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I will only be running 3 time the tank volume over the overflow,what sort of volume would you suggest runnning over the overflow to avoid gassing to much CO2 off? I decide to use 1" buckheads and plumbing,to gravity feed the sump, as I wanted to keep the overflow as small as possible,do you run...

The rest of my plumbing has not turned up so this weekend is a washout on the plumbing front.So I thought I would post the idea's for the sump and see what people thought. Here is the basic design of the sump, this is not final and if anyone has any suggestions or ideas please feel free to post...

After getting the tank in position when it originally arrived ,the idea was to use a textured type of background but could not find one that was the right size so decided to fit a vinyl background. So with a lot of effort we pulled it out so we could fit the back ground. So I went off to see a...

I am still undecided regarding CO2, the use in my 400 litre tank is quite resonable regarding CO2 usage but that run's on 2 large ehiem canisters so the CO2 distribution is fairly good.I will be using a few Korailia type flow pumps so there will be plenty of flow to distribute the CO2 If I use...

I have used CO2 on my current tank,but I am undecided yet if I want to use CO2 on this one.I would like to but I need to think about the sump design of I will be gasing it off faster than I can put it in. I may just go with sand without anything underneath it,as I had not considered that in the...

After 8 months of sitting looking at an empty glass box I am finally able to start setting it up, It has been driving me insane not being able to get it sorted but after 2 operations on my back and various nerve blocks I am able to start the set up YAY :D :D :D Here is a picture from when...

Thanks for your opinion.Yes it is a 7.5ft tank,It will be 2 tubes spanning the entire length of the tank with a very small overlap in the middle.I will also be trying to incorperate some leds more for effect than the abillity to grow plants.

I have a 200 gallon tank that I will be starting to set up very soon,I will start a journal once it gets going. Now I am not sure on the lighting that I should put under the hood,I have enough starters for 6 54w T5 HO,which is effectivley 3 tubes running the whole length on the tank.The tubes...

Agreed,If it is that sort of money I would be interested.I like that fact that you can monitor your tank whilst you are away from home,OK you may not be able to solve the problem so in that respect not much help

Yeah the wood is awesome,it is just under 30" tall and just over 2ft wide. I will try and start a journal over the next couple of days

Yes the sand issue is really down to personal likes and dislikes I suppose,just wanted to see if my propossed substrate setup was OK or if it could be made better. I have some plans for the tank.Here it is as it stands now,empty There will be a few bits of bogwood in there.This is the star...

The PFS I have looked at contains no shell at all and the grains seem quite rounded to touch as apposed to angular,and having a look on some of the US forums a lot of people have used it with loaches and corries hence me thinking about using it. I will take a trip up to my local garden centre...

The grade I am looking at useing is 16/30 (0.5-1mm),one of the main reasons for planning to use PFS is that the grain size is big enough not to get disturbed to easily but fine enough not to be gravel like.I did look at play sand but it is just to fine and normally very light colour which is not...

I have only heard good reports about them on a number of forums that I use,they seem to be well built and do exactly what they are supposed to. Although there are a couple of down sides one is that the media supplied is not the greatest,most people dont use bio balls in a canister filter there...

Thanks Alastair for the info re the Tesco's cat litter.It is also good to know that it is Ok for loaches and cories. I am not really sure of the ratio's.I was thinking of using 1"-1.5" of cat litter/akadama and then capping it with 2" of pool filter sand,does this sound OK? I dont really want...

I am in the process of planning the set up of my new 200 gallon tank. I am planning to use pool filter sand with some sort of baked clay substrate underneath,maybe akadama or cat litter,as it seems that people are having sucess with similar combinations. The main reasons i have for the above...

Thanks for the welcome,I will be starting a journal when it gets going but I will probably need plenty of advice during the setup.But I am really looking forward to getting going on it.

Found Ukaps whilst googling looking for a UK site that is dedicated to planted aquariums,and after lurking and reading it seems that there is a huge amount of very knowledgable people on here.

Hi, I am Joe,fairly new to the planted tank thing but very keen to learn. I have had a go at a few plants in a rio 400 before now but always struggled with algae and other issues mainly due I think to lack of proper ferts and to much light. I have just bought a new tank,200 UK gallons, and would...