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Ok, so I bought the compactON 300. The amount of flow is exactly what I'm looking for and I really like it's small size... I also bought this Eheim connector kit and it works really well in adjusting the flow... The only problem is the humming noise this pump makes. It's not loud but for me...

Hi Konsa, A foam pad is a good idea. I'll make something myself. I'll post my experiences with the compact 300 later. Thx!

For better co2 distribution in my tank I'm looking for a small pump for some extra flow. It needs to be as small as possible so I can hide it behind some driftwood. I also considered buying an active skimmer but these are all too big. Eheim has some nice small pumps but I read something about...

Awesome! Lot's to see ;)

Looking good!!! :clap:

Very nice!! Great composition and use of detail. You have a new follower on instagram ;)

Thanks for the tips and kind comments! :) I'll take a look at an Eheim skimmer, sounds like a good idea, thanks!

Time for an update! As you guys can see I finally have my new cabinet. This time made out of local elm wood. I'm very happy with the result. The triangular composition I had in mind is getting shape.. Still fighting black beard algae. Since I'm dosing EI it got worse. Still don't want to...

Amazing! Plants look very green and healthy :) How do you keep the glass and side panels so clean? Do you use RO water?

Great to see the development of your beautiful Swamp!!

Nice! Looks like an interesting project to follow! ;)

Time for an update! After some struggles with EI dosing, (especially micro dosing; I now dose 2x10ml profito a week...the powders didn't work for me) plants are growing well. Still have some BBA that I spot dose with easy carbo and remove manually. Staurogyne repens is growing back after some...

Great tank! Really like the plants moving in the flow of your filter, great atmosphere!

Looking very good! I like the looks of the lavastone and roots together. I think adding Anubias is a good choice, keep us posted!

I don't know if the modes that are stored in the TC421 can be accessed later on.. I use my pc to connect with the TC421 by wifi. All modes I made so far are stored on my pc. Sadly I still have problems uploading multiple modes. Uploading more than three modes results in a 'failed' message...

I think changing my CO2 levels (2 hours before lights turn on) and better flow fixed my staurogyne repens issue.. Although I noticed some spontaneous 'melting?' this week in one spot. There was a lot of debris piled up underneath.. I'll update soon with some pictures. So far I luckily had no...

Great looking tank!!

Nice to see the progress you make in the composition! Lovely tank and healthy plants:thumbup:

Hi Edvet, two months ago I tried to get my hands on the Tucano Tetra but didn't succeed. I asked different shops in the Netherlands to send me an email if they have them available. If I ever hear something I'll let you know!

Amazing hard scape! (Rogier van Vugt (Dutch botanist) has some interesting posts on carnivorous plants lately: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgOjhSl11o/ )

Nice!! gaaf hoor! ;)

Great looking tank! The ADA background works really well with your scape :thumbup:

Very interesting setup. Your bits box looks promising!

Looks like hair/thread algae to me. Is not very uncommon in a new setup. Would suggest removing it manually and keep dosing your fertz. How many WC are you doing? And how many hours of light? What fertilizers? Do you use a drop checker?

Thanks for your thoughts on the Limnobium. For now I'll just be more careful with water changes and see what happens. This week I prepared two pieces of spiderwood for some emersed growth. On one piece I used the earlier mentioned 'hygrolon' in combination with christmas moss and a Peperomia...

Nice to see the videos in high quality! What did you do to reduce the amount of snails in your tank? And do you do something special to grow the right amount of algae for your loaches? Great tank!

The roots are now 1cm long, and two months ago over 15cm long.. Is it possible that my fish are eating the roots? What can cause rotting floaters? Or did I damage them with water changes? (I use a watering can with a sprinkler)

After two weeks of using dry salts I was very excited to see Limnobium laevigatum getting bigger and greener leaves. Another two weeks later this what it looks like now: LL has never been so sad looking.. The things that have changed in the last weeks are my water temperature (from 24C to...

I understand your concern ;) I also have my aquarium next to my couch, the light overspill is ok for me but maybe that's because I run it on 70% max... With the 'wire' going up to my ceiling I meant the power cable. In this way the unit itself is more stable because the power cable is going up...

My Twinstar 600SP is running this scheme: 0% 09:30 70% 10:00-16:00 5% 16:30-20:00 It's about 14cm above the waterline of my aquarium.(60x30x36cm) I don't want massive plant growth. 70% at it's highest works perfect for me. I have the wire going up to my ceiling. No problems at all with stability.

Very nice scape! I really like the foreground with the small stones. Looks very natural!

