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Quite possibly I've been way too skimpy on my micro dosing for quite a while (in this tank I use NilocG Plantex CSM+B) - it seems to work for the other plants though as I only see this anomaly on the old Anubias leaves. The tank is very densely planted with Anubias, Swords, Crypts, Buces and an...

Mate I just bought chihiros wrgb 2 from aliexpress it was 45 cm one for £108 I think the 60cm version is 150ish and the light is great, does come with eu plug though 93.69ï¿¡ 73% OFF|Chihiros WRGB II 2 Full Specturn Water Plant LED Light Upgrade RGB Built in Bluetooth APP Control for Aquarium...

Hi. I am UK based and new to dry salts and I have been getting mine in relatively small sized batches so far from Aqua Plants Care . I have been following the EI approach for my 200L tank and their site includes recommendations for EI mixing ratios Estimative Index Fertilization Method EI in...

Brands of lights don't " cause" algae. Mostly a nutrient imbalance between the 3 "nutrients" ..light quantity, CO2, and fertilizers. Any dimmable led alows you to control the amount of " nutrients".. Assuming a 20gal tank 24x12x12.. You have a lot of choices. More will depend on what you want...

Perfect. Thanks @Koaan!

Something like this: designed to roll and not flip. If you can't find one of these in a size that fits your can, maybe swap out your can for a smaller can that fits?

Hi all, I think that is the only explanation, what I'm not sure about is why are conditions amenable to H2S formation? There doesn't seem to be the input of nutrients that might provide a substrate and then reduce oxygen levels low enough to produce ORP values at a level for sulphide formation...

this is not an easy diagnosis because first of all these symptoms can be caused by several factors other than nutrients Deficiencies/Toxicities. you also have to look at other plants as well and see if they are also suffering from similar symptoms. if we were to guess which Deficiency is seen...

So is your question about what to buy/mix, or where to buy it? Any garage or supermarket. It's important to avoid any possible reactions between your salts and what's in the tap water, so best to use distilled.

A few more weeks on now, tank is at around the 2 month mark. Gladly I've passed the ugly diatoms stage from the pictures in the previous post and all is looking well again. Everything seems to be growing nicely and so far so good on the algae front. I've had a little bit of GSA on the glass and...

Hello hello This thread is great, and since I just set up a UGF I decided to join, as to add more info. I set up using the same fabric method as @Oldguy did: But I use a geo fabric, that is used around street drainage pipes, that allows water flow out of the cement pipes through the soil, but...

This thread was started due to lack of information online (or better say conflicting information) on how nerites tolerate levamisole. Hence I decided to use this post to share my experience with this medication in my tank in hope it helps someone. The aquarium: Capacity: 250L Inhabitants...

The way I read this @Serenade4 has concerns that H2S is forming naturally in anoxic zones of the substrate.

Hi all, Welcome to UKAPS, In terms of <"value for money"> you just need to stay away from anything pre-diluted and / or <"aimed specifically at the aquarium market">. I've always used a <"horticultural fertiliser">, but not very scientifically, @Happi has done all the hard work in <"Solufeed...

Not here! Keep it coming! Thanks for sharing

Hi all, Apologies if was discussed before. My CO2Art regulator seems to develop a small leak that empties a 2kg bottle in about 24h. I verified all connections with soapy water and no bubbles. As test I connected the regulator to a new bottle and pressurised both low and high presure sides...

When my daughter asks me what I'm doing my stock answer is "flooding the house".

I wouldn't really worry too much about it if you are going straight from tap to tank, tap water typically has fairly decent levels of dissolved CO2 anyway.

+1 to this - the best time to change water is when it is most convenient for you to do it, otherwise you simply won't stick to the schedule long term and will end up missing water changes. Water changes are essential, but lets be honest, they're a complete PITA. I set stuff up to automate all...

Ya, I’ve got no issue doing them. What I was wondering is when in the day is the best time to do it with regards to co2 dosing, ferts, photoperiod. New tank doing water changes daily, I’ve been doing them about an hour after photoperiod and 2hr after co2 ends. Ideally I’d like to do them while...

Hi all, I'd like to start mixing my own fertiliser for a 180L heavily planted tank. I've read loads of threads on here and elsewhere, but wanted something really simple: I'm in the UK - what's the best place to buy the dry ferts (links welcome). By "best" I mean quality and value for money...

