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thanks for the reply i am going to use it over aquatic compost

after a natural looking substrate as i am about to start another black water tank after 20 years of selling my last one would this be ok all checks out fish safe sharp sand (ungraded washed river sand ) over j Arthur bowers aquatic compost plus co2 i would like suggestions for plants and leaf...

but it would work and yes the hma water would be used to reminerlize the RO water that is what i am wanting it to do why is people think that if you use RO water you have to use it to remove carbonates the waste on the RO passed through HMA should do the job fine then

well thank you i was given the idea from someone else to be honest :thumbup:

it is so that there is no waste water at all using a second membrane still as waste water with using the ro waste water through a HMA unit there is no waste water at all and the water from the hma will ne used to reminerlize the RO water

how there is no water at all going down the drain

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right yes RO units strip water of minerals so yes they do do something right what i was getting at was using the waste from the RO unit and putting through the HMA units to get safe normal water to remineralize the RO water i have just taken from the RO unit that would mean that there would be...

A HMA filter will run on gravity that is not what my question is my question is "CAN YOU PUT RO WASTE WATER THROUGH A HMA FILTER " i am not bothered about anything else this is all i want to know as all the other thing can be over come

the HMA filter does not restrict the waste flow from the RO as HMA will operate under gravity feed no i just want to know if you can run RO waste water through HMA and use it to add to the RO water to remineralize it to use in the tank so there is no waste water at all

normally 1 gallon of product water for four gallons of waste water i know that i want to know if you can put the RO waste water though a HMA filter that is what i am trying to find out i know all the other stuff

nether i am trying to find out if you can put RO waste through HMA so that there is no waste water no there will be no pump

whats the bottle pressure like i thought i had a problem like that and found out it was my bottle nearly empty

the reason being to cut down on waste water from the ro unit an ro unit produces four gallons of waste water for every gallon of safe water to use in the tank so cutting down or even removing the waste water from the equation altogether

is it possible to run the waste water from an RO unit through a HMA unit to use it as part of the tanks daily water changes

just seen a video of a guy running a in line co2 diffuser and is it ok for the co2 to run through your external filter ????

i dont touch my externals for 6 months to a year and then they only get washed out in tank water

hot glue turns white over time with it being in water

you need a fairly thick layer of it about inch and a half to two inches persistence will pay off in the long run

any one got the link to the vid on you tube

well looks like its myth busted :clap:

yeah if people believed all the myths the would be keeping s bare tank :lol:

i have had both in with shrimp for years its just one the groups i go on there some one saying not to use Anubias as it kills shrimp i think its more likely to be the pesticides used on them and people not washing them properly when they first purchase them

i have just been told that i cant keep shrimp because i keep anubias is this just a myth or is there so truth in it

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brush it with a stiff brush rinse off under cold water and place in tank job done

where i live we have a very low carbonate hardness and the ph and kh drops off over a few days and with running co2 its knocks the ph right down

i would go with the tesco one it looks pink when its dry but when wash it looks a natural color

can any one tell me what the effects would be on my co2 injection for my plants when i am buffering my tank water with crushed cockle shell or will it not make and difference

on where

hi as any one got any ideas for a cheap diy drop checker please

yes mark it makes sense i was just hoping there was another way instead of bleach can it be done with compressor and a blow gun

this is the one that i use its molar clay needs a good washing mind you Tesco Low Dust Lightweight Cat Litter 10 Litres - Groceries - Tesco Groceries

how do you clean a ceramic and glass diffuser

i got them from a place called electric base they have a 12 volt driver and the fix with a special clip that as wires coming out of it

never had any problems with any of my tetratec external filters

i am trying to find out how to make up water for my drop checker its 4DKH water

is it possible to make your own 4dkh water using distilled water

i paint a study of a brick wall sorry about the photo a work in progress the walled garden finished project

sounds like things turned out ok anyway

paddock farm water gardens had some really nice dragon stone in the last time i was over i think the do mail order as well Paddock Farm - Paddock Farm is the leading specialist for Koi, Pond & Coldwater and Tropical Freshwater Fish, Aquarium, Garden Furniture & Bird Care. Winner of Practical...

good here we go i bought two bags for less than a tenner

what some of the riccia that you got from me well i am glad its doing well yeah they do grow to a nice size them bristle noses i have some calico ones and some super red albino crosses as well

do you think this would works as a filter medium its is described as (ceramic "pebbles" with a smooth outer crust and a honeycomb interior.)

hi Colin glad you recognised me lol i think thats a cracking idea of making look like a moss ball type thing i have used it just in the tank before i use it in my quarantine tanks i also use in my wild strain guppie and endler tanks as well it just helps to boost the ph gh and kh a bit had to...

the unipack is ground granite or granite sand

no problem use the pillow case trick just dont use one off a set other wise your lass will hit the roof lol

yeah there fine with it the aquatic shop i use use it in there shrimp tanks as well so i would say no problems unipack is purely for aquatic use anyway i find it needs a good washing i find it easy to wash if you use a cotton pillow case you dont lose so much and it makes washing it a joy...

