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  1. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    TDI-Line's Rummies... Picked 'em up last Saturday along with 10 Oto's. Tested for ammonia daily but not a trace detectable. Kinda surprised me as I was expecting a blip if not a spike with adding so many fish at once, added 44 fish to this tank which only had 6 in before. Fish settled in within...
  2. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Couple of days turned into a month, sorry. :lol: I've been meaning to resize these pics and put them on for a while now. I finally chopped down most of the plants yesterday and had a tidy up in preparation for some new fish at the weekend. The original flower spike from the Ech.Cordifolius...
  3. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I got the first flower out today on the Ech. Marbled Queen. Lovely white 3 petaled thing with yellow stamens. There are another 5 to go too. Unfortunately they will be the only ones I get on it though as it grew into the light fitting and before I realised the end of the spike had dried out and...
  4. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Yeah it seems to have done all the growing in the last month. Before that the leaves were quite small but it had grown new ones. It'll soon be as big as I want it. Not sure what I'll do yet if it gets too big. The other sword you gave me hasn't really done alot. I put it in the back corner by...
  5. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    These spath things grow flippin quick don't they !!! This is it yesterday in the one pic I got before the batteries gave out. It's not in great focus. and this is it today roughly 24 hours later out of the water. I make that about 1.5 inches of growth, maybe a bit more. Fast.
  6. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I must be doing something right. My Ech. Marbled Queen has a flower spike. I'll get some pics once the batteries have recharged. I knew it had settled in because the leaves have really gotten big over te last few weeks but I didn't expect a flower yet. Took me by surprise aswell as I didn't spot...
  7. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I'm quite happy leaving it for a couple of weeks to see what happens. I can't be arsed going to the hassle of snipping and potting it. :lol: If it does flower I'll definitely take photos.
  8. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Hey chaps. A quick pic of the first ever plant to grow out of the water. Wonder if it'll flower?
  9. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Has a big hole now where all the crypts were but I have a few to put back in. Just deciding whether to put them back in or do something else.
  10. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Yeah I thought wild ones (Neocaridina Heteropoda) but wasn't sure if they would colour up later on into reds. They are breading like crazy and I have loads of little miniatures already. I haven't been able to get a decent pic of the redder ones that are in there but there is quite a difference...
  11. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    A quick pic of my shrimp. I got these for nowt from a nice lady off PFK was was creeped out by them. There are a couple of redder ones than in this pic but I'm not sure these are Cherry shrimp. Anyone know for sure what they are?
  12. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Well I said chuck what you didn't use. It cost the same to send as less and it would have only gone in the bin here anyways. I still have more than I'll know what to do with shortly. :lol:
  13. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I did always mean to update this here just never got around to it. It just doesn't feel right to just copy'n'paste from one journal to the other though. I do spend time on PFK. It feels like I'm the teacher there and I can help whereas I'm still the student here.
  14. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    lol. Didn't realise the spelling. :oops: I think the other is just a bog standard normal cordifolius. I have that one near my intake and it is growing better although the new leaves come without much colour at first. The marbled queen has new leaves but the whole thing is staying quite...
  15. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    It's been a month so it's about time I made an update. The shrimp seem to have settled in really nicely. When I got them there was only one red one which was one of the originals that Tina-Jane bought. In the end they all went in the big tank. I have spotted a few that have coloured up now that...
  16. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I do have a sponge I can use but I think they will all be about 20mm anyway. That won't stop any new babies getting sucked up though. I'm going to put some in my old 2 foot tank and have the best coloured ones in the big tank. One of my amanos lived inside the fluval 104 for a few days so I...
  17. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I should hopefully be getting some cherry shrimp this weekend for free. Just have to collect them is all, she's going to do the trapping and collection. Anything I need to know or do I just treat them like my Amano's and let them get on with it?
  18. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Great, thanks for that confirmation chaps. I was on just 7.5hrs and I've just upped it to 8.25hrs. It's a 2x54w T5ho fixture
  19. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Is 9 hours a good lighting period?
  20. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Ok, quick question. What's your photo period length. I cut mine down to 7.5hrs after the BGA outbreak. Now that everything is growing well again what's the best period to go for? Is 10 hours too much?
  21. TLH