I usually make a huge mess, so I try to time WC when my missus is out of the house :D

Changing water is like exercising. There may be small benefits to one time or another, but the real trick is showing up and doing them consistently. Better to work them into your schedule as painlessly as possible so they actually get done.

size : 60 x 30 cm I don't have a budget limit thank you

Hi all, It would probably depend on how <"physically stable it is">. I use silica sand and potentially that remains "good" eternally. I'm not a vacuum fan, but it would be difficult with fairly fine sand any way. This is what Dr Stephan Tanner says: <"Aquarium Biofiltration - SWISSTROPICALS">...

So does all substrate have a finite life in a tank? Would vacuuming help (although I always thought that would remove nutrients and disturbing it might cause HS to be released)?

Only problem I can see with that filter inlet is that it doesn't reach the surface to give you surface agitation.

Welcome back from another Herts resident. Your aquariums look great. Plant growth looks to be impressive, I find it quite a challenge with our rock hard water.

Great effort, looks really good :)

Currently I’ve got co2 on at 08:30 and lights on at 10:30. So I’d be cutting fine too lol.. but I may move the photo period a little later in the day at some point. The mrs is struggling to get used to the rainbow prism effect on everything in the living room from the twin star 450s. So I have...

Would be to early for me, mine starts at 8am 😁

...any H2S. You need to add about 1 - 3 mg / L H2O2 per 1 mg / L H2S. <"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2175/106143015X14362865225951">* * If the link stops working the reference is Chan & Farahbakhsh (2015) "Oxygen Demand of Fresh and Stored Sulfide Solutions and Sulfide-Rich...

Looks excellent! Some of the moss in my tank grew emersed really well.

Welcome and nice tank!

It can be done but will take ages. You would also have the right water pH and substrate to help the plants along.

Just sharing a picture of my Corydoras caudimaculatus shortly after I acquired them I bought 5, but I haven't seen all 5 of them in recent days. I did rearrange the scape a bit recently, a little worried that one of them might be stuck under some hardscape but should be very unlikely since...

Hello hello. So its been 20 days since the setup. The aquarium plants are thriving, fish are delivering their fry. The pH from day one to now went from 7,2 to 7,6. But it stopped there more than week ago. So I'm quite sure it was the boulder that I place on top of my driftwood that was slowly...

Waterbox Eden range?

...to under-estimate your aquarium volume by ~20% for hardscape and substrate volume by multiplying the tank volume by 0.8): ((Aquarium Volume (L) * 0.8) / 39 L) * 0.1 (g) = Panacur C (g) In my case, my aquarium is ~57 L, so ((57 L * 0.8 )/ 39 L)* 0.1 g = 0.116 g Panacur C 0.116 g is a very...

Yes John I think your right.. strangely it’s only some of my Anubias - nothing on my swords, crypts, buces etc. must say some of these leaves are really old, quite frankly … perhaps the leaves are just being retired from old age to give room for new growth. Cheers, Michael

I have a roma cabinet for my 2 rimless aquariums and I hate it, so small inside and not tall enough either, sienna looks nicer though.

Hydrogen sulfide is toxic, so if the substrate was disturbed and released a lot of H2S in principle that could have contributed to the killing.

I'm guessing if this is only effecting old leaves we can rule out iron and manganese because neither are very mobile in the plant. Potassium? not sure but it's a possibility.

Mini update following an enthusiastic trim. Somewhat suddenly spotted this rather large leaved water lettuce (?) that's been growing nicely. I'm still removing floating plants on a more than weekly basis just to keep the surface clear enough for some light below. Using some CO2 tubing to create...

Great thank you! I’ll switch to morning once my wc schedule slows down. Appreciate the advice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yellowing/pale could be iron nitrogen or even low co2 , is your water hard?

I think the consensus is to do it before co2 and light period and I have seen, better results since I switched to do wc in the morning

Well I do really enjoy doing maintenance on my tank so I take my time and it takes me roughly 2-3h once a week on 160L tank (despite my wife moaning about how long it takes me 😀) So because CO2 saturation is important only during photoperiod that’s why I tend to do maintenance at the end of it...

Hey! Interesting, I’m new to co2 and it didn’t make sense to me to remove co2 saturated water, but if it’s close to end of co2 injection then I guess it doesn’t really matter. I’ve got a lot to learn about how co2 works. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have no experience i am afraid , but dont the jewel tanks had the filter in the corner of the tank? i remember seeing a video about how to cut it all out which is what i think you will possibly end up doing? maybe they have changed the design now, i dont know. But they used to really popular...

