions,all l can add a check up at Vets to check for possibility of medical cause, ?

The two big CW51s appear to be settling in fine. I am keeping them in a rather small box for observation so I don't think they are too pleased about their living arrangements at the moment. Fed the tank frozen bloodworms on their first evening with me, they ate these readily which I think is a...

Take a look at you tube Plant life Project channel, he experiments with plants to find out best way

Certainly, the best way to feed daphnia is to cultivate green water with strong light. Daphnia is filter feeder that thrives on live yeast, live bacteria (bacterial bloom), live infusoria or live Euglena (green water). But my fry tank has no strong light and it takes time to cultivate live...

Welcome🙂

You could collect rain water?

Guessing the tree is a rare one,, and the age😯of it,

You use pure RO and don’t remineralise at all? If not, you could, as @ElleDee has already said, mix RO and tap.

I am late, but Acmella repens fits your description too

I use RO, so the TDS is like 3 after the RO, and PH is 6.8, I haven't measured GH and KH. I use lean dosing.

Mmm maybe a trip to the surrounding islands. Not incredibly familiar with them but they are still part of Singapore so you won't need your passport for those. Otherwise a day trip to Johor Bahru in neighbouring Malaysia?

I haven't been there in years but I remember enjoying myself a lot there last time I was there.

Because you’re running a high energy tank: high light, CO2 and EI fertiliser. If your tap is 200 TDS, what is the water in your tank after water change? Also, what GH amd KH is your tap water?

My tap water is 7.8 ph and 200 TDS

Just how bad is your tap water? If you can't do at least, say, 40% a week with RO you might look at mixing it with tap or just resolving to work with your tap water entirely even if it limits your plant selection. There are tanks that get by with smaller or less frequent WC, but that will...

Wow. Even more? Why so?

You’d be looking at 50% WWC.

Well my tank is up and running now and seems to be coming along okay. Wish I had a better tank for doing aquascaping as it difficult getting in this one. Maybe a better one in the future fingers crossed.

Hello. I want to go bigger. I currently have a hi-tek 25 gal 60p that I've finally managed to achieve balance. It's algae-free and very nice. I perform 30-40% WWC, and I want to go big, way bigger, 125 gal. And I just want to know what do you recommend in terms of WWC for such tank. I'm just...

Yes the daisy is locally known as St Peter Port Daisy, it was introduced in the 1830s and first recorded in the wild, in Guernsey, in 1860. By 1880s it had spread all over our Town (st peter port) it is very abundant and noticeable at this time of year. The Cork Oak is the only one I know of...

Hi all, The daisy is "Mexican Fleabane" (Erigeron karvinskianus) and I'm assuming that the tree is a Cork Oak (Quercus suber)? Cheers Darrel

Worth it, especially in low tech where it won’t grow quite so fast.

Roots...