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Well , After months of using CO2 I have finally given up! The cost of getting my cylinder re-filled (having to drive 25mile each way) and my plants not really gaining much I have decided to just add shop bought ferts and go back to my tusty old TNP. Will using this once a week on my 240lt with...

Hi all, could anyone tell me if my ferts are causing my nitrate readings to go through the roof! I have just changed from TPN to fluidsensors complete because I had low nitrates in my tap water and now the readings on my API test are showing 160ppm!!! my 240l tank has CO2 ( 4dkh in drop checker)...

hi all, this might sound stupid, but how do I prune hygrophilia? my plants seem to be growing well (had a little bit of GSA when i started the new tank) but they seem to be growing well at the top and shedding leaves from the bottom...do i pinch out the tops? I feed TNC complete at 5/7 mil a day...

hi all, Anybody heard of gas cylinders uk near st helens liverpool and have had co2 from them...just found them on the web and they look like a good company. cheers mark

hi, just out of intrest how long should a half kg cylinder last? I am only getting about two weeks out of both refillable and disposable jbl brand. This does not seem long at all as i am only injecting gas 8 hours aday at 4BPS! could there be a fault with the reg or is this normal...Its going to...

hi, well just a moan really, but I ordered a 1000ml bottle of all in one fert last Friday (yes I know we have had a bank holiday!) and it still has not arrived! My gripe is that I paid £5.25 postage and thought I would at least have got it by Wednesday (I ordered some other stuff from another...

Hi guys, I know you lot are going to say ''I told you so'' but I bought a JBL co2 kit because it looked to be of top quality, and now I can't find anyone to fill my 1/2 kg cylinder :eh: At the moment I am using a very expensive JBL disposable cylinder (maidenhead price!) so I want to know if...

hi guys, well, on Monday I changed my JBL bottle and when I took the tube off the solenoid water started running from the tube :shock: I have the JBL none return valve fitted and I have had no trouble with the flow of gas in to the diffuser so does this mean the valve is faulty? I started the...

hi all, well, after having my 240ltr tank set up 6 weeks I am getting loads of green spot algae on all the plants and glass and its getting worse! I am using co2 at 3BPS through a JBL telifun reactor and it is defusing the gas ok (I have a DC with 4DKH at the other end of the tank showing lime...

hi all, I add TPN once a week to my tank because i have always thought that keeping a large stock of fish meant that i did not need to add TPN+ as the fish provided enough nitrate. now i have been informed that i need to be adding nitrate ferts as i am injecting C02! VERY CONFUSED :? Mark

hi all, can anyone out there help me with my drop checker? I have a jbl drop checker using jbl brand reagent and 4dkh water but I dont understand the colour change at all :? when I put the checker in the tank over a couple of hours it changes from blue to light green and it stays like that...

hi guys, having just set up my new 240l tank and only having a 305 filter I decided to fit a korilia pump. after reading up on which size to buy i gave they guys at city aquatics a call, they told me that i would be better fitting 2 x 1600 pumps than a 2800 size as recommended by hydor as it...

hi folks, well i have got my new tank and co2 kit up and running but just wanted to clear a few things up. i have been running in my new diffuser (telifun) for nearly a week at one bubble per second in my 240ltr tank, the co2 is on a solenoid and is switched on one hour before lights on and...

hi guys, set up my jbl m602 yesterday and all seemed to be ok ( i understand the reactor takes a few days to run -in) but when i looked this morning the bubble count is all over the place, ie, you get one bubble build up at the bottom of the reactor then it let 3 or 4 out at the same time , then...

hi all, just bought my new fluval 240ltr and was wondering if the 2x40w t8 tubes are going to be ok to grow most of the everyday plants? the tank is getting C02 and tropica subsrate under quartz sand. i would have loved a tank with t5 tubes but my budget does not allow me that extra £100...

hi guys, just ordered a pair of 1600 pumps for my new 240ltr fluval tank and i wonder if you chaps could give me some idea of where to put them in the aquarium for best circulation. thanks mark

hi folks, i am just in the process of setting up my new 240ltr tank and as i want to get the set up right before i transfer my fish over i was thinking of buying a pressurized co2 kit to give my plants a good start. i have been looking at the D+D kit as this comes with a solenoid and the price...

hi, a few weeks ago i bought 4 hygrophila corymbosa siamensis 53B plants and they seemed to be doing fine, but now they have started to rot! I bought these plants because they are supposed to be easy to grow without high lighting and low nutrients. The funny thing is the roots are growing really...

hi guys, well i have my ideas for my new tank set in my head and all i need now is some ideas for a all-in-one substrate that wont degrade and still look good in a few years time. in my current tank i have tetra base with a fine quartz topping which my corys love but i want to try a medium that...

hi guys, well in a few weeks i will be buying my new aqua one aquience 300ltr ( decided to go for this as its nice and wide, its a bit more expensive than the fluval 240 i was looking at but this ones got 4 t5s!) now i want some advice on substrate, co2 and plants. my current set up is just a...

hi folks, i will soon be buying a 240ltr tank that i want to set up with co2 and good lighting and substrate from the start. ( my 125 is 90% planted with crypts ) my question is, can i have a well planted tank and have lots of fish at the same time ( not over stocked, but does include a few...

hi folk, could anyone tell me why my crypts don't do well in my tank? the tanks been set up over a year and things like my African lilly do really well but my crypts just grow a while then the leafs just get holes all over them and decay, thought they were supposed to be robust! my 125ltr tank...