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Umm,, Would using a plastic light fitting like this: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00146333 with a bulb such as this E14 LED: http://www.simplyled.co.uk/E14-LED-Bulb ... 23PJB.aspx be asking for trouble? I'm sure I could find a metal light, for similar bulb, but I was thinking...

I don't fancy any when I'm cold.

sorry for constant qus, Other than Tom's white pipe gadget, londondragon's pump in the tank, how do people keep the hose in the tank without having to stand and hold it?

if you have fish, are you overfeeding them?? The snail population benefits from uneaten food as do the little white things.

eh? http://www.rocketaquatics.co.uk/philips-tropical-aquarium-purifier-120140-litres-p-4481.html?osCsid=ab5eer4k76umf71tr672gf95h5 Philips Tropical Aquarium Purifier 120-140 Litres £89.55 Philips Tropical Aquarium Purifier 120-140 Litres Click to enlarge Tropical aquariums demand constant...

and I think it has spread to my rams- two golden and two blue. I wonder if it can affect apple snails to, as these seem to be acting strange at the moment. I'd better go get the net......

thanks, where does one purchase worm castings (visions of me rifling through the blades of grass on the lawn)?

Hi I've seen somewhere that its possible to use John Innes compost to put down under the cosmetic substrate. I put a layer of tetra complete substrate under the gravel in a 55 ltr tank, and with low light and no co2, the plants did great, but I don't want to pay £10 for a small tub. Any...

My tank was previously used for turtles. I cleaned it with sterilising tabs and powder (basically bleach), and rinsed lots of times with dechlorinated water. All was good, its been running fine for 6 months with community fish. Only problem is scratches on the tank. I'd consider changing the...

I spend my winter weekends collecting horse poo from local stables, and putting it all over my allotment, and in the garden, for the potatoes, strawbs, roses, you name it. Fantastic stuff as long as it doesn't have aminopyralid in it, it has devastated several allotments round my way. I hope it...

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oh, well don't worry, I've had a look round my lfs yesterday, they have some sand, does look sharp but some people are divided on the whole cory/sharpness issue, some say its the sharpness, some say its the cleanliness. They shouldn't dig down enough that if I had a fert soil bottom layer it...

Hello all, I picked up a superfish 40l cube http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/superfi ... -3779.html for £35 at my local garden centre, It was the last one, with no damage, so I couldn't walk away, and now that I am free and single, I have no one to say 'no, you can't have another tank'. I'm...

Hi I have this kit: http://www.up-aqua.com/00-dm-page/00up_ ... 03-big.jpg and require some more cartridges, but I don't want to pay £15 postage from HK. Does anyone know of where I can get these cheaply elsewhere if they are a standardised fitting/size...

sorry to hear that, my dad gave us a big fright recently with a stroke. What are they like, parents!? Hope he is doing well.

good idea, thanks. I might treat the filter as a 'foot' and put it in the bottom of the tights, and cut it off at the top, with some to spare. I came home without new friends, but have ordered them. Yay! I have plenty of tights to use.

Hello I have a fluval U2 in my 2 foot tank, what steps should I take to shrimp proof it? I'd say the slot size on the intake panels are about 4-5mm tall. I'm off to buy some today. Thanks Fern

thanks for the pronto replies. :clap: :clap: :thumbup: :thumbup: I shall have a musical timer and plug session now.

Hi, At the mo, I have my lights on for 10 hrs, 1am til 11pm, and my co2 round the clock. I've just bought a solenoid. Any advice on timings to run the co2? I have 3x38w, and I have 2 tubes on for the full 10hrs and one on for a midday effect between 6 and 8pm. (160ltr tank, t8 tubes)...

Hi Can anyone enlighten me if these are the same as the JBL disposable bottles? http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... ath/gasses thanks Fern

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Re: What's the demand for high street planted aquarium shops My partner and I are into homebrew. A couple have done something similar with their hobby. They have an industrial unit in Colchester, and sell a great range of kit, and its great to go and look at it all. Their opening hours fit...

thanks for all the good wishes. I hope he is cleared fit to fly tomorrow, if not I have to go without him. Maybe before 1997 I would have liberated them, but not under chinese law! One guy picked up notes that spewed out of a faulty atm, and was imprisoned for life! Also, the penalty for...

Welcome tyrophagus Good to know you are in the pet trade. Fantastic pics BTW!

On Tuesday, I got a phonecall at 3pm saying my dad had a stroke, and that he was taken off his flight into Hong Kong, and was in a hospital. His work arranged for me to fly out that night on the 9.15 flight, so I had 15 mins to pack by the time I got home from Crowland Maidenhead aquatics. I was...

I'm currently in HK, found a shop on the goldfish market street, that sells ADA. Drop checker is £20/$200 HKD, bottles of brighty etc are £8. Think I might be stocking up, I have another 3 days of shopping, after visiting my dad in hosp, and as he is being flown back business class with me, I...