I really like the video! Great story and scape. Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

Thanks for your input Darrel. I added some magnesium. So far EI is really working for me. After two weeks I see better growth and Limnobium Laevigatum is making bigger and greener new leaves. I also notice a tiny bit more algae, especially on the glass. Next week I'll measure my NO3, maybe it's...

You are right, I shouldn't be too fixated on water parameters. For now I will work with EI and see how my plants respond. I'm trying to understand how much and how many nutrients I should add to make a good start. Maybe I'm trying too hard not to mess things up :D I do not have the MgSO4 yet...

Thanks for your replies! @zozo Interesting to see that you also add magnesium. In most EI index guides I didn't read anything about the calcium/magnesium/potassium ratio (2: 1: 0.5). On this website I found a good explanation: The corellation between calcium, magnesium and potassium I'm...

My emersed plant project is still in the making.. Growing some plants for it on my window sill.. I'll keep you posted. Next week I want to start with EI dosing. Now I dose ADA Green Brighty Neutral K and Green Brighty Mineral both 4ml every morning. Plants are growing well, but I find the ADA...

Nice composition!

Thanks! Yes in the beginning I had troubles with it. Since I run my co2 2 hours before my lights turn on it grows very nice. In this topic you can find more information on how to connect the Twinstar to the TC420/TC421: https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/tc420-421.50781/page-2 I bought it...

The first flower of Hydrocleys nymphoides did not make it. This is the second bud. It looks like there is a leaf and a flower in this bud..? Let's hope something beautiful comes out! Overall the tank is doing good. Still have some BBA at some places and some leaves still look a bit yellow...

https://www.roellke-orchideen.de/index.php/component/jshopping/product/view/18/271?Itemid=0 I've sent you a PM ;)

@Matt @ ScapeEasy Thanks! @zozo Thanks a lot for your reply. I think I'll give it a go next week! I found a german webshop that sells hygrolon. Not too expensive.. Worth a try!

I'm thinking about growing some emersed plants just above the watersurface of my aquarium. I have 15cm between my Twinstar and my aquarium. I don't know if the light (70%power) will be too bright for growing emersed plants? The Twinstar doesn't give very much heat because it's LED.. So far I...

In my last post I already noticed some BBA on some of my wood and leaves. In the last week I saw it growing and spreading.. It's only growing in the left side of my aquarium. Two weeks ago I increased my lighting with one hour (also increased CO2 with one hour) I also started with running the...

I was also wondering. Is it normal that the submersed leaves turn yellow and die off now that Echinodorus radicans is making emersed leaves?

Thanks a lot for your kind words! Amen! :D Hydrocleys nymphoides is making a flower. Though it looks like the bud is not going to open.. After two days it still looks the same.. Patience? ;)

After a four week holiday this is what the tank looked like. A friend of mine did the weekly water changes and daily fertilizers. I was very suprised by the healthy growth. Echinodorus radicans has finally made some emerse leaves! Unfortunately one of the leaves of Hydrocleys Nymphoides...

A quick update. Tank is doing good. Added some new plants (Myriophyllum Mattogrossense and Hydrocotyle Leucocephala). Got rid of Heteranthera Zosterifolia. I found it difficult to trim it so it would grow more dense. Maybe I'll try again when I'm more experienced.. Staurogene repens is still...

Tank is looking very nice! Are you running your Twinstar on 100%? And for how many hours a day?

Thanks for your reply AndreiD. About a week ago I made an adjustment. Now my co2 runs from 08:00 till 13:30 and my lights at 70% from 10:00 till 15:00. My dropchecker is green when the light turns on and is light-green when lights turn off. Stauro is making new leaves, so fingers crossed ;)

Thanks for your advice and information Darrel. The plants are doing much better since I add fertilizers every morning. (ADA Green Brighty K Neutral 3ml & ADA Green Brighty Mineral 3ml) I changed the title of my journal to "60-P amazon scape" because I'm not sure if I'm still going to keep...

Thanks for your input. Interesting to read about N: P: K. I think it's indeed a nutrients issue. The past week I started with daily dosing ADA fertilizers. The Green Brighty K Neutral contains potassium. Together with green Brighty Mineral, this supplies iron, magnesium and other trace...

Hi Alex, your tank is looking amazing! Could you tell me more about what fertilizers you use? How often? Do you use tapwater? And do you perform a lot of waterchanges? Would be interesting to know. Thanks

Oops, 36cm thanks.

It's a 60P so 60x30x30cm

Thanks for your reply. My tap water is 8,9 ºdH and 7,8pH. This week I started with 50% waterchanges every other day. I now dose the recommended amount of ADA fertilizers after the water change (every other day). There is plenty CO2 in my tank with good flow. Twinstar light is now running at 70%...

