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That's what I thought aswell Martin I had 4 large rock's on one bit & 5 large rocks on the other & believe it or not it was the piece with the 5 on it that decided to float. :(

Wouldn't use styrofoam m8 I used it it mines, done the DSM for about 6-7 weeks then filled the tank & nipped out for half an hour & when I got back in the tank was a mess with the soil. Even with the weight of large rocks the styrofoam still managed to float & lift everything :banghead...

Just realised it was your tutorial I seen it in about the "sphagnum moss peat" lol. Thank's again for your help.

Cheer's Troi I've still got all the Co2 stuff there so I'll probably just get another bottle & run it for the 1st few week's after it's been flooded & just turn it down a little every day & keep my fingers crossed lol. I'm sure there was something on another soil thread on here saying that...

I'm looking at doing a Soil re scape on my tank with the DSM, but seem to be seeing a lot online trying this with hairgrass & other carpeting plants. The plants do okay until the tank is filled & then the whole carpet just dies. I also read it somewhere that you shouldn't use Co2 in a newly...

Cheer's Alistair Look's like it will be the black quarts gravel.

Cool, just need to try & find something decent to cap it with, Don't really like pool filter sand or stones :nailbiting:

Was coming to that conclusion but just thought I would ask before jumping straight in & making a complete mess of it lol. Cheer's

Hi guy's I'm looking to do a rescape on my tank soon with soil but can't seem to find the answer to my query anywhere at all. Does soil really need to be capped or is it okay on it's own, Any help would be much apreciated. Thank's

Could you not just make 1 spraybar & get a Y piece to connect the two filters onto the return. This post should have been on your other post. ooop's

All the larger return pumps seem to be 80 watt's plus but if that's whats needed then I suppose we just need to accept it :shock:, but as the last post said with the heat off the pump it would reduce the length of time the heater will be on although I don't think this would make a huge difference.

Thank's Guys

I also meant to mention my weir will be central & I will have a spray bar at each end. Would this make any difference??? Wheres ceg lol, he seems to know his stuff on anything to do with aquariums :D. HELP!!!

So both answers so far have been 10 times turnover I was lead to believe this was only needed for reef tanks & that 4 or 5 times would be enough in freshwater although I will have co2 in my tank, I was looking at the atomizer or whatever you call it that goes into the output line would this not...

Don't worry about the mess it can't be seen when the doors shut lol just screw the adaptor onto the cabinet as already mentioned & your sorted :D

Hope theres somebody with a bit of experience on this I'm getting a new tank made after my last 1 burst :( , it's a 5 2 2 foot with 35 mm tubing I'm sure, I just asked the guy to drill the tank for the most popular sized tubing so I wouldn't be sittin with a tank I couldn't get tubing for &...

That is 1 amazing setup, the amount of tetras in there is pretty unbelievable aswell. Bet the fish cost more than a lot of peoples full setups :lol:.

There wasn't to much damage just my flooring in my livingroom has been ruined although the rest of the house is carpets which can be cleaned, it was just a bit of a shock at the time & I'm pretty glad my house is a bottom flat :thumbup:. There is some mould on the skirting boards like you said...

Nah m8 the fish were in another tank to let filter establish again & to let the plants take to the substrate.

There was definately nothing hit it, my other half was sitting right beside it watching the TV & I was in the kitchen, I heard the noise & turned round & she was sitting on the couch like a drowned rat :lol:

Here goes I looked on the forum for adding images, I tried ImageShack with no joy on the iPad so tried Dropbox theres a link to the pic i can't get it just to come up as a pic :? http://db.tt/7Lj3YFpS the quality isn't the best with the camera on this but you can still see the damage.

Was the glass that broke m8 no idea how it happened though as I said the glass was very thick. I got a pic of it but I've got no idea how to add it.

Thank's ceg Just thought I would ask as the tank has been fine until the co2 & plants were added then after a week the tank just popped & with the thickness of the glass I never thought it would be possible to break. At least I never had to search the whole house for fish lol, they were still...

Can co2 put enough pressure in an aquarium to make it burst, just checking because i just re-done all my aquarium with co2 & out of the blue when I wasn't expecting it my tank burst. 350 litres can make a right mess of your house :jawdrop Just thought I would ask, don't know if the tank being...

Got it lol, remembered i had a bag of activated carbon under my bottom tray & found it underneath the intake pipe when I took the trays out :jawdrop

I've just replaced the impeller, shaft & shaft rubbers on my filter (Eheim Professional 2) but since changing these the flow of my filter has reduced quite a lot. Anybody got any sugestion's what could be the cause of this or has anybody had the same problem?. Any help would be much appreciated.

Do you think a couple of higher output bulbs in my existing unit would be suitable for most plant's then???. I'm still pretty confused with all this, it was mentioned that with t8's it still goes with watts per gallon :? Lol, Think I'll buy a goldfish & bowl :thumbup:

4ft would be far to long for my tank m8, or I would have took them off your hand's Cheer's anyway.

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My standard light's won't do though would they even with the right level of co2 & ferts, or would I be best looking for some t5's to give me a better chance as the bulbs in my unit now are only 30w each :( .

So that idea would be a waste of time, there's a 6 bulb overhead system on eBay that comes in 60,90+ cm length, Would this be ideal with differnt bulbs. I was trying to get the link to post but can't seem to do it from the ipad :thumbdown:.

Thank You Look's like this method would save a lot of money although would only two bulbs be enough to get "medium to high light" enough to grow most types of plant's. I know you said earlier WPG doesn't matter with t5's but would there not still be minimum requirements for planted aquariums...

Yep I will be using co2, I'm looking at the co2 fire extinguisher's & regulator's on eBay, just trying to get some ideas on lighting 1st though before going & buying everything else. Sorry for being a pain in the A**, I just don't want to go spending a fortune trying all the different lighting...

Just checked the bulbs & it look's like it's the t8's or 12's that are in my unit, I bought my tank just under a year ago 2nd hand so it won't be they're new model of this tank :(.

Cheer's m8 I'll maybe just try with better bulbs as a start then as the ones that's in the unit don't really look that bright.

Hi Guy's I've been searchin on the forum for quite a bit now but can't seem to find a clear answer to my query. I'm looking to re-do my tank but I'm stuck with the lighting "watts per gallon - lumens per square inch" :shock:, the tank I have is an Aqua One 350 litre corner tank. Does anybody...