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Hi forum, im just wanting a little more on these beauties. Lfs sold these as peruvian angels. Is that correct? Any special requirements? My tank is neutral water parameters but use ro water. Heavily planted with a selection of community fish. Would i be wiser to soften the water gradually for...

Haha i commend you on the effort. I tip my metaphorical cap to you. Is the actual width of filter 400mm or is that with the motor hidden too. Im tight for space is all . I could probably cut the gap for the motor from cabinet divider but if it is like a drain lid then im going to be dissapointed.

Ye ive seen that. Im interested to seeing it in regards to something i can relate to. ;-) perhaps a can of beer hah

My cabinet is for an aquaone inspire 130 model by the way.

There is the fx4 now isnt there that is for tanks up to 100ltrs and turnover is around 2400ltrs per hour. So reducing that slightly id imsgine it would come to around 10times my tank volume an hour. Im more concerned at the dimensions. 400mm wide seems huge? Is that because of the smart motor...

Hi all, im just wondering if anyone can tell me any first hand experience from these beastie filters. Ive currently got a fluval 305 rigged up to my 200ltr planted tank amd was pondering the idea od upgrading. Are these filters bulky? Would they be too big for my size tank? My tank fits flush...

Underwater nature.

White cloud minnows are also a good shout. I always feel they look quite ordinary in pet shop tanks but against your own tanks backing of greens etc they stand out lovely. Id still go for galaxies though but thats just personal preference. Like most danios they are always super busy around tank...

Celestial danios aka galaxy rasboras. Gorgeous little fish. I had 15 or so in my old 60ltr tank.

Ive ordered some amazon frogbit and intend on fencing it in over the samd with some fishing line and suction cups. Once the java ferns throughout mature il be happier. All sand throughout may be an option at some point if i have to. I only used the gravel as ive ada amazonia under it and didnt...

Thanks for info @Tim Harrison. Im currently working on light for him/her. It currently likes to hide under main wood piece as its caved under there. My 'sidonisis' made it that way but has recently been evicted by ellie. I struggle to find a dealer this way that sells live food. Ive bought some...

Thanks @alto il do my best. Hopefully i share a happy rekationship with this slightly touchy but beautiful fish.

Thanks @foxfish i do hope i havent goneband burnt my fingers being so impulsive in the aquarium shop. It was just so unique and quirky i was like a child wanting something. I will try my very best to keep it happy. I was told they liked to be in groups however others have said keep them...

Meet ellie mctrunkface

I had in mind some slate as top and then cover with sand so it looks like its part if substrate but with a little nook in it. It looks good in my head anyway haha.

I possibly just need to be a little nore patient @alto as ive got fresh cuttings of java fern eyc growimg on wood in certain areas as it is. For now ive just placed an old light fitting across top of tank to block out some of light coming from working light which is working well but isnt what i...

Nothing hugely unusual. Its for my elephant-nose. Like to be able to view it durimg lights on but it also feeling comfortable. I may look into just adding some slate and covering it with gravel etc so it can feel secure whilst other fish are pottering about.

Its 200 litre and well planted. Ive moved my light higher up to dim the tank a littke as most plants in this setup are low energy anyway. I understand they are used to test water quality for certain water companies in germany due to the fussiness of water parameters it requires. I really love it...

Hi all. Ive recently received an elephant nose fish and was wondering what others opinions on these quirky guys are. It makes me laugh everytime i see it swim by.

Hi all, im interested if anyone has tried or know of anything similar to what im after. Basically id like to create a darker part of my aquarium. My light goes the whole width and im wanting to use something to create a dark area fir the more light sensitive fish.

Hey folks. Im in need of your thoughts on what plants i can add to back left of the tank. Its looking a little inbalanced when sat in front of it. Any decent plants you think will suit layout. Cheers

Ok so it doesnt. Would i have to take it off and soak it in bleach water then to clear the blockages?

Anyone know if this opens up to be cleaned. My spray comimg out of it is very dissapointing of late but i cant see how i can open it up to clean the ceramic inside. Cheers

brownie phoenix belindae

Ive got some anubias 'nana, tied near the rocks, Bucephalandra Belindae and some bucephalandra brownie phoenix bedding on also. Im not sure on other choices until i remove rovk to really gauge whats needed. I really would like to keep it quite subtle to the eye if i can on this one. Id like a...

