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Thanks dude, just waiting for a carpet to form :)

So the tank is now Cycled and some fish are in, the plants have gone mad...I am really taken by the difference aquarium soil as a substrate has made Now with fish by leetaylor, on Flickr Now with fish by leetaylor, on Flickr

Hi All, So I am continuing with my other thread https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/here-goes-nuttin-folks.5035/ However my Son is now of the age to get his first tank, I managed to score an awesome deal on Ebay for a 3 month old Fluval Edge for just £10!!!! We are started this week and this...

deffinatly agree with the previous posters about getting one nedle valve on each, . the CO2 will defuse better with the bio balls in and i think it may just be a case of controlling the flow into each one better with the nedle valve. My reactor injects from the top not the bottom directly into...

That genuinely looks stunning mate, well done

If that were my tank mate i would get a canister filter and external heater along with an inline Co2 reactor (if you are going to be dosing CO2)

Hi, If you have an inline heater why not an inline CO2 reactor...it is much more efficent than the defuser you have and keeps clutter out of the tank

So little update time, I have trimmed back some of the Java fern as I was getting some algea build up on it but i am sure It will grow back... I bought a new baby : New baby by leetaylor, on Flickr Ok I bought 2 Ok I got a boy and a girl by leetaylor, on Flickr And they look awesome under...

Hi, I have two very young brittlenose Plecs (about 4 months) I am "hoping" I have a boy and a girl both are starting to get small brissels by their mouth one is slightly darker than the other (they came from two sources so I if they are going to breed they will be of different geanes) Anyone...

not that you can see much of it i went for a bogwood look not a rocky look....those crypts at the frount look much better when the Co2 is working as they flattern out rather than grow up

hi all, so update time....My PH controler went nuts! i bought a new probe if that was the issue but it wasnt...it was reading -2 ph which i think was accurate would burn a hole down to the center of the earth, So i got a new one so this is going free (+Postage) to anyone who wants to try fix it...

looks very lush!

@Ben C I use a 5KG fire extinguisher...lasts me nearly a year and is about £35 a pop inc delivery from ebay

Hi, Thought id post an update pic 2017-12-03_09-38-22 by leetaylor, on Flickr Its not got some grass to hopefully make a carpet

Yes, it "should" be set to keep it stable but my probe was reading over 11! so it was gunning the CO2! ive been using it for 10 years an the tank seems really good for it I do let the levels drop over night as the plants are not photosynthosysing so they dont need it

Slight problem to report today....My PH probe has gone on the fritz...this meant that the co2 flooded the tank...the plants LOVE it...the fish not so much! ive had a couple of harlequins go but im hoping i cought it in time before a lot of other stock dies...new one on order...no co2 going into...

The tank is looking great but the walpaper behind it is taking away from the beauty in my oppinion. have you thought of putting some kind of background on there?

well ive got Tank envy! lol

Another Video update today...this time of the fish doing fishy things

So Video time! As I said I have got my fish tank voice activated....I was very impressed with myself I must say! The "Magic" happens all because of three of these http://sonoff.itead.cc/en/products/residential/s20-socket £9.99 each off of ebay which is not much more than a normal timer...

It's great...I'm going to take a video and post it lol....anyway...they are all still in there so not jumpers...they are just getting settled in so just starting to swim about a lot Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

What a turn up for the books.....I managed to link my wifi switches to google assistant on my phone and now I have a voice controlled fishtank!!!!!!

Afternoon..... I took a pic of the Kuli loaches swimming in the blue moon light Kuli loaches swimming at night by leetaylor, on Flickr And had a pic shared to me which I think should be in every Local Fish Shop!!! What every fish shop should have by leetaylor, on Flickr

Looks awesome mate!

Hi all, Update time.... So my Anubius is flowering a lot! Anubis flowers by leetaylor, on Flickr I have got some of my fave fish...kuli loach...I have always loved them.,,,they are fun, here are two of them playing in the Anubius stems Two kuli loach playing in the Anubis by leetaylor, on...

ahhh yeas i do!!!!

I dont have that share this page button?

Ta...I will investigate! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It's not on the reply button is it? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Hi....I did the other week....they are munching! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Oh the joys of a 4 year old....so I noticed my plants were going mad pearling....and my fish were very lack luster yesterday..today the fish were gasping for Air and the plants had bubble dirorea! So out came the chemicals and tested for everything amonia fine....nitrite fine nitrate fine....pH...

cant get it to work, just see the url in the post not the pic? am i doing somthing wrong? https://goo.gl/photos/BAqN9rJgopRhSEvJ9

Hello Mr Dragon! any chance of a twitter integration so when you post something it tweets it?. Im forever having to post things twice

Thanks Andy....its years of being a member on here and picking up tips!!! Although if anyone has any tips on getting rid of java moss if very much like them!

