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Sorry for the late reply guys no matter what I do notifications end up in spam folder The water has cleared up a lot but I'm still loosing the odd amano 1 last week 2 this week. I'm hoping that they were just stressed from before. I opened the filter last Friday and it looks to be working...

Thanks for the comments guys, watch this space hopefully all settles down. ☺

Hi MJ thank you for your thoughts. sorry I missed your post the notification went in my spam folder? Unfortunately, I have still been experiencing deaths. One thing I noticed and had put down to adding micro and macro fertilizers on the same day was cloudy water. After splitting the fert dose...

Morning David, The filter I use is designed for topping up koi ponds and does remove all chlorine ect at least the test kits and my other tank would suggest so. I don't use bottle conditioner as I would need to use too much.years ago I used to use pond safe but had to change brands and the...

Hi Keith, I can do 2 smaller water changes a week 1 x 50% weekly seems to be standard practice and is the advice I was given. Water supply quality doesn't seem to be an issue as my small high tec isn't experiencing an issues. To be honest the reason I turn the filter off is the noise it makes...

Sorry David I can't spend my evening waiting to respond within 10 minutes I must eat, also shortly I will be going to sleep, however I do appreciate your help. Yes it is mostly shrimp there are some rainbow fin tetras in there and good point they have been disappearing as well so might be...

Hi guys I’m starting a new thread away from my journal as I’m getting desperate for help. My amano are dying off most are now gone my cherries are also dying yet my ottos and bamboo shrimp so far seem unaffected. The tank is a 750l low tec 50% water change once a week. The sick shrimp look odd...

Hi Darrel, waters quite hard I'm only a few miles from aquatrium gardens so tap water should be fine. HI Matt i have a few times always it's acceptable.

so little up date :( been having a few dead shrimp over the the last month Amano and cherry. Water parameters test OK so we thought it might be the TNC carbon so stopped dosing that, started feeding a bit more, and pointed up the filter out flow to ripple the surface. We are still loosening...

Thank you Alto we are happy with it. I might add a couple more lilies and I'll follow your advice and trim that one a bit. Your right about the shrimp my small tank has just as many . Any that get sucked up at water change go back in so I think this helps them. There were only 6 to start with...

Few photos for the guys at aquarium gardens. Sorry it took 2 weeks Dave I was messing with the small stones, I'm sure you understand :) Quite a few photos but I can't get the whole tank in one shot properly.

Just posting this because I thought it looked cool. I accidentally left the cabinet lights on which is a multi coloured led strip, and the light was leaking up behind the cabinet.

Been a little over a month since my last post so I'll do a quick update lights are on 75% still 15:00-21:00 and the FX5 DIY thermo is still running only one 400W heater. plant wise nearly everything is now growing after the initial melt especially the lotus we have added a lot of small cherry...

hi guys quick update I visited Aquarium gardens Monday to pick up 12 Amarno shrimp and get a bit of advise. I noticed that a lot of the smaller Anubis were melting, leaves looked ok but rhizome was gone. on Dave's advice i checked all rhizome and removed and replanted the good bits. I've also...

Adding the first cherry reds.

thought I'd do a little video to hopefully show a bit more detail. Sorry about the narration I don't think George Farmer has anything to worry about :lol:

Hi matt, Thanks for the warning didn't think it would be that much of a load 15 liter of water per fish. Might do in 2 half's

Thanks for all the plant info alto, I'll just keep tiding up and hopefully all will grow back. Although I hope its not too fast as this is planed as low mantinace ☺. I don't fully understand the what you are saying about the perspex could you please explain should I not use it and use something...

crypts continue to melt so i'll continue with daily water changing( till Thursday I'm away for 3 nights) one or two leaves on java, bobbites, and anubias have died...to worry or not to worry? i did turn the lights up 25% after adding 3mm perspex condensation tray, as i couldn't tell the lights...

Hi alto, Ill keep removing leaves as they melt, hopefully they grow back . I have a spare mist king in the cupboard I might set that up to mist the plants while the tank fills an hour of full supervision is something I want to avoid. The glass patch is on the inside, the outside has a thin...

