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Just thinking the same, perhaps the hot water tank has an issue? (If it exists)

Er...I have combined the cube with a little 5 gallon effort that was getting a bit full of shrimp and plants, and now it looks like this. The only floaters I had before @simon_the_plant_nerd was kind enough to send me some was duckweed and having more stuff going on up top has definitely made...

I've got it quite badly. I started with a ten gallon in January when my 15 year old was discharged after five months in hospital to bed rest, because I thought it would be lovely for her to watch the fish. Then I got a five gallon for my bedroom. Then that seemed too small so I replaced it with...

I'm currently experimenting with a two inch bit of clear one inch pipe stuck at the water level with a suction ring. It seems to be working ok. I reckoned it would be easy enough to cut off if the plants got too big. I've got Peace Lily, Parlour Palm and Pothos in them.

Hair grass is problematic, I have taken it all out and replaced with cuba and mc. HG needs a trim so just trim it very low do water changes and dose all in one fertz

How’s it ticking along?

You could run the under gravel filter in reverse with a small powerhead and sponge in place of (or attached to) the tube.

Hi, welcome. :wave:

Hello, welcome. :wave:

It would be nice to have more info, as per Tim Harrison's post. We don't even know how much water is being changed.

Welcome! :)

Welcome! :)

Are you using the rising main tap?

Was your previous house in the same area? Could it be something up in the plumbing with the specific tap you are using or with the house in general? Like a contamination that is at your house level only? Do you have a header tank that's contaminated?

This will is a high tech tank running full C02 and high lighting ability along with aquasoil and full fertilizer regimen

Years ago, in the UK, I bought some fish medication from eBay. The seller was very quick to point out (without asking) that they were antibiotics and “exactly the same” as what I could get from the doctors “safe for use on humans”. I asked if they were appropriate for fish, as the listing...

I have torn down my 30 after fighting issues with it for months on end. A lot of my plants that were in there got bleach dipped and transferred to my 10 gallon. I am getting ready to put in an order for a bunch of new plants and wanted to run my order by y’all. I am trying to do a Dutch inspired...

Thanks Darrel. Again not sure I understand it properly but the conclusion is quite surprising and exciting. It highlights the need for huge revision of the taxonomic group, and probably others too. This quote from the conclusion sums it up for me. 'The result was indeed quite different from the...

Did you manage to treat your cories? I got 50 pcs of the cw51 from the 2 shipments from qianhu last month and they were pretty healthy. I did deworm them with metronidazole, praziquantel and levamisole as a preventive but they didn't excrete any dead parasites out so I don't think internal...

Hi @Myrkk. My water supply is also Roseberry A. Chloramine isn’t being dosed into that supply regularly. In fact, I top off my tanks and fill up my pond with water straight from the tap without adding a dechlorinator. I’ve forgotten it once or twice on a 50% water change (including recently)...

I never had mould forming in NPK or traces in 3 weeks batches. But because I never flush the auto doser I found black mould forming inside silicone tubes on NPK feed. Using Excel helped to clean the black mould. I can see benefits of using ascorbic acid as it would help keeping chelates stable...

you can even buy specialist clips for the job now. Search it up on the www. Something along the lines of Pothos Clip for Aquariums? or you could make your own out of some kind of garden wire?? Si

Hi all, Probably this one <"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.8019"> Xu, W., Lin, S., & Liu, H. (2021). "Mitochondrial genomes of five Hyphessobrycon tetras and their phylogenetic implications." Ecology and Evolution, 11, 12754–12764. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8019...

No clean up crew yet. Was going to get ammanos last week but they didnt have any. THe bladder snails that invaded are going very pale from the acidity.

@Danlacey1988 Looking good. That was the pond yesterday evening. Thats the barrel mini garden yesterday evening.

Well, The hairgrass is my biggest concern. On the right and far left its worked really well in the most part. It rooted very early and spread. There is a little green stuff clinging to one small patch. However, on middle strip its had a lot of hair/cobweb like algae. This same algae has...

Then can I start trash talking people who say the new names wrong?