Well Andy I have trimmed them back now he has gone to bed Shorter stumps by leetaylor, on Flickr Also I ran out of potassium Nitrate today when mixing my ferts....I cant believe people buy pre mixed...it cost me £7 inc postage for enough to last me a couple of years and you would be paying £15...

I know but i had my 4 year old hanging onto me at the time

Whats the red plant? I could use some red in my tank to contrast the green

So today was pruning day.....I thought today was a good day to do it as there was another load of snails eggs on the swords at the front and a prune would mean getting rid of them so the before shot.... Before pruning by leetaylor, on Flickr And the after shot After pruning by leetaylor, on...

Hi all, I went on holiday (took my lad camping for the first time in Sussex) and came home to find a VERY noisy filter, lots of green dust algae BUT one of the Anubis has started to flower! Anubis starting to flower by leetaylor, on Flickr One clean out of the impeller and the filter is fine...

Hi.. Banbury here also! The closest place at the moment is hobby fish near stony Stratford..it's a great fish shop! I ended up using fire extinguishers because it was just easier to get hold of Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

grrr just looking at my tank today and I have these dam snails eggs everywhere! Dam snails eggs by leetaylor, on Flickr

Ok, so I've tried taking a walk around vid of my tank Let me know what you think!

Algea is a git! have you tried a black out? the plants should survive it better than the algea

Looks nice mate! Always interested in the tech cupboard! any chance of a pic of that?

Ill give them a trim thanks for the tip :)

So an update, I have acquired a couple of bits of bogwood with annubus attached. Looking good by leetaylor, on Flickr I think its looking quite good now....I think i need to prune the plants at the front though

Hi, My shrimp have been very busy and I have a couple of broods of babies in there now, Its great to see them swimming about and munching the algae. Two broods of baby shrimp by leetaylor, on Flickr This is two babies from the two broods one much bigger than the other. I thought I would also...

So pic update of the tank with the new lights. the plants are pearling like MAD so there must be a lot of extra light in there So here are the lights in the hood New lights by leetaylor, on Flickr the brightness of them was making the camera not focus so onto the tank its self... New...

I have a PH meter which turns the regulator on and off....just plug it into a fire extinguisher and leave it on a Wifi timer (see my jurnal and feel free to comment) Its dead easy once you have it set up

Well if you do go down the CO2 route I recomend geting a reactor from here: http://www.us-aquaristikshop.com/co2-reaktoren/ They are a German company but I got mine from there with no hazzel and 8 years later it is still working sweet as a nut!

are you going to use CO2?

Genuinely impressed mate! looks awesome! ...how is the HC doing?

Get one of the Hydor inline heaters too :) I try and get everything I can out of the tank (more room for plants)

Whats in the glass ball next to it? looks intresting!

Looks really good...would look beter if you got the filter out and used an external one though

My Co2 is controlled by the PH monitor (the grey box on the right hand side) so even if it fails to turn off then it will never over load the CO2. all the wifi is doing is switching the monitor off and on. It is awsom to be at work and think...."I can turn the lights off from here" lol...

Hi, so I have been a busy monkey this week. Firstly my new shrimp have had babies after turning a glorious red colour 2017-06-22_07-48-51 by leetaylor, on Flickr Baby shrimp by leetaylor, on Flickr So thats the fauna news.... The real news is I have upgraded my lighting and .... oh yes...

Hi, update time, I had a big algae outbreak which I have finally got on top of. Here is what she is looking like now: Tank today by leetaylor, on Flickr 2017-06-14_06-46-53 by leetaylor, on Flickr 2017-06-14_06-47-19 by leetaylor, on Flickr Also how do other people stick things up under...

Surly that depends on the density of the item your measuring ...e.g. my trace elements are heaver than my potassium therefore you would get a miss match?

The fert recopie I have is in grams not spoons. hence why I use them.

Hi All...this is me mixing my ferts

Hi peeps Well a lot has happened since my last post...I built my hood...which is now sagging so plan for tommroe is to brace it with alluminium tubing. also the battery went in my timer when we had a powercut so co2 flooded my tank and I lost a lot of stock... This is behind me now and i have...

Mine is just hanging....bit worried about it com ing loose! Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Hi, is your inline Hydor heater just suspended by the pipes or have you attached it somehow??

still waiting for all the equipment to arrive...well one bit..the lights are already and working...

Afternoon guys so the tank is progressing well and my HC actually seems to be growing for the first time!!!! Huzahhhh!!!! ive also undertaken to build a new hood for my tank so i can control the lighting better...equipment on the way and updates will follow! Anyone got any advise?

Gutted...one of the led lamps was faulty :( Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Look evidence!!! Pearling by leetaylor, on Flickr I am hoping my new led lighting will arrive tommrow

Some of the HC is beginning to pearl!!!! i hope this means its going to grow this time!

