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Times come for me to shut my tank down now the fish are gone and slowly trying to break the rest of the set up down. I've always brought plants from the for sale section and never been good with plant names and although I kinda know what type of plant these are I don't know what the actual names...

Hi I've got a rusty rear wheel arch that in in the process of sorting out so far I've sanded back the rust filed and sanded and primed. The car is a Toyota celica 2000> matallic silver. You can see from the picture I've drawn where I've repaired so should I be blending to a certain...

Thanks for all the input I will see how it goes within the week and report back unless I find something else to rack your brains about :)

Thanks ady what time of day do you guys do wc. I usually do them late at night 8-9pm but with co2 on up to around then would doing a wc just be getting rid of co2 that I want to keeo in the tank? I work from 7-5 so mornings are a no or on clean out days just do them on lights off 10pm?

I currently do about 50% of the tanks water volume a week and filter clean out about every month half where the fx5 has such a big canister. Ive changed the co2 times for as you suggester 1pm on and 8 pm off and slowly adjust it back up to what I feel is max. Il also move the co2 diffuser...

No thats correct that gives me lime green on lights on and co2 on for 6hrs or am I going about it all wrong

Not trying to say no to what you've suggested but I thought the DC had to be lime Green on lights on and turn off a hr before lights off is a waste as plants use less and less As day goes on? I dont have a bubble counter just use DC and fish as a guide. the mixture i mix up is as follows and...

I know it looks a mess but Im not concerned what it looks like for the moment just getting to the point I every month or so I change something or buy new plants and don't seem to get to the point im getting results. Co2 seems to be to its highest point where I think the fish can take it.

I have very slow growth slight browning/dirty look only just starting to form on foreground plants. I think I have enough flow as I have a fx5 going into a spray bar on the width of the tank and as the circulation goes around snd comes back towards the spray bar on the bottom of the track is...

one on the right has a much thicker stem and bigger leafs. Just got these from a friend but never seen them before and I just want to make sure these are aquatic plants lol

Thanks anyone else have anything to add before I get some? What's the best time/way to add new fish to a co2 tank so they don't get gassed where there not used to co2 if that's such a thing with my fish alread In there used to co2

I have been offered as many Kribensis as I like from a friend who's closing down his 8x3ft breeding tank. I love the look of Kribensis but not sure if they will be ok in my 4x1.5ft tank with 2x bolivian rams (not a pair) 5x corys 2-3 rummy noise tetras If there ok with these what do you think...

I lost the female A few months ago then the male stopped eating as a result and just lost weight day by day shame as they were a lovely breeding pair And it's also put me off to alot of work goes into keeping them surprising how much come to think of it

Still not having much luck with the plants and getting the balance right. Since I last posted I lost my discus so I'm no longer having to use 50/50mix of RO water not sure if this makes a difference. also ive had a algue issue again this could be due to water hardness change (Brown fluffy like...

I have a 4' long 12" wide 18" high tank and have just tried to plant the tank as much as I can but I desperately need to sort out some sort of planned planting but have no idea what I should keep, sell and move and was hoping you could all help here's a picture of how it is at the moment. I...

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co2 comes on at 12am then lights turn on at 3pm co2 turns off at 5pm and lights turn off at 10pm KH I just done and is 6 also done a PH test first thing this morning to see what the base PH is and It is 7.5 this was taken before co2 started I will also take one dead on lights on.

Hi Clive done PH tests as much as I can today. They are as follows hope it means something to you 2pm (1hr before lights on) PH 7 3:45 (45mins after lights on) PH7 5pm PH6.5 6pm PH6.5 7pm PH7 9pm Ph7.5

This is a great write up very similar if not the same as yours Pruning timeline... - Aquascaping - Aquatic Plant Central

cheers mate would I be better closing the lid tight to create more of a humid effect? or everything sound gd the way it is

I've got a fews clear Chinese take away boxes with 3cm of potting soil in with HC planted in single plantlets around the tub. I keep the lid on with a little air gap and spray once a day with tap water. The tub sits on top of my tank under my t8 lights Been about three weeks and although nice...

What's the palm tree looking plant? Think I may have to get myself some lol

will do won't be until weekend I be able to do that and will report back

holes point horizontally to the front of the glass spray bar sits about 1.5" below water level and surface movement is very minimal. the co2 al gets sucked into the inet as the inlet is on a 45 degree angle diagonally across side of the tank so the intake holes spread quite a area over the...

5hrs injection actualy makes things so much clearer to me as I've always tried to juggle what time it should start and end and then injection rate to suit fish health but makes sence for a guide 5hrs so first of all make injection rate to a point fish are not suffering in a 5 hr time period then...

no problem I will upload some pictures tonight. matter of fact Clive I think I slightly underestimated tank volume it is elongated 4ft long 12" wide and 18" high for some reason had 125ltr in my head :s my co2 is at a level where towards end of the day the fish seem to be on there limits. if I...

