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Thank you rebel, the alternanthera reineckii mini on the right were a recent addition as the sand area dud looked alittle bare against the planted area on the left. The intention was to use a plant that added abit of colour but I can kinda see what you mean, it dose feels alittle unbalanced...

It been a while since I provided an update on the tank, and things have changed around alittle... I've taken up the Ug carpet as it wasn't really recovering, the moss was actually out growing it, and it just didn't look great. So i replace it with the cuba carpet I had originally attached to...

Thanks Deano3, I love moss but it such a nightmare when it gets out of hand, guess I'll never learn 😅.

Been a while since my last update, experiencing quite a few issue of late. HC is turning brown near the surface, I've already removed one clump that breached the surface, this area has the most flow so shouldn't be a issue related to lack of C02, it is also closest to light so might be too much...

Have to agree, so many beautiful places to visit...

Snowdonia is such a beautiful place, any time of the year, last year we did the sunset walk, unfortunately there was too much cloud cover on peak, walk down Snowdonia in the dark was fun...:)

Porth Wen Old Brick works in Anglesey

Llyn Idwal - North Wales

Lockdown scape. From this June 2020 To this, Sept 2020.

😂 I have quite a few on display in my loft, alot more than the ones I posted previously, and yeah have agree the dusting aspect is perhaps the least enjoyable part of it, Lego is a dust magnet.

Looking great mate...

Its a amazing what contraptions people build using lego.

Bit of lego myself, over the years me and my kiddo have build quite a few set together, its kinda started as a Xmas activity for us both, but soon got out of hand 😅. Also built the Millennium falcon, love it but my favourite set got to be the tree house.

Hiya Fisker, I've use a prodict call Liquifry to encourage infusoria, thou i can't guarantee.

Thanks Jay, hope your new set up is progressing well.

Thanks lazybones51, the filter is great, not had any issues with so far, the pre filter seem to be doing it job and is relatively easy to clean, the filter itself is really quiet, so no complaints so far :).

Interesting, not something I read about, there's always something to learn with this hobby. Thanks for your insight Darrel.

Hello All, It been awhile since i last posted, so though i uploaded an an update picture of progress of scape. Sadly still no fish, just not had time to visit my local aquarium shop. Everything is growing nicely, the picture was taken just after the the UG was trimmed again so looking a...

Lovely, looking great, how you create the ripping effect on water surface at the beginning of the video?

Hello qingwen, Thanks, there is a hose clamp but I didn't take any recent pictures, but I did add a few pictures of my dosing set up on my other post. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/my-experience-using-a-jaboa-3-4-doser.61717/ I have a new pipe clamp on order which should hopefully be a...

Hiya Andrew, message me directly and I will happyly sort for you, I use autocad all the time for my day job.

Awesome...:)

Definitely agree with what others have said, get an decent regulator from C02 Arts, i gone thought 2 cheaper alternative, and trust me the head ache isn't worth the money saved.

I noticed a baby shrimp the other day, but didn't have my phone to hand, however this morning caught another glimpse of the little fella or one of his siblings grazing on UG near the front of my tank :).

Not really, all that was mentioned was they noticed long term issues with moss using the twinstars sterilizer, so they have stopped using them 🤔.

Hiya Melll, sounds like you had a nice road trip yesterday 😅, the Absys is my local aquarium store, yeah agree they have a reasonably good stock of fish and hardscape and some aquatic plants.

Hiya Altro, I'd also seen the same Greenaqua video 😄, and was surprised that the twinstar sterilizer were effecting moss longterm, not something I'd read before 🤔. I don't have much moss in the scape, only weeping has been left visible on index wood fingers 😅, as the moss didn't seem to take...

My replacement Aquael 1500 filter arrived yesterday :), and is now installed, well what can I say, this filter is really quiet! I am sat next to filter while writing this and had to check that filter is turned on :D, exactly what I was hoping for. I've had used some Eheim hose reducers but flow...

It will be interest to see how you fit all those plants in that scape, and not hide all the lovely hardscape 😊.

Hiya cookies, wow your price is even better and here I thought i found it quite cheap 😅. Btw thank you and everyone's input in helping me choosing a filter, ultimately it came down to cost, and flow rate as an Oase 350 didn't give quite as much while still costing alittle bit more.

After much deliberation, I'm about to pick up an Aquael 1500, but in my search I did find the 2000 model for only £10 more (£170 including delivery) from amazon normally this size sells for around £200. I was very tempted to pick up the bigger model, but having done a quick calculation the 2000...

