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Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape lookin good.fantastic photography :thumbup: J

cheers guys thanks for clearing that up for me J

hi aaron is 0.1mg/l more than 0.10mg/l due to the decimal point .Its been a long time since school :? regards J

hi TDI line sorry to be sooooo late :oops: everything was aok : :oops: regards j

hi on the bottle it says 5ml for 200ltr maintains about 0.10mg/l what is the ideal iron ppm and how does it equate to the above? Ive already dosed 5ml for 200ltrs 2x this week tuesday/wednesday and was wondering wether or not to add a bit more. .my tank is 190ltr.When viewed from above I...

Better to be safe than sorry so i didnt do it thanks J

curiosity!

hi if i syringe easycarb directly into the filter inlet will it kill the bacteria colony already established in filter. many thanks J

hi aaaah the joys of co2 :D cheers J

hi prashant was that lily a nymphaea lotus zenkeri(tiger lotus).That was massive :shock: tank looks much better now many thanks J

hi paul thanks for the thread guidance :thumbup: I had looked at james cs experimentation on different tubes before but was just curious about the optimum colour spectrum. I think when tubes need replacing lampspecs is the place to go.although aqua one sunlight and tropical tubes give a good...

hi george I just wasnt sure about wether to use 2 sunlight aqua one t5 tubes or wether to mix it up and use 1 sunlight and 1 tropical aqua one tube.I find either way there is no difference in colour rendition of the tank. The only real difference in the tubes is the tropical tube has lots of the...

HI folks the ideal colour spectrum for lighting an aquarium? does anybody have any suggestions/thoughts on this? regards J

never thought about the flow side of things.Il bear that in mind cheers J

hi superman good idea about using small sponges,maybe filter wool aswell might work?.It is a new reactor so it might bed in but i dont think it will somehow.At the moment its full of siporax .Im just not used to noise in my bedroom :shh: regards J

hi gutted to here no instant solution .I might consider filter upgrade if space and money allow :? cheers J

hi BVB just read read through you post and i to am suffering the same problem with the same set up as yourself. How and did you sort it out? many thanks J

hi aaron sam sorted it mate regards j

hi sam your a star mate regards j

hi folks does anybody know how this is done! many thanks j

hi yes there are 2 types! i also didnt realize! protozin marine contains copper sulfate 1.7%w/w formaldehyde 0.3%w/w malachite green 0.11%w/w protozin freshwater contains copper sulfate o.o15%w/w formaldahyde 0.07% w/w malachite green 0.085%w/w regards jason

hi, will protozin marine kill plants and fish if accidently used regards jason

i hope mine dont go down the same lines such lovely fish.sorry to here about yours its always a crusher to lose fish .ive been loosing galaxy rasboras to dropsy for some reason its a pain in the backside :shock: cheers J

hi all does anybody know at what size and age do these fish develope the red fins.mine are about 1 3/4" long but have no colour in fins is this normal for this fish!any replys much appreciated many thanks jason

good idea to add more holes to spray bar.i will do just that so water comes out front and back!I just hope water reaches end of spray bar efficiently as its full lenghth of tank give or take a few inches{ 36"} i have also added a 500ltr P/hr powerhead to help aswell!.I will also prune stems...

thanks guys for the posts J

hi i will do as you say ! i was using two filters (fluval 305+eheim 2028)and i stopped using fluval as the xtra water movement i thought was just to much for slender stemmed plants ! i just use eheim at the mo with a spray bar facing the front of the tank(40").how do you cope and use inflow...

hi all i work 12hrs aday 7.00-7pm and have been dosing ferts at 6.30am ,with my lights 2x 39wts coming on at 11am till 9pm is this a safe practice or should i only dose when lights are on ! i use this setup as i would never see my tank with lights on any ideas or suggestions welcome i am...