Hi all, I'm pretty sure that someone is working on Tetra spp., but that will be a mammoth job and I'd guess there will be a lot of splitting of cryptic species. I'll see what I can find. cheers Darrel

Hi all, Can you have <"little clips"> on the tank rim? Ideally you want the plant caudex (the bit the leaves grow from) to <"be above the water level">. I just wedged / tucked this bit in, but I already had the <"Epipremnum"> (Pothos) growing. cheers Darrel

I have some small bare rooted Peace Lilies about 30cm tall that I want to add to a already heavily planted 30cm square tank and 20 and 30cm diameter fish bowls. I understand how they are planted but I'm having trouble thinking of a way to support them. Could I glue them to a rock like you would...

Honestly I kinda stopped looking at my drop checker these days and just Monitor the growth rate and health (leaf structure) of the plants to know if I have optimal co2 levels. If after a week I'm seeing new bright green growth from certain plants with no visible algae then I know im good. What...

Thanks. Not a well, deffo a reservoir. I’m a bit damned if I do or don’t . I change they die, I don’t they’re ok but water quality is degrading. I haven’t changed how I do the water changes in the last 7yrs so I doubt it’s that. No detritus showing in the water, there’s usually leaf litter...

Can you provide the info below especially a FTS? It might make it easier for folk to help diagnose what the problem is ;) 1. Size of tank in litres. 2. Age of the set - up. 3. Filtration + Media/Sponges. 4. Lighting and duration. 5. Substrate. 6. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing. 7. Fertilizers used &...

Welcome :)

Welcome, Very nice tank :)

That looks like diatoms to me , if it is it will pass just do an extra wc per week , you can turn co2 on maybe 1.5 hours before and see if you get one d ph drop. Do you have any clean up crew ammano/ ottos?

I'm not sure there is anything you can do about it other than tear it down and start again if you want to use an UG filter. However, I wouldn't bother, I'd leave it now and hook up a canister filter. Next time, perhaps give some thought to using grill type plates. It's how I did it back in the...

Hello, This is my first tank with C02 and so far it is 2 months old. I have some algae issues and so turned my lights down to 4/7 which is about 60PAR at the substrate. Im trying to get optimal C02 but it appears to be a bit of an art form. I gave up counting bubbles and let the water evapurate...

I'd like to see a phylogenomic or phylogenetic analysis of the Hyphessobrycon genus, that could prove very interesting.

Hi all. Recently I set up a new tank that was supposed to run on UGF, but I messed up, I didn't take into account that the tiny slots plus the geo fabric would prevent a good water flow throughout the power head. More about the setup here...

Hello hello. So the slots were tiny and the geo fabric help it to become clogged. As I have written in my Journal on my new 200L low tech with Under Gravel Filter, the UGF was running slower and slower, more like a plenum, the set up is only a month old by now. I think I will have to do some...

Nothing crazy in the report. Are you 100% sure your tap isn’t coming from a well? You need to start ruling things out. Test for ammonia nitrates etc Do a water change with aged water Do a water change with boiled water If you water hasn’t been changed in a very long time, fish can be...

Hi Everyone, I have a 200L planted tank which is 7yrs old. Moved house last year and every time I did a water change it caused fish to die. They’d be swimming vertically gasping as though they couldn’t get air. pH was 6, hardness was 1, nitrites/nitrite/ammonia all 0. I used to put some...

Hi, Thank you for your help I will go for now from amazon to see how it goes. Kind Regards, Pete

There is an "Acclimatisation" mode which has built in ramp up/down but its not very customizable in terms of setting the channels. The ramp period is also too long so either it extends well past the time I want the light to be off or I need to be ok with the peak intensity photoperiod being...

Not a supplier I've used but available in UK. MATERIALS: 100% Microgranular Format, Dark Red Color, Stability pH Range of the Chelated Fraction 4-11, Chelated with EDDHA...

Just writing to say hello, I have 4 tanks. 3 of which are low tech and the last of which is my new high tech. Its 2 months old and the main reason im joining. For help, advice, learning :) Start few weeks on peak? Today

Might want to look at the logs tab dated May 24, 2022 of the IFC calculator. I think the reason behind reducing the amount of E300 was because it was simply too much and unnecessary (although it doesn’t really hurt). Probably @X3NiTH told us so. Would need to double check.

