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its mixed blue and purple but thats all i could get from the garden centre but there is more purple then blue in there. Not sure on the kinds of moss i want yet, what i want is it to look like grass growing throw the rocks and slate. And thank you for the tip on the heater just saved me some money.

Its been a while since i posted but i have new tank now,this one is going to before shrimps only. Having need kept shrimps this is going to be fun. I would like to thank Gill for his journal ( viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13047&start=0 ) and George Farmer for the picture he posted on Gill journal i...

Hi George / everyone this is really interesting and after reading this it something that I would love to know more about because I think it look great in a living room or office. I got a few questions so I'm really sorry if they seem dumb lol sorry in advance. You said you "you can run lower...

Thank you Dan I will pick one of these up. :)

Hi everyone I thought I would do a quick up date. Well my gravel turned up this morning so I thought I crack on and change the sand for a dark sand. I used a bag of sliver sand and some of my play sand and added maybe a bit to much fine gravel to it still not sure on it at the moment so any feed...

Hi everyone as anyone try Colombo Liquid CO2 Fertiliser? And is it as good as easy carbo? Jon

Re: juwel rekord 600 aquarium (day 6) Hi mate thank you for the reply. I will take you up on the windlov, but I cant get it until I get paid I'm just a bout broke as it is lol, As for the the pea gravel should i just mix them in with the sand as I did want a sandy area and not just plain...

Re: 12inch nano shrimp tank It looks really good. I cant wait to see it filling out and fingers crossed you will sort out your algae problem :D

Re: juwel rekord 600 aquarium (day 6) Hi everyone I thought I would do a quick up date. After nary88 comments and thank you again for everyone who as left me comments I went to my LFS and got two small Microsorum pteropus 'Windeløv cuttings from his one and only planted display tank. I have...

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' after a break A really nice scape, so simply but with a great wow factor. I would to have a scape come out a quarter as good as one of yours than I would be a very happy bunny :oops: :D :clap: Jon

Re: juwel rekord 600 aquarium Hi thank you for the comments I was thinking of changing the sand to a dark sand but I'm not sure which one to go with Unipac Zambezi Sand or Unipac Senegal Sand as I've ordered the Unipac Canterbury Spar Gravel so I would like to keep the rock as it is a little...

Re: juwel rekord 600 aquarium Thank you chris, well ive just put a old black back drop up untill i can get the frosted backing. Thank you again chris

Day 3 Hi guys here is the pictures of the new scape. :oops: Day Three This is the rock i was on about I want to keep the back ground clear but to hide the pipes at the same time any ideas would be great thank you, also any comments are welcome thank you Jon

Hi everyone. Well I've finally got round to rescaping my Juwel rekord 600 aquarium (61x31x42) after moving. I have just started this new scape on Friday. I have kept everything simple this time, and I am hoping to keep this way as I still have a lot of work to do in the house. The idea for...

thank you Neil. I still have it soaking and keep doing a daily wc of 100% but the water keeps clouding up is due to the clay in the cat litter? and the smell is still there did anyone else have problems when cleaning they tesco cat litter ? Jon

Thank you dw and stuworrall. The reason I asked is my local garden centre as a offer on at the moment and they are £3 a pack thats why i was wondering if they would be ok a lot cheaper then the TNP+ tabs lol

Hi everyone, I have seen these been used with Akadama but as anyone used these with cat litter. The reason is i would like to put a layer of ferts under the cat litter and on top of the peat moss an carbon. I was going to use TPN+ root tabs but this will cost to much and then I saw these been...

Hi everyone, been a while since I posted. I am in the middle off get ready to rescpae my tank. The thing is I am having problems with the cat litter, the thing is I can seem to get rid of the smell. I have soaked for 24 hours and then washed it,then its been soaking for 48 hours and it still...

hI everyone. I am just washing my cat litter to use in my setup i was wondering how you know it as been washed thought. I have left it soak for 24 hours and now i am washing thought a small sive. When the water comes thought the sive after two mins it looks clean, so i've been placing this in...

Thank you andy. I haven't used a power head before but I'm planing a rescape and I think trying to make sure I've got everything right which I know you cant do something always goes wrong lol. I have a feeling I might end up with dead spots around the wood as it is a lot larger then the peace...

Hi everyone I've been reading a lot about flow And its got me running a round chasing my tail lol :crazy: I got the bit about 10x filtration but that you lose some flow from your filter. I have Tetratec Ex600 so in a nice world this would give me 10x turn over. but from what i've read, my flow...

Yes about a year it was my frist real plant I got when I started back with tropical fish.

Thank you Nick16 I keep getting them two mied up :oops: I will switch them around :D

Hi everyone I finished off my hardscape placement design today. I went for option three but this time added a slope. The slope starts at 2cm and raises to 4cm I will build the slope with the cat litter, and then cap it with 2cm of sand. I hope to stop the slope from sliding down with garden...

thank you paul. :D

Re: Eheim Powerhead 1212 nothing yet lol was going to order one to give me more flow around my tank.

thanks guys i will remove the bio balls. I just thought sponges slow down the flow down thats why I was going to remove them.

Dose anyone have these or know anything about them?

I've cycled mine now its four month old (600). But I wanted to remove the sponges. my lfs sells this Seachem Matrix 250ml. I was going to use half to replace the sponges, leave it for 8 weeks then replace the the bio balls with the other half would this work?

Hi everyone I was wondering what people thoughts where to the filter media in the Tetratex filters. And if people have changed the media what did the use? Any tips or info be great. Jon

thank you mate thats covered tht one for me :)

Hi everyone just aquick question. I want to use this in my next scape but I was wonering if easy carbo melts this plant. As that is my only source of carbo at the moment. Also how many do you get in a pot (im on a very tight budget after losing my job :( ) also if anyone as any cutting that be...

Thank you chilled. I cant wait to rescape my tank. Fingers crossed it goes well :D

Thank you chilled are you sure :D

thank you very much chilled I will pay postage :) :D

Hi chilled thats great to know I can grow it under low light :D Could I be cheeky and ask for a few cutting if you have any :shifty: I think I need about 4 or 5 stems. I think it will be rescaping my tank in a months time. :D

Hi can you grow Echinodorus tenellus with one T8 and easy carbo. I'm looking for a low small growning forground plant. I dont want to make a carpet out of it.

I've had these a year now and had no probs with fish been eatten so far and they not that big :) now Im worried :(

Hi Saintly, will the shrimps be ok with the frogs and do you had them say 5 at a time or all at one go?

Hi everyone this is my parents water garden which the asked me to build for them when they moved in 2007. The project as took two years on and off. It was started in the october off 2007 and finished back end off last summer there is still one or two bit left to do which will be done this...

I am looking for a good clean up crew for my 60l set up. My lfs sells Zebra Snail are these any good? I also have two dwaf afican fogs as well since I was told these eat food which is left over food as well as fresh blood worms also my g/f liked them. Any ides what be great ty. :D

Re: Help with Hardscape placement. Hi chilled84. The substrate will be cat littler with a layer of peat on these of the tank and active carbon placed over the top of this from my filter as it should have a good layer of different kinds of bacteria. Then cat litter with TPN+ tabs added to it...

Hi everyone I was wondering if you could use home made Bamboo Charcoal in the substrate as ADA use it in Tourmaline BC. I am going to use actitve carbon in my substrate but was wondering if you couse use this. :D

Thank you for the plant id everyone :D :D

Re: Help with Hardscape placement. Thank you everyone for the replys I was caught between three and four but did like three a little more then four. I wanted to try and bank the back of the dry set up but run out off sand :oops: Thank you AdAndrews How many more peaces would you say...

Hi got any one id this plant for me. I got it from a friends tank and i thought it was a Aponogeton crispus. But while looking at a few books and the tropica web site, the Aponogeton crispus is mento be a bulb plant and this wasn't just had roots. So now im not sure it is and now I think it...

Hi everyone. This is a dry set up of four different types off hardscape I wish to use. But Im not sure which one looks right. I've made the base for this using a cardboardbox and used a old backing i had for a tank a few years a go ( just dosent reach each corner lol ) The base is the same size...

My friend had three stems off these plants which I have now in my tank. But none off them had bulbs just roots. Thats what made me wondered if they where aponogeton crispus. They melted once planted them but three weeks on they shot off and are doing very well. :D

A lovely tank russchild and I love the HC :D

Hi russchilds thank you :oops: it is a jewel rekond 600, But I removed the filter for more space and because it looked ugly lol The GDA is on the back of the tank and the sides just these green patches I thought they show up on the pictures. But thank you again for your comments :D

Hi everyone. Well I've done my frist trim since the rescape and removed one of the stem plants which was in the left hand corner. I'm happy the way things are going but i feel something isnt right yet with the scape, I can't put my finger on :crazy: While I was trimming back I noticed I've got...

Hi everyone. I was wondering which style off planted tank best suites a community tank. I like the use of rocks but all so like wood scapes so i'm caught in which style i would like to do next. I want to keep this a low light high tech set up. I think that is right after reading everything on. I...

Hi all i've been caught between using this and Akadama. In the end i've gone with the cat litter, But i'm going to try something different which as been done with the Akadama, but before i do i wanted to know if it was ok to do it with cat litter. What i want to do is the following: 1th...

Jon, Thanks for your comments :oops: I got the lights ages ago from a Maidenhead Aquatics after seeing a few guys on here using them, its made by Aquadistri and its a 18w tube in each. This light also can be badged Superfish (an Aquadistri product). Just googled to find one...

Very nice setup mate. I was wondering what make the lights are? Once again really nice set up mate.

Thank you jonesy :oops: :D I am enjoying it, even if sometimes things dont pan out how I plan :(

Hi chilled84 thank you very much :oops: I'm hoping in a month or so that I will be beable to take cutting if so I will send you some if that is ok. I'm very pleased with it so far and I've got the green finger bug :D. I have already planed my rescape when I move (due to the house falling...

Hi everyone, I was going to use ADA products but I found it cost far too much and Im on a budget. So I am looking at putting something under my sand ( will be using a edge strip at he front and side of my tank so you cant see the substrate.) I am caught between using this or cat litter,as...

Well This is a little up date on hw things are going. Well things are going well I've had a little crypt melt and lost one of the crypt. But the Aponogeton crispus seems to be doing well, there was a lot of melt to start with, but in the last two weeks it seems to of picked up and the leafs are...

ok thanks again, hopefully over christmaswill get my co2 up and running :D

Hi all, I was wondering if you could clear a few things up for me, im going to have to move my tank again shortly thanks to the landlord ad his way of plastering skills ( dont ask :oops: ) but I've been thinking while I take my tank down again :oops: I was going to add some cat litter ie the...

I noticed that you can fit it out side of the tank lol (shouldnt skim read stuff lol) I was wondering if you can use the gas bottles from halfords, as there is one in my town and it will cut down on postage :D here a link to the halfords site http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ...

Hi Sam ok will keep a look out for the reg you used. andthat would fit in to my spray bar its a tt600 ty Jon

Hi I've been meaning to get round to this but now my easy carbo is running low I think now is a better time then any. I've just clicked on the link you posted to get the Regulator from and I've found this I was wondering if it would work http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Single-Stage-2-Ga ... 1e599494d6...

Re: My Frist Go at a planted Tank Hi everyone its been a while snice I've been online and things have changed a lot since I last posted. For a start there was the massive snail army which went mad. I'm not sure where they came from maybe the moss but I will never know, but for one thing they...

Update I've collected my heather wood. And now on the looking out for some manzanita wood. About 12 high gnarly peaces and some nano peaces. I was wondering if it was a little ott if I was to use ADA iron bottom and multi bottom. I would like to use them but wasn't sure about them. Also insted...

Hi guys will you be getting anymore wood? I dont need it till next year, which sounds daft now but I would like to get on the waiting list if you have one. I need six peaces for a 60x30x36 tank. And to be a pain I would like weathered and gnarly peaces, with two bits in a u shape around 12inch...

Oh thats not good, I didn't know that was in e wood can you boil it out or should I just use it my garden? Thank you for the info.

Here is some pics of the wood i colleceted

Frist things frist I am sorry that I was bitchy in my last comments. I was hoping that this would be a good thing to help people on a budgets or to use wood from the uk. But I think I have gone the wrong way doing. Any help on how to set it up would be great, I do think it be a great thread. Jon

Re: could we please start? I have changed the thread title I hope this title is to your liking? And also if you read what I put you know what the title was about.

Hi everyone, just got back from fishing this weekend. While I was there I collected some nice bits of dead willow which had fallen in to the lake. I will post pics tomorrow. But Iwas wondering how long you need to boil the wood for till it becomes safe to use? Jon

I was thinking the same. But I do like the idea of a glass spraybar, for people who dont want glass lily pipes

Hi guys as anyone seen or used this spray bars before. I didnt know you could get them. If anyone as any infoe on them that be great ty.

Re: My Frist Go at a planted Tank Hi everyone thank you for your comments on my tank. Please keep them coming. As I said before this is a learning curve for me, before I have a go at a real aquascape :crazy: :D which I am planing now. will up date my journal about that when I have more infoe...