Did another 50% water change left the lights on and lid shut this time. The java and bolbitis stayed damp so hopefully this method works. some of the crypt leaves have/are melting i hope this is normal. 2 doors have been hung.

so filled the tank again yesterday plants looked OK (thanks Steve Aquarium Gardens). Did the first 50% water change tonight takes over an hour! thoughts on lights/water levels being off/low for that long? And some photos, probably a days labour left on the stand (the doors aren't hanging just...

oh yeah took a photo of the plant labels i know some are in the wrong place if anyone is really interested i can spend a bit more time sorting them but i think the general scheme is obvious, and in a few months hopefully the real thing will speak for its self .

Hi Dadofthree the problem with the bulk head fitting is it would be the first thing you'd see walking in to the living room. Its in a corner that used to have rad pipes, a power socket and incoming BT located. i've moved all that for a clan look so dont want a little barnacle hanging of the...

Hi Alto, i was thinking threadfin species only maybe some bottom dwellers and shrimp, i also hope the thread fin breed if not I'll add more. i'm gutted about the leak wasted a whole day and impacted the start of the tank. had to remove all the wood and half the rock pile to repair as well...

thank you Kezzab shame about the leak but we will rebuild Louis the plan is not to to use co2 mainly due to cost but also maintenance I've been down that road. Hi tiger i agree starting small and moving up is a good idea i learnt this the hard way. i also have some cichlids they are in with my...

Bit of a disaster today the Perspex that I siliconed over the old 2-inch hole to the sump didn’t bond although it should have and it held up during the 2 day test I did .So the tank leaked a bit followed by a lot. As per the advise of Steve at aquarium Gardens I removed the air sensitive...

Put some plants in massive thanks to Dave at Aquarium Gardens who spent over an hour working out what was required and got it spot on:thumbup:. we added more rock to the right which I really like but this meant changing the wood layout. the wife (who is now very much into this tank as a proper...

photos didn't load from phone? there is some fine tuning to do but ill sort that when i plant and beyond knowing me. looks like the tank will be getting angelfish wife likes em and I've seen them in planted tanks

Just a few quick photos of hard scape might get a few more rocks for the rock pile.

think we have a plan.... new (second hand) 4' tank for the ASBO fish then everyone gets what they want :thumbup: Edit four foot not inches

Thank you for all the information Alto, quite a bit to digest there. I'm working really hard to convince the wife she wants angelfish fish and the clown loach can go to a good home, there is a place loacl that breads them for local water and she's always wanted them so watch this space. i've got...

Just a quick update, progress is being made :thumbup: still away to go though :crazy:. Brought more hard scape today 40KG of mini landscape rock and 3 more pieces of Manzanita wood. I was hoping to plant next weekend then finish the base but that might be a push as there is still a bit to do on...

Ive ordered some stick on frosting which i will test on the 2'6" tank. I'm going to try using a bit of 2" waste pipe to hide the flow and return filter pipes. I'm thinking white pipe on white wall should me almost invisible? i can remember a few years back there was a thread about lights behind...

picked up some Manzanita wood Friday which is now soaking. Dave from Aquarium gardens has also talked me in to using mini landscape rock . Still need to work out what i'm going to do for the back ground. maybe something blue?

OK so you guys talked me in to it I’m going to go lighter gravel and rocks. I need to find the time to get to a landscaping place to choose what combination i will use. I was going to use black board paint on the back pane of glass as I've previously had success with this but with the colour...

The thing is guys my wife loves her fish and i have a plant tank all to myself. I've spent a few years trying to convince her that we'd be better of with out the fish but they are staying. Its only one clown loach and one kissing gourami that are large. I get my way most of the time so I'm not...

Hello Alto, have a look at my turtle tank thread this tank in its self is not so ambitious, added to the sum of the rest of the DIY which is simple enough there is just a lot of work. The big fish are just to the two I listed we won’t be adding more big fish but we have had these for quite a...

Hi guys, thought I’d start a journal for the refurbishment of my 7’ tank. Bit of back story. Many years ago I tried this tank as a high tec due to various reasons I failed and took a break from planted tanks and this one was ignored. About a year ago I set up a 2.5’ high tec which about 6 months...

thanks Zozo you've put me right off now :lol:. think i'll just clean it up.

Thanks for the video Geoffrey. I was hoping to go for clean lines and not have the overlap . The tape isn’t a bad idea but I have some proper tools for creating tidy joints. Thank you for your thoughts Zozo the tank i want to re mastic is a 7 footer so a large home aquarium. i don't really want...

hi guys, been a long time since i posted gave up for a bit but having more success now :) Does anyone have any experience building tanks? is there a ratio between glass thickness/ tank size to achieve minimalist mastic my current mastic looks like bellow and i'm moving/revamping the tank so...

