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  1. jimwalsh

    advice needed complete rescape needed...

    Hi all was posting on here a while ago and was more active in the hobby. due to family illnesses and the like I have been away from my house for a good while and neglected my tank. my dear wife has done her best with water changes etc but things are bad... while some of the plants are still...
  2. jimwalsh

    crappy aquatics online retailers a spleen vent

    not been on here for a while but new babies and work have got in the way of my hobbies so with a spring in my step I fancied getting my tank back into some kind of shape as it had been neglected bar water changes since the birth of the little one. so pre xmas I ordered some limophilia...
  3. jimwalsh

    alternating day macro/micro vs all in one solution

    is there an obvious disadvantage to using an all in one mix vs macro/micro mixes? I have built a dual peristaltic pump and would like to automate dosing, but would have to shift from using macro and micro mixes and liquid carbon, to all in one and liquid carbon. using EI principles is it...
  4. jimwalsh

    bubble magus dosing pump

    Bubble-Magus Dosing Pumps It seems to be designed for reef setups but has anyone tried one of these for EI + liquid carbon dosing? cheers J
  5. jimwalsh

    blyxa melt reassurance needed...

    i have recently added lots of blyxa to my tank I have already grown some successfully its nice and green and happy. this batch has been put in next to it but is massively melting... is it likely to recover once its adapted to the new tank?
  6. jimwalsh

    Imogens shrimp tank, a DSM adventure

    my daughter has been bothering me about a fish tank for a while so together we have planted up a small 25cm optiwhite cube
  7. jimwalsh

    advice on best out of the box regulator

    please could all and sundry advise on what they have used successfully? I would like something with needle valve and solenoid combined... cheers
  8. jimwalsh

    hob filter recommendations please?

    just got myself a small 25cm cube 16l anyone got some good recommendations for hob filters? cheers
  9. jimwalsh

    tiny nano tank ideas: walstad, high tech or others?

    Hi all first up many thanks to all and sundry for the great advice i have had here so far, although not the greatest scape my trigon is motoring along happily without algae and happy fish! I have managed to lay my hands on a 25 cm optiwhite cube (16l) and was seeking out advice about the...
  10. jimwalsh

    murky water after filter clean?

    hi all just did my first filter clean on my 2078 when turning it back on it seemed to belch a load of stuff back into the tank now the water is very murky with lots of particles floating around.... is this normal or have I done something wrong...
  11. jimwalsh

    Bully Platy "jaws"

    I have recently rehomed all of my fish from a small tank to the larger 190l planted effort. in the smaller tank one of my platys (jaws) was very aggressive to the rummynose tetras chasing them away from his plastic castle. i had hoped that the move to the new tank would bring some harmony as...
  12. jimwalsh

    uprooting hairgrass advice needed

    all of the substrate is being pushed back by the flow and my corys seem to like uprooting the rhizome even further... any advice on what I can do to stop this? Or would some alternative carpet plant work better?
  13. jimwalsh

    Regulator recommendations

    I have a cheap reg with a build in solenoid and an terrible needle valve that seems to move from .5 bps to 5 bps in less than a quarter turn... I want a decent reg to run from a refillable cylinder all recommendations are welcome
  14. jimwalsh

    Help! JBL 1501 filter really really noisy

    I have reattached my hoses and followed all the instruction it sounds louder than a washing machine I am worried that it is a dud can anyone help???? I am a sad panda
  15. jimwalsh

    Anyone using JBL 1501?

    If i ordered one from zooplus.de it would work out at about £100 which seems more realistic than the high cost of high flow ehiem models such as the 2080 or 2078... how do these stack up against the ehiem high flow models? I have a trigon 190l which has a fluval 305 in it at present i am...
  16. jimwalsh

    fish from low tech to high tech tank

    I have set up my first high tech (injected CO2) I am cycling the tank and I would like to know if my fish will be ok if I move them from my old to new tank is there anything that I need to do to help them acclimatise
  17. jimwalsh

    Trigon 190l flow question - change filter or add pump?

    Dear all I am running my trigon corner tank with a fluval 305 which seems to be a little underpowered for the size of the tank... is it possible to add a pump onto the existing loop to increase the flow rate or should I bite the bullet and replace the filter? if I need to replace this filter...
  18. jimwalsh

    a noob tank "RTFM" trigon corner tank

    gulp here goes my first foray into planted tank land all criticism gratefully received... this is no doubt the start of a series of blunders and miss steps. but its all part of the fun I guess substrate is in with a collection of rocks I am figuring out how to attach various bits and...
  19. jimwalsh

    hello from herts

    Hope to gain a fraction of the experience and knowledge on these forums! thanks to all of the regular posters and mods for an excellent resource... jim
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