I was considering to applying some frosted film or as Jusy liked to called them foggy film in the video the Alto posted 😅, and was just wondering if sucker cup still stick to back of these type of film, as I use sucker cup to hold cables in place to rear of my tank 🤔.

Hiya, just thought I would let you know the replacement ac adapter for doser arrived today, it fixed perfectly, and seems to be working fine. Here a link to ac adaptor I purchased for anyone interested (I hope its ok for me to post this link)...

Thanks CookieS, Amazing layout on your new scape BTW, I certainly be following your journal to see how that one turns out. I was just thinking once get the filter all I need is another 60P tank and I wouldnt need much else in terms of equiment, I could set up another tank with all my old kit ...

Wow so dramatic, looks amazing.👍

Hiya Darrel, yeah I seen them for as little as £20 on aliexpress but can't acount for their reliability, I'd genuinely never heard of this device before London dragon mentioned in his journal. I thought it was quite ingenious of him to put his dosing contain on it and set timer to mix the...

Hiya Melll, how's your lovely big big tank coming along, did you manage to catch all your fish. Thanks for the suggestion, this is something I'm considering thou im not sure if doing will damage the pump on either these two filters in the long term🤔. Lots to think about. 😅

Sorry read this, hope your making a full recovery.

Thanks Deano3 and CooKieS, for both your input. The prefilter feature is one main reason I would like to change my current filter, and both if these filter have this feature. Oase 350 turns over 1000 litre per hour Aquael 1500 turns over 1500 litre per hour. In both case its likely half the...

Hiya Cockies, Just seen a review on the Aquael on the tube, apparently when you need to open the canister, alot of water dose come out, is this some you find. I wonder dose the Oase filter have the same issue 🤔. My tank is on the top level of my house and we have carpeted floors. I know not...

Hiya cookies, thanks for the suggestion, I've forgotten about this brand, everyone seem to talk about Oase filter these days. Finally got round to looking at the Aquael filter, it also has a prefilter section, but you can't install an heater, so would need to keep my inline going 🤔. From some...

Heres a few quick snaps to show what my tank looks like with coloured led strip on, the colours is more washed out when main lights are on too.

Hiya, i also have a plain white wall behind my tank, but have a controllable coloured led strip pointed towards wall which i some times turn on. It allow me to creat a gradient colour behind my tank, perhaps you could also used a similar method. Note I has a small gap behind my stand and wall...

I don't think you could fit anything else in there if you tried 😅. Not sure if you have been following my journal of late but London dragon very kindly described how he made an all in one fertiliser solution, effectively does away the need to dose micro and macros on alternate days, it seems...

Hiya Ed, i was just doing that, I was sucking 😅, till I turned beetroot, but still couldn't get the siphon going, finally got going after quite a few tries. The filter is actually sat on a anti vibration mat, and I have acoustic foam panel installed around the filter to dampen the hum, its not...

Should have guessed 😅. Yeah definitely easier just having the one ferts to dose. Thanks again

Thank you london dragon for post vidoe, that was very informative and quite interesting that you set it so that it mixed the solution before it dosed. Looks like I will be pickup another toy 😉. Can ask where you get hold of the following Ascorbic Acid and Potassium Sorbate ?

Forgot to mention, I also add a bag of Purigen to top of filter last night and water seems clearer this morning already :).

Thanks Deano, thou scape doesn't quite look as nice now, as I had to trim the Rotala last night as was touching the surface. I had bin the cuttings thou as no room to fit. Thou have been left with quite few visible white leaves where I trimmed the stems, assume the bottom half was being shaded...

Right, sorry 😅 still not had my coffee yet, better check then, yeah I have the same dimmer unit.

Thank Jay, guess i will save the money and get the 350 unit then. Can I ask what filter media do you use? GreenAqua recommend Seachem's Matrix. This lovely hobby of ours doesn't half cost a pretty penny😅.

Thanks Nick. Here zoom in picture of the alternative ac adaptor, seem to match the one supplied. I going purchase it, worse if it doesn't fit I will return it.

I had to do my monthly maintenance last night, something that I dread abit, particularity the filter clean. I run ADA E600 filter which I dearly love the look of, but it is abit of nightmare to clean and priming it is particularity difficult, it took ages last night. Also doesn't provide...

I've had a look on Amazon and found a UK acad adaptor that seem to provide the the correct out put, do you think i could use this, no idea whether it is positive polarity? Picture of orignal acad adaptor, note it has a pin adapter fixed, it actually a 2 pin flat head american type. Output is...

