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Hi, this is my first journal here on UKAPS, feel free to let me know what you think. Some specs:- Fish R Fun 17L Cube tank (Open Top). Lighting: AquaRay 400 nano tile with controller set @ Photoperiod 3:15pm to 10:15pm, 10% intensity, 100 minute ramp up and ramp down. Filter: Boyu external, with...

Hi, I have superglued some Xmas moss onto some bog wood. When is the best time to start trimming it back so that it spreads over the wood? Immediately? Wait for new growth first? Any help appreciated. Many thanks from Bill. :D

I was thinking of turning my old Clearseal aquarium into a new vivarium for my pet toad Clive (see my Avatar). The silicone needs replacing and I was going to replace the front panel with Optiwhite glass (the viv will be top opening). My questions are:- What is the best method of siliconing...

Quick question: does PAR include UV light, specifically UVA & UVB? Many thanks from Bill. :D

Hi I have good news from my nano tank. I had planted a large piece of bog wood with mini fern and Christmas moss, the substrate was planted with interesting Crypts, and all went well for a month with the tank run as a no ferts job. Anyway, this week I had a small patch of BGA on the Christmas...

I rescaped my  3 Gal nano with off the shelf soil substrate, and planted with Crypts, Java Fern and moss. I then dosed the bottled ferts  TPN, Aquacarbon, and Aquanourish+, all at recommended doses. I saw my errors, but only after a green hair algae out break.  Can anyone tell me how I should be...

I have had a square glass vase I use as a mini aquarium, in three different "Microscapes" over the past few years. I bred Crangonyx pseudogracilis, little Gammarus type Scuds in there over several generations at one point. I recently decided to try and keep a couple of River Limpets in there. I...

Hi there I have just bought a very cool ADA ball glass diffuser. I presume these follow the laws of nature and get clogged with algae/bacteria/gump etc, so has anyone got any favoured methods of cleaning? Seriously, I don't have a clue so please help out a newbie here. All the best From Bill.

Did you all see George Farmer's Biotope in the November Practical Fishkeeping? Well I set up my own version, the difference being that my "aquarium" is in fact a rectangular glass Vase which holds about half a litre of water plus the plants and decor. I know people make smaller "aquariums using...

What sort of light intensity (WPG) is needed to grow H. difformis? Are there any hints or tips people can give about growing this plant? All help greatfully received. Many thanks from Bill.

I have been keeping fish on and off scince childhood, but my interest has become an obsession in the last three years, and it is from this period most of my fishkeeping information dates. I began looking at planted tanks just a few weeks before PFK ran a feature on EI for the first time, and...