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I only dream of having high pressure mains supply. I am sure that last time I checked my supply was 3.5 bar. The Screwfix kit does have a pressure reducing valve but it looks a bit pants That is a good word. Will do some more digging as looks like these are adjustable which sounds like a...

I suspect there are some knowledgeable people here who can offer some advice. We have several containers / pots on the patio plus a couple of beds and I was looking at setting up a drip irrigation setup so they don't die off (again) when I am away on holiday. Just looking for any advice on how...

The Betta didn't take too much persuasion to take them from tweezers (although tbf my white worm cultures are a bit bare at the minute so he has been getting a lot of granules recently)

Had to Google that but I would probably feed them to the Betta which if I have read correctly do indeed

I am sure there is an existing thread about things like this but my search skills are letting me down. just opened up the kids' mud kitchen and found these in the sink. Are these safe to feed ?

I will open up the membrane to check but I am guessing it should be OK. There are so many variables which is why I wanted to start looking at the efficiency rather than just looking at the rate of change of water temperature. In theory the PIR stuff is a great insulator but it is designed to...

It is literally about 2m x 2.4m of board (I think it is IKO Enertherm PIR Cavity Wall Insulation Board - 1200 x 450 x 100mm | Wickes.co.uk) that has been wrapped in the membrane and sealed with with membrane tape (just like wrapping a present really with only a little overlap of the membrane)...

So I have a small hot tub sat on top of some 100mm PIR insulation boards I managed to get hold of. Now PIR isn't designed for moisture so I wrapped it in a sheet of damp proof membrane (Capital Valley Plastics Ltd Damp-Proof Membrane Black 1000ga 3 x 4m - Screwfix) I had in the garage. I am...

Not sure if there are any threads on this already as you can't search for hot tub.... We have just ordered a relatively cheap inflatable hot tub and I have had a quick scan of the things you are meant to do to keep it clean and healthy. Everything I have read talks about the importance of...

I setup a HMF in my hospital / quarantine / grow out tank a couple of years ago and it has done great but the sponge has got to the point that it is no longer holding it's shape and keeps collapsing into the area behind it where the heater lives. I normally replace sponges that get to this...

This is what was in one of the tubs this morning. I do see this appearing in some of my tanks from time to time, it is slimy and like removing hair from the shower plug hole. It has fine hair like threads that come out when you pull it but I can't seem to tie it back to any particular algae...

Looks great. What are the tank dimensions and roughly how much water is in there?

I have neglected them so there are probably far too many snails in there already!!!! (I put in a sprinkle of spirulina in earlier so they are clumping up)

My daphnia cultures are a bit neglected and seem to keep themselves ticking over without producing a huge amount. Algae has been making a bit more of an appearance recently and probably down to my neglect, I picked out a massive lump (possibly BGA but certainly looked like the build up of hair...

Given where it is I am keen to avoid cutting it right back but I suspect that is the only option to have it back as a proper hedge. I had already tied a couple of stragglers into the gaps but I am not sure that was the right thing to do as I am bending new growth back into the shade. The...

We have a Hawthorn bush that is really thick and healthy up top but there isn't much in the bottom half. You lot seem to be knowledgeable so looking for advice on whether there is anything I Can do to thicken it up at the bottom. This had been left by the previous occupants and I think I have...

Just found a pot that looks to have some free food in. These as mosquito larvae right not damselfly / dragonfly ? Ok to feed these to my Betta?

My water is GH12 / KH5 and I ended up with an RO unit as I was buying distilled water to drop the hardness slightly for the shrimp I keep. Concerned about waste etc, I got a pumped model which should of cost about £140. As the seller was absolutely useless Amazon ended up refunding me. This...

Simpler than I thought then :D So my worries about SO4 (New Fert Time and Confused... (Sulphur Levels?)) were probably even less relevant as the extra SO4 would potentially come out of solution anyway in combination of with the calcium. Out of interest, could this this actually affect dGH? If...