Thank you 🙏

Hey there I do mine when I have time but often that is about 2 - 3 hours before photoperiod ends and 5 - 6 hours after ferts dosing . Also it’s very close to the end of CO2 injection. My only concern is to do it either before dosing ferts or after good few hours after dosing ferts. Cheers

HAHA i really enjoyed that. Welcome back. Nice tanks!! Si

Well, I spent all my money on tank gear and neglected to get a small pump to do water changes with… my mixer tap is too hit and miss with temp so can’t run a hose direct. Currently I’m hand balling jugs back into the tank 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️ got a pump and some tubing coming tomorrow 🥵 Once I get it down...

good question. i do mine in the morning as well. but i do remember on set up doing it every day after work for a week etc. the great thing about doing this is that its like training. i got so good at a nippy WC no probs!

This is a brand new set up, only day 2 going into day 3. I’m water changing daily 1st week. Once I settle into a routine I think that make sense to do it before lights on. Thanks

Thanks Ajm, agree that's the most helpful video / review I've seen of it so far. Thanks Si, I do like it. I don't mind the ribbed pipes, I had it on my old Fluval 406 and it didn't cause trouble, mind you I never cleaned them either so who knows what was lurking beneath... Don't know if anyone...

Welcome! :)

Hello, I noticed that some of my really old Anubias leaves are developing what looks like deficiency symptoms? It's all those yellowing dots / patches I am talking about and I only see it on old leaves - new growth looks excellent. I'm dosing very lean in my low-tech tanks, so I suspect I...

I prefer to do mine in the morning before I dose the tank with ferts and the co2 turns on. Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

Hi, What’s the consensus on when the best time to do water changes is? I’m in the first week of daily 50% water changes. Photoperiod is 10.30 - 18.30, Co2 running from 8.30 - 17.30. I did the first one last night after lights out, I didn’t want to mess about while the tank is saturated with...

It's all about enjoying wot we do

RO water can do miracles!

We have porcelain tile over concrete so we should be good with that part. Now, can you recommend a dolly for a round Brute trash can that will be sturdy enough?

When I was taking the old substrate out it did seem quick hard packed at the bottom of the tank. I used nutribase and gravel, topped with sand in my most recent tank so will do something similar on the 125l. Plants we to like that ok

Really interesting reduction mechanism, the capstan drive, I recently encountered in YouTube suggestions: With cordage/rope transferring power instead of metal gears, this option could be especially useful for wet environments. It's also practically silent and it looks cool, so it might be an...

Day 2 and I’m really impressed already 🥰

I have to do the conversion from freedom units to metric but if your floor is solid under the tiles then you’ll have no problem. Floor tiles only tend to crack when there’s deflection (or unevenness) in the substrate. Floors such as chipboard tend to flex but osb or ply don’t if the right...

That is doable with an appropriate dolly on flat floors made of stone tiles (watch out for floor damage if its not stone). Water is terribly damaging so be careful. If it flips and you spill 140 Liters (37 US Gallon) of water that will potentially be a heck of a lot of water damage inside the...

Yes I think you're right. Darrel, I always thought very dense and compact substrate would be more susceptible to this sort of problem - essentially that the substrate gets to be anaerobic due to the lack of oxygen and in turn gives room for the creation of toxic gaseous hydrogen sulphide...

Having used Maidenhair ferns in many setups be prepared for countless new plantlets growing in the moss in due time!

Is it worthwhile posting this also in the General Forum? Maybe we might catch the eyes of a few people who wouldn’t look in the Sub-forum?

Lovely to see fish in the tank Meg! I'm sure they're gonna love it.

Oops, I meant 37 gallons of water which, I believe, is roughly 275 pounds.

37lb is like 17kg. My dog weighs twice that much. EDIT: I see you mean 37Gallons. So 140kg give or take. Depends what’s under the tiles but yeah, I’d happily push that around my tiled floor.

I’ve been using a Brute 32 gallon trash can (US) and the dolly that comes with it for remineralized RO storage. Usually around 27 gallons of water in the can. I’d like to increase the amount of water I change by roughly 10 gallons so I’ll probably get the next size can which holds 44 gallons...

Thank you 🙏

Welcome- great start!

