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I'm thinking of getting an auto doser. I'm just not very good at the routine of daily dosing manually and it seems a good solution. My duckweed is doing terribly and I know I'm chronically sort on nitrate! (I'm going to remove the duckweed while it's not fighting back in favour of frogbit). I'm...

I was having trouble with my pygmy corys I have four left but they seem to be doing really well now. They are plump and really enjoying a diet of micro/grindle worms once a day and bug bites once a day. Over the last 6 weeks I've caught them spawning about four times. There is one female and...

I'm not sure how clear it is from the photo but I don't think these pygmy cories are really thriving. Not sure how clear it is from the photo, but the one on the right and second from the right have gone very pale. I started with nine a few months ago, and now down to six. They are in a 70l...

I had a few small patches of cyanobacteria around the tank and did a blackout before Christmas, which seemed to clear it. It's now back again but almost exclusively in the floating plants. There are a few thin penny sized patches on the substrate but I think it's where I've disturbed it in the...

Anyone else had logistical issues with their rainwater supply this week? I did eventually manage to aquire some, but it was a bit chunkier than usual. If you are bringing rainwater inside for temporary storage, do you do anything with it? I think of it as a bit more 'live' than RO, I'm...

Edit - back again! How do I get rid of it for good? Been working on a little algae issue. First photo is 15th April, second photo 1st May. Not there yet, but I'm pleased with the progress. Thought you might like the dramatic before/after. Although the tank looks grubby in the first photo...

We were having an interesting discussion on fish for outdoor containers, so I was just wondering what everyone was planning regarding plants (above or below water)? I've got a rectangular 2.5' long tub and thinking a line of pots hooked along the back and a miniture water lily.

Anyone used something like this for water changes? I usually syphon into a bucket (was shopping for a new bucket and came across them). I can start a syphon without sucking on it, but this seemed easy and a neat way of holding pipes in place - you could clip it on the tank at the height you want...

I have a Tropiquarium 55 - it's probably 20 years old. It's got a single 15w T8 tube in and I remember it growing basic stems really well with that. It's currently growing algae - I'm guessing that may be related to the fact that tube (along with the tank) has been sat in a shed 5+ years and the...

I'd like some advice on stocking. I'd like to try a pair of apistogramma - first time I've kept cichlids. I think I've narrowed it down to cacatuoides on the grounds they look pretty, and small and seem to be one of the easier options? I like corys, but I've read corydoras are a no-no with...

I ordered some lucky dip plants from pro-shrimp, which look great (well a bit yellowish but you know they'll perk up and great value at £1 each!) No labels though, so anyone want to play guess that echinodorus?

I don't have a concrete plan yet, but step one: check tank fits is complete (it does just, down to the mm) Tank is 30Wx76Lx31H My very rough plan is currently sticks and crypts on the bottom and emersed out the top Next on the agenda: Attempt removal of black plastic trim Work out how to...

I just had to empty out my 30L tank today as it developed a slow leak out one seam. It's a Leddy Shrimp Smart tank so roughly a foot cubed. I was wondering, could I take that and grow something permanently emersed in it (not sure what the technical term would be). Anyone done that with a tank...

My anubias is flowering! The rhizome has just breached the water surface (the leaves escaped ages ago) so I wonder if that's the trigger. Or maybe it's just enjoying spring.

I'm moving and logistically it would be easier to swap from remineralised RO to tap+rainwater, I think. I currently use RO remineralised with Salty Shrimp GH/KH to about 220 TDS. The tap water report is: 311 mg/l (or parts per million) :Calcium Carbonate 124.4 mg/l (or parts per...

I need help with picking a plant(s). I want to fill out this blue bit particularly, at the moment it's the tail end of a very large anubias that's front end is escaping out of the tank, wrapped with some pennywort (which is a bit messy looking). I was wondering about maybe a sword? Haven't...

My fish were gathered in one spot this morning looking like they were feeding. So I syphoned the area in case the ember tetras had been egg scattering. But I can't tell if I've just carefully rescued some sand or there are eggs in there too. What do you think?

I have one of these to use as an emersed planter: I want to use quite small plants e.g. u. graminifolia, mc, mini hairgrass and I was wondering what the best thing to grow them in would be - obviously the root structure is a lot smaller than big emersed plants. I didn't know whether I should...

