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Got off work late. The shop I visited did not have metro. Have no time left tonight to head to another shop they will close by the time i head there. A different branch of this shop has metro in stock. Will head out early tomorrow to get some.

Pointless as it may be, I think it is a good to add a remark, considering that this topic was brought up. The PPM we use for ferts is not mg/l, as PPM is dimensionless. PPM is mg/kg, and we only adapt it to our hobby as mg/l because the density of water is very close to 1kg/l, so it is...

There is also unfortunately a bubble within the front glass, nothing i have done, it has no surface wound so its not like I chipped it or anything its a fault in the glass its self. Waiting to see what Oli Betta will do or if they advise that I don't use this tank.

I hope not. I’m not on any social media (does this forum count?) and haven’t been for years now. I have a ghost account I briefly used to buy some things but otherwise, I’m free from the drama. I particularly enjoy a discussion which starts like “Which fish is bigger?” and within a couple of...

Second rendition im trying to find smaller pieces for detailing in the front still. I like this version better. Perhaps a sand path running from middle to front? Thinking about getting another bag of substrate too so i can get more height and a more steep slope perhaps. I can imagine either...

I’m betting on the Ancistrus, mine were a pain in the back side.

Sold to me a seiryu stones from Oli Betta.

I agree with this, I think the front left large piece is a bit much. Make sure you leave enough planting space. Like the overall idea though. I think you're right about too much symmetry/balance, you don't want to lose the impact of the main stone if this is the vibe you're after. They're cool...

Would be great if you could return the clips to Tropica retailers to return to the Tropica farm for reuse. Perhaps they could promote it with a penny per clip to a charity or something.

Tropica ahead of me here with these interesting clips not pots. This is the kind of thing I expect from the industry but don't come across that often

Also, I have a few more plants coming to squeeze in so here are a few current tanks shots before they arrive and are planted. I should really learn how to take proper pictures. Random point and click on an iPhone is probably not the way.

Anomalochromis thomasi. Aka African butterfly cichlid. Absolutely correct. The result of a 2week holiday and no veggie treats. I'm glad they found something to nibble on in my absence to be honest.

I think we're still doing okay especially since we have so many knowledgeable and helpful members, and more joining all the time. In fact someone commented on another forum regarding UKAPS, that, 'I've never seen a more technically oriented forum with so many knowledgeable members' :) I'm...

Thank you both. I will get some metronidazole and give that a try tonight. I am hoping that i'm not dealing with any terribly stubborn parasites. If there's no improvement, will follow up with levamisole. I suspect parasites for just 2 of the fish but I will dose the entire tank.

Hi all, That looks like plec (Loricariid) feeding damage. You have a choice of plecs. cheers Darrel

Hi all, That was a lot of people's reservations about having a planted <"quarantine"> tank. I'd just come from it from a different direction, the question is: "What is the best environment for your fish?" and the answer is "an established planted tank with good quality water and a variety of...

Hi all, I'm guessing eventually that UKAPS will go the way of most / all <"the other forums">, and just be replaced by <"the drama of FB">. It is a shame, but I'm not sure there is much you can do, other than make the most of UKAPS (and other <"bona fide"> sources) while they still exist. I...

If you believe some of the fish have parasites you need to treat the whole tank so it would be pointless moving some of them. If it was me I’d keep them all together and undertake water changes at least twice a week with heavy feedings of high quality foods such as live foods. Moving fish and...

Hi all, It will be interesting to see what happens, because I'm a rainwater user I don't have any nitrate NO3- in <"my base water">. The same is actually true of our tap water, it is relatively low in NO3- . I've just got some Phyllanthus fluitans (thank-you @simon_the_plant_nerd and...

That’s pretty cool mlgt. Reminds me when I used to setup / build computers for friends in the 90’s / 00’s. Sharing valuable knowledge and the much more valuable experience. I’m currently planning to try and lift and shift my existing scape into a tank double the length and set up some...

Hi John, what is this fish?

Ive previously set up scapes for friends which they have paid for my time and energy. I will normally ask their budget and size and buy a used tank, give it a clean and set up the filter (taking media from my filters) and plant it up etc. This usually takes a week for the tank to sit at home to...