this is the only black sand i trust its by unipack its black granite sand it looks really nice when its in the tank i mix mine with normal unipack sand makes it go a bit further and it also looks like natural river sand when wet...

hi colin how are you and Amanda doing sounds a great idea that keep me informed how things go i myself put crushed cockle shell in my external filters to stable the ph i only use three table spoonfuls to keep my ph around 6.8 to 7,0 oh by the way you know who i am i am a friend filter media i...

only planning on painting on this one plant and tank decor i dont use easy carbo on this one i use it on another tank just wanted to know if it worked cheers will let you know how i get on :thumbup:

looks really nice that :thumbup:

i have been told if i paint some easy carbo on BBA on one of my plants and some rocks a background it will kill it off is this true or possible

i have been told to drop my water level and paint the BBA with easy carbo i am going to try it and will get back to you and tell you how it works oh and top back up with water

i take it the kids dont have a as50 then lol i agree with its just because it dosent matter match the curtains (buy some cloth and make a cover for the bottle lol )

it sounds like the gas is building up in the line between the cylinder and the the solenoid i would move the solenoid to the bottle end because it sounds like the pipe is expanding under the pressure and as for the bottle blowing up and leaving a 500 foot crater it wouldnt make a great deal...

i am leaving it unglued it is a good interference fit its air tight even with out it being glued i am going to get a cleaning brush . i can get one on the end of a long flexible spring and should be able to clean the pipe without removing it i already have a brush i can get down the pick up...

same goes for me if your selling any please pm me

it as a removable end cap at each end to allow access if it gets blocked

well i have started to make my manifold this is where the pick up ;pipes will go this is the manifold before its put in place this is it in place with the strainers added and the pick up pipe end i am going to have to do some fancy pipe work at this end

i keep mine about 26 to27 gherkins

you can now buy a frosted window spray now i used it on the bathroom windows

it must be on predictive text lol:woot:

gherkins ??

i have loads of shrimps and the carry eggs all the time there in the main tank i started with 12 i now have them in all of my tanks i just let them get on with it to be honest i do put shrimp food in for them but most of the time they will eat with the fish they seen to love cucumber

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just thought pines weren't good in the aquarium

looks like a pine or evergreen

vine wood is to soft it rots really quick :(

is it really cheap

wow that looks amazing i am going to have a road trip this week end to see if i can find some and i am going to take some oak with me to bury for a year or so in a peat bog lol

why is everything so dear over here and looks like most of the stuff is cheap over there

no your right thats the stuff but it needs to be dead lol and its knowing when its dead lol

heather looks dead after the winter and its been burned but you never know with the stuff lol

i use j arthur bowers aquatic compost i find it works well

riccia is a good plant i have it in a few tanks but duck weed is a pain in the bottom i have scooped it all out and only to find it growing the next time i looked aaaaarrrrghggh pulling my hair out

silver sharks like it as well

heather is that ok to use what prep does it need to me used

just done some checking and beech is safe but i am not sure about willow as that is were aspirin comes from salicylic acid

ah ok thank you for explaining that for me :thumbup:

didnt we used to have an edit option i have just noticed i cant see it or find it

i have seen it used in fish tanks we are talking dried out wood

i use hot melt glue gun

beach leaves can be used in the fish tank as leaf litter

i got a email from a friend who said i should try here as i was sick of the other forums and face book groups

i was thinking of taking some oak up to one of the moors not to far from where i live and thinking about burying it for a year do you think it would works i know bog wood takes millions of years but dead oak for a year what do you think

is that a pine that main plant

there is more but i cant remember them all apple oak beech

foe i hate the stuff with a vengeance

my name is my nick name with a bit added my nick name is biff but some called me biffster and it stuck i got biff from biffa bacon from viz magazine and i used to bat people as well

glad to hear you got sorted gill shame the wife vetoed it mate :(

cheers tom i will keep you informed as to how i get on

this is a polishing filter it as only floss in it there is two other filters on the tank

when i have used it in the past there as been no effect on the ph which i thought strange as well as i would of thought it might of gone up a touch but saying that were i live we have a very low carbonate hardness and the ph drops from 7.4 to 5.4 over 24 hours if left to stand

i can get Arthur j bowers aquatic compost which as loam in it i use it now but i only put a half inch layer down and cap it with sand do you think it would be ok to use that and add some potting grit to it

just done my water polishing filter today that as been two months since it was last cleaned out it needed doing because the flow had dropped to a trickle its a fluval 203 the old cylindrical ones i find that strainers keep the thick of the debris out of the filter but this one takes out the...

i dont get bubbles bulbing up in my filters i make sure that the spray bar or venturi are nowhere near the pick up strainer the only thing i am thinking of is the biological build on the pre filter and not on the filters internal sponges if i have a tank with wood chomping fish i have a...

that's just a check valve with tube locks on it surly a double check valve wouldn't work lol make sense it would check from both directions lol