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Another summer, another rescape. Maybe another name. Kinda looks like an ent. An elephant ent. 2016-07-17 13.15.48 by hotweldfire, on Flickr 2016-07-17 13.16.00 by hotweldfire, on Flickr

Well, that's a fair point. I have seen a few debates on here on that issue and have gone away with the view that this is a risky thing to do. I would be happy to hear other views on this. I am tempted to give it a go.

Thanks for the replies. DavidW: do you mean using two sets of inlets/outlets? I'm afraid the tank is too small for that. Or do you mean using some kind of splitter to combine the flow of the two filters. Vador: I think I would have the same problem with that filter I'm afraid. I believe they...

Hi All, Got a rather specific requirement. Because of space/aesthetic limitations I need a filter to run a 30cm cube that a) has to sit underneath the tank and b) has to sit on a shelf 27cm high with a bunch of books in front of it too (see below). 2016-07-14 09.24.53 by hotweldfire, on Flickr...

Thanks for the response. The space is extremely limited - 27cm to be precise. Do you know if a sodastream will fit? 2016-07-14 09.24.53 by hotweldfire, on Flickr Same issue applies to the filter, but I will put a separate post on the appropriate forum about that.

Hi All, I'm considering buying aquasabi's glass inline diffuser and they tell me that it needs just over 1 bar to run. Thing is that I'm using this Fluval 88g nano co2 kit and have no idea what pressure it puts out (documentation don't say). Anyone know? [I am aware I should stop using this...

Thanks for the advice all. I have set it up as instructed and will report back when the bottle starts running low (which should be quite soon).

Ta. CO2art could I get your advice on what level to set it too as well please?

OK, thanks for that. So what level should I set the inline to then?

I am still either misunderstanding something very basic or failing to adequately communicate what seems to me something very basic. Let me try something else. I open up the inline main and needle valve all the way and the needle valve on my JBL reg. I then turn up the main valve on JBL slowly...

Thanks both for posting. CO2Art, I understand what you're describing is how it should work but that's not my experience. The bubble rate in a system with variable pressure is set by the main valve, not the needle valve. This is because an EOTD will override the needle valve. As a result the...

Could I get some advice on how to run this reg? Not how to install it as it is installed fine. However, my confusion is how to make use of it. The idea is that you set the maximum pressure on the inline using the main valve on the inline to a level to limit the injection rate should the...

Understood but I thought a dual stage reg got round that problem.

What about this one? http://www.co2art.co.uk/collections/regulators-solenoids/products/professional-aquarium-co2-dual-stage-regulator-and-german-solenoid-and-smc-valve Also could I lie the bottle on its side when using this reg? One of the main reasons I use the jbl is that the disposable...

Nah. Standard large in tank ceramic glass number. I was just reading about these bazookas on another thread and am considering buying one. They need some kind of special stop valve, no? However, I've got to say that I'm uncomfortable running on very high pressures as I think it contributes...

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[Know your pain - Glad it's sorted! Murray :) Thanks Cheers fella. Wife and kid away visiting the in laws hence the rescape. Therefore likely to be back on only for the next couple of weeks ;)

Apologies for the thread necromancy but can I clarify that it is OK to run 3 bar on a standard in tank ceramic diffuser? I installed a neutro 200 in tank from AE yesterday and the bubbles seem rather big and moving to the surface at an alarming rate. At the same time my DC (and I know I...

Phew Also, the flow on this thing is phenomenal. I know it's clean (and there's nothing in the chemical filtration unit) but still. It's rated as a tiny bit faster than my eheim but appears to be running significantly faster than my eheim and Koralia 900 together. I've had to turn the latter...

Well, it would have to happen during a major rescape, wouldn't it. So tank full of crap after stirring up the substrate. Doing lots of big water changes and running a koralia with an air stone underneath it. Happily I still have a fluval g6 I bought off George Farmer a couple of years ago but...

I can't believe this has just happened again :mad:

Best of luck with that. The boyu is the cheap Chinese knock off I had. Ran fine for a week then kept getting trapped air in the intake and choking up. Tried everything but couldn't fix it. Hope yours runs better. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

This is a really useful page. Effectively what the tropica experiment shows is that both light and co2 affect plant growth. So it is not the case that you cannot underlight an aquarium. For example they state Both fluorescent light and highpressure-quicksilver lamps may produce sufficient...

Err, hang on a minute. On the face of it, this is just wrong. However, perhaps we're not understanding you properly. Are you saying unhealthy growth can never be about poor lighting because if there is enough light for any growth there is, by definition, enough light for healthy growth...

Really like this sort of tank. Nice. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

I use eden 501s (using 2 at the moment) . These are available from aqua essentials as well as the larger models. Brilliant filter but you do have to run them at the same level as the tank else the flow drops dramatically. About to put one up for sale as it goes with lily pipes etc. Stripping...

