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banana thanks for the fish ideas , but Farlowella were on the list already and from all research i have done none say anything about high oxygen all they say is an absolute must is ample algae and suppliment with algae flakes and cucumber attached to a bit of led to sink it. ottos and cory were...

money has been refunded to bank account

amy4342 i have heard of the faults with the company and there tanks , but at the time i had not realised it was all the same company ( which have 3 trading names ).... someone on a marine forum had a massive tank built buy these people to find it exploded on the front glass /and cracked along...

nice one sam nice and cheap me like lol. will be getting one of them.

these lads and lassies on this forum know there plants trust me lol. i used an other forum and they told me to join here as there from the UK and would understand my system equipment better than them. at first these folk on here frightened me to bits to be honest with all the advice and made...

brill cheers for the help Simon :) got wood in the loft i can re use lol.

OK sorry for posting this in the wrong place ,,, not sure if it should be here or the DIY section really. I have a lot if nieces and nephews and i try and encourage them to look at the aquarium when they visit , i have done this when i kept various repltiles as well , as i like to think i can...

i like the use of the shelves to support the FE :D.

this is to be resolved on Monday and fish arrive Tuesday ,,, we shall see.

yep thats the very post LondonDragon. glad you were able to solve my riddle pmsl...

paypal is rubbish mate or has been for my self and others. a few old mates from a marine forum are still waiting for paypal to re pay them money they were conned out off and that was summer last year, i am still waiting on paypal refunding me money from an account i registered fully to get all...

thanks to tdi sending me a link via pm to an other thread about this , some how i missed it wile looking through the old posts while trying to catch up with everyone lol. Well the shop in question is BOSS aquariums also under trade name Trade aquatics and has a 3rd trade name to which i can...

i sent you a pm rather than name in the main section where it may have cause issues for myself and the forum lol. but as i said in the pm mate and i will now say for everyone else there feed back over all was 98.7% or something like that and 20 negatives within the past 12 months. and i wish...

the wave makers are mainly for the marine trade but freshies ( as the marine lot ) call us ,,,, can use them as well if u want. the normal powerheads can not be used on timers ( wave makers ) as they cant take the change of power, this is all info given by paul i think it is ( the main UK...

the search for FE's has stopped with Dan the man lol hes going to be sorting me out with a couple of the 2kg ones. i just need to get a reg now ( been looking at the ones posted in one of the threads on here ) i have read so many of the threads i have forgot which one it was lol... think helen...

Well i dont know about anyone else but today is classed as a day of hell for me.... made an order with a shop that is fairly local to me but unable to travel to them , and seeing that one other member here has used them and things seemed fairly good , and comments pretty good on there ebay...

cheers mate going to have a word with the local fire brigade to see if they can re fill for me in the future or put me in contact with someone who will.

i believe when dan and i were talking yesterday about it he was not sure on what it would cost to send to me up here in scotland ( sorry if i got this wrong dan mate ).

while on the search i came across a site that sells FE in silver rather than the usual red hehe .... anyways the price for 2kg bottle with screws , chain and delivery was £36 but it also included a pre installment check ,,,,,, if i were to buy my bottle from these guys do you think they would...

tropica is fantastic but if your anything like me you end up covering an entire sheet of paper of plants you want to get pmsl.

cheaper option the better especially at the moment lol. having started my own business recently the money is going into that and buying in parts to build a new up to date computer ( well as up to date as money allows lol ) me thinkith i have biten more than i can chew setting several things...

i started a South African Biotope type set up but find this is restricting my choice of plants so looking at other plants that can live in soft water conditions. but i have tannins in the water due to the mangrove root and small section of mopani wood also. i find this is cutting out a lot...

sorry for posting in yet an old thread but hey i am new lol..... regarding these lights i would avoid like the plague, i looked at buying a set for my marine tank but was flooded with well over 400 people warning me do not touch these lighting units what so ever. when i asked why i was some...

ah sadly wharf is no good to me as they dont deliver fish and the local shops say they cant get them in for me so i need to lose out on them for now :(

na they cant sell what they dont even stock mate lol. when i had a marine tank and was making my own overflow ( up and over top of tank pipe work ) i had to create a siphon to prime it of course. this area was not coming into water other than falling down. anyway my mum was in the shop and...

sounds like a man with a plan LOL

why dont you check out the for sale / swap section ???? might be worth while. the members seem to just take money to put towards the running of the site so you could get way loads of plants for very little money. i am new here so not sure all who has plants available at the moment but i will...

oooo they are lovely little fish. you got any info on them mate ? how much did they set you back if you dont mind me asking.

sorry to post in an old post lol. but i used charterhouse once and never again will they be getting a penny of my cash again. i made a large order with them for several items was told everything was in stock and full amount was removed from account , then was told by email half is out of...

sadly Helen they do not budge on there 3 fish limit for anyone or any reason, yet they them selves set up tanks in the shop and just walk over to the holding tanks grab a net full of fish and dump them into the tank they had just finished filling. so they are going against there own advice in...

ah no good in my tank then if it needs more light to carpet, as with the tannin in my tank lighting is reduced the further down of course :(. i have been trying to remove the tannin to see if i can increase the lighting towards the bottom but nothing is working, i have used filter floss , and...