Thxs, better get my hammer out then...

As requested :), sorry Deano. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/my-experience-using-a-jaboa-3-4-doser.61717/

I've recently purchased an Jaboa 3.4 dosing unit, and thought I would post my experience using this device. The unit was purchased from Aliexpress and was brought as part of set that included 5m of tubing and acrylic tank clamp to run the tubing, at the time it cost me £63, and also include a...

Apologies, airhead moment...😅, of course if there no wifi there there's Internet, so of course you would be able to connect to device. I was just try to see if you could connect to device remotely when you away from home. Hello Ray, you could get a single channel unit, both Jaboa and DD...

Hello Nick, I'm not sure, I just reran the test again 😅, still seem to connect even thou i have WiFi turned of on my phone. Note my WiFi is turned off. I can still connect, but I guess device is still connected to my router, which means i may able to connect remotely providing router is...

I just tried another test, i turned my WiFi off my phone, to see if it would still connect to device through my mobile network, for me it connected and I was able to manually turn dose device and dose.

Hiya Andrew, I just ran a quick test, I set the doser to dose in 5 minute as you suggested, and unplug device for 10 seconds, after I replugged the device, it did dose the amount and at the set time. 🙂

Hiya London dragon, thank you for sharing your method and recipe, I think it great if you could share video, I think a few of us would certainly find that very useful plus I have no ideal what a magnetic stirrer is 😁.

Hiya Andrew, Heres a link to my journal: https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/eruption-my-lockdown-scape.61631/post-607667 From my own experience, when i unplugged the device it seemed to resume the dosing at the correct time when I replugged the device, thou I also assume that my setting are...

Hiya Andrew, I've recently purchased a jaboa 3.4 dosing unit, pretty convenient to use via the jaboa app, however i don't have any other experiance using these types device, but I'm liking it. If your interested in my experience with this device please refer to my current journal 'Eruption,'...

Thought it would be interesting post a side by side shot of my tank under both lights. The picture have been un-doctored in any way straight from my phone camera. ADA Aquasky Moonlights Twinstar 600s Its quite a subtle difference in the photo due to my crappy camera, much more decernable...

Hiya Nick, I'm glab I was able assist you, I've had plenty of help from here in the pass, its great that I'm able give something back 🙂. This is a good suggestion, I think I may adopt this method as well, thanks for the suggestion.

Since I'm here, thought I would provide a few quick update pictures taken from other angles, not much has changed, as it has only been a few days since my last update, but there some obvious growth. Still no fish, thinking I might wait until the UG has fully carpeted, to give it the best chance...

🤣 like it, maintenence day on the Big Big tank is also take away day 😊. Good that your partner helps.

Hello London Dragon, I have been following your journal, let me first say what a lovely scape and inspirational journal. I was wondering how you mixed all this ferts and not end them reacting with one another. As I discovered when you mix mirco and macro fert it goes very cloudy 🤔.

I've been play with my Jaboa 3.4 doser unit the last few days, and final think i have got my head around it. As Cookie has pointed out, the unit only connects using 2.4GHz wifi connection, you need to connect your phone to this WiFi channel, before your phone will connect with unit. To connect...

Hello Melll, it would be interesting to hear what your maintenance route is for your hugh tank. I have 2 tank, and their tiny in comparison ( 60 litre and 12 litre), still takes a hour or two the maintain them both each time. Interesting videos Alto, his tank was a monster :oops:

Wow, awesome woodscape, your Discus plus all your other livestock should be happy. I personal would choose a black or darker black ground, i think it would make your scape and livestock standout more, thlu im no expert 😅. Good luck with your tank, would be lovely to see how it turns out, it...

Hello Melll, Certainly is a big tank, i could only dream for something that big. Rather to use those 3D background panel, as your tank appear to have back rim, perhaps an simple solution would be to hang a thin board from the top of your tank? 4 inch (100mm), that should be plenty of space to...

Lovely lwagumi scape, love the simplicity of it.

Hiya Nick, I have same two pin plug, here a picture of the adaptor, is 12v 1.5amp

Thanks london dragon, thats useful to know, as I still haven't worked how get it dose on alternate days yet, abit of a head sratch at the mo. However i didn't have enough space in my cabinet anyway, so installed under desk beside tank and stand. Getting a single head unit would have been...

Thanks Tim, will be in touch 🙂, better put some thought into naming the scape.

