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Hi all. Thought I might post this as it may save someone all the faffing about I had to do today :lol: . The good news. Yesterday I decided to have a full on assault of all my pipework, spraybars, AM1000 reactor and one of my filters :D . The bad news. During removal of the pipes from the...

Hi all This is my latest project. All Crypts. Somewhat less maintenance than a 'lawn' :D I had planned to document the whole 'setting up' procedure, but that went out the window last weekend, due to a crisis involving hospitals :( After a chaotic few days, I finally got round to planting...

Hi all. Having just changed my CO2 bottle, I always have to tweak my needle valve when I fit a new bottle. Tonight I observed something weird. During the last hour of the lighting period, (CO2 had been off for an hour at this stage), all my Rummynose tetras went to the bottom near the substrate...

Hi skeletonw00t Not neccesarily. There will always be room for more O2 than your plants can produce, but hey, it means you're plants are having a good time :thumbup: No. The more CO2 you add, the faster the plants growth rate and production of oxygen. Therefore you can seriously overdose the...

Hi all. This one's for the moss heads amongst us :wink: After many hold ups for one reason or another, I have finally got round to uploading pics of my latest lo tech, low budget project called "Moss Mountain". Part of the delay was that I have to strip out the hardware to take the photo's...

Hi Corki By far the cheapest option :D Your numbers look perfectly fine to me. They are the same ratios I started with. Nothing wrong with that, as long as it gets in the tank. What type of algae is it? If you are reluctant to o.d on the Easycarbo try spot dosing the algae directly with a...

Hi all After spending the last 9 months learning how to grow plants and not grow algae :D , with the help of you guys and gals, I feel the time has come to take the plunge and I have decided to tackle a scape. Here's what my original tank looked like. As you can see (I hope), it was a...

Hi all. I am having a rescape at the moment and need to pick your brains about the best way to plant Eleocharis Acicularis. I have read conflicting information about whether to cut it right down to 1" high to start with, or do I trim off the top 1" :?. I was just wondering what you guys with...

Hi all. I am currently running a fully planted Rio 180 with 2 Tetratec external filters. I have recently, (2 weeks ago), added some shrimp, but I find the slots on the inlet pipes are too big and the small shrimp keep ending up inside the filters :oops: . I was wondering what you people use to...

Hi all Don't know if anyone uses this company, but I've just noticed that they have dropped their prices for dry ferts by 10% :D .http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... 14_145_146 Don't know how long this offer will last, but handy if you need to stock up :wink: Chris

Hi all. I had to have a major trim and thin out of a rather large Nesaea Pedicellata at my last water change because it was getting a bit unruly. The following day I noticed my drop checker had gone bright yellow :shock: . Fortunately, no casualties :D . Could trimming one large plant have such...

Hi all. I am getting a bit concerned about one of my Oto's, his back end appears alarmingly thin. I only spotted this today when he was hanging on the front glass. He normally only hangs on a side pane where I can't get a view. His behaviour seems normal, he's mooching about the leaves of the...

Hi all. I am currently running the JBL Profi 2 pressurised CO2 system using the JBL regulator/solenoid valve. I was wondering where you guys source your spare 'O' rings from? When I checked today, my LFS did not have any in stock. :( Just wondering if anyone knew where I can get spares as I...

Hi all My planted tank is entering it's 3rd month of life, (180l, EI, pressurised CO2, 2wpg, 10x flow). I currently have two queries regarding the above plants. First question I have a monster sized Nesaea pedicellata that is growing really well (a bit too well actually :lol: ) but tonight I...

Hi all. Has anyone replaced a defective T5 ballast on a Juwel Rio 180 tank? I need to know how to get into the ballast enclosure. My Rio is currently about 3 months old, so everythings working fine at the moment but I don't plan on spending £25-£30 on a Juwel tube when they finally fail. I...

Hi all. Couple of quick questions about EI. 1. Do my 2 mixed solutions of NPK & Trace have any recommended shelf life? Just need to clarify in case I get strange things growing in them if I mixed up a big batch. 2. Do I really need to use DI or RO water for the mixture? I'm currently using tap...

Hi to all @ UKAPS My tank has been setup and planted now for about 6 weeks. I have pressurised co2 but I have also been dosing Easycarbo from the start. I have been gradually increasing co2 injection rate and have now got a nice greeny yellow colour in my drop checker and livestock (Oto's and...

Hi all. Newbie here. Made my first expensive mistake with my tank on WC day. When I took out my diffuser to clean it, I managed to break it when trying to push it back in the clips, obviously not lined up straight enough. :oops: Anyway I have had to hurriedly dig out this horrible looking JBL...

Hi all I'm fairly new to this planted tank lark (about 2 months now), and having read about EI, it is now an avenue I wish to explore. As this place is a mine of information with a lot of knowledgeable people here, I thought I'd just check with someone before I started my dosing regime. The...

Hi all. I'm a newbie to this planted tank lark (I got the bug after a visit to TGM about two months ago, so that's Graeme's fault! :D ). I have gained a vast amount of knowledge lurking round this site from all you knowledgeable people, but I have finally got a question of my own I'm wondering...