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Haha, I think your right...

Funnily enough, I was reading your thread just after I had posted mine, and thought the same thing. I have had tanks with sumps in the past and its much quieter than those, but Its far noisier than I would have ever expected. When I spoke with Oase today, they accepted and conceded straight...

A few tank shots

Well its been a while so time for a bit of an update, and its been quite an eventful couple of weeks. I guess a tale of two halves. I have been running an Aquael Ultramax 1500 that I bought brand new in Feb this year, and only made it onto the tank after the delays in my tank arriving. My...

Well it's been about a month and I thought that it was time to give an update of the tank. It's been running for 8 weeks now and the plants seem to be settling in reasonably well. It's been fun and games, and the c02 is a constant battle, some days the drop checker is almost blue others a nice...

It's all a learning curve, Im on the same journey. Let's hope the tank settles in a bit for you now.

Sorry I wasn’t explaining myself, the fluval is just some black tubing for the dosing unit as I had been reading that when dosing iron the solution should not be exposed to daylight and sitting in the clear tubing can have an impact under the lights. My delivery of TNC iron has arrived and the...

Really helpful chart that, and on the basis off what you have provided, and the daily waters changes I have been doing, clearly has not been giving the plants what they need. I had read on several occasions that tropica soil gives off excess nutrients in its early stages and thought that dosing...

Thanks for the links Darrel, and the further information. I’m pleased that the TNC Iron will be suitable, that was ordered as it was the first to appear on Amazon, and more by chance than judgement lol. I have some red root floater that have been int he tank a couple of days now so they should...

Thanks for that @dw1305, I have just ordered some TNC iron with prime delivery. Really appreciate the heads up.

Makes sense on the doser, I’m going to stick with the premade for simplicity at this time, and will look into dry salts in the future. Will do as advised and make sure dosing every day from now on. On the label TNC complete states to dose only once a week I’m assuming that I take the weekly...

Hi Darrel, That’s actual quite an accurate picture, the new growth is indeed pale green. Is that A good or bad thing....

I Like it, seems to be filing out nicely. Lovely open swimming space for those beautiful fish

Day 8, and a few things to report. The daily water changes of 50/60% have been done without fail and will now be transitioning to every other day for the next week. I’m still using just tap water for now, and I will try and get my head around setting up the RO unit to cut my tap water once the...

Very valid point, and makes sense. I think that I will let in run for while doing the daily water changes, and try and dial it in next week when they start getting less frequent👍

I have attached a copy of my Essex and Suffolk water report. On the advice of many, at the moment I am not testing the water at all for parameters other than I had a play with my PH pen and TDS meter. The TDS is sitting around 380ppm and the PH swings between 6.0 - 6.8 Thanks John, yes its...

Day 3, nothing to report other than a 50% water change. Day 4 (today) 50% water change and couple of shots. I'm not quite sure on the lights settings so I'm guessing at the moment, they are running for 6 hours a day at 60% power and 75% white, 25% blue. The co2 is puzzling me, I am running...

Day 2 80 percent water change.

First pictures of the scaping and planting

Hi, I thought that I would start a Journal, Im hoping that it will be of interest to some, especially to the newbies on this site as it may help learn from the inevitable mistakes I will make. If not, then at the very least allow me to have documented progress of the tank. I have kept various...

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Thanks @foxfish no problem re the soil I will follow both your guidance, daughter spent pushing £100 on this tree so want to give it best possible chance👍

Thanks for the detailed response, think we have a decent spot for it. Will get the soil recommended. Doesn't seem like we will need to do much with it as we like garden plants to grow naturally in Shape.

Hi all, Hoping that some off you green fingered souls can help me with a plant for our garden. My daughter has bought this Palmatum Dissectum Garnet for my others halfs up and coming 50th birthday. Do any of you guys have experience of keeping acers, my understanding is that this variety is...

@MirandaB as we appear to have similar water living so close together, what do you use to buffer your RO, and do you use a percentage in your tank of full RO. would also be interested to know what you use for ferts and the doses you use for those also.

Thanks for this, I went through and bought @soggybongo Seems as though it will do the job upon your advice 👍

That's good to know, I have contacted spotless water but they have not confirmed when either of the local stations to me will be opening. I have the opportunity of a second hand unit on this site but its only a 50gpd unit and I'm wondering if it's man enough.

Hi, After some of my recents post I have been thinking long and hard about an RO Unit, and the benefits that it will give to my soon to be set up. I think if I start with tap water, I am going to want to make the move sooner or later so it might as well be right from the start. I live in...

Didn't think I was a fan of this style of tank, but that looks excellent. Looking forward to seeing this planted.

Well the saga continues for my copy, Amazon have cancelled my order. I have looked at other providers and it seem no-one has any copies at all.

