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  1. Bolota

    Bio master thermo leaking

    Hi, My bio master was off for sometime, and after rescaping my tank it started leaking. I can't diagnose the leak properly, but it comes from the lateral blue clips. The lock/unlock switch of the taps always worked badly (always had to force it strongly to open). I contacted the vendor who told...
  2. Bolota

    I put 3 ADA thermometer into same tank- you won’t believe what happened next

    I would try to put them all underwater in a bath at the same level. To begin with you never know if the temp your tank is totally homogeneized. also you have a significant part of the glass out of the water. That may also affect your experiment. finally there is the accuracy issue already...
  3. Bolota

    Ada 60P - nature aquarium

    I would not add it. I think you achieved a quite good combination of textures. HP, unless you keep it really low, will bring a very different texture/color to the ones you have in there... I think your tank is becoming quite nice. Congratulations! I had a huge BBA crises in my last tank. To me...
  4. Bolota

    experience with Lagenandra

    Anyone with experiece with Lagenandra? Would like to have some info about care, triming and how to keep it low. Thanks!
  5. Bolota

    Bacteria/biological starters

    Hi, Thank you all for the comments. However, in the context of the planted tank, and assuming that the time scale for the development of the microfauna is so short, why do we usually assume the tank is cycled not before a month or so? Also, in this respect, what is the definition of matured...
  6. Bolota

    Bacteria/biological starters

    Hi, What is your opinion on Bacteria starters (like green Bacter and others)? For my new setup I'm using new Tropica soil, new filter and only TC plants. Should I worry about the micro-flora and give it an additional push? Is that just fish related issue? Thanks
  7. Bolota

    35l "Keep on rockin!"

    Hi Andy, I've seen your blog on moss (I got it translated in google...). Your way is going for DSM. In case we want to fill the tank on day 1, have you any other tips? Or do you just glue it like everybody else?
  8. Bolota

    Tropica mini pots

    with the roots in water, or just wet? do you have a picture of it?
  9. Bolota

    Lighting options for 60cm tank

    if you go for medium light tank, twinstar 600E is too intense. Get yourself a dimmer
  10. Bolota

    Ada 60P - nature aquarium

    Anyway. Your wood work is really good! really like it! Feels natural and refreshing! It is also nice to have pebbles for a change. Already too much of Japanese rocks. I'll be following!
  11. Bolota

    Ada 60P - nature aquarium

    That is a serious beer!!!! worth of a premium scaper! I have decided to dim my 600E because it was too much light? do you have it full intensity?
  12. Bolota

    ID terrestrial plants

    Thanks Darre, So... watering them every day is not such a good idea after all...?! Soon you wont. The beetles are killing most of them!
  13. Bolota

    ID terrestrial plants

    Does anybody knows anything about these plants? I collected them from nature. They grow on the shade side of palm trees between the moss. One looks like a fern, the other (round leave) looks pretty much as the emersed H. verticilata. I attached them together with the moss on top of the tank...
  14. Bolota

    60-P amazon scape

    Very nice! is that a 90 or 60p?
  15. Bolota

    Peroxide with Sodium Benzoate

    Hi, I bought a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the pharmacy and noticed it comes with Sodium Benzoate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_benzoate). I went for a different brand to just noticed it is the same thing.... Anyone using that? Do you think it is safe for fish? Thanks?
  16. Bolota

    The fallen tree [60L low-tech]

    no more wood... the central rock shows too much. I would try a smaller one. Anyway, if you plant all those pots you wont see much of the hardscape. I think you'll be OK with half of those plants. Also, rotala green needs a bit more light that the others....
  17. Bolota

    Clay to fix hardscape

    Hi, Has anyone ever used clay (natural or artistic, for pottery for example) in the aquarium to fix hardscape? thanks
  18. Bolota

    Liquid co2 vs Gas

    This is one of the obscure topics in planted aquariums. See what the JBL Science people say (see link). Is it true? https://www.jbl.de/en/blog/detail/133/the-story-of-liquid-co2-fertilisation-the-reliability
  19. Bolota

    Microsorum Trident not doing well

    Hello, My M. Trident has small dark spots almost everywhere and it is not doing very well. I have in the same tank (low tech) other ferns (Microsorum and Microsorum Petite) as well as Bolbitis and Anubias and all are OK. Any idea? thanks
  20. Bolota

