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Hi guys heres my tank been up and running for about 10 months now gonna rip it down soon and start a new one dutch diorama 200l optiwhite 3 x tmc 1500 led lights 9 hours a day Ro water adjusted to 3dkh + 3 gh Adjust kh daily as it raises with seiri stone Lean ferts Co2 am reactor 3bps 2 hour...

Hi forum I have been trying to measure my kh of my tank water for the last few weeks,I have 3 kh test kits that I have been measuring the tank water with, I no all test kits are not going to be accurate and will give different results. So I have tested all 3 test kits to a 4dkh solution that...

Hi Just thought id ask the question has anyone got a water report for south east london,I live in the croydon area and I what to find out my kh and gh level and everything else about my water,I tested my water a few year ago and the gh and kh was very very high about 27dkh ,but you no how...

hey forum haven't posted on hear for a while still been in the hobbie I can't get enough of just gone of the high demanding tanks now,have not got enough time with work and that,tryed the Dutch thing and fast growing stem plants,now I'm just in to the slow growing low maintenance no hassle...

Hello ..here is my 200l try at Dutch

hi forum here some pictures of my 260l osaka tank,started it about a year ago,moss moss moss :P Shot at 2011-05-01 Shot at 2011-05-01 Shot at 2011-05-01 Shot at 2011-05-01 Shot at 2011-05-01 Shot at 2011-05-01

hi forum iv set up a moss tank about 3 month ago,looking to breed shrimp,cherry shrimp,,i had a little bit of hair algea a month back :crazy: ,so i got some bigger shrimp,amano s, and japanise s,thinking thay would eat algea quicker,iv notice that my cherrys have breed,but i can only see 3...

hi forum...just moved my tank to the dining room to day,took 5 hours to set it back up :roll: broke the bubble counter doing so :evil: then went over the parents house,come home an hour later,to find out that my auto doing machine,has dumped 3weeks of ferts in my tank,it had gone on to the...

just got in tonight and changed my fe bottle,but i think iv over tightened the reg ,and broken it :( now the fe bottle is staying open all the time,when conected to the reg,there no leaks but ,if i push the handle to open the fe bottle, its open,if the bottle is shut close im still getting...

hi all...i have an arcadia 4 x39t5ho light only running 2 of the bulb,iv tryed a 2 hour midday burst but my hc and glosso carpet stil is not speading ,had the plants in there for 2 months now and nothing,i think its the lighting and the tall tank i have,q1 how would you experience people, run...

hi forum...bin buying discus fish from maidenhead aquatics in morden for the last year now,brought 5 in total ,cost me 450 pound,decided a few weeks ago that i dont wont to do discus anymore so i rung them up to see if they would buy them back,not at full price,mabe 40 pounds worth of credit or...

hello forum..just out of interest how many people are running there co2 24/7,on large and small tank,and do you think there is any benefits...

hi forum...just brought 2 pot of rotala macrandra from plantsalive,could anyone give me any tips on growing it.... heres my tank details 260l tank lighting 2 x 39w t5 8 hours 4 x39w t5 4 hours midday burst ro water ei fert fe,co2 :crazy:

hi forum..gonna try and grow hc in my tank again,just striped my tank down,put new substate in it, and new filter pump to get better flow down to the sub.two weeks ago i planted 6 pots of hc, up,d the co2 to 4 to 5 bps,drop cheaker is going yellow at the end of day,theres some good pearling on...

hi..looking to run my otl luminaire with 3 of the bulbs,but its only got 2 switches on it ,to run 2 bulbs, or to run 4 bulbs,so iv got a problem,u would think they would of fort of this when thay designed it :twisted: and for the money it costs it wasent cheap :evil: has anyone wired it up to...

im running two filters on my osaka 260l tank,a fluval 405 and a 305 running in to a spray bar along the back wall of tank,but thay dont seem to be cutting it,the flow is not very good,and im not happy with it,iv had to add a koralia 2 in there,to up the flow,dont want it in there,looks ugly,is...

i there any way of scubing green spot of plants,with out uprooting the plant,or any lotions

can any one help..iv had cladophora and green spot in my tank for about 3 months now and just cant get ride of it'i have eco com substrate,and the cladophora is all in it,every week i get a tooth brush and remove most of it' but a week later it just grows back and i can see it again,as for the...

iv got a oska 260l tank with 2 filters running ,fluval 305 & 405,iv had them on each side of the tank one in the left cabnet one on the right,i want to put them in the same cabnet to free up some space,my question is, could i conect the 2 intake pipes up inside the cabet with a t piece conection...

i planted so ludwigia inclinata var.verticillata cuba,about 6 weeks ago, it seems to be doing ok.but it seem to be growing a bit leggy is there any tips to get it to bush out,instead of growing up woulds,iv heard you can nip the tops off ,is this true with plants,or could it be something to do...

hello..i changed me fe co2, 2kg bottle,about 3 weeks ago,tweaked my co2 till it was just right its been running fine for about 3 weeks now,iv been looking at the bubble counter and the bubbles have been coming out at a constant rate,over the last 3 week,about 3 bps,but the last week iv been...

could any one suggest an easy ,fast growing carpet plant for my tank,i am using eco complete sub,and i have about 2 wpg,wiht co2, but the tank is quiet deep being a oska 260l,i have failed with hc,and at the moment im trying,hair grass,its been in there about 2 months now and it hasent rely done...

this is my 8 month old planted tank,i had a fish tank for about a year before that one,but not a planted one,this is my first atempt,im aways moving plants about and this is how it looks now and here is my set up 260l tank,filtration,fluval 305 and a fluval 405 powerhead koralia 2,aqua medic...

i have only bin using co2 for about 6 mouths,i was using a 500 gram bottle but i have recently changes to a 2kg fe bottle,i have been tweeking the co2 till i get it just right, 3 or 4 bps ,this could take 3 or 4 days,by turning it up slightly every day making shore it isnt going yellow at the...

i have been trying to grow hc for a 2 mouths now with no succuss,brought 4 more pot yesterday,im gonna try some new things that iv read,pointing the spray bar down towards the front glass on to it,cranked up the co2,ordered some easy carbo going to yous some of that as well,i have a very deep...

i have only had my planted tanks for 4 months now,i am new to this hobbie,i have a 260l tank,and i am doing the fert rotine of james tank,for the last 3 months my plants have not bin looking to well,and i just couldent work out wot was wrong,my plants were looking realy dark green and thay was...

i have had my 260l tank up and running for about 4 months now, i was running it on 1 fluval 305 filt,but i decided to add another about a week ago, when i added the second filter i decided to renew the filter sponges in both the filters,witch now i think about it, was a bad idear doing them both...