lol i def cant buy a lot locally. one local shop has decided to put it upon them selves to limit 3 fish MAX per any purchase. even if you are buying neons they only allow 3 fish max. there reason to this is NO absolute NO filter can handle more than 3 fish being added at any one time and will...

hmmm not sure if i want to try this any longer or not pmsl. if i do try it i may try it in a corner front / side next to the mangrove i think. unless lighting is an issue with the depth of my tank lol. we shall see if i go for it or not lol. p.s George what is that plant you have as...

i forgot to mention that otos were on the list of fish to be added lol. i had fancied 20 amano shrimps also but someone who keeps tropicals on the marine forum said i cant keep a single shrimp unless i raise the PH to 7.8. when you say there are a few oto sp how many ? and how available are...

how often do you see your glass cats though mate ?. my only experience in seeing these are in horrid fish shop tanks where they have nothing to hide in or feel secure and usually in with fish that bully them. so i have only ever seen them sitting on the bottom against a corner looking worse...

should have said i already read the tropica care info as AE and TGM both display what tropica advise. may give it a pass as i dont want to many taller plant species in the tank lol.

if you had read my other posts you would have known i dont have any fish at yet , as i am wanting to get things right with plants first. and the weather dose not allow fish to be bought . and i dont buy anything from a pet supermarket ( P...@...E ) so i am getting all my fish mail order from...

dose anyone here have this plant ? or had experience with it. as its one i fancy maybe adding to my system. pics , tips , experience etc would be great thanks. :)

maybe if you ask nicely enough lol. tank 2 ft x 1.5 ft x 2ft ( 130 L ) PH 6.8 South American biotope ( apart from a few plants that i want to add soon lol ) temp 75 F. that about covers it

ok this is a question that seems to cause some problems on past forums lol. as much as i like the run of the mill usual fish species. i also enjoy having that something little bit special. most of you are aware of my set up and the conditions etc so i would like if possible ( get the old gray...

i know this is an old thread ,, BUT i have experience of these and they are exactly like all other powerheads a narrow jet of water , unless you add the fish tail which spreads the water a bit but the one i had kept coming off because of the force. so i super glued it on. then after 1 month it...

well for those of us who want more snow ,,,, theres hope still though mostly here in scotland. theres more snow set for tomorrow / friday for up here. but this entire week and most of last scotland has been colder than iceland with temps as low as -20 at least where i live. as half the loch...

may sound silly but i could not keep any pics of the marine tank. it was not all that impressive as such. just i had bought £100 of rics ( a form of coral / nem ) and other corals some died some lived then i had a tank issue that no one was able to solve and i did chuck money at everything...

the tannins are supposed to be there ( to keep the ph at 6.8 ). but yes it is lighter than in the pic but not a great deal ( to the eye anyway ). but i had been told by others theres to much light lol ( 72 watts of T5 interpet daylight plus PC's ) and no room to add any more lighting. going...

well here is the tank in question. as you can see the tank dose not look great with nothing on the bottom lol. the bubbles are the Co2 as there coming from the deffuser and into the powerhead. the large mangrove wood came from germany as it was cheaper than buying local ( lfs's were wanting...

Well i thought i should introduce my self ( even though i have been here a day or so now ) My name is James and i live up here in Scotland. I am returning to planted aquariums after the loss of my marine system which hurt a lot as it lost me over £3000 of stock. the tropical hobby has some...

Hi i have a hydor 1 and 2 model these were in use when i had the tank set up as a marine aquarium. they do make a bit of a noise to start with but as others have said un plug and plug in and un plug and plug in solves it. mines is 100% silent and the HOB eheim liberty filter i have makes the...

i now have my hydor 1 up and running this is giving me 1500 LPH and i have the HOB filter set to just under half way so all in all i think that now gives me over 2000 LPH movment, the plants are moving about a fair bit now is this ok or should the plants not be moving ?, also i know this kind of...

well we shall see what happens now as i just went and bought GH boost and mono potassium phosphate 250 g and potassium nitrate again 250 g. and from what rubbish calculation i have done i THINK this is what i need to be doing 7ml of phosphates every other day for 3 days and 15ml nitrate ( same...

as it happens i read using dry salts and it made absolute no sense to me what so ever and was no help to me either , for that reason i could not under stand it. using dry salts is absolute impossible to me as it may be basic for you and everyone else but way way way way over my head. and i...

i am using easycarb and easy ProFito. as for feeding phos this hobby is worse than marines , no 2 sodding forums or people agree on same thing lol. one tells me not to add phos as i dont have anywhere near enough plants to use it up before algae can get in on the act. ah sod it will see...

meant to also add to that ,,, cheers for the increase flow idea though , i actually have a hydor powerhead in the tank BUT i had turned it off when i was attaching the riccia to the mangrove root and kept it off so it was not blasting it , so i will have a play with the hydor tomorrow so its...

not according to whats on the lable it doses a lot more than 2 things lol says it contains potassium , iron , manganese and many others. the yeast mix is not producing enough i have been told i HAVE to have 3 bubbles a second

totally my mistake the plant was not Bacopa but it was Hemianthus callitrichoides "" cuba ""

Hi there my name is James ,and i have been directed to here by several people but been putting of joining as i dont want shot down lol.... i am needing advice on plants ,,, this is going to be a long post so go stick kettle on and have a cuppa while you read. no fish as yet in the system due...