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Hi Just to offer my experince I have a 180 litre Juwel & have 2 led grobeams running on only 45% power and my plants are growing really well. In fact I think it may have been Iain who advised me to keep them low. By the way, Michael & Foxfish, they are cracking tanks.

I have Rotala Rotundifolia growing well in my low tech tank. Its growing really well & trimming the tops makes is making it bush out. I then replant the tops. I got mine from a bloke on ebay 'Premier Aquarium Plants'. I paid £6.00 for 30 stems that were all around 10 inches. I also had...

Hi Andy I was scratching my head about this too. After soaking for a few weeks in a tub I tried weighing mine down with a tight filled with sand. It was a stupid idea that ended with an eruption of soil all over the tank. Then I read on here about using slate, so I got a piece from a garden...

Hi Arron I have 9 corys, 6 pandas and 3 sterbai and I have dwarf hairgrass growing quite well, although I wouldnt call it a carpet. They have the odd rummage but done no damage at all. In fact they help dislodge bit of food etc that get stuck in the leaves. Wonderful little fish.

Hi Dean, I dont know about bleach, but maybe some of the more experienced folks on here could advise about that? I have just cleaned the tubes on my ecco pro using the eheim cleaning kit. Its a flexible nylon cord with various sized brushes. You feed it through the tubes and just pull the...

All zooplus electrical gear I have bought from the uk site has the euro plug on. It all comes from their warehouse in Germany anyway. They provide a uk plug for stuff from the uk site, but prob wont if u order from the de site. They are cheap enough though. Also, if you are a 1st time buyer I...

Sorry T I dont know what colour the pipes are for certain - I think they are the green ones though. If I were you I would get the 2073 instead of the ecco pro or the 2071. If you get it from the German zooplus site you will pay 149 euros, plus a 7% discount if you use the discount code...

Smaller piping yes, but as I said easy to clog too....and trust me the flow is dreadful! I have a semi decent flow of water only on the front left hand side of my tank only. The rest is one big dead spot that collects gunk. I have a low tech tank, no co2, low light tank so didnt think I needed...

Hello T I have a 6 month old ecco 300 running on my 180l tank. It does the job of keeping my fish alive, but the flow is not great for a planted tank. Also the pipes got terribly clogged after a planting session and killed the flow entirely. Also spray bar cant be used on the ecco range either...

Hi all Maybe a daft question but every day I feed my fish a block of frozen blood worm & a block of other frozen food in the morning, then at night tetra flake. Is this OK or can I over do the the frozen food?

Whatever they are they are nice looking.

:arghh: I'll have to get the pipe out then. I have also had a good old read of the flow articles on here too. Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated.

Hello all Across the back of my 180 litre tank I am trying to grow a 'wall' of rotala. At the base of the stems there is an increasing accumulation of gunk. I have pretty much decided to get a eheim 2075 to replace my eco pro, so when it turns up, should I have some of the flow from the spray...

Thanks for providing that bit of info Alastair. I imagine the power of the flow would also be a bit higher too? I have done a crude calc with the ecco pro & I worked out Im getting around 415 litres per hour. The 2224 I assume will be around the same - so I will have 830ish if I hook both up...

It works out quite a bit cheaper - If you spend over 140 euros you are allowed to enter a code "Sammelbestellerrabatt 7%" that gets you an extra 7% off. I get 5% off automatically so I will get the eheim 2075 for around £147 after the bank charges me for currency conversion.

Thanks for the assurance about the cabinet folks. If I get the 2075 I will get the drill out... Im still unsure if i should stick with the eco pro and 2224 though. Will the flow from the two be less than the flow from 2075 or Jbl 1501?

Hello all I have a zooplus UK account, but have noticed the prices on the German site are a decent bit cheaper. Can I log into the DE site & buy stuff with my existing UK account and has anyone tried this before or do I need to register a new account with the German zooplus site? Cheers Willard

Thanks for the replies everyone. Im still undecided. One of the niggling doubts I have about keeping the eco pro is the way it got bunged up with goo & the flow plumetted. I assume a bigger filter wont get clogged up as fast and keep its flow for longer? That said if I have 2 filters then the...

Hello folks I have at last realised my eco pro 300 doesnt do the job for my 180 litre juwel vision.....:sorry: My tank has dead spots where gunk gathers & when I disturb the gunk it doesnt seem to get sucked up, it just settles back down. Also the flow has been drastically reduced by the tubes...

Alastair & Tim :thumbup: thanks for the replies. I will give them a bit of a trim then & try to tidy them up a bit.

Hello all I have just taken delivery of a massive pot of crypts!! Stunning looking in the pot, loads of decent foliage, but when planted in my tank, they just looks really messy! The question I have is: to tidy the plants up can I cut them back? They all have decent roots, but will a good...