cheers mate jason

hi all i have got white skin like slime on surface of my water does anybody know what this is and how do i get rid many thanks jason

i'd say sag platyphilla

think i might of sussed why drop checker stayed yellow i was using same syringe for dosing easy carb aswell as dosing 4dkh water to drop checker without flushing clean first.hopfully thats sorted know i think mine might be on the same lines as yours superman lol thanks jason

hi aaron i am slowly finding this out! jason

hi and thanks for the replys guys mmmmm fish and chips lol seriously though i can see what you say . i can understand about the boogie man ways and his trappings so to speak! i will do what you said and see how things go from there.My hardscape only amounts to one piece of driftwood and it was...

hi steve sounds perfect for my tank then ph6.4 gh4 medium light etc etc etc (not)lol i knew i shouldn't of bought it without knowing anything about it *^$%&&& i'll give it a go though! many thanks steve by the way are you growing it yourself? jason

hi all anybody used this plant before as i have just bought some and their is no info i can find on it i have looked on the web ,but i havn't really had much success i bought it from tgm as a special .it is from tropica with a label ,but their was only its name thanks jason

hi ceg/ed I thought adding co2 to a system were their was no kh to stabilize co2 content was asking for trouble eg.ph crash and thus potentially a few deaths. at least thats what ive been told and also maybe less than ideal plant parameters! ( so the label says). like i said before my kh was 0...

hi ceg the tank is 180ltr which as you say might be a little expensive long term ! i'l switch that gas back on.I had no kh for a while which was why i was only using easy carb .but everything slightly bettr as i now have a kh of 2.I presume tank is more settled now .4 would be better but hey...

hi ceg i am glad to here all is not lost with a medium light setup with this plant .I am actually looking forward to seeing it mature (hopefully fingers crossed)into what i hope is somthing like your photographs(stunning) my plant at the mo is only about 2"/3" .i am using tpn and tpn+ on...

hi all has anybody had success growing this plant in a medium light setup i know it might not go red ,but will it grow! many thanks jason

thanks thomas jason.

hi all does any body know if java plants is still going! also can anybody recommend a good mail order company to obtain crypt balansae as i dont think tropica are selling it any more many thanks jason

looks like h/z to me thanks for the xtra pics jeff.Everything looks so healthy! I always thought h/z looked a bit spindly and fragile so i have never considered it before.Having seen it in your tank though you have changed my mind!. many thanks jason

hi once again Ithink i should of said Heteranthera Zosterifolia LOL {what a plonker}LOL. thanks jason

thanks for that jeff had a feeling magdalensis was your forground plant but i wasnt sure.looks impressive! didnt think your background plant was zesteflora though {looked more exotic than that in photo} Ithought it was a plant i had never seen before!.What a beautiful plant !.I new about pfk...

hi jazzyjeff just another post to find out about what plants you are using for foreground and background they look fantastic.Iam thinking about rescaping again and the effect of the plants you have is just what i am looking for I have tryed to get access to pfk oct 2003 to glean more info but...

hi jazzyjef .your tank looks fantastic if you dont mind me asking what plants have you used many thanks jason

The Green Machine jason

hi ed and ceg sorry to take so long to reply i dont use 4dkh water for co2 in drop checker as i thought that as tank water was only 1dkh i didnt think i would get an accurate co2 ppm measurment. thankyou ceg 4 the threads(very informative) for the past couple of days i havent been using co2...

hi ed ,i think i will try tap water and see how it goes.I was always told phosphate and nitrate are main causes of algae. i am getting algae as it happens.hair and bga.I also think my fluval 305 is a bit small for tank and i was thinking of getting a bigger filter (tetratec ex1200).this is the...

hi ed,thanks for replying I change 25ltr a week with RO water and mix in tropic marin salts .this gets ph7 and kh7. I think my tank holds about 168ltr(not 100% sure though) i also use JBL co2 dropchecker which is green. The tapwater here reads ph7 kh2 gh4 and phosphate 5ppm.I have read that...

hi everybody,can anybody help? I have a 39"Lx15"x20"H(not sure how many gallons/litres) 4x39watt arcadia plant pro tubes although i only use 2 at present fluval 305 filter ada amazonia aquasoil kh1 gh6 ph6 ph could be lower as testkit only goes to 6.i have been buffering water with sera ph/kh...