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Hi, I recently had cause to repair a jewel light unit for my daughter which was tripping her electrics due to ingress of moisture because the sealant used on the light unit was so old it had started to come away from the chassis. After some serious searching around and bearing in mind that I...

Hi, Is this stuff ok to use in our tanks? It says high grade but doesn't list how high. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1kg-Mono-potassium-phosphate-fertilizer-high-grade-/140429180771?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Fertiliser_CV&hash=item20b23b3f63 Regards, Chris.

Hi, As the heading indicates I am having a huge ammonia spike with a newly installed Akadama substrate. The readings on my test kit are off the scale and that's after two 80% water changes today and one last night. Fortunately I haven't got any fish in there yet. The new substrate was...

Hi, Not sure whether to start this post here or in the fish sub heading but as its about a specific substrate thought here would be best. I've mentioned before that this is my first foray into proper plant substrates. Previously I've only used gravel over a base of JBL proflora so I'm very...

Hi, This is my first time of using anything other than gravel as the bulk of a substrate and I've just finished washing 3 x 14Litre bags of Akadama (took me 5 hours!!!). After the first couple of sieve fulls I realised that its not possible to swill this around in a bucket until the water runs...

Hi, Ok not exactly moonlight but a strip of blue LED's that are supposed to replicate it. I just wondered what other peoples thoughts were on these. I've just bought a strip of them off ebay and tried them out and it has really added another dimension to the tank. Previously the lights turned...

Hi, Is the gypsum thats used in beer making a suitable source of calcium sulphate for my remineralising agent? I'm specifically looking at the Brupaks brand at the moment as its a third of the price that AE are selling calcium sulphate for. Regards, Chris.

Hi, Been thinking....OUCH!!!!! :geek: The following is purely hyperthetical. If I were to remove the impeller and leave my current filter unplugged and instead install a high LPH rated pump inline in the return hose to the tank would it have the desired effect of increasing the flow through...

Hi, Found this whilst surfing the information superhighway may be of interest to someone. Way over my head but its interesting in that you can click on the individual elements and get a brief rundown about them. http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/periodic-chart.htm If you understand it your a...

Hi, I am looking for somthing which grows tall and bushy but with low maintenance and is quite sturdy so it can withstand a strong current at the back of my tank. Any suggestions welcome. Regards, Chris.

Hi, As the title says I need two spare suckers for my jbl drop checker but can't find any anywhere anyone know where I can get some? Regards, Chris.

Hi, Is the phosphate in a phosphate buffer available to plants? In this case the buffer is waterlifes 6.5 buffer:- http://www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/65buffer.htm The tank in question (160litres) is going to have floating plants only, 'salvinia' and maybe some 'frogbit' to aid breeding...

Hi, Anyone got any usefull tips on cleaning the white scaley deposits off of glass. I've got some old tanks to clean up and I usually end up with a stanly blade scraping it off but its a real pain in the you know where and a job I detest doing. Is there a chemical that I can apply to make it...

Hi, Wasn't sure where to put this post but seeing as only the 'c' is missing and its a gas guess here is as good a place as any. What I would like to do is initiate an informative discussion about the importance of oxygen to plants and in particular there health. Now I'm no planted tank expert...

Hi, If any of you are like me and can't remember wether you dosed macros or Trace mix the day before early in the morning when I hasten to guess most of us dose then this may be of some interest. What I have now started doing is my water changes either lateish Sunday evening or early Monday...

Hi all Recently I went to purchase some washers for attatching my D-D reg to an FE from my LFS. I thought £1 for two washers was a bit steep when I got them from him last time but now they are charging £3 for two washers so I didn't bother. I've tried sourcing the washers elsewhere and have...

Hi, Been having a problem with my drop checker wherby it dislodges from the glass and empties the contents into the tank. Is the bromothymol blue harmfull to fish or fauna and if so in what sort of quantities? This has happened twice since yesterdays tank maintenance. As I use 4 drops in my...

Just seen this whilst aimlessly surfing the information superhighway, talk about big boys toys..... http://www.ghl-profilux.co.uk/acatalog/ ... aPL_2d0355 Can mirror exact weather patterns from anywhere around the globe :) :) :) :) :) Got to get me one of these............. :lol:

Hi all, was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a high pressure gauge for a D-D regulator set. I have the low pressure one which goes upto around 5-6 bar but for some reason the kit I bought never came with the other one (probably to reduce cost).This is the kit that I bought initially:-...

Hi all, Came accross this whilst trawling the net for info thought that some of you may find it interesting if you haven't already seen it. http://www.seachem.com/Library/Articles ... uarium.pdf Regards, Chris.

Since I have started EI dosing I am experiencing several types of algae and although I know that it is not the dosing itself that has caused the problem I wondered what I should do about it. When I started the ei dosing a few weeks ago it was at the same time as installing a second external...

Just bought some loaches for the first time ever to deal with a growing snail problem, initially I wanted a group of Botia Striata. I located some on the internet phoned the store up to check and drove the 25 or so miles to get them. I bought all that the fish shop had 5 loaches but when I got...

Hi, this is a bit of a spin off from another thread that is going on at the moment with regard to a rising KH due to (I think) my gravel and how to check it posted in the 'substrate' area. However I thought it better to raise this question in this area (water chemistry) as the subject of TDS...

I have a constantly rising kh, about 3 degrees a week now I have started EI dosing, previously I was doing 2x20% water changes a week and it wasn't so noticable. I check my ph and kh regularly as a means to check the dissolved co2 in my tank which is how I came to notice it. I have no rocks in...

Hi music fans, here are some of my favourite music links, hope you enjoy.... Banging the drums.... 8) 8) 8) Playing that funky guitar..... 8) 8) 8) Anyone got any better musical links than that ????

What is the beat way to make my stemplants 'bushy'? I have some "Ambrulia" (I think thats what its called, light green not unsimilar to combomba) which only produces leaves every 2"-3" along the stem or so. I keep cutting it just above a leaf node and then replanting the top but it still grows...

Hi can anyone help me with my concerns. If I use a reminaralising agent with Ro water whilst using EI dosing I am concerned that I may be adding too much trace mix as the contents of the remineral+ that I am currently using include trace elements as well as potassium and magnesium which I will...

Hi, does anyone have any experience of removing some glass from the top of an enclosed tank to facilitate the fitting of wider pipes. My tank has an almost totaly enclosed glass top except for two sliding glass panals in the middle for feeding etc. There are currently two 45 degree triangular...

Hi, I am considering changing from a ceramic diffuser to an inline co2 reactor as I think it might be better asthetically to diffuse the co2 outside the tank and I have been told it is far superior in terms of efficeintcy. Is this true? and are there any inherent problems that I should be aware...

Hi I am new to this forum and find the whole site fascinating, I have looked elsewhere for the answer to my question but haven't found it but with the plethora of info on the forum it could take me a long time as I keep getting side tracked :) . Anyway I am after some clarification when trying...