No misting. Not sure on airplant in detail, it just hangs in there

Looks really nice doesn't it! They have really thought about everything. The lid system is simple and quality. Why do Fluval use ribbed pipes for their filters? For me that just means a crap trap. Maybe i'm wrong. Si

Aquarium Gardens is such an amazing place, everyone is super friendly and helpful. Nothing but the best advice and support. Stock is insane for plants and hardscape. A real gem. They will be sick of me soon for sure 💪😂😂😂

Looking great , I envy all who live near AG and HA stores, or maybe it's better I live away,I'd probably go broke!!

This video will be beneficial Video

I would go for aquasoil if you plan to have rooted plants and you can cap that with sand if needed , I put crushed lava rocks under the aquasoil , only because I refuse to spend money on ADA substrate, which is probably the best but expensive, jbl products are not bad at all tbh.

I’m just going to give some general thoughts/guidance and leave specifics to the more knowledgeable. However you do it, you will always “waste” a considerable amount of the CO2 you put into the water. Unless you can fully dissolve the CO2 (not likely with a diffuser), some will always escape as...

My first thought is that your lily pipe looks weird, very horizontal. Mine is tilted slightly downwards. If the bubbles are not following the flow, assuming that it is properly directed, than it should be a combination of too large bubbles and too little flow (for the size of the bubbles). From...

Hi Darrel The substrate, which is now in the bin, was JBL Sansibar with some lightweight gravel type stuff that my LFS sold me when I said I wanted to grow plants. I never added any soil, nutrients when I set the tank up. Filter is the standard Fluval U3 with the standard media that comes...

Hi, with only a few weeks to go are any other members able to commit to the poll? It would really help in gauging numbers for refreshments. Thanks 😁 Ady

I had same issue did the treatment that worked a treat, but never used charcoal afterwards, just fid some big consecutive water changes. It was only in my 50litre with plants RCS and snails, so probably drained it to lowest level for livestock 80 -90%

P L A N T I N G P R O G R E S S Made some further progress with planting, and earlier last week I added some Maidenhair ferns to the upper branches, fed with a dooa terra tape water wick from the Mizukusa wall weir like I did in the jungle puddle with the higher positioned plants. I removed...

Hello all, New here, kept a planted community aquarium years ago, low tech. Moved into saltwater and gave that a good go and then had to tear my system Down due to life circumstances. 12 years later and I suddenly get the urge to get back into planted tanks, but go more “high tech” I guess...

Greetings everyone ive been searching everywhere for answers but i cant find anybody who has similar questions/problems as mine. please help 1) im using a co2 inline diffuser connected to my 800L/hr canister filter with 12/16mm hose and 13mm lily pipes. as you can see on the first pic...

Hi all, I may have an investment opportunity for you - <"pump in a bucket" by luddite">. I <"still use mine">, although I'm not sure the heater still works. cheers Darrel

I used a hyger one on my 1st tank and it grew plants and alge. I dont think light alone causes alge its imbalance of everything combined. I wouldn't go for hyger though, what is your tank size and what's the budget?

Hi all, That is hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and I'm guessing that that is where your issue lies. Not in hydrogen sulphide directly, but in what it <"indicates about the dissolved oxygen level in the tank">. The links in the linked thread will cover this area in more detail. The two questions that...

I heard that some LED lamps produce a lot of algae. Is this brand good? Does anyone here use this brand?

45l tank Double sponge filter with a biomedia compartment with ceramic balls. HOB trickle filter with a parlour palm and a peace lily. 10 ember tetras 4 lamp eyes 5 Amanos I'm after a bit of reassurance if anyone has a moment? I had very noticeable planaria and hydra in a 45l tank I want to...

Thanks Michael I decided to move the remaining three fish out of the tank as I had space in the 200l. I started to get the rotton egg smell from the substrate so I have stripped the tank down and will start again.

Hello everyone My little tank (dooa system aqua 30, 27 liters with 18 liter swim space) has become packed with Bloody Mary shrimp and their activity is reducing. The 10 original Bloody Mary shrimp became around 60+ Most of the shrimp have started hiding during the day and then swarm the tank...

Hi all, May 2024 winners are here: 1st place Ancient Rock Valley 2nd place Elixir 3rd place Honey I'm in the garden You can see all the aquascapes here: https://co2art.com/awards/results/ Kind Regards Miroslav@CO2Art