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Ph swings/drops from the addition of co2 have no relevence , the old "ph crash" was from the KH dropping , whic caused the ph to drop , with ph being the smoking gun :) My tapwater here has a kh of <2 and my tank runs at a ph of less then 5 with co2 on (cant say exactly what it is because my...

Some good inspiration there.

It was a while ago (6 years) but i as far as my hazy memory allows i think they did , they were in a 60 gallon tank with a couple of other much larger fish tho, on their own they may not.

In my experiance they were ok with each other, but not so good with other fish (kept a shoal of 20 for 2 1/2 year`s)

Its getting freed slowly! Must say a big thanks for your help :text-+1:

Try your intake next to your out flow ? this should allow the flow to go around the back of the rock then.

Moved the additional PH`s around when i done a waterchange yesterday, flow actually appers better then before with every single leaf of evey plant swaying madly , might get away with removing one now. I feel rather stupid for missing the obvious really, one to chalk up to experience :oops...

Last time it was done as a job lot i think ? with all the people who wanted some sharing the shipping costs?

I should (from what i`ve read over on your forum and a few others).....if my CO2 is perfect , which i do not think it is yet, nutrients are (hopefully) not an issue as im dosing EI levels for a 225 litre tank. I`m starting to belive light is overrated as some of my e.tennulus has decided to put...

Now i`ve read this it makes perfect sense :oops: i shall be re doing my powerheads tomorrow.

The picture isn`t a very good representation of the layout as its 2d. Spray bar is near the surface , pump on the left corner is my needle wheel with the CO2 going in , this is practicly on the substrate , the one on the bottom right corner is mounted up high but aimed down towards the middle...

Yeah its the corner tank , and your right its a p.i.t.a to get the flow right. Gfish No, i`ve gone from a ceramic disc diffuser to feeding my CO2 into the inlet of a needle wheel modded powerhead, much much smaller bubbles + the added benifit of an extra 1000lph of flow :P ive got my spray bar...

Its a definite improvment , all my plants seem to be greener today with much larger new growth , and faster , the dwarf sag used to take about 7 days to get a new leaf from just emerging to fully formed but the new ones that were half out yesterday are now full blown leaves. I think the extra...

I`ve been playing with a needle wheel modded powerhead and raised my spray bar ever so slightly to get a bit more surface movement, and in the last couple of days the dwarf sag has been putting out new leaves that are about 2x the width of the old leaves and they seem to be growing quicker ...

True.... probably easier to just add another 18w t8 tube into my hood/lid , i have a control unit lying about somewhere.

Cheers , thats the sort of answer i was looking for , but i fear i`m on the limit of how much co2 i can add as far as my fish are concerned , but i`ll double my fert`s from this week and try raising my spray bar for a bit more surface movement to see if i can get some more co2 in. Other then...

The thing with the plants folding up their leaves is that no stem plants i`ve had in there have closed up until some point in the night .. when im in bed most likley heh

I`m kinda happy with the way my tank is going so far, no algae that i can see, all my plants are growing steadily, but i would like them to grow a bit faster (at the rate things are going i`ll be waiting 5 months+ for my dwarf hair grass to fill the space i want it to :P ). Tank specs are...

im about to remove a sword plant from my tank to make room for some crypts, pm if interested (it also produces 1 or 2 plantlets every 6 weeks aswell)

i might of missed it , but i can`t see where anyone has mentioned manual removal of as much algae as possible , daily would be best but as often as you can will suffice. If it can be removed from the tank (Hardscape like rocks or wood, and any equipment) get it in some warm water and use an old...

As a wild guess probably co2 , when your not dosing the KNO3 this will be the limiting nutrient , soon as you add it again its moving to some other nutrient , but somone with more experiance will be able to give you a better answer :P Excesse's shouldnt cause deformation/curling as you need to...

It will still provide some degree of cooling because of evaporative cooling i used to use a couple of fans on 60 gallon tank a few years ago , they used to drop the temp about 1 degree , but these days i dont bother, most fish can cope with it as long as its not a sudden change in temperture...

Excel is about 2.6% gluteraldehyde irrc, and id agree with lisa , anything thats going into my tank i would want to be 100% sure its what it says on the label. *forgot to answer OP* Excel is a bit cloudy and has a fairly strong smell , its quite unique to me so i couldn`t say if it smells like...

Looks like algae to me, maybe GSA . Would be fairly easy to grow on rocks before you plant the tank or in another tank just for that purpose, One problem with shots of tanks like these is you never know if its a long term tank , or just something set up for the photo.