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I have a 10l neglected tank sat on a shelf. it was loosely planted with 5 pearl danio's. most of the plants are long gone and there is only one fish left (god knows where they went to!!!) the dimensions are roughly 30cm long 5 cm wide and around 15-20cm tall any ideas on what to do with it...

Having a discussion on a discus forum and the general consensus seems o be that brown algae is caused by high phosphates. Is this correct? My phosphates are usually sky high but I never experience brown algae!

I have recently acquired some shower caddy pots so I would like to set up some riparium plants growing emmersed out of the top of my discus tank. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendation for plants? the water will be kept at around 28 degrees. Ideally im looking for south american...

Evening chaps. I have finally come to the conclusion that my discus tank will never bee the planted paradise ive dreamed of due to the difficulty of balancing the needs of the fish with the needs of the plant. So I have decided to treat myself to a new optiwhite and a stand specifically for...

Afternoon all, I've recently been seeing some stunning tanks with some stunning scapes (most recent one was George's one on the PFK site) and after looking at the cost of all the components (I believe George's setup was close to 1k) How many people have similar set-ups done on a budget? I...

The Mrs has informed me that I can upgrade my tank next year (potentially upto a 6 footer!!!!) under two conditions...... A, I have to get an oak stand (easy enough) B, I have to get rid of the 100l water barrel that sits in my living room to age water..... My question is this.... Can I...

Like Andys thread (see pinned thread) ive decided to setup an emmersed grow box. The idea of propagating my own plants grew on me and after seeing andys thread ive decided to do it myself The kit is an old pc server tower originally kitted out to grow..... lets say tomatoes. Anyway ive...

Mods please move to the relevant section if this is misplaced :) As above I will be placing an order with Tom Barr for some manzanita wood hopefully as soon as possible. to reduce on costs I am inviting members to join in on this. The box/boxes ordered will be around 90 cm x 42cm x 42 cm...

The general consensus on this forum after co2 seems to centralise around flow. Ive been doing a lot of research and if the tank has the correct filtration I cannot see how the flow can not reach most areas of the tank. Another thing that made me ponder is that the amazing tanks I have seen In...

This may of been done before but I am in the process of 'negotiating' a price with a supplier for manzaniti wood. However, the prices vary so much across the uk. How much should I be looking to pay for it? it will all be dried and I can get two types with bark on (some of these have...

Cannot seem to find it anywhere. does anyone know of a good substitute?

MODERATORS if links are not allowed please remove it. I have seen this wood on ebay and would like to know your opinions if it would be ok? I am going to ask the seller if it has been treated in any way. i think it would look superb in my discus tank. 10-Pack 22" Manzanita Centerpiece...

Im looking at getting some new plants for My discus tank. i have had to take into account that it will be running at around 28 degrees, no co2 and substrate will be ozmocote base layer with sand above. will be dosing ferts weekly. The plant choices i am thinking of are...... Eleocharis...

Just a quickie. Going from high tech to low tech and I am used to dosing every day. What is the best way about dosing on a low tech? Im planning on reducing water changes down to once a week. would I be better dosing twice a week (say micro saturday and macro wednesday) at the same amount...

Just a quick one, I will be doing a huge re-scape (hopefully) within the next week and I have decided to use play sand as a substrate (currently using black sand) and I was wondering what would be the best way of adding nutrients? It will be low tech and at the moment I buy various capsules...

This may be a long one.......... As some of you are aware i have been a member on here for over a year now and i have learnt a lot along the way. ive had a fluval edge, a custom 10l, and a 4ft monster. i'll ignore the smaller tanks for now, so heres how it started! It started with an all...

As per my previous post I am looking at ways of upgrading my filtration and I am toying with the idea of a sump. what do you think of this? I shall attempt to explain my crude drawing..... basically I will have drilled a hole at the water level on my aquarium and i will plumb a pipe in...

ill keep this breif, im currently running 2 2000lph aps external filters and one of them is starting to play up. i was wondering if anyone could reccomend 1 or two reasonable filters to replace them. the tank is 300l and i ideally want a turnover of x10 cheers,

I have always had difficulty with co2 distribution so I would like to know if this idea would work..... I have a 4ft 285l aquarium, with x2 external cannisters and 2kg co2 cannister with a standard diffuser. my filter pipes have been split on one of my filters to accommodate an in-line heater...

Howdy everyone. it has been a while since I have been on here due to a deployment and a house move and its about time I got my display tank back on track. So this is how it looked a few months back I'll post a recent picture tonight when I get in but for now I'm after advice...... If I...

Anyone know a uk retailer that stocks this stuff as id like to pick some up today so i can start experamenting with it.

This is going to be a long one, so where do i begin? Basically, to cut a long story short on wednesday i came in the top three of a competition ran by All Pond Solutions. The challenge was to tell them how you would scape a 10l nano tank and the top three ideas win the tank, but we have to...

As above im desperatly after some? Any ideas where to find them?