I'm having some problems with the Staurogyne Repens in the back. Some leaves are brown. Is this algae or something else? Other plants are growing well. Heteranthera needs it's first trimming.

Thanks for your answer. Just to be sure I will fill it with new solution tomorrow. Dropchecker is still lightgreen after 8 hours of no co2 and I have a lot of surface movement..

Overall the plants are doing good. Unfortunately the saggitaria subulata is melting? Hydrocleys Nymphoides has already reached the surface! (picture is from this morning..) Some of the driftwood still needs to sink so the overall composition is a bit out of balance now. The dropchecker was...

Your tank is looking very healthy. Nice! Curious to know what species apisto your keeping.. That's some very usefull information. I won't be adding fish before the end of august so that will give me plenty of time to do some research. I'm sure the cichlid association I mentioned before can...

Yes I have to do some more research. Luckily there are quit a lot of breeders here in The Netherlands. I even became a member of the Dutch Cichlid Association: https://www.nvcweb.nl/ Great source of information. I think Apistogramma Trifasciata could be an option.. any thoughts?

sorry.. double post

Finally I got my tank planted! The whole setup is now steady as a rock and levelled. I really enjoyed the scaping! Plantlist: (not strictly amazon biotope but all plants can be found in Brazil) Echinodorus Radicans (too big for my tank, but I want it to grow with some leaves sticking out of...

I have the same question. What did you do with your moss and did it work out?

I'm currently testing the Proflora 12/16 and placed the extra sealing ring. It diffuses the CO2 very well. But when I turn the CO2 off over night, the CO2 tube underneath the Proflora fills up with water. When I turn on the CO2 again it pushes out the water and starts diffusing the CO2 again...

To close this topic: After a long search I got this setup working with a 1/8NPT to 1/8BSPP (parallel) nipple in combination with Loxeal 58-11. No leaks and steady pressure.

Very nice journal! Great to see the development. Do you have an extra light source behind your tank? Or is it just the reflection on your wall? Creates a nice atmosphere.

Thanks a lot for your thoughts zozo. The whole setup is standing solid on it's own as long as the door is closed. When the door is opened, the setup leans forward when I put some downwards pressure on the door. Luckily the tank is not in a place where there is a lot of walking.. It is indeed an...

It's a 60-P Yes I'm taking my time. Friends think I'm keeping walking sticks :D Thanks, yes it's indeed an Alocasia. It's an Alocasia Cucullata. It like's a warm spot. Since we moved it close to our radiator it's very happy ;) This week I started with the hard scape. In the back I use 'ADA...

I bought an upgrade (diy kit with solenoid and needle valve) for my Oxyturbo (single stage) regulator. The co2 manifold needs a 1/8"MPT nipple in order to connect to my regulator. I can't figure out what thread size I need on the side of my regulator. It's smaller than the 1/8"MPT nipple and not...

Thanks for your input Edvet. Once it's filled it will put more weight on the cabinet and floor so loosing and re-attaching the bolts is a good idea!

I attached the Twinstar to my ceiling with two screw hooks and 'wing toggle plugs'. Luckily the light itself is not very heavy ;)

After three months of reading, waiting and reading my aquarium is finally getting shape. 12 years ago I had my first aquarium and I'm very glad I can pick up the wonderful aquarium hobby again! My plan is to make an amazon scape with lots of plants and one couple of dwarf cichlids. This week I...

As promised an update: Today I installed my Twinstar 600SP in combination with the TC421 and it runs perfectly! Thanks again for your help guys.

Thank you very much for your help. My Twinstar will arrive in two weeks. I will order the TC420 or TC421 today. (my wifi connection is not very reliable so maybe I'll just go with the TC420..) I"ll keep you posted. Thanks again!

Thank you very much for your quick answer! That's great news. Excuse my ignorance but I don't understand how I connect the twinstar to the TC420's output. Do I connect it to the 'V+' or on the separated output channels? And I assume I have to modify the Twinstar power cable in order to do so...

Hello to all members! My name is Coen and I'm from the Netherlands. After 12 years I decided to pick up the wonderful aquarium hobby again! I already had some very useful information from your forum so I decided to become a member. I'll start a journal next month when all my hardware has...

Hey David, Thank you very much for the information on dimming your Twinstar 900 series. Today I bought the Twinstar 600sp for my aquarium and came across your solution for dimming your 900(s?) Twinstar. I'm not very technically minded so I was wondering if your TC420 modification will also work...