Thanks Ady for the input I know if anyone would know what's going on with my tank Clive will be the man be good if he sees this for some input too. up to this point I've not been to worried about slow growth and not vibrant green colour but after spending out on nearly all new improved equipment...

I moved the glass ceramic diffuser to middle back of the tank right under a spray bar hole in hope it may spread the CO2 a little better il see tonight if drop checker is any different. in the past I've really struggled to understand EI and the mixture I dose at the moment was worked out by a...

I have heard of simular things but as the fx5 filter hs smart technology every 24hrs it collects all the trapped air and expels it all but I would have though all this would do is not let co2 into the tank but drop checker says otherwise as it's green. diffuser I have is just a ceramic glass...

as for co2 bubbles around the tank I can't see any but I just assume them going into the inlet of the folder they get even more chopped up and become nearly 100% dissolved. reason I use 50% RO is because I've got a discus did have a pair but female died EI mix is as follows : 4 tsp KNO3 1.25...

thanks hoggie yep as said I do dose EI mon,we'd,Friday 50ml salts,po4,po3 then tues and Tuesday 25ml of trace this was what was advised to me about a year ago not at home at the moment so can't give what quantities I use. as for lights and co2 levels I'm not really sure if lights need more...

good ideas :) temp tank is constant 27degree got a digi headwear and never moves from it WC each week just under 50% RO/ tap water mix have root tabs dotted around and use cat litter as substrate 2" to 3" in some places towards back of tank

My plants never really grow or if they do at such a slow rate. I haven't trimmed any stems since Xmas and they've not grown very much. I thought it was flow problem so treated myself to a new filter fluval fx5 but this was day after new year and still no change 125lt tank (4ft long) 2x 4ft T8...

can you tell me how tall a 3KG bottle is I've got a cabinet it's got to fit in :) and is it like a small pub cylinder or a FE

have you brought from them before? do you roughly know delivery charge it docent seem to say on there website

Just noticed mine has just run out and looking on eBay for a CO2 FE cheapest I can get one buy it now is £25. thought there must be someone in Hampshire who has had this question before.

I'm only going to sell it as it keeps growing then releases the new platelets which go straight to the water surface and it annoys me haha otherwise it's a nice looking plant

Niru got it with Water Sprite. googled all three suggest and the Water Sprite came up with pictures that were of what I have :) thanks for answering

wondered what this is called so I can sell it on under the proper name. thanks

your a star!!!! knew you would answer everything I needed to know :) what do you think about adding the two 54w 4th long T5's rather than my 2x38w T8 I have although the bulbs that are in the T5 unit I brought are 14000k White and marine blue (come from a marine setup) or am I just trying to...

inline reators I assume are better than my up atomiser ? any non expensive suggestions?

background has been removed I was in the right frame of mind when I got home from work :) so now the flow should be better, if I had a second filter would the second one only have to be on while lights are on to get co2 around? and would it still be ok to have co2 going to up atomiser on just...

I don't mind if the background has to go to improve my tank I'm just worried how I would get it out/ how easy it will be as I remember when I brought the tank it was all silicond in which I could see looking through the back panel. have you ever had any experience removing them? I would opt...

what about then having the stay bar turned to the side (width of the tank) say on the right of the tank with a powerhead same end in the corner aiming towards other end of the tank possible angled towards centre of the other end? that way I'm not way over doing the x10 flow and only using one...

ok so filter we can certainly say isn't up to the 10x what would be advisable? leave my spray bar running the whole 4' across the back, and put one nano 1600lph in one corner pointing about half way of tank at front glass aiming slightly down? or two nano's in each corner? ( however that would...

what would be recommended as a max for a 125ltr tank? if using my filter still

to increase flow in the tank what's the max size powerhea I should use? I've gt a 2300lph koralia one but think that would be too powerful along with my 1400lph filter

I am not getting the growth from my plants Infact there not as healthy as they Should be and been advised to up my flow, I have a 125ltr tank 48" long 12" wide and 18" tall, 1200lph external filter with spray bar that runs the whole 4' length at back of tank I have just picked up two 2300lph...

thought some pictures would help diagnose the problem, there is some what I believe is BBA but think this is due to a week of when the co2 run out to getting the new one.