Just had all this refilled! Guess how much! :p

howdy all! after getting my tank in november and being a novice at the planted tank i went out and bought lots of plants and threw them in. shortly after i threw a lot of discus in there too! over the months i have got to learn about co2, scaping, and ferts so today i decided to rescape the...

Basically im thinking about rescaping. I have a 4ft discus tank thats a bit of a mess at the moment. I have in mind two underwater islands one with a large wood centerpiece and the other with a smaller piece. I wouod plant around them heavy and leave the black sand surrounding them. I was...

I want to take cegs advice and the advice from others and try dosing liquid carbon. My tanks around 275l and i just wanted to know whats a cheap option?

I have a 4ft 275l tank which has x2 t5 light units that are on for 6 hours a day and around 25" from the substrate (highest i can have it) and a f.e co2. up untill the last two days ive ulhad phenominal growth with my plants but now all the lower leaves from my carpet of staurogyne porto vello...

to keep it short i have 10 neon tetras in my planted discus tank. theve been in there since december with no problems whatsoever. However, one by one im finding them at the bottom of the tank struggling and pale. i can only think of two reasons, the first is that the temprature is too high...

Does this.happen much? I feel myself looking at my planted diiscus tank and wanting to rip everything up. To be fair the scape that is there now is not much of a scape, as the plants were just thrown in to see whish faired better at higher temps. At the moment its staying as it is as my discus...

I am currently dosing E.I as per instructions from aquariumplantfood.co.uk but as I do a 50% w/c every other day will this be enough? Or do I need to review the quantity I put in?

As above, my tank has been running for around three months now, the plants that struggled have long gone and im planning on doing a major rescape as i know know the temperaments of the plants and the discus are constantly hiding in the growth at the back so i would like to mix things up a...

theres a lot of people going on about plants "pearling" in this neck of the woods. is it just evidence of the plants producing o2? or it it the Co2 sticking to the plants? Either way i turned all my filters and pumps off today to get the discus out of their hiding places so i could observe...

As promised i have finally got round to taking some pics of the discus. cheers to the guys that helped me out learning how to take reasonable aquarium pictures with a slr as i was having difficulties. Heres the results! still not happy with them but far better quality than i was achieving with...

Howdy, i have finally got my discus today and i wanted to take a few "decent" pics for all to see however i seem to come across two problems. the first one is that i always get reflections of me taking the picture, and secondly my slr cameras iso setting is not really good. i cant seem to get...

Just a quick one, i use a 100l drum for water changes. i was wondering if anyone could reccomend a suitable pump to pump the water into my tank (guestimating the rim of the top of the tank to be 2m from the floor) i have been looking at a few but they seem pricey and i have no idea what im...

Ok, so after patiently waiting from a member to send a Solenoid, i recieved it today. Firstly, it had a European plug on it :/ after cutting off the plug and wiring on another one ive connected it all up only to find it does not work. when you plug it into the mains, it clicks, a few bubbles...

In today's society its all to familiar to 'slag off' lfs's and to complain about fish, service and the rest and the same goes regular retail shops too. How many of you praise the good places, probably less than complaining about the bad ones (i know i'm a culprit) So i would just like to say...

As above, im looking to saturate my planted 300l (potential discus) aquarium with o2. I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a decent air pump, preferably with two outlets as an extra one will be used for another tank. Also, what is the best way of getting it into the tank? Bubble wall...

I am trying to calculate the perfect mix for my E.I dosing regime, and it has made me think...... If I have tap water that is high in nitrates (30ppm) &high in phosephates would I still need to add them to my E.I mixbearing in mind that even with a low fish load 15 tetras in a 75g, my nitrates...

in recent days, i have noticed the lower leaves on some of my plants are struggling. Im hoping to rule flow out as i can see all plants gently swaying and my drop checker is constant lime green and i also have a full length spray bar. So that leaves it down to either ferts (dosing E.I...

To keep things basic...... will be getting discus soon and want to imitate the breeder as i have very similar water parameters, he fills a tank and lets the water sit whilst putting in an airline for 24 hours before filling the discus tanks. so here is my questions.... Can i let the water sit...

ive recently set up a planted aquarium and im determined to make it discus friendly. in my eyes there is nothing more amazing than watching the reds, blues and yellows of discus against the greenery of a planted tank. I have been in contact with several breeders who all tell me not to...

As above, does anyone have any reccomendations? The specimens in my local stores seem to be in poor condition :(

Howdy, i have a 285l aquarium, and i am planning on keeping discus after christmas. the problem i have is that i want to do regular large water changes to keep the nitrates in check as my tap water is high enough in them as it is. The problem i have is that i am doing (on top of a few little...

*F.A.O Mod, please move to right 'area' if this shouldn't be in journals. was unsure where to place it. This is my review of some of my All Pond Solutions equipment, bit long winded as i have never done a video review but let me know what you think. Products are: 285l aquarium, x4 t5 light...