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I think that really depends on what you are planning on keeping and if you are going low or high tech. Should you decide to have a powerhead or WM the positioning will also be dependant on the type of display youre deciding to have, wether your having a sand substrate or full carpet, where you...

Lets hope so, I did check the impeller and it has the six blades not five, and with the diagrams I have seen, mine is the new model. My worry is most probably the same as many other people's, I just cannot believe the hassle it seems to get replacement parts. As with anything mechanical it will...

Really was not feeling the mopani wood. I'm not sure why as they are lovely pieces of wood. So after what I thought would be a fairly difficult conversation with my good lady who bought me the pieces as a gift, she was surprisingly understanding. So much so, that she grabbed me another surprise...

Not the reading I wanted with a 1500 sitting brand new still in the box waiting for my tank delivery. Im actually starting to get nervous about setting it up

Looks very good indeed and as other have said quite a dramatic layout. be interested to see this grow out.

Looking good

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Also worth mentioning the AI Nero 3, fantastic little powerhead and fully controllable, has a wide stream flow and can really shift water if you want it too.

No Fault of Horizon Aquatics but it does seem that there are some delays on supplying the Waterbox orders 2-4 weeks delivery is now 6. It seems that the shortage with other manufacturers is now have a ripple effect as more and more people are trying alternative methods Worth bearing in mind if...

Now thats Autumn in a box, beautiful tank

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Yes I have seen the company advertised in the reef world, its seems like they are now going to have a bigger presence in the freshwater side in the UK. The good news is that Horizon have suggested delivery will only be 2-4 weeks🤞

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Fabulous stuff guys, Now hurry up and deliver this tank order please so I can buy some of these lovely plants ;)😂

Its a shame to here of issues with the 850T. If you are looking for a circulation pump, I can highly recommend the AI Nero 3, can shift huge amounts of flow if needed from such a small footprint.

Well guys, I have bitten the bullet and ordered one of the Waterbox 3620 from one of our forum sponsors, Horizon Aquatics. It doesn't seem that this brand is very well known at the moment this side of the pond so I guess in some ways I can be a test case. I will make sure that I do a product...

Yes indeed tank only

Would never have entertained the idea, your right just for a tank, but my work occasionally takes me near Manchester so it would have been a detour at best.

Under the current lockdown restrictions there is no way that I would even consider making the journey at this time. Therefore, this would have been something that I maybe would have considered once we have more free movement. I understand what you are saying regarding the insurance and I guess...

If there is a custom manufacturer in norfolk/suffolk I am not aware of them. And I dont seem to be able find any when doing internet searches. I would gladly do a round trip to collect but not a 10 hour trip😂

The thing that is putting me off A4L is being charged £100 to have a a tank only delivered. I bought a pizza oven weighing considerably more and bigger footprint and was only charged half that. Maybe Im losing touch with reality

Another fine example of a low tech tank.

Yes, at the end of the day its just frustrating I guess. Are you guys at AG seeing longer delays in ADA tanks being ordered.

Honestly I’m not sure, as a customer you can only go by what information is given to you, and I have no idea of knowing if it is factual or not. I would like to hope that they have been upfront and honest. Complete Aquatics told me that at no time have they been instructed to not taken orders...

Yes the sI’ve they have is 900x600x500 £380 but delivery is around 95 quid

Well I called the A4L and they have dangled a carrot with a 900x600x500 that they have. I guess that I can get away with the extra height no real issue from 450-500mm With my ONF flat one, but 600 wide I’m wondering if the light distribution would cover that surface area ok As my light is not...

I’m after a 900x500x450, or there equivalent. it may be worth giving them a call maybe. Thanks for the heads up on that. Good luck with the APS keep us posted.

Well a further update for you all on the EA, D&D tanks fiasco, and I’m afraid its not good news for me. Unfortunately it appears that there are very long delays, and my supplier cannot give me any information at all on how Long I could end up waiting. Furthermore, he also informed me that the...

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Always see this as a constant reply, yet this is far more difficult than it sounds to me. I have my water supply parameters, yet I have no clue what is relevent or not, and also if the levels are high or low in something. Where do you start as a common ground.

good question, and I have been searching the history for similar information with little joy. shall be watching this post with interest.

Hi and welcome, There is information already avilable for this. Under general forums, click on where to buy. and then you designated area. forum members will have added where recommend. HTH

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This works for me, fabulous tank....

Appreciate the detailed response, makes much more sense now, I assumed that the inlet was low to the bottom like the conventional approach. seems to def work for you, the tank is looking very good indeed.

Sorry to read that, doesn't seem like the customer service is there. I went for the Ultramax 1500 so the pipework is 16/22. I did see on another post, although not sure where now, that a way to tell if I have the new model is by how many fins are on the impeller. Fortunately mine has 6, and...

Tanks looking great, and the ADA light pendant def suits your set up. The ONF seemed to grow your carpet well also. Lets hope that I can get some good growth from it also.

Im curious by the positioning of your inlet and outlet in this tank, as it does'nt seem to have an easy path in. I'm assuming its picking up all the fine particles through the rocks, wood and background plants just fine, hence why you have kept it that way. As you know I opted for the Nero 3...

Very good idea, and a beautiful looking tank you have there BTW

Absolutely, its -16 in Finland right now and there winter lasts 5 months. And guess what, its life as normal, people go about there business as they would any other day.

Interesting, so you clearly have good gas exchange on your system in place.

well it seems you are well on your way with some good quality equipment and hopefully the beginning of a relationship with a local supplier. As mentioned a journal would be a good way to track your own progress, and also for folk like us to have a nosey at....

Pleased to hear that, and from the reading that I have been doing it seems to suggest that the benefits are not just for newly established tanks Very good read that article Darrel, Kudos to you sir for that. Although I will admit some of it went straight over my head.... Maybe my poor learning...

Hi all, After reading @Leah95 post earlier, it was discussed in there about the importance of surface agitation and gas exchange, and a very helpful video posted to view. This has lead me to some late night reading/watching on the subject and I am very new to c02 injection so this is all a...

I understand where you are coming from, I thought that I could maybe plant one of the red stems at the back of the hole so that it would soften the focal point. I think a well placed rock under the piece of wood to the right would allow me to raise that piece higher in the aquarium. I detracted...

Just shows sometimes that I dont read the posts correctly sometimes, I could have swore that said Panda Corys. Not a fish that I am very familiar with, or see spoken about much on this forum. From what I have been reading they appear to be good algae eaters, but they get quite big in size. Can...

I was going to keep the plants lower in that corner as I think the back right hand (top) corner is where I will put my AI Nero 3. Likewise with the back left I was thinking that it would help keep flow better. Furthermore, the co2 will be delivered inline, and im hoping that the Nero 3 will...

sorry about the poor picture quality, no idea why it picked up some much blue.

Yeah I have also seen many things on you tube from Bentley Pascoe, he seems to know his stuff to a degree. It seems like one of the good things about this light is the fluval app. Please do keep us all up to date, its nice to see peoples progression and watch the tanks mature. Im fairly new...

OK guys, so I have a no work day and I've got the pit out again. I've been trying to take in all the constructive criticism, and have been trying to do as much reading as I can, but it still doesn't make this any easier for me. I have tried to make all three pieces of wood look like one tree...

Seems like you are moving in the right direction, and always nice to see some fish make it into aquarium. Your plants are not going to care if the light is a fluval 3.0 or twinstar. I dont know much about the 3.0, but they seem to be very popular state side for sure. Cory from Aquarium co-op is...

Lets hope yours arrives, funnily enough I checked my outstanding orders only this morning, and it shows Out of stock now as listed.

My kind of tank that, to me thats exactly how I would image them in there natural environment

A while back someone on here posted on one of my threads about a good, affordable local supplier in Lowestoft of FE's I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company put forward, who mentioned it on here to PM, and cant find the feed to refer back to 😂 Is it just me, or do you all...

Certainly good news that there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for all concerned. It must have been quite worrying times for you guys as a business to have had yet one more thing putting a spanner in the works besides the pandemic. The goods new is that you have plenty of people...

Dont like the sound of that, I wonder how I stand with one pre ordered and paid in full. I shall be really annoyed if they cancel the order after 2 months or demand a huge extra sum of money.

Honestly, I dont know the answer to that. The supplier said that the glass is imported from china, and they seemed to suggest that they would be built elsewhere in europe, and then shipped to the UK made up. Im guessing @Siege might be able to give a better insight into the facts.

Here is our lad Titch. He is a Jack/Corgi Cross, we have had him about 6 years and believe he is around 8 years old (he won't let the vet anywhere near his teeth to check) We adopted him from a centre after an abusive home. Where he was scanned it showed that he had suffered broken ribs, tail...

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Thought I would give you all a mini update on the EA now D&D tank shortages. I received an email from my supplier saying they have been advised by D&D that they are still having difficulties getting the stock into the UK, and that is mainly due to the position of brexit. Complete Aquatics told...

Well what a surprise, just had an email from Amazon saying that they cannot fulfill the order and cannot give me any date at all when it will be back again in stock. Have a feeling this is going to be a long wait from them. Frustrating but trying times I guess in many ways

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well orders placed, those AI nero's seem to be in very low stock. seems like most retailers are out. Fortunately, I found one on Amazon. Another expensive fish day in this house.

Regarding the leaf curling and with my limited knowledge Im sure I read that this can be due to a lack of gH, so Ca and Mg. Im sure that someone with far more experience than me will be able to advise you better assistance.