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Hi folks, It's been a while since I've had a chance to visit the forum and the same goes for looking after the tank that this thread in based on. I started a new job in June and as a result the amount of time that I have been able to allocate to my fish and tank has diminished. I ran out of...

Howdy, another quick update regarding the tank. Its all beginning to run smoothly, I've reached a nice balance in terms of lights, co2 and fertz and as a result algae is now literally non existent. The HC has all but carpeted the bottom of the tank and the tennelus is growing rampantly. I also...

I made a bit of a mistake with the chemical abbreviations, it is not the KH2PO4 ( Potassium Phosphate ) that was not dissolving, it was the K2SO4 (Potassium Sulphate) that I was having the problem with. I was using a course form of sulphate of potash as a substitute and it required a lot of...

Thanks for the comments folks and particularly to you, Clive, for his constant input and advice. I have one or two question, the first is regarding the PO4 and the best method to make it water soluble in the fert mixture. As clive mentioned GPA is partly a result of insufficient PO4, could this...

Well its creeping up on a month since I last posted an update regarding this tank so I thought it about time to give a brief overview of what has been going on. It been a very busy month for me so I haven't had a lot of time to work on the tank and I was away for 12 days which didn't help...

Why do I always miss these events! However, I did manage to get myself a digital scales in Lidl today for €14 euro! I bet your real Jealous! Real Jealous! Regarding the filter, it may have just been a batch that was sent to Ireland but I have heard "numerous" stories of people having to...

They say necessity is the mother of all invention, if it works (and isn't hazardous to your health) then I don't see why you need to fix it or replace it.

Great stuff, I built something similar for my brother when his goldfish got to big for their tank and needed to be moved. However, unlike yours it isn't sunk into the ground and simple stands in the corner of his conservatory surrounded with terrestrial plants and a coupe of marginal aquatic...

The harlequins make a great addition to an all ready cracking looking scape.

What did you use to keep the T5's suspended above the tank, given that you didn't have a hood to work with, or is it only the Rio 180's and above that use the light bar as the support for the access flaps front and back? Nice selection of plants too and I really like Cryptocoryne wendtii when...

Thanks again Clive (I hope its Clive? ) for all the information and support. I didn't get a chance to shift the Otto's today due to being on a mountain all day, but I did undertake your first suggestion and reduced the level of light for the time being. I switched off both the 2OW T4's and I...

Thanks for the reply, information and the links. Thats a power article that you put together regarding Co2 and it makes for a educational experience. Regarding my co2 injection, I has simply assumed that when the drop checker was in the green there would be adequate co2 for plant photosynthesis...

Spot on Peter! Can you say ALGEA!!!! I tried bumping the level of ferts to try and get the Lilaeopsis brasilinesis to move but it still decided to stay where it was and didn't budge! The other result of added in that extra 2mls a day of PPS-Pro solution was a small explosion in algae. I had...

Not much news with growth in the tank at the moment. The HC seems to be making a decent effort to take off but is still very slow to put on biomass. However, at the end of the eight hours of photoperiod it does show good signs of respiration with plenty of oxgen bubbles being produced. The...

I've looked into buying those smaller extinguishers before but I could never find a pure co2 extinguisher. Those small ones that are classified as "powder" extinguished are normally designed to cover A, B and C types of fires. Therefore they area a mix of flame retardants and not pure co2. The...

Great looking scape and that is some very impressive growth!

Cheers Peter, you do have a way with words! As for the CO2, I never found out where those guys from D + D moved to. I'm sure that if I had put a lot of work into a private investigation style inquiry I would have been able to locate them but unfortunately I didn't have the time or patients...

Thanks folks for the comments and suggestions. I will try and answer most of your comments. Garuf and Lisa, about your suggestion of adding some fast growing stems plants. I had previously hesitations about adding any species that had a heavy rooting system as I figured they would do a lot of...

Hi folks, Great forum you have here and kudos to the members and moderators. I've been pottering around for a bit reading peoples articles, journals, experience etc.. and I thought I would post up my tank to get some constructive feed back and advice where possible. I've been posting this...

Re: farmer / cider goes together Howdy, Just out of curiosity what variety of Harlequin are you getting. I've been thinking of using this species myself but the only species I have seen in shops is the standard harlequin Trigonostigma heteromorpha but I'm looking for the variety called...

While on my brief travels in the states I visited the horticultural glasshouses in golden gate park. I managed to take a couple of what I though were OK snaps of the indoor pond that they had in one the largest conservatories. They had a wide selection of water lilies so I figured I would post...

Looks great. How has the LDA25 settled in?

I would think that this is most likely the case. The only other alternative that I can think of is that it is waste cut off from the circular washer that holds the ceramic disk in place. But then again that's just another suggest but to be honest I wont be loosing sleep over it as the diffuser...

In the time it took you to right your last reply (not a very long time at all) I threw caution to the wind and place the rubber washer on the outside of the ceramic ring and screwed the lid down over it, reconnected the co2 tube and the rubber washer inflated like a cartoon thumb that had just...

Thanks Eds for the speedy reply. There isn't any other membrane in the diffuser. Everything in the box was separate and I had to put it together on my tod and hence this line of questioning. All of the instructions on the box are in Japanese apart from the detail about how to clean the ceramic...

Hi Folks, I have a bit of a query for you guys regarding the actual setup of a Co2 Atomizer (Direct Japanese - English translation for diffuser) that I recently picked up for a 90lt planted tank that I'm in the process of getting up and running. Now, this might seem like a bit of a "noob"...