Love the curved corners on this new tank too.

Forvive the rock ribboned. I made the boo boo of not soaking my wood first. In fairness the whole setup was a slight sunday mornimg impulse. I just got up, looked at my little 60ltr on the cabinet and thought sod it. Lets gdt cracking. Still needs a few plants adding or possibly some moss to the...

Hi all. Im just wondering if anyone has tried using this in an aquascape with a community setup. Like the look but i understand it would harden my water. I use 100% Ro water currently and have ada amazonia powder soil too. I also inject co2. Im just wondering if it would cause too many problems...

Hi @Matt Havens ye i believe it does. I was hoping i could run both the internal and my fluval 305 together. I currently get good circulation with just this and my lilly pipe. I do have a koralia nano too though if i need to get that bit extra. Whats the internal filter like?

Hi all, Looking at gettimg this tank if possible as its on sale in my local store and is an upgrade on capacity. My only issue is with the internal filter cavity built at back of tank. Im not well educated with these and puts me off a little. I currently use an external fluval 305 pump. Would i...

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Salty shrimp it's called. Adds both Gh and Kh back to the stripped RO water.

Hi @GTL_UK I am now ye. I started with tap but gradually converted over to 100% RO. My Kh is around 5dkh and Gh is around 7dgh.

My recovered tank. Changed to ro water and the end product speaks for itself. Plants are all healthy and happy. Heminanthus callitrichoides has recovered well and boomed into growth. Only thing that's appeared is odd spot of bba around tank and hair algae. Both of which I'm trying to keep on...

How do these little things make it in into my water? All my plants are in vitro. Fish food?

There's 3 of these perculiar things across glass to front of tank. I'm pretty positive one has moved around a little. Perhaps Thats just flow though. I may be going daft and it may be nothing but I haven't noticed these before in my daily housekeeping and noting of plants and fish. Apologies...

I like the idea of it being portable as I only need it once a week. I don't suppose it matters though as you don't need it on 24-7 unless you want it like that. Best finding out what your water pressure is too first as like me you may need a booster pump which are around 100quid I believe...

Looking at this on eBay. 105quid for my size. Looks exact same as ADAs aquasky

Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with their light fixtures they could share. I'm currently looking to upgrade my LEDs as mine seem to be dimming to their original strength(they were only cheap). My tank is a high tech 60ltr tank.im growing HC, riccia, hair grass etc...

Mine is rigged up to be portable, I just followed the guys direction on his vid I posted. You need to flush the system for 5mins a day to keep from clogging etc. That's all I've been doing up to now.

I'm definately going to need a booster pump I fear Roy. Taking forever from my outside tap at minute.

Following altos recommended way to change water over: , I'm going to assume a water volume of 50 litre (assuming tank total capacity of 60l) At present, tank is tap water with ~25GH so if you were to do ~10% daily water changes Day 1 remove 5l tank water & replace with RO, so 25GH x 45l/50l ~...

I've got some saltyshrimp Roy which raises my gh/kh in the one mix. :pompus:

Cheers for all the replies, advice and info everyone. Much appreciated. Changed my first 5ltrs not long ago.

Yep definately one of those :banghead::banghead::banghead::banhappy: days. It's been a long day. ;) I knew that damn.

If I ignore the ph, what's the trick for getting decent co2 within tank? I have a feeling this is one of those questions this is going to receive a really simple answer that makes me think. "O yeah" lol

I used my ph pen to test this which was calibrated with buffer 7.0 solution and got 8.5. I then recalibrated pen with buffer 4.0 on surmise that the water would be more acidic after going through RO/DI filters. got a reading of 6.1ph

Question: should my RO water ph go up from tap water for any reason? My tap is generally 7.5/7.4 and I'm getting 8.5 with ro. Tds is showing zero however. Confused. Have I connected it up wrong or are there other factors? Cheers

I've made it portable so I can disconnect without worry of overflowing. I just connect it up to a tap connector from outside tap. I've x2 25ltr jerry cans I will fill and store in kitchen cupboard. I'm lucky in that respect as its only 50litres of water within 60ltr tank. Looks like I'm going...

Unit installed. Simple enough using this video: I have installed this outside. However, I may need to move it closer to main as pressure is only showing about 35-40psi at moment. I'm needing 60. Didn't think I'd need a booster. The inline tds meter is showing my mains water is around 570/565...