Hi Divzero, I hadn't forgotten about this thread. My plan was to add a few more photos after a year., but since you asked. After a week of being full a small leak developed between the glass and the front. This is probably because I lent on it climbing in to the tank to fiddle with stuff. I...

@James D its going to be a long running project mate, i plan on starting each stage at Christmas every year. first the dragen/tv stand then the 4' then the frogs. i will document it though i like to look back at the photos.

thanks guys. i will definitely put some plants up the back of it. the whole plan is to have a 4' tank next to it with coco bark background to the ceiling then in the 7' space next to that where the TV and bearded dragon are im going to use a similar polystyrene render method to create another...

thanks Dominic I'll look in to pothos. thank for the kind words guys.

Just an understanding wife, she wasn't keen at first but its her turtle and i talked her round.

that's something I've thought about I'm not sure what plant would be suitable finding one that is not poisonous (just in case) is harder than i thought .

id love to, but if its plant based and in the water the turtle sees it as dinner :) i might try some a bit later on, think i reed somewere they go off plants a they get older.

Thought I would share this with UKAPS it is not a planted tank or even a fish tank, but I some who keep other reptiles might like to see the build photos. The stage im at now is filling and emptying with water to leach out the chemicals from the cement. Once this process is complete my yellow...

I'm not sure on the sizes of the pipes. i know the fx5 is a good filter so you should be really happy with the fx6.

just out of curiosity are you adding the fx6 to the tetra tecs, or replacing them. As long as you don't have loads of surface movement you wont need the filter return to the tank that low in the tank. but high or low wont effect the operation of the filter.

do you mean the filter out let. you can have it low in the tank, but you need to think about water flow. if your running an fx6 you must have a large tank, so a spray bar might suit you. how are you dissolving the co2?

i don't think its much different to an fx5, or works any different to other canister filter. you should be OK to put it low in the tank as long as the canister is blow the water level by a couple of 100 millimeters.

i get about 25l in 8 hours which is fine for my tiny tank, but if that experiment works i'll think about using RO on my disasters large tank. so I'll be interested to know how you get on if you do buy a pump. it looks relatively simple to set these things up so the shut of automatically. you...

how did you get on with this Paul?

its not changed very often. id like to put in a vote for Bucket of mud to be the new scape

have you tried blowing through it to check it works. it sounds like your valve might be faulty.

I've pulled the sand out and replaced it with gravel. I think there was something maybe wrong with the sand. I had two little bits of HC that didn't die lets see what happens with them.

If you put the non return valve between the bubble counter and the diffuser water from the bubble counter will get back to the reg. Blow through the valve check you can only blow one way, make sure that's working. then check there is no water inside your regulator, solenoid, and pipes before you...

i've tried all sorts it just always dies. never tried dry start the one plant i put in my turtle tank on dry land hasn't died yet.

thanks for the input guys on my next tank I'll try a courser substrate.

so your saying its the sand not just the fact its inert.

ive tried root tabs. i tried cat litter in the past too difficult to work with to light. i cant really afford designer ones.

hi guys I've spent a fortune over the years trying to get hc to grow, and for the life of me can't work out why. I'm doing everything by the book. you can see the flow patten in the video you can also see how dead the plant is. my co2 comes on two hours before the lights my drop checkers...

windows was re installed 3 or 4 months ago. I was just asking to much of it, it couldn't cope with the multitasking. up graded now anyway although wish id built it my self doesn't seem that hard to do.

thanks luis i looked at most of those things and concluded that the problem was a memory issue. the pc is slowly dying anyway cd drive stopped working it cant find one of the HDD an upgrade is well over due. brought one of ebay just looking at upgrades. the old pc just for your curiosity -...

thanks jbirley my post should have read 40mbs but I guess you knew it wasn't 400+Mbps that would be good. its not the down load speed that's the problem its the pc its taking forever to do the things it it before. I've brought a new one now anyway so shouldn't be a problem.

i use the fluvel thing with the top removed and a tie wrap instead to reduce the kink in the hose when filling.

hi guys i know there's some tecky guys out there so ukaps seems as good a place as any to ask. i updated to 409 Mbps a week ago and do a lot of *cough* downloading and watching of videos but now my internet speed' is up my pc seems to struggle doing what it did in the past. do i just need a new...

never seen these over tank filters, I'll look in to that tomorrow. my other thought was co2 loss on a 7' high tec. a canister is obviously more efficient. although it can be done with a sump it adds technicality's. i was hoping for one good build than hassle free maintenance.