You still want to buy it back Ryan? I'm afraid I've shut this one down. Some of the older members may have noticed my silence over the last year or so. I'm afraid work has got too hectic and as a result no time to post on the forum. Also no time to be maintaining three tanks so this one had to...

Could you guys point me to a supplier for that needle valve? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Yep, precisely my mistake. Problem is I couldn't figure out how to screw it on directly to the reg. Reg is a TMC nano and valve from aquaessentials, neutro I think. Maybe it is only possible with a proper reg? Or maybe I need an adaptor. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Thanks very much for both of your replies - very helpful. Apologies for my delayed response. Wazuck - do you use the Parker 4170-R or 4170-N? Parker - METERING VALVES - INSTRUMENTATION Similarly could you direct me to the correct solenoid: 6011 Burkert Solenoid Valves - Plunger...

Hello all Can the regulator experts amongst you have a look at the item below and give me your opinions on its suitability for use with a planted tank? CALOR GAS CO2 TWO STAGE TWO GAUGE REGULATOR | eBay Specifically - does the working pressure look OK? The gauges appear to indicate very...

Just to clarify, CPDs are not of the same ilk as sparkling gouramis who will destroy your shrimp colony. I am keeping them with sakuras now in a bigger tank. They're just more effective at keeping the population in check than the chilis. Don't think they'd go for an adult. I also found them very...

CPDs are pretty accomplished shrimplet hunters IME. So much so I moved them out of my nano into a larger tank. I have brigittae in there now and they're doing very well with bright colours without any heating. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Much appreciated. 398 definitely too tall. I'll have to investigate dual regs. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Much appreciated. Do you use a 600g or 390g bottle? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Actually, if you wouldn't mind, could you measure total height?

To the period that the plants are photosynthesising but Chris makes an interesting point. I have considered going to 24/7. Used to do this in my smallest tank and it did really well. In larger tanks this becomes extremely expensive. Although I think you may have misunderstood the purpose of PH...

Seriously, it is a mess in there. So much hair algae that the fish keep getting stuck in it and BGA as well, which I've never had before. Here's a quick FTS taken with my phone though as requested: 2012-11-16_19.42.11 by hotweldfire, on Flickr

My tanks have been badly neglected the last few months due to new job being a complete nightmare. This one has had the worst of it. Totally overgrown and overrun with algae. A couple of shots of it today. I will attempt to tidy up and post again tomorrow. 2012-11-16_12.20.21 by hotweldfire, on...

Ta :thumbup: Re: scum/algae, I think it is easy to confuse cause and effect here. My opinion is that both are the symptoms of poor plant health. The algae doesn't contribute to the scum, it just appears at the same time. I think the reason it appears more often in a high tech tank isn't...

Interesting. The question is how would the plants know? Are they hardwired for a certain photoperiod? I struggle with that idea given that they have to adapt to fluctuating photoperiods over the course of a year, with longer ones in summer and shorter in winter. But perhaps that only applies to...

Re: Lè Nano journal •30l Fluval• I have the 400 tile on my 27l P@H tank but do have it quite high above the tank (check second link in my sig, p10, for photo). Avoid the mountaray if you can mate. Bought it with the light and I have yet to come across an uglier lump of plastic. I have no idea...

Hi Chris, Quite a bit of sense in what you're saying. I would, in the first instance though, disagree with you about the surface film. I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that 9 times out of 10 this is indicative of poor (or at least non optimal) plant health. What I'm aiming for, on the...

Thanks all. Will post updated photo shortly. In the meantime here's a conundrum for all you co2 gurus. I'm still not getting co2 right as evidenced by the film on the water and wee bits of bba and cladophora. Here's my daily schedule with PH readings: 11:30 co2 on. PH 7.6 12:30 7.1 13:00 7.1...

Yep, I have considered those. The problem is who will refill them? I believe eboeagles had the UP one and had to get rid of it for exactly that reason.

Found this thread http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showt ... p?t=140052 If I can figure out how to do that then I could lay any bottle on its side

OK, that's pretty clear advice :lol: Thanks. Thanks Tim but I'm almost certain a welding bottle won't fit. I think those are the same as the disposable JBL or DD bottles (probably exactly the same bottles but half the price) and those are too tall for the shelf. Will measure up and post in...

Nah, work and home and tapatalk can't open up the inbox either. Not on android or ipad. I have seen this before but just ignored it and the problem went away eventually. Only problem is I've promised a bunch of people I'll send stuff to them tomorrow and I can't get at their postal addresses...

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Anyone use this refillable bottle with the two gauge reg? You know, the silver one with this reg: http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/tmc- ... r-pro.html If so, could you let me know ... a) can you adjust the working pressure on it? I want to run an inline diffuser b) what's the exact height...