You can do the whole thing out of PVC tubing - I expect the CO2 tubing concept is over-thought and it's good business to sell fancy tubing at inflated prices. For sure the little piece you're thinking of will be totally fine.

Is this one linked suitable? What’s the app control and functionality like? https://amzn.eu/d/fgF8vxP

Update on the Cryptocoryne Lutea Hobbit. The one on the front right one had a growth spurt. It was given its own space, is right in the flow (and co2) and has the brightest spot in the tank: Really love the colour of this plant. However, size wise…. I think it’s reverted to its standard form…...

Hi all, I understand that, it is entirely up to the individual aquarist. If you are a plant it really doesn't make any difference how much an ion has cost, the potassium ions (K+) from APT3 are exactly the same as the K+ ions from Solufeed 2 : 1 : 4. For small tanks it makes much less...

Very nice, well done :)

I haven't actually used them yet cause the tank is still cycling and hasn't been planted. I know it's pricey but for a 25L tank I can get around 300 days with the bottle I have, which I think is pretty decent. If it wasn't for the fact that I want to have red plants I would have just used my...

Hi all, I'd just dose a lean dose of a complete fertiliser. If you are happy with <"APT 3">? Use that. The only thing that looks "wrong" it <"is the cost"> and that is back to the <"World's most expensive water"> contest. This is <"Solufeed 2 : 1 : 4"> at £14 for a kilo of dry salts. In...

Thanks for the insight Onoma. Honestly, Im feeling more aligned to your point of view now. I feel a bit better about pulling my tank down or rather, transplanting it to a larger tank in the future. George Farmers tank… I think that adds extra hero value.

Thanks all for your advice. The plant idea is a good one and I'll be placing some on order shortly. Whilst the light is bright, I was reading that the wavelength means that in respect of the plants, its weake than what the human eye picks up - could be waffle. Either way I've cut that down a...

George Farmer mentioned in one of his videos that he sold one and I understand that the professional scapers provide this as a core service. My own view is that I get pleasure not only in enjoying the scape as an aesthetic object but also in the creative process, developing my skill and...

I bought the TPLink extension leads so that I can manage all of my aquarium equipment remotely. They work wonderfully. Do shop around before buying them as I found prices can vary significantly. I bought some of mine in what was the BT shop (now the EE shop) at a third off.

I did once use a short length of blue silicone air tube to connect my CO2 in tank diffuser from bubble counter. After not very long the tube just went hard and brittle (especially the bit in the water), unlike the proper CO2 tubing. CO2 will diffuse through/into silicone apparently, though I...

Almost. Kasa was TPLink's original range, and then they released the updated Tapo range. The two ranges were incompatible for years, but I think they have fairly recently updated them to both work within the same software. I really rate the TPLink kit, I have their mesh routers too, and they...

KASA 4 plug. Really good and much neater. I have very little room for pugs and extras so being able to do away with those massive timers is a must. I have a feeling KASA turned into TP Link? Although i could be wrong! Argos is your friend on this one, because if you don't like it take it back.

I've found TPLink Tapo P100's to work very well.

Hi can anyone recommend a multi plug strip or single smart timers?

That's me finally booked my accommodation for the Saturday, looking forward to it!

Nice looking tank, and a tidy cabinet is most pleasing! I'm close to you in Petersfield, and have yellow neocaridina if that's of interest. I printed a desk lamp holder that sits on the corner of the glass for my 30cube. It's a high quality printer (markforged) but the print went a kind of...

Agree withnthe above- floaters and stems would really help.

I agree with everything @Scaperinc has said, looks like it could be sand dust and should disappear in a few days although I can't be 100% sure at this stage. Moving forward, as also mentioned and if you can afford it, would be the beneficial addition of a couple of bunches of fast growing stems...

Is it safe to use a short amount of air tubing between the My co2 diffuser (I used a bazooka) and a glass U-bend and have the rest of the connections using co2 tubing? Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

Thank you both. Originally bought the Ziss boxes to isolate my two CW51s so that I could target feed them. I eventually ended up using these boxes to store new fish. But noted the general consensus here not to keep them in there for too long. The only benefit is that it's easier for me to...

Always on the lookout for excuses to design and print new items, so thanks for this. PM me if this is something you can explain in a little more detail and I'll see if I can produce it.