Ok using flicker for the first time...here is how the tank looks right now.... My rescape by leetaylor, on Flickr I hope this has worked... As you can see ive moved the hardscape...that's because the tank has moved and the left hand side is not the "back" of the tank...., new smaller gravel...

Did a rescape....pics to folow!

That looks awesome mate....looking forward to seeing it mature as time goes by...are you going to get a carpet in it?

that looks awesome....anywhere you would recommend buying it from?

Ok....so the soda stream adapter arrived and its all plumed in and working perfectly...after just a day the plants left in the tank started to produce bubbles...time to buy some more plants me thinks!!! the shrimp obviously like the water a little more acidic as they are all out feasting (maybe...

Bitten the bullet...bought a adapter so i can put soda stream canisters on the tank

Oh and the London Dragon Shrimps are still going!

Hi all... Writing this with the cricket on as we have the auzzes at knocked out for 60! The new filter is sooooooo much better than its predecessor...im ehime all the way from now on! Although im taking care of my plants since my local fire extinguisher shop has closed I have no way of getting...

Gutted...the fire extinguisher shop in Banbury has closed!!!!!! anyone know where I can get a refill nearby?

that table doesnt look man enough to me even with the reinforcement you have put on it

Oh and a Skyhook

I think im going to the store room to pick up a left handed mallet and some glass nails

ok...time to fess up.... I was going to post a smart assed comment about needing buckets buckets to refill your tank....then i had the Revelation that hosepipes can actually pass water in both directions...oh i feel clever now lol

Hi everyone, long time since my last update..... Well...my nipper has ended up killing all my marine fish by banging on the tank so if anyone wants a trip to Banbury for a 60 liter nano marine tank with about 10-15KG of very happy live rock its yours for £100 My planted tank well...... Its...

update time...My nipper loves looking at the tank but I admit it has been some what neglected (maintained for health of livestock rather than plants). I haven't ever had an issue with clown loaches eating shrimp...and this tank is no exception...loads of shrimp still....The male guppies I bought...

Well...long time since i updated......I am quite a happy bunny currently as 1...im now a Dad! and 2 i have a tank full of Cherry Red Shrimps of the London Dragon lienage!!!!! the few survivors have repopulated and I have shed load of them now. In restocking I added 3 small clown loach which...

White spot gone....time to turn the heat down

The tetras are black phanotm tetras, I added 10 harlequins in there too now.... Just waiting for the shrimp to breed so I can have a prune of the plants as they have gone a bit mad now then Ill take some more pics..... The derded white spot arrived (presumably from a LFS!) so ive upped the...

I like brittle nosed plecs. I think its funny when they bristle out their gills when they are trying to scare you off.... So stock update....i was getting some surface algea so i put 5 guppys in there just to munch it away just males so i wont get an endless supply like before), I have got a...

Ok impeller installed...I guess just as everything had settled down the few days with the filter not running will have knocked all the bactria out so I will have to wait another week or so to add any fish....having no fish in there has let loads of little creatures spawn though....they look like...

ok...update...been watching the tank like a hawk and i think i have about 5-6 surviving shrimp one of which is deffinatly femail!!!! (unfortunatly not particularly red but hopfully this is stress induced) however...I got home today to hear what could only be described as a drill going off under...

Well i saw a surviving shrimp again today (doing 1/4 water changes daily as there is no way i managed to get all the bodys out of the fowlage).....and there is no chance of me giving up...my marine tank is going well and a planted tank looks so nice how could you give up? I am soooo hoping that...

I agree mate...specialy the clown loach....baught him from a LFS as it was closing down too for a pittance

Unfortunatly this was no case of "knocking it"...god how guilty would I feel now if it was! when i first noticed it i checked the dial and could move it all the way around and it would not switch off.... the failsafe is this http://www.reefdreams.co.uk/acatalog/AT ... TIMER.html for the sake of...

ok...i got home and after a day of the tank cooling down it was still at 29 degrees....got in there with the net hoyked all the bodys I could get at out (felt awfull when I got my 5 inch clown loach out...id had him for years). oh and when i tested the heater...gues what working perfectly...

Unfortunatly I dont think anything will have made it though it....The tank is cooling down over the day so "hopfully" somthing will have survived but if im honest if you battered those fish you would have served them with chips

Disaster this morning! Well, I had just got the tank looking nice again after a re scape I was about to take some new pictures….when I got up this morning and went to check on the fish I instantly thought something was wrong. The room felt warm and there was a fishy smell.. My Hydor inline...

Ok.....got a moonlight update for you img7564mm by leetaylor, on Flickr

Got my tripod out and took some more pix, got one of the very red shrimps too img7540xi by leetaylor, on Flickr img7549j by leetaylor, on Flickr

They deffinalty dont lie about the max fill level on this tank lol

ohhh not doing moss again....only just seem to manage to get rid of the java mos....still get sprigs of it appear from nowhere.....I have the origonal rocks still covered in Java moss if anyone wants to make an offer?