@ian_m water report says 53mgl/mg 115mgl/Ca I was just going off darrels observations on a previous thread : "Your water is really hard (25 dGH), and you also have both magnesium and calcium hardness, which is unusual for most of the UK (<"Magnesian...

Thank you @alto exactly what im looking for. :thumbup:

There are a lot of folk that stand by using tap water due to having many needed elements plants need to grow and thrive. You can use tap safely and successfully. I myself have done ok with it and plants have grown well but I just want a little extra control over things. It's just my way...

@Andrew Butler i basically want to be in control of how I set my water parameters before I add my fertilisers etc. It leaves me to only attack further problems on the basis of knowing it definately isn't certain elements being in tap water without me needing to worry. I'd like to keep a more...

Hi all, I'm currently waiting on a RO unit being delivered ready to convert across to RO water from my tap. Question is this: How would I go about changing the water from tap to RO? Is it gone over a flow gradual period for fish and shrimps sake or can I just drip acclimate them in like I did...

Just your opinion on ease of installation and use. I've ordered the osmotics one also and I tend to make it portable like the video shows. What salts do you add to your water? I've ordered some salty shrimp personally. I've tap water in my tank already, how would I add Ro water over a time...

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Ive just been around with a paint brush(unused) across top of plants and there was a lot of brown dust and dead leaves laying on top of living plants underneath. It's visibly greener when I brush it. Not perfect but a lot better. My maintenance I always go across top of HC with old piece of...

The state I'm in!!!

So I'm getting a decent drop in co2 now; just short of 1unit drop. Drop checker is yellow and fish are at very edge what they can handle. It's made no difference to plants health at all. My lighting period is 7hrs as is co2 which is on couple hours prior to lights. I'm lolling to switch to RO...

Like I say my tank is 60ltrs so will only ever need 50ltrs tops a week. I intend to make my RO unit portable like the osmotics video on here. Is it just a case of adding say for example salty shrimp to water to desired gh/kh. Also, if I'm injecting co2 should I aim for a higher kh/gh in the...

Hi all, I'm I've got a 60ltr high tech planted tank going on at minute. Problem is my tap water is horrific as some of you may have seen in some my previous threads on here. I'm at point now we're I want to try RO WATER. I want to be able to know exactly what's happening with water before my EI...

Wow, absolutely cracking tank. Love it. Makes me want to try. Then I realise, no cai, you haven't the skill lol

Ok, I've turned co2 up and getting 6.6/6.7 on ph pen. That's as high as I can go for fish. I will keep an eye on plants closely next week or so and then go from there. I've changed back from inline rector to atomizer and can visibly see bubbles hitting all plants including HC at front. Fingers...

Plus the leaves on certain plants are showing a sign of some sort of deficiency. You may well be right about co2 being too low however. With the leaves losing their colour and going glassy I'm making the assumption it's nutrients based but I'm an amateur after all.

Ye that's the problem John. It took an incredible amount of co2 to get to that stage. Now I've livestock added I'm limited to how much I can dial in. I'm still getting a yellow drop checker a few hours into lighting period. My water is just buffering the hell out of co2.

I think I'm going to change back to my inline atomiser as the reactor I have doesn't seem to doing much difference in regards to microbubbles. Plants seemed to pearl a lot more with it any way. I've turned co2 up some. Spray bar is gently moving surface and pushing water around in a...

some of my plants are light with darker veins which suggest magnesium but surely I have that in abundance in tap water. If I use dechlorinator will this affect that? It also says if I'm low in magnesium then iron won't be able to be used. I know it's a long shot but what do you think? I've edged...

Also, I've been doing some reading on here, will the fact I have activated carbon/zeolite in my filter be affecting plants absorption of my iron etc? Or is it very minimal. Opinion on thread I read was minimal but I know how opinions and evidence change on a week to week basis and the mentioned...

This is the iron I'm dosing at minute. Should I re-apply my micros as normal too or leave it out?

What iron Chelate would you reccommend @dw1305 I don't mind paying more for a superior brand or type. I want my plants happy

Thanks chaps. I think il do both of those things. I've changed from a lolly pipe to a spray bar also to see if this may help flow distribution slightly. Plants are defo struggling. Glassy leaves HC is starting to look like it's going slightly brown to the eye but every photo I take doesn't show...

