Search results for query: *

As I only set the tank up last Saturday all I have in it is Eleocharis Parvula and Glossostigma Elatinoides and a couple of pieces of rock. No Fish will be going in until it is cycled and it hopefully lets the plants settle in :)Will the higher levels of CO2 do any damage to the plants?

I've seen a few posts online saying the Fluval Stratum lowers the ph. , Water is coming out the tap at 7.6, ive just set the tank up a week ago so maybe it will change as it matures?

Is there any other way of measuring how much CO2 is in your water, As I understand it the drop checker is basically a permanent PH test , Problem I have is my substrate (Fluval Stratum) is buffering the PH of my water down to 6 so my drop checker is a lemon yellow colour all the time. I am using...

I am going to be sorting out my 120 litre Juwel Lido shortly, I have been doing some reading up about Tesco's Lightweight cat litter and got a couple of bags (20 Litres) which are waiting to be washed out . My basic plan at the moment is to get some Osmacote slow release fertiliser to put...

I have ordered a couple of bags of the Tesco's Lightweight Cat litter for my 120l Juwel Lido, Ideally I'd like to leave it uncapped which i know some people do. How much Osmacote should I add to it roughly?

Is there anyone out there who can help me with this regulator please. The problem I am having is I used this on my tank and 1st bottle emptied took it back for a refill and when i brought the new bottle home and connected it up the gas was leaking at the big nut on the regulator where it screws...

We have a Skoda Octavia Tdi Elegance , its excellent, we decided to trade in our Fabia for a little bit more boot space as once my daughter's buggy was in it didn't leave very much room for anything else. We wanted to get the Octavia Laurin & Klement but we couldn't find one in our price range...

In the kit there was a bottle of co2, pressure regulator,the ph control box ,a bubble counter, a taifun reactor ,a non return valve,a ph probe , temperature sensor and a set of calibration fluids for the ph sensor, and lots of other bits ie . plant food samples the only way i could see of...

Stupidly i was talked into having the kit with the co2 control thing m603 by a warehouse aquatics salesperson how it would be more economical on my gas supply , and i wouldn't have the worry of it dumping the contents of the gas bottle into the tank, etc and they didn't have the m602 one with...

As well as having my fishtanks i have a hive of bees in my garden , my neighbour has 2 hives and my dad has got 8 hives. I don't tend to do much with the bees my dad checks them for me but i like having them around.As long as they dont sting me!! You have to watch out for the varroa mite but our...

Hi, Ive got it going now, i've bypassed the bubble counter and have it going straight to the spiral reactor and i can count my bubbles there. There shouldnt be a problem doing it that way should there???????? I have one of those snazzy cal aqua double drop checkers i got via aqua essentials ebay...

Hi, I have just set up my Jbl Co2 M603 kit yesterday,( its the one with the ph/co2 control computer) I have got approx 15 bpm coming into the bubble counter but nothing is coming into the spiral reactor. Does the Bubble counter have to get to a certain pressure in it before the bubbles go into...

Dimensions of my tank are 48"lx 21"hx 16"w. Forgot to say my tank is filtered with a Eheim 2026 pro 2 external.

I have got a Juwel Rio 240 litre tank which i am going down the planted route, i've had fish for a number of years but could never get plants to grow, until now. I have stripped out the tank its totally bare just now and have 6 bags of eco complete waiting to go in along with the Jbl m603...

Hi ,I have treated myself to one of these as i wanted to get myself a pressurised co2 system. I have a Juwel rio 240 tank, which is filtered using an Eheim 2026 external filter, and i have an Arcadia ot2 luminaire 4x54w providing lighting.The substrate is fine 1-3mm dorset pea. It arrived this...