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HI, looking for some guidance on the best approach to using the new IFC calculator, it looks fantastic. My tank is a Juwel Vision 180L. Lighting: Juwel MultiLux LED Light Unit with Day 19W - 2185 Lumens and Nature 19W - 2185 Lumens. Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete. Filtration: Juwel supplied...

Hi, I have a quick question. Before I read the solubility notes for Potassium Sulphate I tried based on the calculator to dissolve 100.28 grams (equivalent to 5 tbsp + 0 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/8 tsp + 1/32 tsp ) of K2SO4 to your 500mL dosing container. As you will have guessed I now have a lot of...

Hi, I have two question both involving calculations, I must add I am not a chemist, but I really could use the help. I my tank is low tech/low light and I have very hard water living in Colchester. Question 1 - relates to a post in January this year on Help with all-in-one recipe, on how much...

TANK: Juwel Vision 180L ; Lighting: Juwel MultiLux LED Light Unit 92 cm, Day 19W - 2185 Lumens - 9000K, Nature 19W - 2185 Lumens - 6500K; Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete; Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal (1000 lph) plus Eheim Ecco Pro 300 external (750 lph) FISH 40: Panda...

HI, I have a low-tech Juwel Vision 180L planted tank. My lighting developed a fault so I am going to replace the 2 x T5s with a Juwel Multilux 2 x 19W unit. I currently run the T5s for 7 hours / day and the tank is doing fine. However, never having used LEDs before does anyone know if I should...

Hi, I have seen contradictory advice on this question. I now want to remove Cupramine medication from my 180L Juwel tank using a carbon filter pad which is fine. The filter turnover is 1000 litres/hour. How long should I keep the carbon filter pad in place to ensure it has removed all the...

Hi, I am not very experienced and I am having trouble with my Amazon Swords, Echinodorus Bleherae(i) (Paniculatus). They have been in the tank for 2 months+, they produce new shoots but will not gain any height and the real problem is they they begin to show necrosis, (SEE PHOTO NECROSIS). I...

Hi, I am 2 months into a transition from a CO2 tank to a low tech no CO2 tank. I am now using Excel having not used it for the first month during the transition causing other problems. But my regime following advice in the forum and tank details are now as follows: Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with...

This is my tank summay information, my problems are below: Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 140 litres/ 36 US gallons water allowing for gravel etc. Lighting: Medium: 2x35W iQuatics T5 tubes 8 hours/day ~ 2 watts/US gal Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal...

Hi, after struggling to succeed with CO2 I have migrated back to a low tech tank. I have read the articles on EI dosing for low tech tanks. I have Green Spot Algae starting to devlop so I wanted to deal with this quickly. My set up is as follows: Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 140 litres/ 36 US...

Hi, When I started thinking about a heavily planted tank I read a lot of advice on the WEB (befoe joining UKAPS) and the recommendation seemed to be you needed RO water and a KH of 3 to 5. From what I read here, it seems I don't need RO water at all. So can I just go 100% tap water at the next...

I have a heavily planted tank with a D-D CO2 system which operates at the specified 1 bar pressure maximum. To my cost I have found out that an atomiser I bought won't work unless the pressure is a lot higher (I tried it) so now I place the diffuser directly under my Eheim inflow pipe. A problem...

Hi, I am new to EI dosing, started about 3 weeks ago. I had algae problems I thought would be corrected by EI. First here are the details of my tank: Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 125 litres/33 US gallons water. Lighting: Medium - 2x35W iQuatics T5 tubes 8 hours/day = 0.6 watts/litre or 2.2...

Hi, I have a water chemisty problem, I think. I have only a year's experience with planted tanks so quite new to this. First here is a summary of my tank: Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 125 litres/32 US gallons water. Lighting: Medium - 2x35W T5 tubes 8 hours/day = 0.6 watts/litre or 2.2...