Hi guys I thought this be a great idea for everyone to post the different kinds of wood that people have found in the uk. And how to get them ready to use in your aquarium. I got thinking about this as Im using heather wood and hopefuly some nice drift wood from the lake I fish. Just thought...

I thought it was but wasn't sure. Thank you for that it can go in the garden waste bin.

Dose anyone know if this wood is safe to use in your aquarium once its been dryed out. Or do you need to boil the wood. Just got some nice bits after clearing out my friends garden. Jon

Hi everyone. Frist of all I would like to thank everyone for all their help and answering my questions which as been a lot lol. This is my plan for when I move which will be in eight months. Some of the equipment and deco I have, and I will be adding to over the next few months. So here we go...

Hi sorry to hijack your thread. I've been looking at these and beening think of getting one myself. They a Uk base company and you can fit any company tubes I belive. I,ve got a price for the size to fit my tank which was £73 inc p/p which I thought was good. You could see if they sell one...

Thank you chris, thats great a bit for info toknow. Thanks again Jon

Thank you for clearing that up for me. I got mixed up with rule lol

Hi guys I know the min turn should be ten times a hour. Which I get with my TT ex600. I've looked at the Hydor Koralia nano pump. But this turns my tank over 25x a hour is this two much? Or is there another power head that get me say 16 times anhour Jon

Thank you everyone for the great ideas and help. Thank you again jon

Re: My Frist Go at a planted Tank Hi everyone. Well its been a bit quite on the tank front this week the only new thing that happen is I got some Bacopa caroliniana insted of the straight vallis from my lfs. The bacopa is a bit bent. Is this ok and will it grow stright after a while. After a...

Thank you for the links but I think I will do your way. Can you shut the co2 bottle on and of once its been set up. Or do you leave it going 24/7. Sorry about all the questions just a co2 newbee :D :shock:

This is a great thread Sam. And this set up will be great my 60lt. I was wondering can you add a timer to this setup to have it come on a hour before my lights do. And if so is there any links you could post as Im not sure what Im looking for ty. And another question how tail is the bottle of...

Thats great bit of free advice. Is there any way can found out what is in your water. Got me wondering what I've been drink for years lol

Thank you superman. I've just seen that new thread on low cost pressured co2 system. I think I will give this a go. Yay co2 sorted I think :?

Thank you. Did I get my lighting right? Ive seen the Ada pressured system is this any good or is it better to use a fire extinguisher?

Hi guys it me again lol. I'm adding another T8 tube to my Juwel hood. I belive this will take me to 2wpg. The thing is I've been reading bits on the net about co2 and lighting, thing is once I've done my upgrade do I need to up my co2 from easy carb to a pressured system, if so which is the best...

Thank you Chris for the reply and the link. What goodies do I get in Yorkshire waters finest lol,as I a water safe from tetra. I tnought that removed stuff from the water. Or is that me been daft. Jon

Im guys I dont have a prob yet with algie or anything yet tuch wood. But I was wondering if my dosing is ok. I have 60l one 15 watt T8 which is on for eight aday (it comes on at three and goes of at eleven.) I dose 2ml of easy carb after the light as been on for four hours and every morning I...

Thank you for that I will stick with the two stem plants from tropica I've picked. That been Hygrophila Corymbosa' Siamensis 53B ' x3 and Shinnersia Rivularis 'Weiss-Grun' x3 Dose anyone have any pictures of Shinnersia Rivular 'Weiss-Grun' in their tanks, thank you guys

Hi Guys I would love some help on some stem plants. I am Picking up three bunches of Vallisneria americana (gigantea) to hide the pipe of my fliter ( I dont have a film back ground. I did have a black one but it was making my tank look dark) Here is the list of plants iI wish to buy, oh I will...

Thank You Graeme for the information on this. I will be using the heather I get from my friends place but it wont before till I move this time next year is this to long to leave it to dry out or is it the longer the better. Thank you again for the tips Jon

Thank you very much George.

Hi everyone. I've been reading about heather wood and I would like to use it to replace the wood I from my lfs. The thing is I couldn't find any thing on how you prepare the wood. I know it as to be dead but how long dead. Because there is some in my friends garden which is half dead could I use...

Thank you I will keep a eye out for clear clips, and if anyone knows where you can get them from that be great Jon

Would these be any good. It says there for use with other items. Here is the link. http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... ts_id=1711