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so its 1 and a half for N, 1 quarter fpr P and 1 for trace? all in 500 ml bottles and 40ml dosed 3x weekly?? just to get it right :)

so if i just use the same amount on the same spoon the whole time then i shoulod be ok? so how many teaspons of the three should i use as my base? i've decided to use 500 ml as the amount of water and have the two NPK in one bottle with the trace seperate, how many teaspoons should i use...

but seeing as the different teaspoons are all different sizes then which one is the 6 grams??

so will i keep the trace in a seperate bottle? well could you tell me in both? i don't know how much is a teaspoon, i know we've got three different types of teaspoon here and they're all different sizes..... and there's also a possibility my chemistry teacher will let me use one of the digital...

Hi! I understand the above and want to do it for my dosing scheme but the salts i have are mono-potassium phosphate and potassium nitrate as well as the trace elements mix, all from AE, i have no magnesium sulfate. I like the idea of having them all in one bottle and just using the syringe once...

thanks for that, i'll just get a fe for 85 so, 19 euro twice a year seems reasonible Paul

well, one of the has come up for sale with me and it turns out cheaper than an FE (75 euro and with a solenoid) but refills are 16 euro and i want to know how long the last in a juwel rekord 600 with 2wpg because FE refills are 19 euro every 56 months.... Thanks in advance for any replies guys...

thanks a million, i found dat tut about half an hour after that post, :oops: i will get a drop checker, check valve and bubble counter and order the 4dkh too. the circulation pump came while i was on holiday too, i re-scaped the tank just using the same inert gravel and tried to make the most...

ok thanks, oh and i'm guessing the 4dkh solution is necessary? sorry for the dunce question btw

what type of bubble counter is the best or does it matter? what is the co2 solution?

nice journal, i much prefer it now :thumbup: i'm stripping my tank today and re-doing it with ph, java fern narrow, hc, hairgrass, bacopa monneiri, rotala rotundifolia, fissidens fontanus, anubias eyes, vallis, E. tennellus, diplis diandra, slate and the branchiest bog wood i have. i'll take...

i see all the other tanks, but they always seemed so distant and unreal because i thought i'd have to be made of money etc. to have a tank like that and that i couldn't have a long term set-up, it's through Aaron's iterview that i was sent over here :D its just something about Aaron's tank that...

from the interview with Aaron North in PFK, he was my age and i loved his tank, i decided to see what all the fuss was about and i'm glad i did :D

i was going to use the sand as i feel it looks better and find it easier to plant plantlets in, i will just leave it inert then and carry on with my EI dosing. the two pieces of kit i was going to get were the single gauge manometer...

is that the same 15 year old Aaron North that had his tank featured in the june pfk?

hi i'm paul, i'm 15 years old and have been keeping fish for 5 years, cichlids have been my favorite aspect of the hobby for the last 3 years but in january bought my first issue of pfk, by the march issue i was certain i wanted to have a planted tank, so i sold my pair of german rams from my...

ok im getting annoyed with not doing this right so have decided to make the investment. C02: 2kg FE, rhinox CO2 tubing, ebay single dial reg, ebay fine tuner for the gas, nano diffuser. i'm a student on a budget so want my equipment cheap as possible, is there any other reccomended kit...

how come i can't find any of these cheap equipment items on ebay? can anyone provide links to these please? Thanks, Paul

what i'd do is just leave it out for a few weeks on a clean, dry surface, or in a greenhouse if you have one?

that clears all of it up for me i will get both those ebay listings and let you know how i get on Thanks, Paul

ok, i will do that if i pick up any wood in the future, thanks Paul

just sent a complaint to them through their website, will let you know how i get on

i only got the tank in november, i think i'll ring juwel and take it from there Thanks, Paul

my starter on my fekord 600 has always been a little slow sometimes taking 2-3 minutes to light the bulb but yesterday it didn't turn on at all and i thought i musn't have switched it on fully or something, but today it didn't start again, i left the switch on and plugged out the whole system...

i found a 1kg bottle for 25 euro, how long would that last? if i do do this then is all i need the nano diffuser, the reg and the FE? if so i think this is more economical Thanks, Paul

thanks, in the tutorial he says he put the big dial, the one on the reg i'm looking at, at 50 and the 2nd one at 1.5 because he doesn't know what its for, would i get away properly with taht for a rekord 60? i'm confused by the reactor, how does it work and how does it replace a solenoid...