Thanks all. Yep, pretty convinced ammania is down to snails. The sheer amount of snail eggs being laid on it (and not elsewhere) is a pretty clear sign. Unfortunately assassins don't survive long in this tank (or in my other tanks) because of the low PH. It has to be manual removal which is a...

Good to see you back fella. Funnily enough I was just doing a google search for your tanks looking for inspiration for plant layout in my main tank and then browsed down the journal forum to find this. :thumbup:

Quick update and apologies as ever for crap phone camera photos. Still need to tape up that power cable but looking a bit tidier in the alcove: 2012-8-30_23.30.58 by hotweldfire, on Flickr 2012-8-30_22.59.20 by hotweldfire, on Flickr Myrophyllum is a well nutty plant. Especially in a co2...

Yeah. That'll go down well. Maybe if I fry them with some chilli and garlic?

On the wife's actual birthday. Attending will be a challenge. I do love a challenge :D

I have kept chilis and don't find them shy whereas CPDs can be very elusive. However I'd go for the latter as I've found chilis struggle with fast flow whereas CPDs seem to quite like it. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Mesh got clogged up fast. Am currently using a sponge made for the intake on those edge tanks. Too big but chopped it in half and secured with zip ties. Anyone know of a source for 9mm lily pipe cap please do let me know. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

You sure snails don't eat salvinia too (click to zoom, then click to zoom again)? 2012-8-16_20.22.57 by hotweldfire, on Flickr BTW have a look at my anubias nana petite. Keep in mind this is growing under my mass of needle leaf java fern, i.e. pretty much in the dark, so it's nutrient/co2...

I get this too but not as extreme. Again on a JBL reg, which I have running an up inline, I set pressure to 2 but it rises to 2.2 when solenoid is off. I've always assumed it was because the closure of the solenoid created a little bubble of pressure between the solenoid and the bottle but...

I hope Matt doesn't mind but I thought I'd post my own moss experiment here. After getting some spiky a while back in a one-to-grow tropica pot (Ed, you'll correct me if it wasn't Tropica) I thought I'd give it a go. Used some some of those pots with edamame in you get from Pret...

Plants will eat up some of the nitrite as it is a source of ammonia (or is that ammonium???). I do wonder at the TDS too as I've got two nanos that have until recently had weekly water changes with just RO and I had TDS over 200. I assumed it was down to my TPN+.

Here is the title and abstract of that paper: Water temp dropped to about 12c in the coldest of the four streams at New Year and went as high as 32c in the hottest in the summer. Of course colony size varied over the year so temperature might have had an impact on that but I haven't read it...

I think for a shrimp only tank you really don't have to worry about heating. I remember reading a paper (will try to find it again) which assayed the water conditions in the HK streams where the wild caridina species come from over the course of a year. I assume these are the shrimp that our CRS...

I'm at a loss as to the cause to be honest. I don't think it is a rapid water change leading to a TDS swing. I do a 1/3 change on P@H 27l every week and never have any issues with the sakura in there. Mind I am using RO cut with tap so it might not be far off what the TDS in the tank is. But I'm...

Seriously fish is good for profiles. Not sure how much is on there about behaviour though: http://www.seriouslyfish.com/

Thanks all. Looks a bit too neat and tidy at the moment but that will change as it grows in.

None of my tanks have heaters at the moment. Pulled them out a few weeks ago and am considering not putting them back in again for the winter so would also be interested in people's experiences of unheated tanks.

I think ADC have some of this in one of their display nanos

No, she doesn't. She's three so it's a choice between these shrimp and her getting a trust fund.

:jawdrop :jawdrop :jawdrop I mean, I love my shrimp and understand the fuss about PRL but, que? It's a choice between a nano tank of this lot and my daughter's trust fund. Daughter wins. http://www.benibachi.co.uk/catalog/benibachi_shrimp/

Re: What's your most useful piece of kit? (aquascapin that i :lol: Aquaessentials tweezers, part of a set of three tools that I bought 4 years ago. Had plenty of tweezers since. Never surpassed.

Thanks both. Chris, good point, I had simply assumed it was meant to be 30ppm because why would they set it otherwise? I'm pretty sure the documentation said it was 30 but will double check. Ady, I hear you but I already swapped my t6s for t8s, removed the reflectors and reduced photoperiod to...

Spent today routing out holes in shelves and reorganising kit so that everything is on the shelf below hidden behind books. Other half now so impressed with the way the tank looks and so unimpressed with the rail that I have a pass to screw it to the shelf above :thumbup: Meanwhile I'm dead...

OK, OK, I understand that 30ppm may not be enough in some tanks. And I understand that one should primarily make judgements on the basis of plant/fauna health/behaviour but that is exactly why I bought the thing. Prior to rescape my co2 levels were, as far as I could tell, toxic as my fish were...