I suspect this is going to hurt my head but.... how do we get from K2S04 to CaSO4.H20 ?

What about in a mixed solution? I am currently making an all-in-one liquid (New Fert Time and Confused... (Sulphur Levels?))

I am running out of K2SO4 and I can use as a direct replacement (so the same amounts)? Is there anything else mixed with it? Will it be soluable just like the stuff I have from Aquarium Plant Food?

I was actually concerned the other way and worried about sulphur toxicity. IIRC I was upping the dose of SO2 by an order of magnitude. Turned out the levels out the tap were far higher than this anyway so was a bit of a mute point. Since changing the makeup the tank is generally a bit more...

I would have thought the Cory's would have done for any planaria and I did dose a netamode wormer a few months back when I added some more tetras which I think kills them. Will have a good look though

I was thinking more of plants in an aquarium where their light, temperature etc. Is reasonably fixed. I know my main tank does get a bit of sunlight but the floaters are in a hood which will block sunlight from them. Just seems a bit odd that everything has decided to flower at once

No CO2 and my pH is probably around 7.8. I have lots of other snails who all seem pretty happy this is only happening with the ramshorns.

I have some ramshorns in my tank but recently all the large ones seem to be dying off. There are still a fair few smaller ones but a couple of months ago I noticed the empty shell of a couple of the larger ones and since then it seems that once they get to about 1cm they die off. I don't think...

I would have thought it coincidence but I have had Anubias, buce and even my red root floaters all flower and in different tanks. Given the tanks are reasonably closed systems I guess the plants can't tell it's spring can they?

Just coming back to this after adding three (two were tiny) black MTS in the middle of June last year. Yesterday I fed one of those grazer blocks that you stick to the side of the tank and forgot to remove it :oops: This morning I thought the tank looked odd and noticed quite a gathering (and...

No experience of these but this is a standard reply I see on one of the shrimp groups I belong to. Can't comment on whether this is accurate or helpful but just in case...

This all went a bit Anchorman and escalated quickly... I have little interest in preaching or trying to convert others and take everything I read with a good pinch of salt (even on here :angelic:) Unless I have misunderstood something I still haven't seen anything that would answer the original...

Totally. This was more that is piqued my interest. Particularly when you think the standard view is that ammonia should never show up but it must constantly be being added to the tank.

Headline for attention but someone posted on another forum that a friend was suggesting their twice weekly 50% water change schedule would be bad as it would starve the beneficial bacteria of ammonia and they would end up needing to leave the tank to stabilise. Got me thinking of two things...

I have nine in my 180l and they are one of the most visible occupants and the first on the scene when there is food on offer but I don't have any large fish in there to scare them and they are pretty huge shrimp now. I don't remember them being particularly shy when first added but I suspect...

My limited understanding is that the iron in CSM+B (and most off the shelf ferts) becomes unavailable to plants pretty quickly at higher pH levels (which you get in hard water). You can get different types of iron which stay usable for longer. So although you are adding iron, the plants can't...

I believe there are two different types of planaria. I am sure I have read that one leaves a trail like slugs that is toxic to shrimp whilst the other will ambush shrimp directly. Never had them in my tank but there seems to be enough experienced shrimp keepers who have experienced losses to...

I have a couple of tanks where the Anubias Nana has taken over a little and the newest leaves are a little squished against the glass. I was going to just cut the rhizome but the first result on Google says that this releases a toxin that is harmful to shrimp and as one tank is a shrimp tank...

I have one in my hospital / grow out / quarantine tank. I originally did plan on using the same if I for one of these tanks but the bodge job I have done in this tank isn't exactly pleasing to look at [emoji16] Reminds me this tank really needs a bit of maintenance... Sent from my Pixel 5...

Nerite snails.... I haven't cleaned the inside glass for some time now but it is pretty clear. Only downside is that they can leave their unsightly eggs around.

I emailed Pro-Shrimp and they contacted SF and So there is a controller already but ISTR that some other similar lights (AquaEl?) are wired in such a way that you can't use a standard external timer

Is the light dimmable? Presumably it is on a standard plug so can easily be put on a timer?

