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    No bubbles when solenoid cuts on

    I had aproblem like this last week, changed bottles as i thought old one was too low for the regulator to work properly, it wasn't that. Turned out to be as simple as the non return valve was broken, the little rubber thing inside which was meant to block one of the holes had somehow manged to...
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    My review of the Hagen T5HO light unit!

    I bought the 36inch 2 tube version of this last year, i think it is a great unit for the price with only a few bad points. I think points 1,3 and 4 above are all really the same point, The brackets are a bit bulky and overhang outside the tank by 2 inches each side. i have left my brackets...
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    I have opted to keep a 10 hour photoperiod, split into 3 parts dawn is 2 hours at 18w t8 6 hours of sunshine from 78w t5 dusk is then 2 hours of 18w t8 i dont think my plants will get much from the 18 watts of t8 as it works out at about 0.7wpg, hopefully the algae won't either
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    I have 2 fast growing stem plants, Limnophila sessilflora which has grown over 8-10 inches this week alone, and hygrophila polysperma which grows at a slightly slower rate. I recently trimmed these to get rid of alot of the roots that were growing out of the stems. the sessilflora was trimmed...
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    I cant reduce the intensity without removing a tube from my light unit. the unit is designed with 2 tubes and there is no switch for turning one off. So with this in mind, surely it would be better for me to try to get the co2 right, at the light intensity i can supply. Rather than take out a...
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    OK i will lower the lights to 8 hours from tommorow and see what happens FILTER FLOW i run a fluval 205 (rated at 680lph) which is probably only getting 450 lph in real terms, but i also run a koralia nano which says it runs at 900 lph. The filter pushes water along the back of the tank towards...
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    yes i have algea. i would say its thread algea, the long green stands that cling to stuff like my wood and eleocharis parvula ( my grass lawn ) i used to have staghorn but thats gone now still get some of the black beard algea that grows on the edge of leaves but its greatly reduced and i...
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    i had a problem a few days ago, my soleniod cuts off at 9 pm and everything was working fine at that point. checked the tank the next day when the lights came on and there was no bubbles making thier way up the ladder. i thought that the bottle had emptied as it was getting low but had still...
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    Nitrate is 0, EI dosing help needed

    i have just done a complete set of test this morning for the first time in about 2 months. readings are as follows ammona 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ph 7 on wide range test 6.4 on narrow test kh 50 ppm ( i have no idea how to change these to degrees) gh 120 ppm My drop checker is green (just) i am...
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    Where to buy in Scotland.

    Outside Inside Aquatics is getting yet another high mark from me. Every plant and fish in my tank have come from there. Everything is well looked after, and ive yet to see better looked after plants in a shop anywhere in the country. Theres another shop between Tranent and Macmerry, where the...
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    What Lumanaire?

    i have a hagen glo one on my 90cm tank. bought cos the arcadia ones or a rip off price in my opinion. i have the double 39watt one they do 2 that will fit your tank one or two tubes at 24watts each http://www.ukpetsupplies.com/Details.aspx?ProdId=3092&CatId=1350&ParentId=1349 2 of these...
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    EI DOSING USING DRY SALTS

    thanks for the reply so thats 1/2 tsp trace in 200ml for a 20gal tank calculations make that .625 of a tsp for 25 gal or 1tsp in 300ml for 12 - 25ml doses (rounded up from 0.9375 of a teaspoon) somone did say it was estimative lol
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    EI DOSING USING DRY SALTS

    i'm new to plants and dosing, and i'm trying to figure out what i need to buy and how to mix it. This post explained alot but i started getting lost after the first page so far i have come to the idea that i need to buy the following powders. kno3- potassium nitrate kh2po4- potassium phosphate...
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