I've had a bucket of daphnia running all summer, started it with a bag from the LFS in a black 15L (ish) bucket about half full. Had rainwater and some decomposing raspberry leaves to start and I've topped it up a few times with old tank water as we've been short on rain. Only upkeep was...

Anyone see this on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44925495 "Fish are losing their sense of smell because of a rise in CO2 levels, according to new research."

Just paid the deposit on a new tank :D - 90cm opti-white from Aquariums4Life. About 6 weeks wait now so time to order everything else. The rough plan is a low tech river/streamish look (not high flow) with cobbles and wood and emersed growth to one corner. Aquarium: Opti-White 90cmx45x45...

Not sure if this was a deliberate choice, but do you realise you've blocked google indexing the forum pages? It means they are missing and/or have no info other than the link in google search results so hard for people to find it (or use google to search within the site). Tamsin

I think I need a bigger tank... can you help me work out what? I want something about 90x45x45 but it would sit on my desk so I've a little wiggle room in those dimensions and I don't need a cabinate. I like the rimless/braceless. It will sit in the corner so I'll see left and front sides. I...

Can anyone recommend a cherry shrimp food. I've just noticed a band across the back of one of my shrimp which I think is a moult issue - also lost the biggest one a couple of days ago. I've had them a couple of months and they are multiplying, seen a few successful moults. My water is about GH6...

Lately my floating plants have been looking a bit sad. Everything else is doing ok, but maybe a bit slower growing that it has been. It's a low tech tank with slow growers, uses RO remineralised with Tropic Remin to about 6GH, about 20% water changes. I'm using TNC Completed dosed weekly...

The anubias I planted here: https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/planted-tank-for-catfish.51350/ aren't doing too well. A month on and there is slow but new growth from the ferns, but the anubias not really anything and it's now shedding leaves. The leaves themselves look healthy but are rotting...

This is my parent's catfish tank, it's been around in various iterations since before I was (30+ years). It currently houses four Syndontis (angelicus, decorus, eupterus?, and something stripy) and a adopted clown loach we need to find a new home for with some clown loach friends. It looks...

I've got what I'm fairly sure is Wendtii brown (right) - I've had it years. It grows about 8-10" tall. I was thinking about replacing it with something a bit smaller but the crypt descriptions vary on height imply it's part down to tank conditions and I don't know if anything I put in the same...

My (low tech) tank has been running about four years now, and I'm wondering about root tabs. I'm pretty sure it was JBL Aquabasis I put under the gravel but I'm guess that's long run out of nutrients. While I'm doing liquid ferts (topica), I can't help wondering if plants like cypts with their...

I'm hoping someone can help me work out what's going on with some tank readings/shrimp issues. I got five cherry shrimp last saturday - lost two within 24 hours and another yesterday (not sure about the status of the other two), so I got them the shop to test a water sample and they said my...

The top fell off my bottle of tropica fertilizer - can you buy similar bottles with pumps I could decant it into which deliver set amounts of liquid? I think the tropica bottle is 1.2ml per pump but 1ml would be close enough for me. Thanks Tam

I was just wondering if you trimmed/pruned differently in low tech v. high tech? I lot of the trimming videos seem to be high tech tanks and very dramatic. Which is fine with high tech because the growth rate is so fast, but are there a different techniques when regrowth is going to take a lot...

My javafern has brown splotches on its leaves... It's definitely the leaves themselves not algae growing on them - it goes all the way through. It's growing new leaves (centre) but they start getting little brown dots (left/right leaf) which develop into big splotches (second from left)...

Okay, so I've got lots of lovely plants growing on the window sill, they are bursting out of the propagator - what the best way to get them back into a tank? Plant as they are, rise the water level gradually, chop off the tops and just plant the roots... what works best? My tanks low tech...

I've seen a few very cool little planted jars etc. on the forum, and I thought I'd give it a go... Oops? I thought it would settle but that's after 24 hours. It's aquatic soil (had some leftover from potting up pond plants). If I empty and refil a few times will it eventually clear or do I...

Hi, I'd like a little advice on lighting. I've an AquaOne 510 (75l 54cm deep) which comes with two 11w PL lights. I was wondering about swapping to LED and looking at the GroBeam 600? Do you think this would make a difference, and would I need one or two? I don't want super high light...