These cartridges look to be part of the plumbing inside the filter. I can't quite work it out but it looks like the inlet pipework comes up to the top of the HOB and is then meant to go into the cartridges. I presume other HOBs have water enter the chamber at the bottom.

That was my experience too. When I got him and he was small he used to school with the black neon tetras and Otos but as he got bigger he turned into a right bully. He would go for the food and chase of Corys and others to get his pick. He ate a bit of algae but not a huge amount and from a very...

I suspect it has always been 19/25 but as the other two ultramax models are 16/22 things have got lost. I would email AquaEl to see if they have changed (they were pretty helpful when I have contacted them before)

Where might that have come from? I have standard fish nets and a muslin type one. The fish net seems to let everything (including this build up) through and the muslin only lets the water though.... Are you suggesting to get the Daphnia and water through and catch anything else or to let the...

So took a photo of the film today and you can see it coming together into white strands when I run my finger through it. Looks kind of like shredded plastic but doesn't really hold together if you take it out the water. What is this?

Vertical stripes are a sign of being ready for breeding.

I would probably not use the filter either but I am interested in whether it could be repurposed for another tank I have. It is hard to tell from photos as to whether you could use with filter without using their filter cartridges, does this look possible or perhaps even filling the...

Happy with it? Are you using the filter that came with it or another one?

So I have been busy and largely ignored these cultures and never got around to resetting them but a few weeks ago I took a couple of liters out and replaced it with water from one the tanks after a water change as the water wasn't looking great. One of the containers has gone crazy and needs to...

I have to get mine out and play with them occasionally to keep them in tip top condition

These were sold as rare black MTS.

Not seeing any plagues as such but I reckon i have seen about 30 so I guess there are probably double that. Quite impressive given there were 3 only six months ago. I think part of that was the amount of food in the substrate so I guess it is understandable that now they have cleaned up 4+ years...

Having added three MTS a few months ago I can concur they breed fast!!! Their behaviour however isn't what I expected. There are lots of stories about only seeing them at night and them vanishing when the lights come on but I have plenty which don't seem bothered by the light and are often out...

Shrimp Yoga :D I often see my neos doing it. Sometimes it is the berried ones rearranging, sometimes when they are getting ready to molt and other times just because they seem to enjoy it!

I got a digital copy and out the blue my Amazon copy turned up on Sunday. I only just realised today as I had quite a few Christmas presents delivered and it was only when I opened some of the boxes to start wrapping that I spotted it... Only had a quick skim through but looks great from what I...

No none of them were berried. I think he is just a bit of a psychopath... Then shrimp triggered a hunting mode and you can see him still searching and ready to pounce even though I am sure he has despatched them all already

So I think I can safely say he does not like shrimp tank mates but does look them for dinner... I haven't seen any shrimp for a few days now but have found a couple of decapitated heads. This betta is definitely more aggressive than the last two I have had so wasn't entirely unexpected.

No idea what has triggered it but several of the buce plants have decided to flower The Hygrophila has really taken off and is going to need trimming again. The new boy is settling in well and had such a completely different character to the other betta's. I have decided to try some Babulti...

Amanos are bullet proof and don't seem to mind fluctuating conditions. My experience is that shrimps struggle with changing parameters and the first generation you add to the tank still want the parameters they were bred in. T The next generations (Have you seen any babies? ) seem to do...

Indeed I have the Venturi installed but it is optional. I run mine with filter floss in (and the sponge on top). I clean it weekly (and normally replace the floss every other week). I was regularly getting shrimp in there before I added the sponge but I haven't found a single one in there...

Yes, seems to without any noticeable impact on the flow.

I just stuck a spong in the top of mine. This seems to not affect flow and shrimps don't seem to find their way in any more. Not as nice looking as your mesh

Exactly , this is one of a number of facets I haven't been able to pin to ferts or light. None of them seem uniform which is why it seems odd. Add to that that I sometimes see a sudden surge in dying plants without any obvious reason (my betta tank is currently experiencing this where the...