Hello hello The trouble keeps going... Well, there is almost no trouble. My quick fix didn't make it, or maybe it did. I woke up this morning to check if it was running ok, as last night after I bore the holes. But it wasn't... The snails are unforgiving I know they are pretending to be...

Hi all, Does anyone ever tried to order FeEDDHA from Aliexpress? I can see there is the only source of FeEDDHA. Thanks, Kind Regards Peter

If you want really big you could look at the Aquael Hypermax. Similar spec of pump as the Blau SSF 2654, large plastic body on wheels, bluetooth control of DC pump with phone app, integrated pre-filter, optional integrated heaters. Might be a bit too much flow for a 120p but the DC pump can be...

I'll assume you're not normally so abrasive when someone is trying to help you and chalk it up to language barrier. In the future, if you want information, it's best to give information, nobody can help you properly with a filter with the limited details you gave. What fish are you planning to...

WRGB 2 do not have a white channel. The "white" bar in the app is for the light intensity when you use the last bar wich control the color temp.

Yes incredibly complicated lol. I'd say the results are fairly definitive. The list of authors is fairly impressive to say the least and includes some of the world's most revered ichthyologist's. The big hitters in the word of Catfish/Corydoras seem to have embraced it, so I'm guessing it...

A guy at our local fish store suggested you as a place with people who were hot on water quality.

Hi Everyone. Had tropical fish for around 7yrs, South American blackwater biotope type (had a couple of fish that were leftover from previous tanks so couldn’t call it a proper biotope). Moved house last year and have had nothing but issues every time I change water, finally spoke to someone who...

Hi all, I'm pretty sure it is scientifically robust, as to whether people will use the new names? I'm guessing a lot won't. cheers Darrel

I know all about them and expect fluval i have all of them. I specifically asked for a big canister, not some 5l in one moth 30% flow weak pump

Hi all, 2315 <"old series">. cheers Darrel

Crikey, sounds complicated, not sure I fully understand the process or how definitive the results are, or whether it just further complicates an already contentious field. I wonder if the new nomenclature will catch on, and if so how long it'll take. Or whether it'll just be left alone...

...the questioner to <"Climate stripes - University of Reading"> and they said "well he obviously doesn't know what he is talking about, it is f*cking freezing", and I told them that you can both be right and that our cold weather doesn't preclude global warming, it is 40oC in Greece / the SW...

Fluval 07 or FX series, Oase Biomaster, Eheim. Edit - Just seen your in the Netherlands, make sure whichever brand you go for his good support/warranty/spare parts available where you are.

Thanks for posting. It looks to be in very good condition. I wonder why they stopped making these?

Hi all, It makes sense, you don't actually need to know the level of dissolved oxygen that you have, you just need to ensure <"you always have sufficient">. I think a few of my colleagues might put me in the <"don't trust"> category. Personally I really like <"serial dilution"> as a...

Following on from a discussion in another thread I thought some of you maybe interested in this old Eheim. It still works and I am planning on using it for a 30 cm cube. I love these old Eheims, I have about 20 of different sizes and generally run them to power Hamberg matten filters which also...

Thank you

Good day. I would like to hear some recommendations for 120P tank (120x50x50). I was looking at Blau SSF 2654. I found one german review, and don’t speak german. I can’t find any ussr info anywhere. Next what I looked at was the FZone Astra Stream, although this is a smaller filter. ADA is out...

Bazz, thanks for the advice. I have done what you advised and we have success! Thanks again.

Does anyone have a model number for the classic Eheim 2215 thermo filter, I’m in the process of recommissioning mine but the label on the cover is missing. Can’t find anything on the net.

Push the plant deep into the substrate.

Hello all, Bit of a random one, I have an ADA Tool Stand on order, I have no plans to use ADA Fert but would like to see if I can source the OEM supplier of those exact 300ml bottles as they are made to fit into the stand neatly, this way I can label them with my own ferts, failing that I'll...

If you're talking about supergluing under water you can but you have to be quite quick, I get the plant ready in the tweezers to go straight in, add a drop of superglue gel and go for it, probably had about 60% success rate but if it fails just try again.

Anyone still travelling up from the south east?

