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How do UKAPS'ers Its been four years since my last tank and ... I was in a garden centre with a maidenhead shop.... You all know what happened next... Saw a SuperFish Scaper 45 for 80 quid. Err yea, I now own a scaper 45. Found a reg and solenoid on an empty FE so I guess it's time for a new...

What the hell is wrong with me? After selling the rio I went out and got a spec v. Seems im either addicted or have more money than sense. Lets see how this goes. Not sure whether to DSM it (not done that before) or just flood and see what happens.

Hello, I'm doing a spec v rocks hardscape and I was wondering how to secure rocks? I've never used rocks before so this is all new to me. I really want to have some rocks stand up but also not have a huge amount of substrate. How do you secure your rocks?

Anyone know where I can get a power pack for a 601plus? We had a load of brownouts around here last week and it's been flaky since. Today it finally gave up the ghost Ta, Si

After pratting around with baking powder co2 then a soda stream co2 I finally took the plunge and got a 2kg fire extinguisher, removed the soda stream adapter and plugged my co2 dual reg in. Why didn't i do this sooner? Stabler CO2 that last longer, easy peasy

Hello, Does anyone have any advice on how I stop shrimp crawling into the inlet of my fluval 306? It has a ball in it but the gap is big enough for the smaller shrimps to crawl into and up into the filter. I've tried putting some foam in the bottom inlet but it gradually clogs and reduces...

Hello, Last couple of days I've been doing pH profiles based on trying to get a 1 ph drop. Things I've found is that I can get a 0.5 drop however at this point the drop checkers are yellow and the fish are very unhappy. Gasping, darting, generally pissed off. My kh is 10 and my starting ph...

I'm drinking beer, looking at algae. Contemplating what the f**k is going on with Slow Roast! Chin Chin! Urgh! Filter, leaking, Algae, growing, Shrimp dead, Plants unhappy. No plan is solid until it meets the light of day huh! Oh well, at least the beer is good :D What do you do when...

How do! My plan for Slow Roast was to just stick a tube in the bottom of the inlet for the APS EF2. Turns out this isn't working at all well with this filter. Lots of trapped CO2, burbling and a generally unhappy filter so for now I've gone back to a rhinox. To solve this I wondered what you...

I have a spray bar on the left of "Slow Roast" and then a down pipe and a sticky outy bit that has a floaty surface skimmer jobby. Any thoughts on plants to hide them? Or just live with it etc etc. I don't have much cash atm so glassware isn't going to fly until next year. Would something...

So I finally put "Slow Roast" together today but for some stupid reason I forgot to tie the wood (whish has been soaking for a month) to the egg crate in the bottom of the tank. What a dumbass right :D :D :D I need to strip it, tie the wood to the egg crate and replant but I cant do that...

Hi I bought a happy smiley corp solenoid off ebay however it doesnt close properly. I seem to leaking about a bubble every ten seconds. In a large tank that wouldn't be a problem however this is on my fluval chi so water params are somewhat less forgiving. Is there anything I can do or is it...

The magic Multiple Tank fairy dropped off a Rio125 so I'm going to get my nano sorted then make a start on this, maybe low tech but haven't decided yet. It may be a few months before I get this going but figured I'd start a Journal since some drunken clicking has made these bits turn up today...

So I want a bigger tank, looking at 180-400l and finding the costs huge to start considering most of the stuff will be ignored and replaced with better filters/lights/substrate etc Looking on eBay i can get cheap but they normally seem to come with * A paint job on the back * Fish (i dont...

Long time no see UKAPS. Last time I was here was six years ago! Wowsers. Well Larry the Lido became an algae farm, I lost faith and gave up. I moved in 2013 and Larry went on to become a guppy tank for a family. Anyways I'm back after seeing some awesome nano tanks. I made the mistake of...

Hello, I was wondering if plants would pearl only via CO2 injection? For example if someone was only adding bio available carbon via flourish or easy carbo would plants pearl? Thanks, Si

Hello, Some background about me and the tank :crazy: I decided a couple of weeks ago to get back into the aquarium game after a break of 6 or 7 years. Last time I couldn't afford the kit I wanted to get the results I wanted but this time I was going to make sure this wasnt going to be the...

Hi all, I've recently got back into the aquarium game with a plan to resurrect a Lido 120 and turn it into a nice looking planted tank. On the cards are, juwel T5's, a tmc grobeam 500 (just installed this and it looks great), D&D CO2 and eco complete on the bottom along with a slew of south...