I did have a sump but found it a pain in the blahblahblahblah just wanted to simplify everything one fillets one pump one co2 feed.

that looks like the proper way to do it fox fish cheaper to set up and run than four fx5s aswell

thanks for the input guys. maybe i should have been clearer my filters not broken i was just wondering if what i was talking about would work. the cost of electric was some thing id considered but not worked out, £526 peer year :jawdrop . something I'd not thought about was the pressure on the...

I was wondering, but probably wont build it, not any time soon anyway. if you had an fx5 with its 25mm hoses, and the pump died could you plumb a 20000 lph pump in line and get super flow out of it. using some thing like the pump in the link.it does say its usable in-line not sure how but that's...

did you move the spray bar then fiddle with the position a few times over a couple of days.

a 5 day black out will kill BBA but you need to address all your problems or it'll come back as some as you turn on the lights. you need to do numbers 1,2,8 then 10 once you're black outs complete you need numbers numbers 1,4,5,6 and 7 and clean clean clean. failing all that you don't need...

ending in 3 hours who's going to bid :) .i just spotted the glenfiddich on the side, might be worth as much as the tank. :lol:

well done si man :clap: :text-goodpost: :clap:

:text-+1: i'm huntingdon lfs sounds good to me

very much so. a high tec tank needs at least 10x the volume per hour. low tecs a bit more forgiving

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I'm on speckled hen, and might get 2.

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she was more practical before i got a company car ,and was doing 500 miles a week in all weathers. now shes just loud and black. modifications haven't finished yet. just wanted it back on the road. think i might have missed summer though.

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I've always fancied a tank on my desk but don't have room with all the mess :lol: . good luck with getting round your health and safety bods mike all they ever want to do is stop the fun. on a side note does anyone remember the build the guy did in his office, think it was a 6" discus tank...

if mixed i think they go mouldy after 4 weeks or so maybe longer if stored correctly .

thanks guys I'll keep my eyes open. only 5 neons in the tank so i might just take them out, and nuke the tank with some easy carbo. have a little bit of bba so two birds with one stone.

thanks guys. pretty sure its the Damselfly nymph haven't seen it since i pulled its tail off, hopefully its dead. is there likely to be more?

first of guys sorry no picture the little b*%£^*d lost his tail when I tried to grab him, next time I'm going for the head. Best I can describe it was part shrimp part praying mantis, green like a common mantis to. Any ideas as to what it might be. I've done a quick search and only marine stuff...

Sorry should of been more clear I didn't mean use that mat just some thing like, it they do make waterproof ones for paliderums Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using Tapatalk

you could try one designed for reptiles the http://exoticpets.about.com/od/herpreso ... ient_6.htm

there was BBA everywhere when i saw it before you guys got your hands on it, all over the plastic log at least. thought you guys sorted it as the guy i chatted to was blaming phosphate. When i mentioned ukaps and co2 stability, water changes in a low tec tank he said something along the lines...

i've got a "big" tank, no journal though (dog @@@@) not worth it. I do like to read all the big tank journals theses guys go in to massive detail about the plumbing electrics everything, then once its running thats it no updates seems a shame. in the next couple of years i'm starting again. i'd...

i saw this tank just before, and just after your rescape, how did you get rid of all the BBA that tank looked like a 15 year old trying to grow a short fuzz beard. clean and shiny now

if you asked me to bet id say red bull, they will have an ace up there sleeve. what i don't get is if the tyres will do the race,and fuel stops are done away with why have pits stops, its not racing its Strategy. people keep telling me to watch the BSB so i might get eurosport

you could all just jump ship and watch some proper racing on the BBC with no adds :jawdrop . the moto gp starts on the 8th of April hope that doesn't go to sky.

just shows again how letting another country make laws to cover us is a bad idea.

it seems strange that there is no O-ring. are your friends sure they don't have leaks :D you could try an instant gasket product the type designed for car parts.