    The Worship of the Stones

    in my experience, these diffusers need sometime to work properly. At the begining you need a high pressure (or strong rate) to make them produce little bubles. Otherwise they will bigger ones at time on the sides of the ceramic dish. With time it gets better. I had one from TMC, and I scrubbed...
  21. Bolota

    Low Tech Mini

    Hi, I would like to keep this one as minimal as possible, if possible even reducing the WC frequency, and also avoiding a heater. Could you please give me feedback on the following points: - Should I consider any sort of liquid CO2? Should I wait to see the plant evolution? - I was planing a...
  22. Bolota

    Low Tech Mini

    Hi, Reporting my first experiments with a low tech nano (started 2 weeks ago). Tank: 40x25x27 Light: Aquael smart Leddy smart 6 w Filter: Eheim liberty 70 Rocks and Soil: Slate Foreground: La plata sand Beyond the rocks: Tropica's substrate and soil Plants: Bolbitis Microsorum (Trident and...
  23. Bolota

    The Worship of the Stones

    Hi, For while I had that CO2 kit and I has switching the regulator on/off everyday. The valve did not resist long... The best is to dial the CO2 to a low injection rate and just let it be. What is your light BTW?
  24. Bolota

    How soon can you add shrimps?

    Hi How soon can you add Amano shrimps in a new aquarium (new filter, etc...). E.g. in Tropica's start-up good practice guide they recommend to add by day 3.... don't they suffer from Amonia and Nitrate toxicity? Thanks!
  25. Bolota

    ID fish

    yes the bigger ones look like guppies or Platies, but no idea about the smaller ones.
  26. Bolota

    ID fish

    I did, but the tank was dismantled some time ago and they cant remember ... Thanks any way!
  27. Bolota

    ID fish

    Hi, could you help ID the fish in this TGM video: at min 19:30 - 19:40 thanks!!!
  28. Bolota

    White mucous stuff on wood

    Hi, I'm having a too strong event of this white mucous film on my wood. I did take the risk for some roots I found on nature (really nice, but...). I'm starting the tank and doing almost daily water changes because of the Aquasoil, but the thing keeps coming and it is now covering the plants...
  29. Bolota

    Mixed Carpet photos

    I mixed HC with Eleocharis but HC took over completely. In a second attempt I mixed Monte Carlo with Eleocharis and Marsilea hirsuta, and this time MC did the job alone... So, maybe these combinations are not the best for mixing
  30. Bolota

    One Tree Hills

    Ao menos essa não pega fogo!!! time for a new one!
  31. Bolota

    Project 60 - Little pond

    Hi AnhBui, could you please say something about the lighting you are using?
  32. Bolota

    Hang my leds

    It is a simple thin and small tablet like led.. Yes, they look cool! I would prefer not to drill ... But I will check those.
  33. Bolota

    Hang my leds

    looking for some tips to hang my leds over a 60p. Any ideas?
  34. Bolota

    Roots - ADA 45P

    Olá Luis, A few questions: What is the rational for that filter? I got curious, why not mosses? How does your DIY cabinet looks like? IKEA? ;) alvaro
  35. Bolota

    Can I Mix Amazonia with Tropica or Tetra Complete??

    Tropica substrate is useful for the very bottom to provide nutrients on the long term, and you get no more than 2-3 cm of it. Do you mean Tropica soil ?(similar to Amazonia soil)...
  36. Bolota

    Fact or coincidence?

    I have this new layout with a small carpet of Althernantera Mini and also planted some spots of Marsilea Crenata around it. After about a week, some of the A. mini leaves started to turn green and dying, and I noticed that pattern to rapidly propagate along a corridor throughout the small...
  37. Bolota

    Ada 60F -go with the flow- nature aquarium

    is that color real or did you overdose something weird ;)
  38. Bolota

    Classic NA style 60P

    Update photo
  39. Bolota

    Cyperus helferi

    Hello, Does anyone know how to trim Cyperus. Mine started to develop some roots from the surface parts. Should I cut them and re-plant? Thanks
  40. Bolota