So, it seems I have ran into problems... The second guess was what was happening. Why I say that? The flow decreased quite a lot since I set it up. When I turned the air tube to inject more air into the tank it wasn't working, it wasn't bubbling hehe. But when I took the power head out of the...

Hello hello... Today I wanna share my reds. Not all of them, but one specifically. My Limnophila sessiflora are looking really gorgeous: Hope you all are doing just as good as my plant. 😌 Cheers Jonni

Kept everything in the basket

Yikes, you think so? I was hoping the situation wasn't so dire... I'm not trying to cycle the tank from scratch, but I'm running a sponge filter in the main tank that I hoped would acquire the necessary microbiota over the next few weeks to "instant cycle" the secondary tank. The main filter in...

As in cycling a tank from scratch? I'd transfer some cycled media, substrate and spare plants into the temporary tank and call it done. The females would likely be harassed to death during the multi-week cycling.

Love the whole album, was playing it in the car today👍

Unfortunately I’m not going to make it anymore but hope you all have a good time.

To think that my Clinthon Snails used to live in that amazing place! Have a great time all. Si

New paper just released which could well re write the history books it terms of how various Corydoras lineages could be split into separate genera. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae053/7691278?redirectedFrom=fulltext Original paper...

your a legend round ere Darrel.

welcome! keep us updated on what you discover. if you enjoy the pond then your gonna love an aquarium packed with plants and a couple of snails! Si

How about... 2/10 females? Hoping someone can give advice, because after spending a lot of time thinking about this over the last week or so, I'm basically convinced that I have exactly two females and eight males. I can identify them by the fact that they are visibly fatter when looking down...

I think that makes sense yes, thank you, appreciate the input guys!

Yea seems confusing but here is the how "I" understand it based on others. If you adjust the color temp to say 3000k or such and 100% you should see the RGB (only actual colors you have) adjust accordingly. If you set the rgb manually and the intensity slider manually the "k temp" slide is...

How’s this going @Wookii ?

My best mate has moved to New Zealand but his band is continuing without him, it will never be quite as good without Steves amazing voice but still a good band….

What’s confusing me is the Chihiros website says to set the white to whatever intensity you need, then you can adjust the colours to your preference. I’m just not sure if my current setting is nuking everything or not!

Yes so as in that screenshot, I have set the RGB to 100%, the white to 50% and the temperature to 6700k. So is that 50% intensity?

Have you got an screen shot of what you are talking about? On the manual control page in the app you can adjust the RGB levels individually or use the white intensity plus temperature to set the RGB values. On custom there is no option to control white. I take that to mean that there aren't...

Hmmm some software has a pre-programmed ramp period. Like 15 min or 30 min. BUT doesn't seem like it.. Different light but timers should work the same way. But there are different versions. Instructions Actually if you go to the pre-set charts they sort of don't make sense either..

Thank you very much!

Hi all, Welcome to UKAPS. Have a look at <"Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust"> advice <"https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2019/07/Ponds_1.pdf"> & <"https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2019/07/Bug-friendly-ponds.pdf"> they are a pretty good charity for advice. We've <"probably all been there">...

Good afternoon! I’m looking to care for a pond at an allotment that I’ve recently taken over, I’ve never maintained a pond before. It’s very overgrown, matted with roots and quite shallow. However I have seen frogs in the pond, and there was a newt nearby it last year. My main aim is for...

Then I will have to use that IFC calculator to see how many grams to add it on my tank. Yes that is why on my previous tank was trying yo use RO with minerals. But in that kind of situation, I had problem with the cycle I think. I can still buy RO in my aquatic shopin Bawtry, but just for the...

Hi All sorry for what may be a daft question but can’t work it out from researching online and on this great forum: For the Chihiros WRBG 2, setting the light intensity by the white channel, does that control the overall intensity? From what I’m reading on the Chihiros website I set the RGB to...

i especially like pearlweed (hemianthus micranthemoides), helanthium quadricostatus, blood red rotala, staurogyne repens

Hi all, They are pretty common <"Cloeon dipterum | NBN Atlas">, and the adults <"are attracted to light">, so finding them in fish tanks (particularly open tops ones) is less unusual than you might imagine . I've found the larvae before in <"water butts"> etc. and I'm pretty sure that is...