Thanks mark, when you say cut it back hard do you mean cut the heads off basically just leaving the runners under the substrate? or you mean cutting most of the heads off?

thanks everyone exactly what I needed to know :)

just purchased some hydrocotyle sp japan but doing a search on here and google I can't find any info on what to do with it when first plant it, do I just plant the roots? cut it into short pieces and plant if so where abouts? or so I plant the roots and also try covering some of the runners with...

the hair grass I have just dosent send root systems out at all, see I have swords too although may do away with these now as earlier mentioned for flow reasons but for time being I would want to start dosing EI twice as much and causing all my plants to melt

you think that could be a possible issue then. what would overdosing do if it's too much? I only have ever learnt to work out and dose what I already dose so not sure of what would happen of less or more, and just to make sure your suggesting dose the 50ml each day 7 days a week and still keep...

Not that I know much but Co2 would be my guess or distribution. the swords are big which I guss can't be trimmed down so maybe I should get rid of those. as for looking down side of the tank that would be a NO no as this photo shows lol my FE did run out a few weeks ago and I had a period of a...

EI-- the mixture i mix up is as follows and i do a weekly 50% change. 4 tsp KNO3 1.25 tsp KH2PO4 9 tsp MgSO4 Put all this in one bottle and add 600ml I dose 50ml of this on days 1, 3 & 5 Add 1.25 tsp Trace to 200ml warm water, in a different bottle, I dose 25ml of this on days 2 & 4

tempeture is around 27 degrees. as for Co2 getting to the plants it's a bit hard to tell as it's such a fine mist I usually just see it up the top of the tank but that's not to say it's not getting to the plants as Ive not looked for it but will tonight. the drop checker is placed at front of...

I've owned planted tank for over a year and in that time have brought lots of plants but Don't have any success. the tank is 125ltrs 2x38w T8 6" above water surface 7hrs a day 1400lthr external filter dose EI on weekdays and 50% WC on weekend temp 26-27deg pressurized CO2 to green when lights...

thanks kris whats your results so far? and before and up to date photos?

Whats best way to grow this out of the tank? At the moment I have put itin a clean Chinese see through box with water from the tank and it's sitting on top of my tank glass under the lights. Is this best way to grow it or would I be better to empty the water and keep it moist/spray each day to...

ok If I was to do that and my drop checker usually gets to the yellow end of the scale would they still be ok? just I always thought fish had to adjust over a period of days? Thanks

pretty much as above looking to buy more fish but not sure how to go about introducing them to my planted tank without gassing them right away. I already have fish in the tank but obviously these have been established a while and have got used to the co2. any help on what to do would be great Tom,

alpricuate your input :) just need to fill the tank out with a few more cuttings as I've heard to fill out a planted tank to help co2 consumption and il slowly adjust co2

thanks iain that clears my head a little bit, I've always read and heard to get DC to lime green on lights on so that's what I've just always aimed for I've got a little Algea outbreak but that's just down to me keep changing my co2 but goes again once I've left it for a few days. think I'm just...

I've been trying for AGES!! to get my co2 where I want it (lime green on lights on but not go too much into yellow) but I can't seem to achieve this. its either lime green on lights on but yellow and fish look like there struggling a little just before lights off or lime green towards lights...

thanks rik i cleaned out the external filter yesterday which I must Amit was filthy so maybe some unwanted parasites were living in there so il give it another week or two see how large water changes do with a nice clean filter if not what would you dose with? fin rot treatment?

pictures speak a thousand words so here you go both my discus have this and have had this for the past 2-3weeks, which I've done more regular WC in hope it would sort itself out but still like it. not sure if it's some sort of parasite or some other fish attacking the fins.

I have a very tiny bit of black Algue on a few leaves (BMA is it called?) but thats recent down to be being on holiday and not being able to do WC's slow growth is good I sopose but tying to thicken out my tank with cuttings and fast growth would be good right now lol also it's the nice lush...

co2 is a pressurized co2 DIY fire extinguisher run on a solenoid to come of two hours before lights on and go off two hours before lights turn off. it goes into one of the inline up atomizers then a spray bar is fitted which runs the whole 4ft of the tank (minus a few inces either side. it sits...

not sure what info you need but I'm wondering mainly if I have enough light. I have a 125ltr tank 2x38w T8 6" above water surface 7hrs a day 1400lthr external filter dose EI on weekdays and 50% WC on weekend temp 26-27deg pressurized CO2 to green when lights on and turns off two hrs before...

