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Just sat back and enjoy your beautiful tank and fish. It looks superb to me.

Thank you, When I did the gravel clean it looked quite clean but returned in exactly the same places and looks the same as before I cleaned it. I brushed the bottom of the slate whilst hoovering the stuff away and it returned within 12 hours. It was the sulphur smell that had me worried, I do...

Anyone know what I should do? Water changes? Leave it? Complete strip down? Any help would be great. Thank you.

Sorry I do not know how this got in the Sticky bit, I am not great with computers, could some one move to below.

Hello all, I have not been on for some time but I really need some help with this one. If I had any hair I would be pulling it out. I had been running a 55lr tank fully planted for 4 years with no issues. When Covid came along I had to commit to work in an big way (no stay at home for me...

Hi welcome, I don't know how to post a link but if you type 'james planted tank -algae guide' into google you will find a very helpful guide to most algae related issues.

Aqua One Aquaopti 55 on Inspire cabinet Dimensions: 40cm x 40cm x 40cm, 55lr CO2: Liquid carbon 2ml daily Filtration: Eheim ECCO pro 2 Lights: Fluval Aquasky 12w Photo Period: 6hrs (1.30 - 19.30) Fertilisation: E.I. @ 50% (5ml) Substrate: JBL aquabasis topped with petex black gravel...

Quick update, still no algae, EI dosing has made my plants fill out well. The balance seems to be about right after nearly 3 months. Some pictures. Thanks for looking.

Do you mean the top of the cabinet or the back? as the rear is open with a few braces.

In the first picture there is an area in the corner which tells me your fish like flicking about in your substrate. I've had plecs get under gravel into my substrate and decimate a planted tank, I came down in the morning to every plant swirling on the surface and my Bristlenose sitting smugly...

I can confirm the tanks (or at least my 55) are well built and have very clean and tidy silicone joints. Just to let you know mine came with a glass lid which is also opti glass 3mm I think. The cover is cut short so pipes etc. can be routed over the rear glass, I cut my glass cover so it was...

http://www.ukaps.org/forum/index.php?threads/42696/ Try some of these. I looked at the aquaone lights when I was going to get the aquaopti85 but I could not find ANY reviews. None, Zip, Nothing, this is unusual for such a large manufacturer so I did not look any further.

Sorry I did not mean to confuse, I do that to myself sometimes. I meant that the aquaone light is not the best build quality for a 25w light, and I would spend more if going with a higher output. The Plantglo at 25w will be more than enough but I'd want to be able to reduce the power as it may...

I think the 85 will be good. However there are many lights that will fit the 85 Aquaopti, unless you want relatively low light levels. If you want high power and good build quality then I would look elsewhere. ref, above post,OP said he did not want to go over £200,

Aquaone do a light for all of their aquaopti tanks, I ordered my aquaopti 55 tank from my LFS. I did not use an Aquaone light as I wanted to easily reduce my lighting power if needed. Aquaone do cabinets too, the Inspire range fit the aquaopti tanks perfectly.

That's a pretty powerful light, it's 4 times the lumen output of mine. Are you going to be growing difficult plants then?

I'd like to see that, do you have any ideas on what light you are going to use? Do you have the cabinet? mine is the Inspire 40, it fits perfect. Also you may want to know I cut my glass cover into three pieces so as to make a clear gap for the light. It cut really clean with an ordinary glass...

Hello all, I've been soo busy doing other stuff. Started EI dosing last week and it seems to be working, only dosing 5mml as directed by the supplier of my EI kit, dosing 2ml liquid carbon daily, still no algae, yet. Today I spent some time on the tank, a 50% water change and a little trimming...

@ Manuel thank you, I think my plants are not that demanding of light and are fairly easy to grow, nothing exotic. Emailed aquarium plant food UK, John advised use liquid carbon as directed on the bottle and half dose their EI kit and keep an eye on plant condition, simples. I guess.

thanks all for your kind comments. This could all go wrong as I am starting Ei dosing (albeit at 50%) next week, gulp. Fingers crossed it will remain algae free.

Sorry I mean should I reduce the dosage of ferts not carbon. In an article online on PFK site titled 'what you need to know about EI plant feeding' scroll down to ' is C02 essential when using EI' it states, 'However if you do not have pressurised C02 then liquid carbon, such as Easycarbo, can...

Hi, I have been using liquid carbon (seachem excel) on my new tank. It has been running for 6weeks, I have ordered an Ei starter kit from aquariumplantfood and I,m unsure about how to dose. Ive searched and can only find info saying reduce dosing not concentration? does this mean dose every 2...

you could take a look at the blagdon affinity ponds, designed for patios and decking they come in octagon , half octagon, oval octagon and square. they come as complete kits with planting baskets and filters-pumps, iirc, and they have viewing windows around the outside. sorry I don't know how to...

I gently scrape with a Stanley blade also.

@ mark sorry to hear about your tank woes, sometimes things just don't work out. I wouldn't give up on in-vitro's the tenellus in the left front was 3 tubs, its established really well. I've never used in-vitro before but based on the performance of this stuff I'll be using it again. @ hintz the...

Day 30 update, All is going well, no algae, plants seem to be growing if some are a little slower than others. I have 6 oto's and 4 shrimp that have been at home for a week now (more shrimp to come I think) and have started stocking fish today, 8 White Cloud Mountain Minnows to start I will...

Try your local library for a book called 'Garden Pondlopaedia' by Graham Quick. loads of info on all aspects of garden ponds in there, ISBN 1 86054 222 0 if you want to look to buy online.

I moved some the juncus forward a little and planted the swords in the rear. If you look in the pic below you'll see I have plenty of substrate in that corner! I took some bad advice about giving plants a light break during the day, lights have been on a timer for 6 hours constant for the last...

Thank you.

whats the difference between High and Low tech? Sorry for the newb question.

Did you pour the substrate on top of the rock? I couldn't tell from the vid.

Awesome work.

nice tank, what are the tank dimensions?

Ah! this is perfect, now if I can get some result like this I will be very happy. Though I have a long way to go. Lovely tank.

this has matured into an absolute stunner. I love it.

very clean and too hard to keep that way for me. White sand + fish poo + slight OCD = webbed hands.

perfect little tank, I like how natural it looks. Hard to achieve I would imagine.

stunning tank, stunning fish. Is the fish on the left white?

absolutely glorious tank, I could only dream of being allowed to have such a large tank, only 2 days old, wow.

What a little cracker! I did a double take when I saw it was only 20lr. Hard to believe its that small, it looks much bigger, I like it a lot.

beautiful little tank. I didn't know Hydrocotyle tripartite came out of the top of the water. I better keep an eye on mine! What ferts do you use?

stunning, nothing more to add!

really like this and enjoyed watching the vid.

echinodorus is weighted in some 'natural' holes in the bogwood for now!

Thanks for the replies, I am currently running the lights 9am- 12.30 then 3.30- 19.00. I am dosing 1.5ml of flourish excel liquid carbon in the evening light period as I work day then night shifts so I know I'll always be home at 3.30. I've put 3 bunches of Cambonda from my other tank in this...

hello all, I've been running a small 38lr trickle filtered planted tank for the last 5 years, now I'm starting to find it difficult finding parts like bulbs and light covers. So I decided to start a new tank. Plants came this morning so I planted her up. sorry I'm not much of a photographer...

my name is Justin friends call me jes, I'm from Suffolk England I've been running a very low tech fully planted 38lr coldwater for 5 years. After much foo faff I am starting a new tank. I might be needing some help from you guys over the next few months as my new plants melt into my filter. I'm...