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They knocked money off for me as I've become a regular customer in recent months. The regulator retails at £79 and the solenoid at about £60 I think. I got them for less than that. The beauty of this is that the two are separate so you could buy the regulator first and add the solenoid when...

After discovering a few other problems on my dodgy ebay system I decided to give up and bought an Aqua Medic unit from TGM yesterday. I got a great price for it and fitted it in seconds - no problems, great, simple little unit. My dad always says "Buy cheap, pay twice"!!!!

A few weeks ago I made the switch to 100% RO water and have been delighted with the results. My fish are extremely healthy, plants growing well and all shrimp are doing great. I'm even lucky (or unlucky depending upon your point of view) in that something in my tanks, almost certainly the black...

It is threaded. The weld comment was supposed to be a joke. I thought CO2 penetrated all kinds of PTFE tape?

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a problem that I need help with. A few days ago, literally a few hours before going to France on a school trip, my CO2 went off. After checking I realised that the bottle, which should have lasted for months, was empty after only two weeks. I had no choice but to...

Thanks guys. I'll give it a go I think. All I've got to do now is persuade the missus to let me cut through the back of the sideboard so I've got somewhere to put it!

I have recently changed my pressurised CO2 system and am having some difficulty in adjusting the bubble rate. I currently have the main valve on the CO2 bottle just over half open and am using the fine adjuster attached to the solenoid to control the amount but it is VERY sensitive and I seem to...

What about the Pygmy rasbora? Although after going through this myself recently I eventually settled on the Neons (mainly at the insistence of my wife) and I'm glad I did. They look great in a simply planted tank and I doubt anything else could look better.

I have a HOB filter on my 25L nano planted tank and am concerned that, as the return is via sliders which basically 'drop' the water into the tank, the surface disturbance is stripping CO2 from my water. I was thinking of replacing it with an external and already have a spare Rena Filstar XP1...

I sincerely hope this post doesn't go too close to the knuckle but I thought I should warn you all about the dreadful Aqua One external filter. I received one as part of the set when I bought an Aqua One Aquience tank and it is appalling. There is no way to semi-permanently join the hoses to the...

Sorry beeky, I've not been online for a while, I wasn't being rude by ignoring your question. I live on the Wirral but I've ended up sorting this out myself. After looking around in lots of places I settled on the 3kg bottle from TGM in Wrexham. Although it's slightly more per kg than some ebay...

Well I bit the bullet and ordered/blagged loads of stuff last night from various places. Thanks again for all your advice. I do appreciate it and hope to be able to do my bit in return for other idiots once I've gained a bit more knowledge. Just one more thing. You said the hard part is finding...

I like that suggestion because it's cheap! Trouble is my tank is 4 times the size of yours so to keep CO2 at a decent level would mean changing the bottle every 3 weeks at the most. Besides I want a system for my nano so I'm going to put the D-D one on that and go for the fire extinguisher type...

I'm almost sorry I asked now! But you are right, I've spent this much it's all or nothing now. I can't move the current unit any lower as the tubing is already pretty much stretched and if I'm going to buy more tubing I might as well change to a more appropriate unit. So, if I buy the one from...

Sam, thanks for the suggestion I'll have a look at that kit. ceg, thank you so much for the time you put into your reply. I'll try to put up a picture later on but for now I'll answer your questions: That is the right D-D unit you found but as I said it came with a power head. My tank is 65cm...

Thanks Sam, I'm running at 2bps at the moment that's why I'm surprised it's not having much of an effect, especially as I'm running on 100% RO (with added minerals to acheive GH of 5-6 and KH of 4-5). I wondered why the optimat was so cheap. If an offer looks too good to be true etc. Can you (or...

Is there a rule for adding shrimp? (e.g. one shrimp per 10L or something) I'd like to have just enough to be effective with algae control along with my Oto's in my main tank and on there own in my 25L nano.

Hi everyone, I've recently (and reluctantly) gone a bit more high tech and added a CO2 unit to match my high-ish light output. I bought the D-D unit online and should have received a simple bubble counter/diffuser in one to sit inside the tank (that's what is shown on the website I bought it...

Thanks for all the input guys. I think I'm pretty much settled on my final selections now and have decided to go for a mixed community rather than a South American tank. My intended stocking is: 1 pair of Apistogramma sp. (whichever of the three my lfs can get first) A large shoal of rummy nose...

Hi All, I'm Phill. I'm a 33 year old teacher from the Wirral, married with two great (although insanely energetic) kids. My fishkeeping has been a bit odd as I always do things the wrong way round. Having had a biorb for years I bought my first proper tank last Jan. Since then I've done it all...

I was told about it by Jimmy and Mark at the Green Machine as they were preparing the shop for your visit. Going there and coming here have been the best moves because I was confused and bewildered beforehand now I'm.....well a tiny bit less confused and bewildered (and a LOT poorer!)

Okay Ed you got me thinking (and researching) and I agree about the Apistogrammas. I've been looking at fishbase and have come up with three that I like best - A. nijsseni, A. panduro and A. payaminonis. I don't know how available they are but I'll do some ringing round. I've also settled on...

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll heed both of your advice about the rams and the discuss. Planter, oddly enough one of the questions I left out of my original post was "One shoal or two?" My thinking is that in ADA styled tanks one shoal looks far better but in a jungle tank perhaps a bit of a...

Hi everyone, this is my first post here - I've been inspired by my recent visit to The Green Machine and started again with my planted tank, I have replanted my 220L 65cm cube as a jungle tank. That now brings loads of questions the first of which are: I plan to keep 6 Corydora sterbaii, some...