Newt most likely unless you bought plants from Melville recently and Axolotls have laid some eggs on the Elodea/Egeria in the plant tray.

A newt larvae. Have you received any plants from a pond recently? Newts wrap their eggs in plant leaves.

Those ziss boxes are far too small to keep a decent sized corydoras in for any amount of time. Hence why you are finding they are injuring their snouts, they’re bashing their faces into the sides trying to get out. As they’re sharing the same aquarium water as your other corydoras I’m not sure...

Axolotl larvae. :-)

Part 2 - What’s this? Active after lights out, moves like an amphibian, about 15mm to 20mm long.

clean water and frequent water changes, (at least 3x a week) is the best cure, for stuff like that, and if it gets worse/nothing happens, does aquarium salt at 1tbsp to two US gallons, plus methalyne blue at a low to medium dose

So on my current tank, I'm having great success with EI dosing. My plants are healthy and have minimal algae (just a bit of brown algae here and there). I'm setting up a new tank and I want to try and grow more red plants. This includes plants like Rotala H'ra, Rotala Orange, Hygrophilia...

Good night!

Hi @Shinobi i just got the Ada garden stand for my 90P , but they don’t sell the fittings parts anymore for the Ada solar rgb arm , but i do want to purchase the solar rgb arm stand. so i guess i will just some fancy double clamps! Do you have any idea what is the diameter of the solar rgb...

Made a picture from above this afternoon. You can see some gaps within the plants. This is because i made some room for what the postman is going to bring this week...

I’d have 20ppi Poret and a boat load of K1 media driven by a power head and an air pump in that sump. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks great, keep us updated as it grows in

In Post #7 Ian claimed that someone has done a C13 tracing. Whether it is C13 or 14 tracing is no simple task. Glut can take a pathway of naturally degraded into CO2, uptake and thereby incorporate C13 or 14 into plant tissue.

Nice tank. Needs way more plants.

Very nice scape, if you want more epiphytes go for it. Why not think about attaching them yourself? I'd consider not using a UV steriliser, and think about your fish bioload. Planted tanks work differently to ordinary fish tanks. Plants and associated microbial communities will do a lot of the...

Thank you! This is the tank when it was freshly planted about a month ago: The area behind the sandy foreground is quite hidden at the moment but for reference it's about 8 bags of aquasoil and filled to the brim with Echinodorus and Cryptocoryne. I hired someone to scape the tank (I...

Hello 👋, welcome.

Go with the cheapest option then, Tropica Premium. But even with a high fish bioload I'd still be wary of N and K deficiencies, especially if you intend to plant heavily. Which incidentally is usually recommended

I came across the Solufeed thread last week and tried to source for it locally but couldn't find it. Gardening and hydroponics are not popular in my country, as it is an urban jungle with not much space or greenery so the products are limited, and our consumer laws also don't really require...

Guess who's back... Warts and all 😆

No worries, quite understand. But might be worth mentioning all in one horticultural dry fertz. We've been looking in to Solufeed for instance. Or are they difficult to come by too...

I would of course do it cheaper if I could, but as explained above it's really hard. I used to dose EI using salts purchased from hydroponics suppliers about 15-20 years ago in my earlier planted tanks, but my government clamped down completely on potassium nitrate back in about 2007 and during...

Yeah pancur worked for me as well in the past but I had to remove all my nerite snails cause it would kill them Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk

Unfortunately I'm located in a country where salts are not easily obtainable, especially micros. I can get calcium nitrate, Potassium dihydrogen Phosphate and potassium sulphate with some effort (though not as cheaply as in America or Europe), but it's really hard to get micros/traces except...

Anyone who can afford 3 vivids a 7 ft tank and ada amazonia for that 7 foot tank, i think its safe to say they can afford any of the fertz mentioned above 😆

Not sure I'd use either in a tank that size, unless cost isn't an issue. Have you thought about using dry salts? https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/ei-dosing-using-dry-salts.1211/ https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/ifc-aquarium-fertilizer-calculator.63045/...

Welcome back. Good to see you've both decided to finally take the freshwater plunge, and share your new journey through a journal :)

Yeah agreed, so no point looking for.. By the way Greg suggested C14 isotope tracing. $$$$ 😆

I will bear this in mind. I had thought the box would make observation easier but I think it's probably stressing them out a lot. Will have a hospital tank set up for them in a few days and probably release the healthy ones into the main tank soon. I would also be grateful if you could let me...