Thats not bad, when i checked online the cheapest I could find was £70, Oh forgot to mention, when I purchased on aliexpress, I purchased it as set with tubing with an clear acrylic tank clamp for tubing, its slightly cheaper if you buy the unit on it own. At least if you have issue with unit...

I have a virgin router and knew that it supported 2.4 GHz. @steveno = how are those dosing bottles working out for you? I think I've seen them online as well. I originally planned to make some using some VOSS glass water bottles, there are few YouTube showing you how. However after sourcing...

I never thought to check the maximum lift when I purchased my unit. 😅

Thanks again Alto, I had look at those links you provided, my unit is their latest unit, and is alittle more convenient to control via on app. You can control each head independently, and i think it easier to get it to dose on alternate days, thou i have yet to achieve this 😅. I think you need...

Hiya Nick, I recently purchased an Jaboa 3.4 which is their newest model, it cost me £63 from Aliexpress. Which slightly more but has the added convenience of being smaller so it easier to accommodate and that it can can be control via a app. Thou i had to installed outside the cabinet as my...

Thanks Alto. I did similar search on here and also couldn't find much on this particularly unit. I was actually considering creating another post entry on my experience on using this dosing unit, once I got my head around the app, to help other who may be thinking of purchasing the same unit.

Hiya Jay, thanks for your compliment, your lights will replace my current lights to see if I have better luck colouring up the Rotala rotundifolia, the red leds in the lamp should help hopfully. I've tried UG numerous other time before, and ultimately failed each time :(, this is the first...

Thanks dcurzon, still a long to go and and alot thing can still go wrong, but I am reasonably pleased with the way it progressing.

I thought i would provide a bit of an update, all plants seems to be all growing in well, I started to dose Excel after water changes and it seems to be helping with my algae issues (touch wood this continues). The UG is starting carpeting quite well and throwing out runners every where...

Hiya Chris, I can certainly understand your frustration, this hobby bring both high and lows. I cant offer much in the way of a solution i afraid, as you seem to be doing everything correctly, thou the suddenly peak in temperature recently may have attributed to your woes, i tend to keep my...

You certainly must be, better consider getting some ADA ferts then. :)

Lovely scape mate, well done. Is that Rotala rotundifolia you have in the background, how you managed to get to redden up so much? I've recent rescape my tank and have Rotala rotundifolia, would love it redden like yours, also battling some bba, hopefully I will be as successful as you have...

I have been away from the hobby for a while, however the recent lockdown and working from home has given me time to set up an new scape. This what my tank looked back in Jan 2019. From that, it went to this (below) mainly due to lack of the attention after my two C02 tanks ran out and not...

Lovely littke rank and some lovely growth for a low tech.

Danio tinwini are lovely little fish, but I'm pretty sure I've read that they like jump, so may not be suitable for open top tanks.

Wow, such an amazing iwagumi scape, lovely rocks.

Hiya, just want say your scape is looking lovely, such amazing growth is such a short time. Despite the recent very minor set back, which I'm sure you'll going to get on top off. I have quietly been following your journal with interest, as I have recently set up a similar sort of (lockdown)...

Hello Majsa, I think you'll be fine with what you are suggesting, as advised that's what i did with my current scape leaving a slight gap between the edge to hide the lave stone sub layer thou didn't really matter in my set up as can't actually see the the back of my tank, so provide you have...

A Eheim Pro 4+ 350t seem to have a lot of feature that my ADA ES600 doesn't have, the integrated heater for one will reduce the amount of kit in the cabinet, it has compartments, my filter is essentially an glorified EHEIM classic in a stainless steel tube. Maintenance is likely to be a bit of...

Hello Kalum Lovely bit of kit, will be looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. Thou having all the kit is only part of it ;) (as i'm finding out with my own scape :(), but looking at you're other scapes you certainly seem know what your doing. Hope you manage to get the hardscape...

Hello Marja, A lot of people do this, In my current scape the tank i have used is a similar size tank, and like you only had a 9kg bag of substrate (i my case ADA), and wanted to create a bit of height without buying additional substrate. i used smashed up lave stones, which i put in a black...

Was there 2 days ago (19/02/18), still looking fantastic.. appeared to be still quite popular as it was quite busy, and i understand that due to it's popularity that it is still open, thou i not sure for how much longer thou, so get your skates on... That's my son in the foreground, looking...

Hello Ceg, Thanks for providing links to these two threads, interesting reading, must have missed them or forgotten the discussion, they have given me a lot to think about, and a bit more of a better stir of what you were suggesting, thou would have been easier if you provided the links in the...