    Using car radiator as cooler

    Yes, that is right. I'm sorry. There is an amount of heat you will pay to provide the kinetic energy for the particles to escape the water surface. However, you also loose heat with the water mass itself into the room atmosphere, so the total is maintained (that's what I should have said in the...
  41. Bolota

    Using car radiator as cooler

    latent heat is the amount of heat the atmosphere will gain from the evaporated water vapor mass. The only change in the water side is a reduction of mass and of the total heat of that system (the tank) but it will not lower the temp of the water in the tank..... To put it in simple terms: if...
  42. Bolota

    Crystal Mountain

    Olá Nuno, I think that the left side looks like there is a mirror inside the tank... a bit strange. maybe because the carpet there is kind of bending down. Maybe less trimming on that edge would make a smoother continuity with the reflexion on the left wall...
  43. Bolota

    Classic NA style 60P

    Just finished planting... Tank: 60P Ecoarium Filter: Eco pro 130 Eheim Light: Led Twinstar 600 E Soil/substrate: Power Sand (ADA), Tropica soil and powder, and ADA river plata sand Plants: Eleocharis mini, Montecarlo, Marsilea; anubias (nana and Petite), bucehalandra, Microsorum trident...
  44. Bolota

    need some tips on rescaping

    Hello, Planning a new 60p but want to use a few things from the old one. A few questions: 1 - I still have leftovers of substrate and soil from Tropica and would like to mix with ADA PowerSand. Do you foresee any issue? 2 - My filter is one year old. Should I change the biomedia? If I want to...
  45. Bolota

    "Rust" red plant only aquaskape

    Waht do you have for carpet there?
  46. Bolota

    Malanbuce

    Olá Tiago, Where did you get the rocks?
  47. Bolota

    One Tree Hills

    Good luck for your new tank! For inhabitants I would suggest "um alentejano a dormir debaixo do chaparro!!!":lol::lol::lol: (sorry guys... that's a really hard one to translate!)
  48. Bolota

    J Art's 60cm

    Nice planning. You mean the rocks will be hidden? I would suggest a second spot of verticillata or tripartita on the left between Eleocharis and Monte Carlo (you may need some mid-ground transition there...?). I've noticed that in my tank the verticillata (with a very good light) stays low...
  49. Bolota

    Through The Forest

    Well done! It is a very impressive work. Parabéns!
  50. Bolota

    James 60p No3 AKA Orange n' Green

    I love the colours and texture. I'd bring the two groups a few cms closer together, though ...
  51. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    Hello, Some update on the nano. Surprisingly all plants are doing OK. Some algea but nothing too strong so far. Already added 3 Amano shrimps and a nerit snail. Cuba seems to be carpeting :thumbup:. I don't know if I shall add more fish or it as a backup to rescape my 60 lt one. However...
  52. Bolota

    Crystal Mountain

    Hi Nuno, could you tell the name of the plants in the 4th and 6th photos above? Thanks and congratulations for the very nice tank!
  53. Bolota

    Dou's 90x36x30 (25G/90L)

    Hi Very nice! I guess you have seen James Findley Continuity scape? One of the best for me. I'll forward to see how you resolve that
  54. Bolota

    Red Lava Rock 60x30x35

    Nice. It really looks volcanic!
  55. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    Hello, Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Actually Eleocharis is in alto. I send a few pics of the second day after planting. So far so good! too soon for any diagnostics, but the HC looks OK and pearling (is it breathing or giving its final breath :)) Plants: Eleocharis sp. ...
  56. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    Thanks!!!! I'll go with eleocharis mini and HC. Looks like mersilea is out of stock. HC is famous for being difficult, but I'll give a try before finding a substitute. You need to fail to learn, they say Cheers
  57. Bolota

    Adding temporary plants

    Hello, In my new setup (a nano) I'll have a reduced biomass in the beginning. I wonder if it makes sense to move a few plants (or some trimmings) from my other tank to increase the biomass during the first weeks? However, I am also afraid of cross-contamination (I had some algea and diatom...
  58. Bolota