a regulator is costing around 90 euro :shock: a FE is 35-40 + packaging, bubble counter 5 euro, solenoid just under the 50 euro mark, thats a whole lotta pennies, in the tutorial it doesn't say the price of a reg but whats the norm? could either of these reg's work...

would preesurised still work with a nano diffuser? i already have this and don't really want to have to get another one when i haven't even used the one i have thanks, Paul

ok thanks, i wont use ivy but if i do find dried real wood then i'll soak it for a month then boil, thanks for your help

how about using wood that i collected myself for a shrimp tank? i found some lovely convoluted branchy pieces of ivy that i'd love to use but am scared, if i boil it wood it be safe?

i'm looking at diy co2 but am worried about gas imbalance, how about splitting the mixture into 4 and putting it into 4 coke bottles then change one each week, the would alll be connected to one line into a nano diffuser using tee-splitters, would this work and even out any wvers in my gas levels?

i will look into t6 tubes as i can't really change o t5 now, thanks for the reply

HELLO??HELLO??HELLO??HEllohelloooo??? can anyone help? are 18" tubes which are above 15 watt available?

thanks, i'm quite excited as iv'e never properly kept a planted tank before Cheers, Paul

thanks, that really helped me out :D

thats the amount of plants arriving from the 24" tropical collection from http://www.java-plants.com KN03 powder, 20g.3 and a little bit teaspoons into 250ml of water KP04 powder, 7.5g/1.5 teaspoons into 250ml of water on mon/wed/fri and a 50% WC on sunday how much trace elements do i dose...

its a juwel rekord 600, only holding 59-60 litres though due to displacement. i have a new juwel 600 l/h pump sourced on ebay and will order it within a week or so Thanks, Paul

hello everone. i have juwel rekord 600 tank with the original t8 tube in it, i also put another spare t8 starter that i had into the tank to give me 30 watt total, my question is, is it possible to get higher watt t8 bulbs that are still big enough to fit into this hood? would t6 be an option...

well ive got my tank set up for some time now with 7 crypto. beckettii and 2 anubias eyes, stock is 11 cardinal tetra's 1 madagascan rainbow, 2 small ancistrus temmenkii and 4 japonica shrimp. however i upgraded my lighting to 2wpg and added the tetra disposable C02 so i ordered the following...

if i use the same amount of fert as nry does (see page 1) how much trace mix would i need to dose? i have now ordered: From Aqua Essentials: 250g potassium nitrate 100g trace mix 100g mono potassium phosphate From www.java-plants.com: 5 x Echinodorus Tennellus 5 x Hygrophilia Polysperma 5 x...

i know this thread has been inactive for some time but im ordering the ferts tomorrow, are the ones i need potassium nitrate and mono potassium phosphate? do i need the trace elements mix or will the two mentiioned above be enough for all my ferts needs? thanks, Paul

as i have 2 wpg and want a lot of growth i have decided to go EI, this is also cheaper than adding TPN+. as for the plants i have decided on: background: dwarf vallisneria, cambomba, my crypts (which i think are beckettii) background-midground:java fern and moss, anubias nana miground: java...

ok ill try and contact them tomorrow cos i have to go now

ok thanks, i told you i was a noob :lol: i have a lot to learn about planted tanks but i am willing to learn :D will the sponsers ship to ireland?

that does sound easy but does all the excessive nutrients not just fuel algae or does it just do nothing?

ok, if i can manage to find some dry chemicals i will deffinatly use them or else ill just have to dose the tropica plant nutrition + which i have access to, thnks for setting me right on that count. does anyone have any suggestions for plants? i want to go jungle style :D

wow that tank is amazing!! what ferts would be best and i dont fully undersatnd EI, the fert i was looking at is made by API, i dont think it has a particular name, just plant fertiliser. can anyone recommend any ferts that will give all the required nutrients?

thanks, this website is amazing :D will i still be able for most plants even though i have no plant substrate? i would like to have an amazon sword in the centre of the tank behind a high piece of bog wood and in between two crypts, i would also like a carpet of some sorts and a quite like the...

hi! im new here and too planted tanks but not to fish keeping and this is my first post, i have a juwel 63 litre tank that prob only holds 59 or so litres after displacement. i already have a few crypts that i was growing with just the juwel 15 watt t8 tube and no fertiliser or C02. today a...