My manado substrate is magentic, well it seems to stick to my algae magnet. Not just because it is wet, I have to pick pieces off. Has anyone else experienced this? thanks Fern

i'm going to take a look for one tomorrow, do you think they might have one at Crowland MH? I want an excuse to go out there tomorrow!

i'll second, no third that too, also use a microfibre cloth to buff. Also, as I have lids to curb my jumping fish, and falling apple snails, I soak these in the bath tub with a glug of white vinegar. They come out sparking. Also wipe down light fittings, tubes, anything that gets furred up with it.

Re: Using pins to hold plants on bogwood Do you have fish/snails/shrimp in your tank?

Hello again, thought i'd better let you know what has been let loose on your forum! I live in Ely, (16 miles to Cambridge, 25 to P'boro), and work at a theatre/gig venue doing mainly boring admin, but also a bit of stewarding when I get to see the shows. Its quite funny seeing whats in various...

wow, the pics are fantastic. I need to plan a trip to that part of the world! Never seen so much HC in my life, and my those altums are unreal. It sounds like a fantastic day for you all.

sorry to hijack another thread, but does this product work with the ribbed hosing of the fluval external canister filters, and also i've read that some filters do not like co2 going through the filter on the intake, why is this and is there a chance of damaging my filter? Cheers folks Fern

oops. this all means that my homemade 4dkh solution is wrong, it is green as soon as I add 2 drops of BB. Tap water turns blue immediately, so I don't think its the fault of the bb solution. Its so hard to test my 4dkh, my api KH test kit is so hard to tell, it just says drop by drop 'til it...

Yep, brand new though!!! What a find. I went to the tip near Ely (grunty fen) last week, and saw 3 tanks- 2 3 footers, and one 2 foot, still with neon gravel and muck, but kicked myself. But those best laid plans.... Most typical excuse 'oh, i'll clean it up and sell it'. Nearly all the hard...

photo update Hello Plants arrived at neighbours on wed, but postie didn't put a slip through our door, neighbour works shifts, so I didn't get them til yesterday (friday), so couple were on the turn, the rest were ok. I know they don't have a good press but I bought a bumper pack of random...

well, finally got my hands on them yesterday, an hour before annual visit from grandparents. Panic stations! Turned out the postie left them with a neighbour on wednesday, but didn't leave a card with us, and the neighbour tried knocking for us, and each time we were out. Only two plants had...

I've transported new purchases while traveling on my motorbike. I've done the rucksack route with coolbag and fleece blanket round it, and once, after a very impulse purchase, managed to fit the bag down my jumper nestled on my boobs, aka kangaroo method, under a windstopping jacket. I was...

they were first class but I don't know whats happened. I've been sat by the front door all day. I was out the day before, and sometimes they have forgotten to put a red slip through the door. Well, I say forgotten, but some times I have spotted them not knocking, and just putting a slip in the...

Hello, My plants were dispatched from Plants alive on tuesday. Still haven't arrived, hopefully they'll arrive on saturday, overwise I have visions of my plants sitting at the postal depot til tuesday. Thats a week out of water. How much of a state do you think they could be in? Or do you...

nice wheels! And the powerranger suit to boot, looks great. What is it about 2 wheels and aquatics? I've just passed my test, after an sv650 (waiting for smidsy payout). Anything bigger, and i'll either keep dropping it, or end up like a squashed fly. I have been known to have plants/fish...

its a shame the fascia of the tank looks like a coffin.

p.s no plant delivery today :( :( :crazy: :crazy:

thanks re the variegated plant, it was in with a bunch of vallis at two of my lfs, no wonder it melted so quick. Live and learn.

brilliant! Thanks, I might just do that!

my apple snails were prone to 'gliding over', it didn't look like they were munching it, but using it as a 'leg up' to get onto the glass. It didn't last. The chunks that remained in the wool lasted longer, but the new growth didn't. I think when I plant my lawn, i'll grow it suspended on a...

Hello My dad travels to china for business at least twice a month. He says there are aquarium everywhere, hotels, offices. As well as eating fish, keeping aquariums is the thing to do. Handy, as when I order anything off ebay from HK or mainland, I can have it sent to his chinese address, and...

Hello all, thanks for all of the advice on here. I have 2 community tanks with some success with very basic plant and hard scaping. I also have an ornamental garden and an allotment, so I thought i'd give a planted tank a go. I aquired this tank off fleabay, l120 x h18 x d12. It is quite...

thanks for this link. And its clear! :D :D :D :D Even better! Saves me wasting airline. Thanks all, the forum and society have been a godsend whilst dabbling into this world. I must put some pics up, I'm setting up a 160ltr 4' tank, all cycled and with some planting/fish already, but bigger...

thanks, i'll give that a go. I wonder what diameter hose pubs use?

Hello The tubing that came with my JBL easy Co2 kit is really kinked in many places and will only allow the co2 through consistently when I pull it taught. As a replacement, do I have to purchase a specific type of hose/pipe/tube or can I just use airline? Thanks Fern

Hi I used argos play sand, and my PH has been steady other than general cycling flucs. It does need a lot of washing though, took me an hour or two, but no problems with it.