Better late than never! Im Craig from Warrington (in between liverpool and manchester) as most of you are aware ive been doing a lot of research through this forum and i have just upgraded from a 25l edge, to a 285l monster tank! i would like to thank everyone for the advice so far and i can...

Howdy, I have a dennerle co2 setup and was wondering what cheap solenoid do you reccomend? (with links) also does it have to be secured to the regulator (and how) as ive heard stories of the pressure building up in the tubing and popping off when its placed inline....

looking to increase the amount of fish slowly on my 285l so far i will be upping the numbers to 14 neon tetras, and 6 black skirt tetras. as well as them im thinking..... 2-4 discus 10 rummy nose tetras 6 columbian tetras 6 ottos 6 cory's and 4 dwarf bolivian rams would this be ok?

As described above i cant get my co2 drop checker to change colour. Its a Up drop checker filled with 4dkh solution. i have 2 separate bottles of solution so i can rule that out. Tank is 285l pressurised 500g co2. clear glass diffuser feeding into the 2 intakes for my filters. during the...

As some of you may have noticed i have been pestering everyone for answers recently and i thought i would update everyone on whats going on! So last week i had a delivery of my first 'proper' aquarium' i have a fluval edge but do not really consider it to be in the same league and will be...

i want to hopefully start sorting out my new tank today and got most of it planned. i want to keep substrate simple, and as it will be deep in areas i wanted to keep it inert as to minimize anything nasty building up. i have a bag of slow release granules (homebase own brand) that seems to have...

near enough all equipment has arrived :D the build begins!

Howdy! i am due my 4ft 285l aquarium any day now and already i am thinking about potential flow problems. to begin i will be using a 2000lph aps external filter and spraybar........ If any problems arise i plan to add a second 2000lph filter that i happen to have by hand. the problem i have is...

Howdy! my name is craig. As some of you are aware, i am about to embark on a huge journey! after buying a second hand 4ft tank and equipment, and after the brace bar snapped during testing, i have ordered a 285l Beast and i will be starting a journal on that very soon! Thankfully, this...

Howdy! As some of you are aware my 4ft tank gave up on me the other day, the central strut collapsed and the front bowed out by 15mm so im doing away with it and spoiling myself to a new one. The problem is i already have brand new lighting and a brand new filter and most aquariums and...

As some of you are aware im in the process of setting up a 4 ft 200l aquarium. now during the testing stage where i am testing spraybar configurations and heating equipment i have come home to find the central brace has collapsed. the tank has only been full for 48 hours. The glass is 6mm thick...

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Howdy! after pestering people on here for the last two months things are finally starting to take shape! i have my filter, lighting, wood, all sorted, waiting on another bag of sand and my co2 kit to be delivered. ive selected the plants i want but there on hold until the co2 kit is running. Im...

howdy, ive just recieved delivery of my 2000lph aps external filter. ive also bought a second hand hydor 300, but i can now see the pipe supplied with my filter is too large. does anyone know where i can get a reducer/pipe? as i cant seem to find them anywhere! ...... also the spraybar supplied...

just in the process of planning my aquarium build and im currently purchasing various co2 equipment. my question is this, i have a 200l aquarium with a 2000lph external filter (allpondsolutions) what is better? diffusers or reactors? from my very basic knowledge they all seem to do the same. i...

Just a quick one, I know people have been using 18mm mdf to build ada style cabinets.... I dont suppose anyone has a diagram for a 4 ft one? As I would like to build one but would like to know how/where to put braces as it will need to support a 200l aquarium.

hi, im planning on starting a 200l amazon aquarium. it will be heavily planted with free swimming space at the front and will be overfiltered with a 2000lph external filter. the fish im planning are 2 discus 2-3 schools of tetra 6-10 per school 2 pairs of dwarf rams anyone reccomend any...

Hey, bit of an open question here but im looking to start a amazon themed 200l aquarium and was wondering if anyone had any plant recommendations? they do not have to be from the amazon as long as there from the same region. ideally im looking for a full range including a few red ones and a nice...

basically im starting a 200l aquarium and ive heard good things about the all pond solutions 2000ef (2000lph external filter) has anyone had any experience of these as everyone that reviewed it online raved about it. and would 2000lph be adequate? unsure about site rules so ill wait until...

hi, im new to large tanks and i have acquired a 200l aquarium. im planning to do a high tech amazon theme with co2. would this lighting be enough? Silver T5 Aquarium Light 120cm Measurements: 120 X 18 X 6 cm Fits up to 123cm length tanks Power: 108W (2 X 54W) i make that out as just over...

as above, im looking for advice........ i have it in my head that for my 200l i am going to use organic soil topped off with black gravel for the substrate for my 200l amazon theme aquarium. what is everyones opinions? ive heard sand is tricky to deal with and gravel alone would not be best for...

Howdy, basically ive kept tropical fish in a 25l aquarium for a few years and now im embarking on a 200l project. im completely new to ferts and i want to keep things as simple as possible. the tank will be 200l with 2.2wpg (t5) will have a large variety of fish a 2000lph filter and heavily...