    Through The Forest

    Hi (Olá) Luis, What is the plant in the foreground and how do you make it grow down the rocks. Does it just grow like that? Alvaro
  59. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    After several other tests I decided for this setup (the clock is ticking for a busy semester....). It still needs touches: remove a few stones, maybe... Suggestions for small changes are very welcome! As for plants, please advice!!!! I was thinking of grass: - Eleocharis sp. (it might be too...
  60. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    Hi, Thank you so much for all your input and comments! Yes, I started with a central composition, and also tested a simple triangular one (all stones pilling up on the left), but none seemed to do well... The central one is quite OK for a front view but looks somewhat strange if seen from the...
  61. Bolota

    Way of the Dragon

    Great work with the stones! The blue on the back..:bored:. doesn't look to fit in. It gives it a somewhat artificial look. Anyway, just a matter of taste... The rocks are really impressive.
  62. Bolota

    Bolota's nano

    Hello, Welcome to my first journal! Before anything else pics from the fantastic beaches where I collect my hardscape (southwest of Portugal). Thats my 2nd best place for holidays (first is Azores but it is to hard to take stones from there!). And me and my son (Bolota) collecting stones...
  63. Bolota

    Nano with pebbles

    Hello, I'm planning a mini M nano with pebbles for hardscape. I'd like to watch a few examples for inspiration (mainly to see what kind of plants suite this set-up) but it is being hard to find them... looks like it is a rare combination (or at least not main stream). Any hints are welcome...
  64. Bolota

    Spring Passage - 40cm Cube *Updated Pics!*

    I'm in the phase of planning a nano (soon I'll start a journal about it). It will be mostly grass type plants and I was considering verticillata to make some contrast... maybe I should think of something else? thanks!
  65. Bolota

    Holiday growth

    Hello, I've been waiting a new tank to start my first journal. Meanwhile I decided to share a few pics of my present tank. This has been my experimenting lab or learning ground... I have been doing all sorts of testes over the past 6 months and decided to reescape about 2 months ago. It is a...
  66. Bolota

    Spring Passage - 40cm Cube *Updated Pics!*

    Hi Joe I have noticed that your verticilata had moved from one place to the other. Could say something about your experince with it? Tropica describes it as advaced. Is it dificult to mantain?
  67. Bolota

    Ada 60F -go with the flow- nature aquarium

    I think that from the point of view of selecting the plants and what to do next this one is much more challanging. Good move!
  68. Bolota

    Grassy Cliffs - 2ft

    I would move the diffuser.... it splits the tank...
  69. Bolota

    Ada 60F -go with the flow- nature aquarium

    I think these shallow tanks are stuning. Dont know why people use them less than the others... thinking of it most of the time we look to the tanks from above. Are there any cons i m not aware of?
  70. Bolota

    Ada 60F -go with the flow- nature aquarium

    Could ypu be more specific about this filtration stuff?
  71. Bolota

    Co2 and light timing

    I read that post and I don't see a criticism on the method (just see the post that follows where they use the same table for different considerations). He just says we should ignore the good-bad ranges that usually go with those tables... Isn't that right?
  72. Bolota

    Tripartita

    You mean you push it into the substrate, or tie it somehow to the hardscape? Because otherwise it tends to grow upward, right?
  73. Bolota

    Tripartita

    One day I pump Tropica specialized the other I am finishing JBL fertz (micros) I had. I plan to use Tropica only as soon as I finish those.
  74. Bolota

    Tripartita

    yes. I inject CO2 and the light is fairly high.
  75. Bolota

    Tripartita

    Hi, Anyone willing to write a few words on Hydrocotyle tripartita care? I see these beautiful pictures of carpet like or cascade like tripartita growing... but mine are always all twisted and matted... long shoots without leaves (even if looking healthy). Is the trick on trimming, or something...
  76. Bolota

    Not loosing the balance

    Hello, After a period with a half empty tank I did a new scape and replanted (added some more substrate, changed hardscape and doubled or tripled the flora). Before that, I think I was having a good balance CO2/Light/Ferts since all signs of algae were gone... Now I'm not sure what is the...
  77. Bolota

    Ferts: Help

    I'm new to UKAPS (and also to the aquarium world) and this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find a simple explanation in the already big cloud of info.. Should one add ferts with P and N even in a well stocked tank? should one use N and P ferts differently for root plants than...
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