I completely agree with this

Hi all, That is brilliant, they don't flower very frequently and then it's curtains, so it is along time before you get another chance . Cheers Darrel

Hi!

The tracing of atom pathways in biochemistry is very complicated and could cost a lot more than $thousands. The scientist who took lifetime to identify the pathways of Calvin cycle earned a Nobel price. There is no financial justification for Seachem to take up the task, besides, the...

I recently set up my 7 x 3 x 4 ft tank as a planted tank with mostly simple plants like echinodorus, cryptocoryne, anubias, bolbitis and Java ferns. Lighting over the tank is 3x Chihiros Vivid 2 (10th Anniversary Edition) at about 70% power raised 6 inches over the water line currently at 6...

Welcome :) Nice rock and nice start. Spend some more time messing around with it. Try different orientations, not just on the edges. These rocks have multiple interesting sides and shapes. And also see what it looks like with some of them pushed together more. You'll be surprised how well they...

Thank you Darrel Perhaps I shouldn't have kept them in the box at all then and just let them all loose. They will probably be happier. I'm running a little corner filter right now and I think it will be ready for a bare hospital tank in a couple of days. The only spare tank I have is very...

That's mad, I bet it doesn't get out of 1st gear

I'd add some smaller pieces in the foreground, to create scale

Also i dont think you have any fast growing stem plants in there so 8 hours of light at start up is just asking for trouble , i would go down to 6 and then increase weekly after 2-3 weeks 15-30 mins at a time

The sand settled down within a couple of hours. Filter is running full of activated carbon it came with. Will change out in a month or so.

@dw1305 note the huge Agave stork in the last picture, got my eye on that one for a didgeridoo!

This just might be sand dust and will settle down in a few days , do you have filter foss in your filter?

Hiya I recently decided to try another tank but try and aquascape it properly or just the inclusion of more hardscape, since before I have mainly been growing almost dutch style tanks as a way to learn plant health and maintenance, this tank is a dennerle scapers 35l with a twinstar light. I am...

I already have the anubias. I have two corbo roots that fit together to look like a large hollow tree root. I have it planted with large java ferns and anubias that I grew on in another tank. The mature anubias are years old, about a foot long and flower regularly. They came from someone...

Hi all, I'd definitely put them in the tank, I don't like "breeding boxes"or bare quarantine tanks. I particularly wouldn't keep a bottom orientated fish, like a Corydoras, in a breeding box for any extended amount of time. When I say "extended" I mean more than a day. I quarantine new fish...

Thanks Bazz, Picture below. I have a layer of Tropica substrate in the deeper back areas topped with WIO Wetland Artist. I used Prodibio startup after filling and parameters as below. Ammonia - 1.0 Nitrite - 2.0 Nitrate - 40 PH - 7.5 Currently 1 bubble per sec on the CO2 and 8 hours on the...

Yes, if you can give us some more information and preferably a photograph we might be able to identify, be more specific and help you through it. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/please-read-the-guidelines-for-plant-help.60671/

Least Killifish can work in this size, in my experience; they are rather slow and sedentary. Beware, they breed precociously. In my experience a Cory is much more mobile than one of these. I find Otos quite hard to be sure about as they have unusual behaviour and feeding habits, and seem very...

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Hi All After the endless tasks required to maintain our 750XXL RedSea Reefer as a marine aquarium, We relatively recently decided to downgrade to a smaller marine system and convert the now empty 750ltr tank to a freshwater planted system. We've been keeping saltwater for over a decade and it...

Hi all, The females are attracted to light, so you <"occasionally get them in fish-tanks">, even inside. Most Mayflies need really good quality, highly oxygenated, cool water, but the one species (the <"Pond Olive">) is a lot more <"tolerant of warm water"> etc. cheers Darrel

Did maintenance today. Big water change and a tiny bit of re-arranging. One of the CW51s in the box seems to have injured his snout. Not sure if he got that during water change earlier as I had to move the box around a little. I feel really bad for him. Will start running a corner filter in the...

Picture of tank from today: 20240512_163240 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr 20240512_163417 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr 20240512_163511 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr