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I have 260l aquarium that has been running for a long time. It’s full of plants and has large and old angel fish with some random otos, corys and odd very old tetra. It’s Fluval Osaka, so tall rather than long which also is a challenge as the angels are endlessly on war path and need their line...

Also worth to consider that it might be more economical to keep the room the aquarium is a bit warmer

Thanks, I think that’s what they are.

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I recently noticed that there are some kind of tiny gastropods in my planted nano tank. Almost like tiny freshwater limpets. On stem of a crypt in the pic. Any idea what are these?

This is really cool [emoji16] I can see how to end up on serious tangent with this stuff and end up with permanent mad scientist branding [emoji1902]

Thanks guys! I probably should start some Arduino for idiots thread. I was wondering is there a reason why any LED light can’t be dimmed with PWM? I have little Aquael LED with my shrimp tank and I was pondering hacking that but it says something about having spare LEDs that come on when others...

Ah ok, I thought RTC had its own battery and using it with sleep function or AutoPower could save overall energy. Mind I’m very much a noob so following this with interest. I was planning on dabbling with some kind stripped down Reef Pi style system but it’s so complex that I think doing...

Hi! I have also started to mess around with arduino and I was wondering if there's a reason you don't use real time clock (RTC)?

I had Tunze in mind but they have no option to add remote alarm system. If that doesn't exist then Tunze might be the way forward.

It is for rather large system that someday may be part of aquaponic set up (fingers crossed!) at my place of work so unfortunately it has to be plumbed into mains. Flooding is not really a catastrophe as theres a drain on floor but I rather have some warning system in place for that eventuality...

I'm looking for an automated water top up system that would be possible to be plumbed into mains and ideally would send an alarm to a phone if tank flooded. The system will be set at my place of work so alarm from potential flooding would be very handy indeed as I'm not there during weekends...

Yeah it’s tricky, I’ll definitely consider it more carefully when I’m redoing this in few months. Wow, I think I’ve picked my Blairgowrie poorly as there is definite lack of ocean front! Otherwise it’s in beautiful part of the world by the edge of the Highlands.

My other tank is 260l and has so much plants and algae that I doubt amanos, if they still are there, would bother with it. Curiously A.reinickii also grows well there even if it’s deep low energy tank with fairly poor lighting. Could well be that someone has munched the amanos tho. Some plants...

Interesting! I thought amanos were the saints of the aquarium world but apparently there are some renegades. I may or may not have both A. reineckii and amanos in my other tank but as I haven’t seen any for about year I don’t know for sure

Yeah I agree. It also annoyingly grows really well. It probably would work better in somewhere middle. My plan was just to try to grow different plants and see if I could keep them alive for any length of time. Now it’s apparent that yes I can so should start thinking more of the aesthetics

Sodding shrimp still appears to be there although I never see any. To my surprise I spotted three little shrimplets! My angelfish spawned in my other tank and I managed to keep couple fry alive so the tank has been dedicated to a nursery. The guppies are not breeding and another came down with...

After lots of indecisiveness I ordered Aquael Ultramax 2000. Two smaller filters would have been my preference if my old filter wasn’t in its last legs. The prefilter really sold it to me but I didn’t dare to buy it cheaply from abroad in case there’s any issues with it. Fingers crossed it’ll be...

Little update after adding fair bit of plants.

I think low light and 6h full blast has been ok with algae issues although I’ve removed some every day. That is brilliant news as another set of eggs has been laid so I’ll have to keep at it. Apparently this male angel isn’t massively keen to this pair concept as he laid eggs 6 days ago with...

Thanks I haven’t got as far yet as considering size differences. I have JBL CristalProfi e902 in my 125l high tech tank and that seems fine although I haven’t have it long enough to have much of an opinion about it. Even that is bigger than 304 and I’d imagine beast flow filters are beast in...

That is an excellent point. One thing I’ve liked about Fluval 304 that parts have been readily available and straight forward to replace

Ah you mean just get another smaller one and run them both? One of my concerns is that it’s getting tricky to get parts for 304 as they are not compatible with newer models. Last time I broke a bit couple of years back my lfs couldn’t source a bit for it. I guess I’ve been lucky with it not...

I have the tank in my living room and I’m a bit limited on space so sump or multiple externals are probably out of the equation. I would also grudge needing to buy two filters to ensure one is working when I’ve managed long time with pretty basic one. Surely they can’t be that bad nowadays that...

That is a fair point and it’s probably easier to control flow patterns around hard scape with couple of power heads near the bottom of the tank than with hugely powerful filter. I have angelfish and I’m not sure how impressed they would be living in a whirlpool

Ok, thanks, so something like Fluval fx4 would be just enough giving an option to upgrade to high energy set up someday if I get overcome with that urge. Fluval 406 would do with my current system with slight upgrade to what I currently have. Probably then worth spending a bit more as there’s...

I’ve been reading about filters and totally confused. I’ve been running Fluval 304 in my 260l deep Osaka tank for 9ish years and although never had water quality issues I think the flow isn’t quite enough with heavily planted tank. I’m considering upgrade partly due to low flow and partly...

Thanks! I put on dimmer lighting for majority of the day and 6h on full set. Hopefully this is not going to be a long term problem as there were only few eggs left and I scooped them off to a hang of the side fry tank. I’m not holding my breath to have any left by the time they start even eating...

I’m not necessarily after trouble shooting of my own tank as such but more general discussion of people’s thoughts on algae growth in relation to light intensity and photoperiod. Obviously if I can sort out my own tank with little trial and error then that’s a bonus! Spect Fluval Osaka 260...

I’ve been pondering if more light over fewer hours is different to less light over more hours from algae point of view. It seems like it would be reasonably easy to calculate how much longer you can keep lights on if you reduced intensity but I suspect it isn’t quite that straight forward. Any...

I just bought Hydor Koralia Nano from Amazon and it came with the magnetic fittings. Quiet and works well, minus point from super short power cord

Sodding shrimp. I on purpose picked brightest red type, “Bloody Mary”, I could find and still it’s seriously difficult to spot them. Now I’m pondering if I should get more to tackle algae. In theory there’s six but I’ve only ever managed to see four at the same time. The catch is that where I...

After some googling for pics I think you’re spot on that they are different species. I’m actually hoping one of them will start growing huge as my tank is fairly deep at 60cm+ and I left plenty of space. Of course I’ll still have to keep trimming it but I quite liked the way N. pubescens made...

Thanks! She had very strong visions how things need to look from angles of the bog wood to colour theme of the fish and inverts (I want them all orangey red) and insisted that the cave thingy should be covered in vegetation. I’m hoping the moss will cover glue blotches quickly and anubias with...

Thanks for very thorough info! Unfortunately both of my bulbs are eBay wonders and what they might be is anyone’s guess. They do look different from each other, the new one has darker blotches (sorry, not very technical term) while the old one had uniform coloured leaves. In the pic you can just...

Thanks for the very detailed info! Suppose plants chosen for in vitro should be both easy to propagate in a lab and not too temperamental when added to aquarium. Not all of the individual crypt has melted which is probably good news so I’ll just keep waiting to see if they get around to the idea...

I used to have very prolific red Nymphea lily that would put out at least few leafs a week until it decided that enough was enough and kind of stopped. It didn’t die completely off but make one or two tiny leaves to keep ticking over. I’ve replanted in fluorite black substrate about 18 months...

My general plan is to test out different type of plants in high tech setting and after few months, when I need to move the tank after some redecoration in the house, to do actual aquascape. Hopefully more mature set up will be more forgiving to scape and I have some idea what type of plants to use

I’m hoping the crypt will feel like growing in some point but has so far neither melted nor put out any significant roots in neither lowish or high tech tank. P.helferi is the most recent addition to lower tech tank and is just melting so I’m not holding my breath for its resurrection. I’m under...

I’m kind of hoping I’ll be able to flog them to local fish shop as they are some specific colour type. There’s certain inevitability about population boom tho. Might have to add some tetras to weed out some of the offspring, none have turned up so far.

My 6yr old has been badgering me to get her “her own aquarium” for ages and when I saw secondhand bargain Fluval Roma 125 with fresh and plant led lights, JBL CristalProfi greenline e901 filter and CO2 system with solanoid and inline diffuser I thought I guppies were a good idea to introduce her...

Oh interesting! I have got very rampant growth from Helanthium tenellum Green in lowish tech and Alternathera reineckii 'mini' in high tech, ok from Micranthemum Monte Carlo, Nymphoides hydrophylla Taiwan and Hydrocotyle tripartita (Japan) and no luck with Cryptocoryne crispatula or Pogostomon...

I’ve been trying to increase plant species and density in both my low tech and high tech tanks. I noticed that some tissue culture plants do really well and some I get no luck at all from both low and high tech. Are there species that are inherently better if they come from in vitro pots and...

I had a double check on my fish and think that they actually are rainbow emperors Nematobrycon lacortei rather than N.palmeri that I bought them as which make obtaining more a bit more tricky. Apparently they may be more aggressive or perhaps I have particularly megalomaniac individual. In the...

I was afraid that would be the answer but thanks anyway. I do remember them having wars even when there was 10 of them tho. I’m very much in process of reorganising the tank after Cyanobacteria hell and getting all fed up with the whole thing. Cyanos have finally disappeared and I’m fairly...

I have 260l tank with 5x emperor tetras, 10x neon tetras, 3x angel fish, 1x ram, 1x otto and 8x small bronze corys. All but corys have been in the tank for years and their school numbers have gone down over time. Problem is very aggressive possibly male emperor that bullies pretty much anyone...

Now when I think about it, cyano appeared after I started EI dosing few weeks ago. Previously I added EasyCarb and Flourish daily but I swapped to EasyCarbo every day, micros and macros alternative days and change about 30% of water weekly siphoning as much gunk of as I can. I suspect poor...

I have 260l tank that has been running for about 7ish years now. Originally there was some sort of layering of planting substrate with fine gravel on top but it has been mixed up over the years. I was on pretty bad care for ages after I got totally fed up with algae issues but has been since...

Aquarium fever is hitting home again and after years and years of mistreatment I decided that I need to do something to my poor old tank. In absences of care it has filled with java fern so looking for inspiration to do something to it. It's Fluvial Osaka 260 with fluvial 306 filter and 3x 39w...