I must admit I have been trimming the roots as much recently (I did used to trim them quite a lot) but it is growing fine It is interesting that in your pic you see the tiger pattern which I did always put down to high light but after seeing it in my shrimp tank I am not so sure. I rarely trim...

Ummm [emoji848]. I do have a voucher for some money off an ebook from Google. Very tempted to buy a digital copy too now.

Interesting, this pot I think is in the soil it came in from a supermarket. Being in soil is the reason I thought it wasn't an orchid. I will have to get the misses to repot them.... Being epiphytes can the rhizome be buried in orchid potting mix or is it like aquarium ones and the rhizome...

We have been gifted a couple of these plants over the years but I have no idea what they are. They looked a bit like orchids when we got them but once the flowers died off we just have stems (and they seem to be growing really well). Any ID on what the plant is and and advice on how to get them...

I experienced similar to you. I bought 10 really nice bloody mary shrimp and slowly these died off one by one. I then did a good clean of the tank, bought lots of things I read about, tested everything, added another 10 bloody mary and again they died off one by one. I spent hours drip...

A lot of things have gone on but haven't got round to updating in a while. In terms of the tank I added an air stone in the opposite corner to the outflow and run this for 30 minutes twice a day. This seems to have helped with the protein build up and the crypts near the air stone look a...

The my last betta played with the spin pipe quite a bit even though it sometimes got sucked in and spun around. Still kept going back, unfortunately he ended up managing to get himself wedged into the inflow and did not recover from the damage he did to himeself. My new boy who arrived...

https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/betta-get-sorted.57522/ I have a 22l tank with a 300lph filter into a spin pipe. This seems to be OK (Albeit flow is compromised to what I would like). The tank is planted with anubias, buce, crypts and hygrophila which all aren't particularly demanding to...

I ended up getting a 10mm inflow and it was working pretty well (although it manages to suck in the betta's tail and he didn't make it). This was a little glass inflow with a few slots. Yesterday whilst cleaning the tank I managed to not attach the outflow pipe properly and after a bit of a...

Got me looking across various tanks. Noticed the Tiger print in my shrimp tank (very low energy and low ferts). This suggests it is nutrient deficiency not light (although I guess it is probably more faceted than that as I am sure I have seen it with loads of ferts) Whilst on the whole it is...

Definitely seem to have it growing well but could show a lot of photos of poor looking plants and not sure I know what is actually going on. I have never worked out the Tiger print as I used to see it a lot and thought this was the leaves that got the most light but I don't see it much any more...

I can't get that worked up about it. Out of interest though has anyone who has got it ordered through Amazon?

Snap. I pre-ordered it on 11th of Feb and was surprised when I saw people had it but Amazon was still saying it wouldn't be sent till January. Not the end of the world but it is a bit annoying.

Not ideal to include a predator with them then!!! Is this common as just thinking about starting up again and if I source daphnia from LFS and it includes glassworm then they are quite hard to spot in green water. Am I better off getting a better source of daphnia or just picking them out if...

Just spotted there are two in there (I guess there are most likely more) and they are real buggers to catch (well using the beaker I had to hand anyway) Are these likely to have come from the shop bought live daphnia or from the water from bird bath / garden tub? (Just thinking about when I do...

I have removed the hay (which stank) and will get around to sorting things out over the weekend. I did however see the bug again and I guess this isn't a leech but I cannot match it to anything I have seen on line. It was hanging about mid water (definitely looking predatory) and I am...

After peering in for a while I think I may have another vote to restart. An unnatural movement caught my eye whilst I was seeing what if anything has actually survived and then obviously promptly vanished before I could get a picture. There was something clear / greeny / brown about 10-15mm...

I have done a little experimenting over the weekend and changed some water and also added a tiny air pump with really low flow. This does seem to have cleared what I can see of the gloop and reduced the smell but it is still there. I am not sure how much has actually survived; there are...