Hi all, I'm currently running my first real planted tank and have stated to struggle a little lately. My plants have started to look a bit jaded. Here are some pics: •My tank has been running now for approx 6-7weeks. •I inject co2 using regulator and inline reactor. Ph goes to around 6.9/7.0...

I've also noticed the behaviour lately. Do the makes and females have slightly different colourations? I have one that is quite light in markings.thry kept nudging each other and following each other around tank.

Sorry, I should also add I have a high kh of 12. Ph is 7.4/7.3 before co2. ph is around 7.0/6.9 with co2 injected. Flow is high/medium.

Hi all, I've recently added x10 Galaxy rasbora/danios to my 60ltr/13uk gallon tank. I've also got x4 ottos and 6 red cherry shrimps. If I was to add a few extra tank mates for the danios can anyone reccommend sone compatible tank mates. I don't want them too big unless they are a pair rather...

Lovely looking fish. Both are. Any reason on the Hara jerdoni?

It could just be the leaves are adapting to being submersed and are melting back. All plants generally go through a transitional period.

One last one, cheeky little shrimp shot

Hi all, Tanks been running nicely for 4weeks now. No real problems to date apart from my tennellus and rotala looking slightly yellow and glass like on some leaves. I've ordered some extra iron solution to cover this avenue and then il go from there Other than that Alps well. I've added some...

By the way, will the added iron affect water in regards to my shrimps health?

Thanks @dw1305. Ye everything else seems to be doing fine. Rotala and tennellus are the ones showing definite signs of some deficiency which I do strongly believe is iron, even after reading that thread suggesting most other times it's not iron as we don't need a lot. I've been getting a full...

http://s292.photobucket.com/user/caicarruthers/media/Mobile%20Uploads/5BB9636A-F9AB-4D91-87FC-0478E4D6337C_zpswst4beat.jpg.html Also a pic of Cryptocoryne lutea

This is part of my water from water board. 2nd line down is of my iron. Perhaps this may aid

Hi Darrel, I have hard water as you can see. It takes a lot of co2 to drop my ph I have to say. I do use Amazonia as you have stated. I would strongly say it isn't calcium deficient. So probably go with iron. How would I remedy this? Add extra iron into my trace mix possibly?

My weekly ei ferts I also do 2 water changes a week at 50% of a 60ltr tank. Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate: 20ppm Flow high: fluval 305 Co2 injected with inline atomizer Ph: 7.4/7.5 down to 6.9/7.0 Kh: 12 Gh: 30

Overall view of plants Rotala bonsai new growth Another rotala bonsai HC

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Hi all, Can one of you experts out there tell me what's going on with my tennellus please? I have 2of these in opposite sides of tank and both show similar signs. •Im currently dosing standard ei (macro + micro) •I'm injecting co2 at a high rate until recently as I've added some...

Thanks for all the informative answers everyone. :thumbup:

I have a combi boiler. I thought hot from tap carried all sorts of nasties in it?

Hi all, I've currently got some red cherry shrimp and ottos in my tank. Tomorrow will be first day of water change for them. My question is this: Do I need to warm the water that's to be added to tank to stop so much of a shock to shrimps or will it be ok as it is? I believe I read somewhere...

Ye others seem fine. Colours are nice and punchy and they don't seem to have been affected. When I got them yesterday, one shrimp was very pale and the other a very dark red/burgundy colour. Not bright but dull. Those 2have died and one I think was case of co2. I'm tempted to get an airstone...

I didn't think they'd be such little characters. I expected to not see them much but no. Chasing each other up and down and across front tank. Shrimps are funny but they hide a lot at min. I've had 3cherries die since yesterday. Think was too high of co2 that did it from yesterday. Poor things...

Couple more pics for yas.

Ye I've got a blue nightlight on turn that on. They where a lot more lively today. I think the co2 gave them all abit of a shock yesterday. Hopefully they adapt to it. I've switched it right down for them. I think their bodies are very much slim lined like a sharks is. They seem to enjoy...

So it's been nearly 4weeks since I flooded my first scape. Overall, I'm happy with the learning I've done. I've said previously my scape and the skills used have been no where near perfect or to level I wish to be at but for a first go I'm happy. Plants have grown nicely with high rate of co2...

Got these beauties yesterday and thought I'd share my proud little fish. What food does everybody feed these gems? Cucumber on a skewer for mine