Thanks Iain, surprised to hear they can survive such low temperatures. Im going to start my own little breeding program.

Hi Iain, re your bin suggestion, I was considering something like this, but what kind of minimum tempertures can daphnia tolerate?

Thanks for the replies fellas. I will get two 100ml bags then and pop them in the filter instead of the wool and see how that works. I have a tight foam sponge on the intake and that seems to be catching all the gunk but as a result I have noticed a drop in flow. I only have an ecco pro 300 and...

Hi Nath thanks for that info much appreciated. Ive never used this stuff before, so could someone answer a question I have please. I see that 100ml is supplied bagged. Does this mean it comes in a mesh bag for use in a filter?

Hi Fish fodder I have recently bought 8 black neons. They havent touched the plants I have & dont seem to be bothered by me peering in at them or messing around with the tank. They zoom about in a pack and look very good when my lights are low. I am also considering some Emperor tetras too.

Hi Nathaniel Thanks for the pointer about the fine foam - I'll order some more then. If you could provide an update that would be great cheers. Nice dog by the way, is he a Malamute or a Husky?

Hi all Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I was thinking about using this stuff and how to fit it in my filter. Could someone let me know how much Purigen can you fit into the seachem 'Bag'? Also I have just asked a question on the PFK forum about adding it to my filter instead of the white...

Hi all thanks for the comments. Alastair thanks for the heads up about the water changes. I can just about cope with 10% every two weeks. What happens if i stop dosing? Will the plants wither and die back? Ian your comments about creating depth are really interesting. I hadnt considered that as...

Hi Ian, thanks for the reply. I hadnt considered java fern or anubias, but will look at them. Will they be ok considering the hollow is really dark? I have decided on the Walkeri crypt and will plant it along the purple line and fill the front with more hair grass.

Anyone got any thoughts on the crypts please?

Hello all - bit of an update: I've got some more rotala to fill out the back right and the plants have really started to take off & I'm fairly pleased. I've ordered some liquid carbon and will spalsh a bit of that in to see how that goes. Im thinking about placing a row of crypts along the...

Thats the chocolate puddle tank isnt it? Awesome. Showed it to the missues - even she seemed impressed. Then quickly said I cant have one! Thanks for the tips about the hairgrass. Im expecting some more so I will split it into the smallest portions I can. I have a question about Liquid...

Right at last I've got my low tech/light tank filled and part planted. I've spent a fair bit of time trawling through this site picking up all sorts of useful stuff - so I'd like to say thanks & in particular to those who have replied to my questions. The idea was to have a natural riverbed -...

I painted the back of my tank with blackboard paint. Looks great. Well I think so anyway.

Thanks for all the replies. I will be sure to give it another scrub before it goes into the tank.

Thanks Alastair. I expect theres all sorts of great stuff just lying about in our woodland...I was lucky enough to stumble across it.

Thanks Whitey :clap: I appreciate your help (any everyone elses by the way) I've not got much clue - I just saw nice piece of wood - passed the missus the dog & scrambled up a hill to get it. Cut it down to fit the tank, its 90 cm long and even the missus seemed impressed when I tried it in the...

Hi Whitey No nothing like that. I've had a look online & reckon it could be beech or probably sycamore. Would any of these woods be a problem?

Thanks for the replies everyone, I have the wood soaking in a tub outback now. Im going to leave it there until the weekend when my plants are due for delivery. Its all last minute as I had planned to have a large boulder for the last 6 months until I saw the wood yesterday. As I wont be adding...

not a good idea putting it in the bath tub - water turned a nasty green/brown rapidly - tannins I assume - made a right mess. Thank goodness the missus is in bed.

The bark is really smooth - I will try to get a picture. The only place I can soak it is in the bath tub....just suggested this to the missus & got a look that says 'no no no'. That said, shes just gone to bed...

Hello all I have found a great piece of branch/root from the local wood and could do with a few pointers. Its as dead as the dodo and I've cut it down to size & its dry to the core. The main branch has been hollowed out on one side by weather/bugs/rot & it was a bit flakey inside with a few...

Hello Motionless, I have decided on the eleocharis parvula in the middle and foreground with some rounded stones & cobbles, and Rotala rotundifolia around the back and sides. I was wondering about planting densities, how many plants would I need? Plants alive do bundles of 25, so I planning...

Thanks for the replies, loads of interesting stuff. Thanks that link is really useful Niru and I will take your advice and avoid the Pogostemon erectus. Would the Rotala be ok? Jack I hadnt considered eleocharis parvula & will replace the Echinodorus tenellus with that now, thanks for the...

Hello all, firstly apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section. Secondly I have been planning a planted tank for some time now & I am on the verge of finally putting plans into action. I have found the info shared here to be a huge help for me. Anyway, after reading through the...