I have amozonian frogbit in forsale section if your after some :)

it's same one as I offered Trev stands 17" high :) tom

in all honesty I have no idea why I said my loach it was a quick thread I posted, it was sol to me as a talking catfish.

he likes bloody getting Into tight spots like between heater and bog wood or glass and bogwood, I've had himfor two years never a cut or nothing and it's all stayed the same inside the tank :s what about the big eye will that go down do you think with just more clean W/C

yep I think he's ripped off a small dorsal fin not main one whats the options? a harsh way flush him away or think he will get better without infecting the tank with his open wounds

just seen he's breathing fast and also got one puffy eye too

come home tonight and noticed this on my loach what is it and will lots of W/c cure it? I have a tank with two discus in it along with tetra so I can't add meds to the tank as it will effect the discus. thanks in advance. Tom

this is exactly what I was thinking it's already 4 hours in front so would it be wise to maybe turn gas up a little but also make co2 come on a little later? I do understand about it's all tweaking but I would rather go in the right direction as in either turn gas up and come on a little later...

on average what do you consider to be normal turn on of co2 before lights on? or dosent it matter just I know plants only start using co2 once lights are on

Re: is my EI mix ok? plants are not any better after 3-4mont hi buddy just thought il post in this section to see if anymore light could be shed on this, I've ordered more plants this week so will upload a photo tonight if you wouldn't mind coming backup this and telling me if the new quantity...

diffusion is going through a up atomizer about three inchs after the external filter then going through a spray bar which stew he's across the whole length of tank, co2 mist always seems to look evenly displaced and I have spray bar holes horizontal facing front of glass about 3/4" to 1" away...

hi at the moment my tank stats are as follows 125ltr tank which house my discus breeding pair, corgys x6 tetra x 16 and two bolivian rams. have two 4' t8 40w cat litter substrate 2" deep CO2 lights on checker is green-light green on at 12pm off at 9pm lights on at 4pm off at 11pm dosing EI...

hi I have been dosing for about 4months but nothing seems to be changing in regards to plant health/growth, my main concern is I have discus and dosing the EI is pushing my TDS right up from my target 140TDS to around 260. currently my set up is as follows 125ltr tank which house my discus...

a known breeding pair they used to lay and hatch

hi I have a pair of adult blue turqs. I brought them a year ago and was breeding for 6 months on and off, but about 2-3 months ago they stopped and the male kept nipping my female when ever she cone close to him so I divided my tank up and introduced them this weekend again after 2 months apart...

just looked they are aqua glow x1 and other is power glo

no they are plant daylights it's just the colour of the substrate and back wall that makes it look that colour

there ok honest amitingly the tank is the smallest I can go for them but I done alot of reasearch and got a lot of advice over on ukdiscus forums. so is my conclusion to get a lot more plants- has anyone brought the Aquatic Plant Collection 50 Easy to Grow Plants off eBay? turn the temp down...

what would be a ideal temputure? it wouldn't hurt to gradually turn temp down a little, pictures are taken in two pictures so I could get a little closer to the pictures

still not home yet so will take a photo in half hour. the only reason for my 100% RO is because I have discus im trying to keep the TDS down so only way for that was to do 50% WC with RO. what would recommended temp be if I have it a little high.

I do find it raises the tds quite quick actually, so as it stands as I don't have my tank filled with plants the excess nutriants is infect stopping growth?

il take a full photo shot tonight. I have a 1400lh external filter with spray bar going the whole 4th of tank about 1/2" from surface of water. I do a 50% wc each week which is 100% RO water. EI is as follows : 4 tsp KNO3 1.25 tsp KH2PO4 9 tsp MgSO4 Put all this in one bottle and add 600ml warm...

in all honesty I don't know the names so will have to how you pictures instead. the first one looks like it's completely dead but only reason it's still in there is because there's loads of new shoots growing from the leaves ones I do know is small portion of riccia and about 10 crypts hope...

Hi ive been trying my hand at a planted tank for the past 6 months now but it looks pretty much like it was when i first started, no rapid growth and if anything a decline on health of plants. currently my set up is as follows 125ltr tank which house my discus breeding pair, corgys x6 tetra...

cheers matt, do you agree with feeding plan once every two-three days? that way I recon he can get away with leaving the tank 10-14days before a WC. I feed the discus three times a day but just o cut down on waste think he should do this along as leaving the tank 1-14 days would be ok with...

I'm off to Florida for three weeks this Friday and currently am dosing my 125ltr discus tank with EI. I am getting my dad to feed the fish while I'm away cutting down on food to once every other day so the waste dosent build up meaning he would only have to clean the tank out once while I'm on...

To everones problems with low pressure I have the solution (may want to add this as a sticky as it seem alot of people have this problem with non adjustable regs) I have the wave regulator and had a low working pressure. with the up atomizer needing around 1.7bar pressure I took this regulator...

so are you saying to leave lights off for a few days then? I use a drop checker with 4DKH so no problem there

flow rate is quite high 1200lph in my 125lt tank but they come from a tank with a fx5 filter on it so should be used to it. yep my tank is co2 injected which is what my suspicions were wen I thought about a reason behind it. will they get used to it or should I turn co2 down and gradually raise...