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So this is it grown in. Its looking good. Needs a trim so will do that this week.

I tend to agree ;-)

Three and a half weeks in. Growing in nicely. CO2 dialled in. Lost some shrimp because; too eager so need to replace those.

SPEC-OFF !!!!! looking great chap

Thanks all for your replies. In the end I planted it and flooded it. Reason being I wanted to check everything was working (this was a ex display tank for 70 quid with tetra active substrate all ready in) Spare reg and solenoid on a FE seems to working with a ceramic diffuser in the filter...

What the hell is wrong with me? After selling the rio I went out and got a spec v. Seems im either addicted or have more money than sense. Lets see how this goes. Not sure whether to DSM it (not done that before) or just flood and see what happens.

Nice!

Good bye Slow Roast. Its been painful but also a pleasure. May your next owner have as much fun!

It's been a while and after letting it grow out loads I've removed about two ton of floating plants and are now letting them grow again. Plan is to repeat this cycle a few times then do a full trim and reposition. Considering this was a tank of bubbling algae not long ago it's come a long way...

A few more weeks later... Starting to grow in and get into its groove. I'm leaving it be for now

Side By Side to show progress... Lots to do but looking much better

Quite a lot of the algae now gone. Some left on the glass (lazy snails hehe) and some brush on the left log. Some still on leaves but they will be removed at the next clean up at the weekend. Slowly getting there. Looking a lot better than it did a few weeks ago

Lighting dropped to setting 3 on the Chihiros guessing from data provided in a thread on here I think the tank is at around 40 par. Currently doing pH profiles to find when is best to turn the lights on.

Algae getting less... Found about 10 cherry shrimps loving it in the filter... Getting better day by day although I'm not convinced it's winnable. Time will tell

It's got six amanos (thinking fo adding more), a bunch of cherrys, two ottos and six nerterites. Its gradually coming back especially now the co2 is sorted and stable. ProTip: baking soda, citric acid is bloody unstable at delivery rates on larger tanks... Who Knew??? (EVERYONE) :D

Its err very Natural ;-)

Cheers fella. I want to see if I can rescue it! Damn its hard work but I'm convinced it can be saved. Temptation has been HUGE to sack it off though and never ever look at a fish tank again! hahah :)

After the massive problems of filters breaking and leaking everywhere the 306 has been on for a bit. Inline jbl, and moved to a sodastream reg and solenoid. The algae is bonkers but its going day by day. Tank right now..

Oh its got loads worse! The utterly terrible All Pond Solutions EF2+ won't seal. Thats why its flow is so bad. The tank now is in a very sorry state. Lights are off, because the filter is off (I don't trust it not to dump the tank on the floor) that means the inline heater is off. I've got a...

I am borderline ready to strip this tank, bin the plants and start again on saturday. Its a real mess now, the big filter isn't pumping out anywhere near enough flow, co2 is now sorted but its a real clusterf**k. I'm thinking, remove all the fauna. The wood and then substrate. Re-attach the...

This really is becoming the start from hell. Auto feeder issue caused a metric ton of food dumped into the tank this morning. Got home to dead shrimp. Massive amounts of nitrates and a co2 cock up. Urgh. So this was before the water change, clean up and reset. Stripped the filter from the...

Suffice to say the emergency evac of everything out of Charlie Chi along with continuing issues balancing CO2 levels and keep them stable has created a bit of a mess. Plenty of algae or various kinds. Stressed fish from before the evac and after. Along with the issues with the wood early on...

So this tank has brought me back into the hobby. I was thinking of keeping it running however I missed judged my CO2 so had to move all the fish out into Slow Roast. Now I'm stripping it down and will start again in the new year. It really has turned into a lovely high growth tank. Really...

Yea, they are already pushing out small leaves now. :)

Day 8 Crypts melting and some CO2 changes and way of injection. I suspect I'll change CO2 to an inline when I can find one I like/trust. For now its going via a Rhinox 1000 under the inlet. Even this doesn't seem to be diffusing properly so an inline I suspect would work better. Plants, the...

Hey Mel! Dang about the rocks. Best of luck if you do change it around. Ended up having some time tonight to fix my cockup yesterday. Can't say I'm in love with the new layout but it's not terrible so once everything has grown in I'm sure it'll look great. Moved crypts to the right of the...

Anyways ignoring todays cock up the plants are: Eleocharis acicularis dwarf hair grass for the carpet. Cryptocoryne beckettii as a specimen plant - Left wood grouping Cryptocoryne wendtii as a specimen plant - Left wood grouping Java fern on the wood on the left Anubias barteri on the right...

so HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA! I'm a noob and i screwed up! Going well. Yep looking good. Oh darn it! So next weekend will consist of stripping it, tying it to the crate in the bottom (Why i didnt do this I have no idea, must have slipped my mind) and fixing it all back together. Should i...

Now I'm back in the land of the living and can lift more than a kettle I've moved the tank to its final position and started putting the substrates in. Tropica Plant substrate in the bottom capped with dennerelle crystal quartz. The wood is now in its final position. I hope you all like how...

I spoke entirely too soon about being back from Hospital. The tl;dr is I went back for a while and then had some nice hand maidens help me out for bit. The interesting thing for fellow APS'ers is this is what the tank looks like with a month without any ferts, water changes or any CO2...

Back from hospital and the tank survived. Some GSA on the glass, I'll get that cleaned up soon. In the meantime the snails, otos and shrimp are doing a stirling job. Plants look like they have some deficiencies so will be putting some TNC complete in for the next few days.

I'm starting to reap the rewards of dosing TNC at what I think are high volumes. I've gone from half a ml, then a ml then 2 ml a day in a 19l tank. Algae has slowed and the plants have exploded. I'm high light and co2.

Vid from today. The bubbles are oxygen from the plants going nuts. :D https://goo.gl/photos/C1y6tfmiSHyMz64LA

The most bizarre learning of this experience so far has been dumping loads of ferts into the tank. I had major algae problems earlier on, now that is (kinda) under control, still get GSA on the glass and the snails/otos are loving that. So lights, 10 hours, co2 3 hours before, off two hours...

So I have all the things to put this together apart from plants. I'm off for a surgery and a week in hossy next week so this tank will probably be put together October time when Im fit and able to do the water changes. On hold for now :)

https://goo.gl/photos/jYr52EWThYUYhoh98 Little video

Getting there. Everything is growing, some algae still but seems to be less and less as time goes on.

I like 8 hours, I will dial it down if needed but I don't think the lighting period is 100% the problem, more a symptom :( Quick update, Solenoid has turned up and I've moved the rhinox to under the canister filter inlet. Added 2 zebra snails and a couple of ottos. PH pen coming tomorrow so I...

Ahh cool. I think I'm going to see if I can a condensation lid for it and see how that goes Juraj. Finally found some milton and the red moor was looking like all the tannins were out of it so i drained it, added the milton tabs and refilled it. This is what I found this morning...

So the Chi is starting to wake up. Still got algae issues, still got issue with crashing pH (my fault with Co2 and a crappy drop checker solution this time) Solenoid is on order so waiting for that to come. Regime has changed, now adding 1ml TNC Complete every day and way changes every 3...

The cover is going and I'm thinking of using a plastic top that will just act as a condensation collector when the lights are off. The rough plan is have that not completely cover the entire tank. Do you have any views or advice on this?

Wow the Chihiros turned up six days after ordering. Bonkers! Blimey thats a powerful light. Getting close to getting started now. Waiting on a solenoid to turn up then we can start thinking about plants.

The wood is busy soaking and surprisingly after a couple of changes of water isn't leaching too many tannins. Next up for the wood is some baby bottle sanitizer and it should be good. Some more goodies turned up today: All Pond Solutions EF2+ canister filter (It's a beast for 85 quid)...

Angels are mesmerising to watch when they start breeding. Watching them care for the young is one of the best sights in an aquarium.

Bit of an update: Heading into week 3 now. Oh how I wished I'd waited for putting fish in, silly mistake. However they are healthy and the Amanos are fine. Having algae issues recently. Currently dealing with that by not dosing any ferts at the minute and doing 35% water changes every...

Cheap as chips as well. eBay turned up trumps. Let hope they sink after a good soak ;-)

The magic Multiple Tank fairy dropped off a Rio125 so I'm going to get my nano sorted then make a start on this, maybe low tech but haven't decided yet. It may be a few months before I get this going but figured I'd start a Journal since some drunken clicking has made these bits turn up today...

Today I think I've come to conclusion the ProScan strips are not very good. Took three readings all three completely different. I think if I take a sample of water out of the tank then test if working the best. Although confidence is now knocked. Drop checker is perm green, fish are swimming...

Nice, thank your Dave. current plan is to add a bit of bicarb as i do water changes 25% every two days. At the weekend i'll go find some buffer that is better, thinking crushed corals in the filter. Does that sound good?

Could it be the test kit being ropey? Are the proscans decent enough to give reliable results?

Strange it's been going down consistently, I'll do a water change tomorrow, with a much less bicarb buffer ;-)

Sorry one thing I was thinking of is the bogwood. When first bought they leached tannins like mad when soaked in a bucket. They were soaked for maybe a couple of days having the water changed quite often (3-4 times a day), the front one is leaking sap (I think its sap, the white stuff) into...

4 comes out of the tap. Honestly don't know why its bouncing around so much so all i can think of is buffer it. Doing 50% changes every 3 days at the minute. Any ideas?

Hehe yes I do. I was/am having problems with KH so my pH was crashing to sub 6. My first reaction was to dial down the CO2. That didnt do much as the KH is the issues. So doing more water changes and adding a small amount of bicarb for now until I can get a more perm solution (thinking back...

That would be Excel that helps with algae control. I have some but haven't used it yet. The plants are starting to stand up. Lighting has been replaced with 2x30 led stands. It looks quite bright and time will tell if they are any good. Also turned down the Co2 to one bubble every 20 second.

I guess the plan is to grow algae free plants. Thats not meant to take the piss, last time around I tried and go hammered by algae that I couldn't figure out how to fix. this time I want to figure out how to fix it or if not be able to reset the tank quickly and easily. Update added CO2...

Hey SF, This is the one I've got: https://www.allpondsolutions.co.uk/aquarium/filters/external/ef-150-400-l-h/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N4BC1R5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 First impressions are mixed. Unless I'm doing something wrong 400lph is way out. I'm glad...

Long time no see UKAPS. Last time I was here was six years ago! Wowsers. Well Larry the Lido became an algae farm, I lost faith and gave up. I moved in 2013 and Larry went on to become a guppy tank for a family. Anyways I'm back after seeing some awesome nano tanks. I made the mistake of...

Looking great Jame! That growth is awesome.

Cool, will do. Thanks for the advice :) Si

Has anyone got any advice on stocking levels for a tank this size? Tonight I've given away eight of the fish, mainly because they were not to my taste so that leaves me with: 4xtetras (not sure what these are, there like lemon tetras but have a slightly different colouration) really like these...

Hello, I have CO2 8) So the tank has been running with CO2 fed into the bottom of the filter for about a week now and everything is growing like mad :) Here are some pics taken tonight: Tank from the front Right side of the tank Crypt growing new leaves daily One of the leapord corys...

Hi Jason, Thanks for the comments. At the moment with regards to the actual err 'scape' :P I love the idea of sloping the gravel towards the back, I do want to see how things grow first though before moving the gravel around. The plan is to see if I can grow plants and then in the future make...

Excellent thanks for the advice AverageWhiteBlock. I dont think it will be long until I get the D&D kit up and running. Shame it isn't today but hey one little problem out of all the changes made in one day is great! Some of the tanks on this site look fantastic and are an inspiration...

Forgot to say please feel free to give me any advice or thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Cheers, Si

Hello, Some background about me and the tank :crazy: I decided a couple of weeks ago to get back into the aquarium game after a break of 6 or 7 years. Last time I couldn't afford the kit I wanted to get the results I wanted but this time I was going to make sure this wasnt going to be the...