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Ed, Will take a PH reading tonight and post results, however my DC is lime green wherever I put it in the tank. & am using 4KDH solution from aquarium gardens. so I am trusting the results. I have upgraded the light duration to see if this helps, appreciate you taking the time.

Tropica recommend 1 pump per 50L per week, which is 4 pumps a week! im pumping in 42 pumps per week and still seeing very slow plant growth & very limited algae in the tank, I do have 10 amano's 30 RCS, 6 otto's & 20 nerites in the tank though. Im thinking I may switch to the EI method soon...

Exactly, really stuck here. I have been assured that it wouldn’t be the light, so I’m reframing from buying a new pricey lighting fixture. However it does seem that ever since I got this new tank I have struggled to successfully create a high tech awuascape. Before this tank I converted my old...

Hi Lee, using an Tropica planted substrate as recommended by aquarium gardens when I visited. I have upped the lighting as you recommended. Do you think 6 pumps of the Tropica per day is enough? Cheers, Rory.

Hi, Just wanted to see if Anyone is able to help me work out what I’m missing in my tank as I’m struggling with plant growth! My specs are as follows. Tank: EA aquascaper 900 Light: twinstar 900E Filter: Eheim professional 3e with additional powerhead In tank Dosing: 6 pump of Tropica...

Morning, just wondering if anyone has used this product in their planted tanks? Was thinking of using to prevent planted tank substrate getting in between crevices of rocks and mixing with the sand at the front of the tank. Primarily used for pond waterfalls so would surely be fine submerses also.

Hi, @Aquarium Gardens , I recently bought a Twinstar 900e for my EA Aquascape 900 tank, would you say this light is enough to grow high light plants? Cheers, Rory.

Hi everyone, I am currently setting up an aquascaper 900 and plan on re using my ada aquasoil (only 10 months old). however I did get a bit of java moss stuck into some of the soil in my old tank and want to guarantee that my new tank doesn't get any java moss infesting the substrate again! I...

Thanks Alto, I am looking at the twinstar light now, I think 1 would be plenty for me right now (if I need another one in the future ill buy it then). the light itself looks lovely and im sure would be perfect for my tank! Cheers, Rory.

Hi, I am currently in the process of purchasing an aquascaper 900 tank, I have most things planned however I cant decide on a light for the tank, I know most people use dual kessils 180's, however I don't have £400 to spend on lighting right now! I am looking at buying a finnex planted + 24/7...

Okay, so do you think I could get away with buying a smaller filter such as a fluval 406 and just having a powerhead? That could save me £200! I'll make a thread on my setup when the tank arrives too.

Thanks for the reply LondonDragon. Do you think the Eheim professional 3e 2078 model rated at a Pump Output of 1850 ltr would do the job? I have seen people saying different things regarding the 10x flow rate rule. Such as it takes into account flow restriction (E.G I need to buy a filter or...

Thanks Paul! I did see this filter! Very expensive, but if it's my only option then I'll just have to go with it, would the EHEIM PROFESSIONAL 3E 450 FILTER - 2076 be suitable at 1650lph? Thanks for looking into this for me

Hi everyone! I am looking to buy an EA aquascaper 900 as stated in the title, I want to use lilypipes and a pressurised filter for filtration, however I was looking at a fluval FX6 and the pipe sizes just don't work for me! So I need to follow the 10x flow rate rule which takes my...

Yeah that was my thinking, the US plug and go in still if its rotated 180 degrees, therefore it shouldn't matter, I'll try tonight. Already got a uk plug with 2A fuse ready. Cheers

Yeah it's working fine plugged in at the moment, so the voltage isn't an issue clearly as I've already had it working. Just don't want to cut the plug off and then be left with two cables the exact same colour! i know some electrical products still work fine if L&N are reversed, however I...

Hi, I recently bought a finnex planted + light from america, obviously the plug is american, so temporarily i have plugged it into a US to UK adapter plug. however im thinking that I might as well just cut the american plug off and put a UK plug on no? the plug seems to be very standard...

Hi, Trying to keep this post simple as I see a lot of people are over complicating the whole EI dosing regime. I have been using the EI starter kit from aquarium plant foods as soon below. http://www.aquariumplantfood.co.uk/fertilisers/dry-chemicals/starter-kits/ei-starter-kit.html I have...

im running about 12bps on my tank and seem to be getting quite a few larger bubbles coming out of the outlet and straight out the top. got a 4000L/hour pump too. Do you not get any larger bubbles?

thanks for the replies, I will probably try and fix it upwards tomorrow morning. seem to be getting larger co2 bubbles collect at the outlet side where it meets the tubing, then obviously as the bubble size increases it goes up into the tank, but de-gases almost instantly.

Hi, Just fitted the JBL inline atomiser into my 100 galling tank, however I struggled to fix it upright so the atomiser is sideways, will this effect the performance? Thanks for looking.

Oh great, I'm not from America so I didn't purchase from that site, however name duckbill nozzle helped greatly! Appreciate it

Anyone have any idea where I can get a dual return nozzle from my sump? I can see loc-line ones from the US, but nothing from England. My 400l tank has a few sports with low flow due to hardscape being in the way.

So the PAR readings for my light in the link above are too high? I've heard a lot about 80 PAR for HC, however I'll look at the links and do some more research! Thanks.

Hi, I am currently using the evergrow full spectrum lights from my old marine tank. However these lights are fully programmable and I can adjust the intensity of blue and white light completely. I currently have the lights on 100% white light for 7 hours and then 1 hour of 5% blue light in...

Hi, I have just completed my first aquascape in my 4' 90g tank that myself and my brother are both working on. This tank used to be a reef tank about 2 months ago, however we completely gutted it, cleaned it and now its time to get cracking with the planted tank addiction! neither of us have...