Thanks all. Chris - it is new. Garuf - I might be misunderstanding but I thought the point of keeping it at 30ppm is to ensure there is adequate co2 for plants during the photoperiod. Surely the amount of co2 will depend not just on the injection rate but also on uptake rate (and off gassing...

Give us a link? Sent from my GT-P7310 using Tapatalk 2

Photos as promised. Please try to ignore all the moss meshes and ferns on the left hand side: these need attaching to hardscape. There should be nothing on the far left but rock and sand. 24-8-12_1 by hotweldfire, on Flickr 24-8-12_2 by hotweldfire, on Flickr 24-8-12_4 by hotweldfire, on...

How do you both attach? Just tie it on? I would like something I can remove each week easily and rinse clean.

Anyone used this? It's the one which has two bulbs, one with I assume a usual bromo blue/4dkh mix an th other with a "30ppm reference soluton". I have installed one 24hrs ago on my main tank and it is telling me I am putting in too much CO2. I.e. The test bulb is more yellow than the ref bulb...

Anyone know where I can get a shrimp safe cap to fit a 9mm lily pipe intake? Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Sorry mate, missed that earlier. Up to recently I was doing 1ml of TPN and 1ml TPN+ 3 times a week (so total of 3ml of each). Since adding the much more powerful light and co2 I've cranked up to 2x5ml TPN+ and 1x5ml TPN a week. Sent from my GT-P7310 using Tapatalk 2

No mate, not spam at all. I've left it running on my office tank and have been feeling anxious since I left the building. How does it leak when power's off? I didn't notice that. It's definitely a different filter to the Eden. They look identical but I think the Boyu is basically a cheap copy...

Filter on this tank is an Eden. I'm very happy with it so far but, as John says, the test will be moving it to the shelf below. Funnily enough I'm literally about to set up a boyu filter on my office 12l tank. Will try to post on that thread later today. Thanks mate. Afro is only available...

Thanks mate. Filter is actually an external canister and hopefully will be out of sight soon. Just waiting on the glassware from HK before moving it. Yeah, a free standing light hanger would be sensible. Unfortunately my DIY skills are awful.

Did give up on the hydropiper in the end, was painfully slow. Gave up on the low tech as well, was painfully slow. Started on the easycarbo again and then ended up injecting. Also, inspired by a tank at ADC I decided to do a minor rescape. Deeply underrated is that Greg (more discounts please...

Thanks both. Rescape done but I'm afraid I don't have photos. I have to take photos at night because of the reflections I get in the daytime and it's in a bedroom so small window of opportunity I'm afraid. Hopefully will manage some time this week. In the meantime, firstly, a new name. TBH...

Sorry all, got confused between the 200 and the 400. Mine's the 400 not the 1000 :oops:

Will try to take one tonight. A warning - the mount ain't pretty. Reckon the bloke at TMC who designed must have been sacked by now. Must have been drunk when he designed it. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

When I was after the 100 I had to buy in from HK via ebay. ADC told me they aren't sold in the UK anymore. Shame, great little filters. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

1.5 a second on a 300l seems low to me. I'm doing 3 a second on a 125l but I'm using a TMC counter. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Yep, I believe aqua essentials used to sell the adapter. Not sure I they still do but someone will. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Female cherries/sakuras can get up to the size of small male amanos but takes them quite a while to get that big. Caridina baubalti (sp.) tend to look pretty big, come in green and blue varieties, colour can be a bit weak though. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

I'm running the 1000 over a 30cm cube on the mountaray and I wouldn't say it is overpowered. I am running injected CO2 though. Was going to go for the 400 but was advised by ADC that it was very weak. Might be fine for a low-tech. Will try to update my journal tonight. Sent from my MB860...

I was in contact with them a couple of weeks ago to buy a light and they tell me they no longer ship internationally as it's too much hassle. Might change their mind for a bulk order. Let me know if you put one in. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

Yeah, started by reducing down to about a quarter and it was woefully inadequate. Lots of melt. Slowly upping and currently at about a third. Will crank up again tomorrow.

Lads, I had a HOB. An aqua one 100 or whatever they're called. Great filter, totally flattened my hairgrass. Been looking for a HOB with a spraybar attachment but only ones available (off ebay) are way over powered for a 12l. May give the Boyu a try anyway.

I'm confused. Surely if it's running 24/7 then the level will end up much higher? Surely it only levels off when using timed co2 because the plants are using what you pump in for the few hours you pump it in. If you're injecting at the same level for four times the duration aren't you adding...

Nah, had a HOB Ryan. Keeps flattening my hairgrass. This is what I'm using at the mo but as you can see a bit oversized for the tank you gave me. 2012-7-8_12.53.45 by hotweldfire, on Flickr

Re: An inconvenient space Am sick of this tank. Just a big soupy cursed algae mess. Am stripping down and rebuilding. Will try to post pics tomorrow.

Thanks both :thumbup: