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Hi there, I have fifteen or so young Kribs that need a new home. Perfect, easy-to-keep fish for a planted aquarium - interesting behaviour, do not touch plants, eat algae (yes, even though they are cichlids!). I live in Chester, 15 minutes from The Green Machine so if you are heading there, it...

Hi there, I am growing HC Cuba in the foreground, which I started off with one Tropica pot split into five bunches that I fixed into the ground with the growing substrate attached. It spread out very nicely, but unfortunately I had to fight a battle with Cladophora and overtime had to remove a...

I recently got a pair of Kribs - I love dwarf cichlids, and have had Apistogramma in the past, but recently I had been too worried about water conditions, aggression in a fully stocked community tank, and plant uprooting. The Krib was described as 'as peaceful a cichlid as you can get', less...

Hi, how often do other owners of Botia striata see the loaches out in the open? I put 5 in about a month ago, they dealt with my snail problem but now live rather sercretively, I have never again seen five, I think I saw three or four the other day, but mostly I see only one or two at a time...

My Eheim professionel II filter is leaking from the sealing area between bucket and filter head, but only if the filter is NOT running - as soon as it is on, all is fine. It seems like it needs relief fro the water pressure by having the pump 'get rid of' water...I have obviously checked and...

My HC used to be full of algae, but after introduction of SAE and using EasyCarbo, plus an increase of CO2 levels and water circulation, it went all clean. Not sure which was the main reason for success! Lately, however, I am discovering hairy algae on the HC that the SEA do not seem to touch...

I have an old drop checker from sera, but ran out of the liquid many years ago. Can I use a simple PH test liquid (Tetra? Sera?) and re-use the DC? It says in the instructions that you fill it with tank water and then put 3-4 drops in... I have read that people use a KH4 liquid instead of tank...

I finally got my first delivery of dry ferts. I now have enough fertiliser for years to come, so I need to store it well. Where do you keep your dry ferts? Is a tin box on a garage shelf a good container and place to keep the powders (which are all in small plastic bags)? Should I be adding...

Hi there, I have tried to calculate the percentage of magnesium, calcium and potassium sulfates that need to go into Equilibrium to reach the percentages stated on the website (forgetting about the small Mn anf Fe sulfate amounts). I do not seem to be able to quite figure it out, as the amounts...

I have read a lot about EasyCarbo and how you need to dose it, and what it does for your tank. Having pressurised CO2, I would like to understand a bit more behind the 'theory' of how EasyCarbo works, in order to decide whether it isworth spending any money on it... Firstly, what does it...

This got mentioned but then lost in another post, so if I may ask the question in a seperate thread: What trace mix would people recommend - I read that the AE mix was OK, but contained a weak chelator (EDTA), and that I should look for HEDDTA or DTPA. Who can help with this, where can I buy the...

Can somebody explain the relationship between GH, Calcium and Magnesium levels? If I know my GH, can I conclude what the ppm levels of Calcium and Magnesium are? My drop test tells me the tap water GH is 4. I am using a KH+ product by Sera to boost the KH level (it is 1 in my tap water) - the...

As a newbie to this forum, I am experiencing severe information overload at the moment...After I first read about EI yesterday, I have scanned through many threads on dosing and read the relevant articles - but I cannot seem to find a simple rule on how much Nitrate/Phosphate you should dose on...

Hi there, my first post - thanks to Jim at The Green Machine for pointing out this site to me! I recently cleaned up my 325l tank and planted it up with some great plants from TGM. I now have a question about filtration, or more precisely water movement. I am using a Back to Nature modeled...