I now have strike one with the wife telling me the study smelt of stagnant water. Luckily it is me who is working in there so I probably have some time before strike two.... This slimy gloop keeps coming back (and is now there to some extent in both containers). Presumably smelling isn't a...

Just noticed these tanks (45/60/90 cm) pop up and wondered if anyone has seen these in the flesh? Seem reasonable value and comes with an LED light, HOB, foam underlay, background foil and some Columbo ferts / carbon (the 45cm seems to be ~ £110). They are apparently made of "Crystal Clear"...

I guess I was concerned as to whether bleach would clean it off as it seems to want a little bit of scrubbing. I have recharged Purigen before now and was thinking I needed to add Prime / let it sit to neutralise it. I tend to not use bleach for cleaning that much as I find it hides grime...

I have a small glass inlet on filter on my Betta tank which is a pain to clean. The combination of 8mm pipework, only one end being accessible and the curve of the glass means cleaning the but near the actual inlet is neigh on impossible. It is too small for pipe brushes, toothbrushes..... I...

So as predicted the slime in the right hand culture has come back. It is a bit like thin snot. Just wondering if the oxydator I have in my shrimp tank might help? (Although I suspect being around 19°C the oxygen levels are going to be relatively high even with this gunk?)

In my tank the amanos steal the fish food. Sinking pellets tend to bypass the swimming fish but if you have bottom feeders then you are a bit stuck. The cherries in the tank seem to mop up leftovers (the shrimp always seem to sort themselves out). I have previously fed fish with floating / slow...

I have a large zebra nerite which is coming up for four years old (amazingly a rescue from P@H). The last few days he seems to be struggling and falling off the glass and generally not moving much. I have righted him a few times and now have him in a floating tub He definitely isn't dead (you...

Anyone have a decent recipe for shrimp lollies? I have some GlasGarten ones which get absolutely devoured. The artemia ones in the main tank are covered in Otos, cherry shrimp, amanos, ramshorns, Nerites and even the corys are having a good nibble (and I am just watching some MTS surface and...

This film has got worse and worse despite me skimming it off with kitchen towel. It isn't like any biofilm I have seen before (and the like I sometimes get on the betta tank where the surface is still) and it was basically gelatinous and this is very much the stuff that stinks. I have...

The dots over where the hay is tied together are a little paprika which I think was glistening in the sunlight :D

Even though this is just one corner of the container? (seems most of the occupants had crammed themselves into about 1% of the container). Just trying to get a feel of when to do it (I haven't actually harvested any for the fish yet) I will try and get some water in a container with some hay...

The larger ones are Daphnia though? Now looking at pictures I can't tell o_O. When they first arrived and were in clear water there was definite jerky movement not I am not seeing much of that now and they seem to be congregating in the corners. There are most definitively some cyclops in...

So there has been a definite lightening of the water which I guess is the contents getting eaten. The culture on the left seems to be doing pretty well and there are lots of daphnia and they are getting quite large But the one on the right has far fewer daphnia and they are tiny. It is also...

I have noticed that my zebra Nerites often take a few days R&R every so often and just sit in one place for days on end. Then they decide they are all rested and get back to it. Never pinned it down to anything triggering it but doesn't seem to do them any harm

So after adding a bit of the hay and some of the water from the garden there is a pretty thick build up on the surface. Should I skim this off or just leave it?

I am getting a bit of filamentous algae in my Betta tank. I was going to add an amano (after the last one made a run for it) anyway but in my other tanks they have never really seemed to have much interest in the green filamentous stuff. I am quite happy with the levels there are now but I just...

Just got strange looks off the wife for sniffing them [emoji1787] I would describe the smell as a bit like when you go into a barn at a children's farm. A bit grassy mixed with wee.

Found a pot outside that seems to have been flooded for a while. Took a bit of water from this and from the bird bath and now both tubs look a lot greener (well I think it is green! Who knew fish keeping was difficult if you're colourblind [emoji1787])