    Dammit, not another tank to do! 450 Gallon Starfire glass

    Whats it like having to clean 6 filters at once? :lol: There has to be about 3 tonnes of water in that when its filled. How thicks the glass?
  22. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Good point about having more is never a problem. I'll see how I go and adjust as necessary. I was just asking to get an idea of how much I'd need to order of each. Thanks.
  23. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Numbers are from the water report I posted the link to. I thought that was what the source box was for? Atleast that is what the program itself seems to say. Maybe as were doing a 50% water change every week those numbers should be cut in half perhaps? Surely the tap water contains some of...
  24. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Can someone check the above pic and dosing specs for me please? I just need a confirmation I've filled in the source correctly and everything looks ok. Thanks.
  25. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Does this look about right for dosing? This is my water report... http://commercial.geodesys.com/waterqua ... h_RW07.pdf
  26. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Blackouts done and the tank is clean, well cleaner anyway. I removed as much crap as I could see and get to. Unfortunately I lost one of the Oto's as I can only see two anywhere now. They both look healthy though and they are the two bigger ones out of the three I had. I'm getting some hozelock...
  27. TLH

    The tank I could not resist in buying

    Nice discount you got there, gotta love sales. Tank looks terrific for a couple of days work. :)
  28. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Well the Oto's are still alive and kicking. I'm surprised how fast they move around the tank for such little fish. They are happily munching on the glass though, which I have purposedly haven't scrapped much apart from to remove the BGA. I'm really not liking the BGA. I'm thinking of nuking it...
  29. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Oto's sure are fun little characters. I got 3 in the end as I thought I'd see how I get on with them first. They are quite small at barely an inch in length but they seem happy in my tank so far. I have seen them cleaning leaves and the glass and they were eating in the tank in the shop although...
  30. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    They're still alive. :lol: I am having a little battle again with bga which I'm hoping the extra flow and keeping nitrate dosing up will sort out. The Marbled Queen has put on a few new leaves but they are quite small as yet. The other sword hasn't actually done much at all, I may move it later...
  31. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Actually they are looking alot better under this lighting than the old tank they were in. The new leaves are that mottled red/green colour and the stems are alot shorter now they have a bit f room to spread out. They were never thinned out in the old tank whatsoever. My thinking is that it's a...
  32. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Turns out the algae I have is Rhizoclonium, albeit mixed with a little BGA. I've upped my CO2 and I added the top of an old Fluval 2 to move a little more water around till I get the Koralia heads in there. I've been looking for the best price around and found them for £18.95 each, new, on ebay...
  33. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Mine only holds around 180L of water. The 2128 turns over 1050L. I may swap the spraybar to the back at some point and combine that with something in each corner. 2 nano's @ 900L each would give me 2850L turnover total. Shouldn't that be enough? I'm just a little afraid that with anything bigger...
  34. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I'm starting to see some hair algae now, especially on the wood, which still hasn't gotten fully waterlogged yet :o . Diatoms have also been around. Everything is pearling away nicely but I think I could do with more fast growing plants right now. I also have one little patch of BGA :shock...
  35. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Got some Blyxa Japonica this morning from Nelson (cheers dude :wink: ) so a quick pic. Thank the lord I just got myself some tweezers and scissors recently as planting this with fingers would have been a real pain. The Ambulia in the background is just there till it gets going again, it got in a...
  36. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I'm not really that sure what I want currently, I'm still experimenting a tad here as I've never had a tank this big before. It will be more of a jungle for now I think. While the wood is still floaty I'm just going to leave it where it is. It's a pain trying to reposition the stuff in the...
  37. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I kinda like the first but like said it does lead your eye out of the tank. I do have more wood but I've only cleaned down these 2 bits so far, not been terribly active on the tank this week. :oops: Hows this anyway...I was thinking about having the righthand one behind the left and another...
  38. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Wood positioning advice please. Which do you like the look of best? Positioning isn't final yet and please ignore the rock, the wood doesn't want to sink yet. This... or this...
  39. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I've made some bits for the light to stand on last Friday, ust got around to finishing them today and gluing them together. Haven't actually done alot since I last posted here as we've had my sister, bro in law and the new baby to stay over the weekend. Made out of some old grey smoked perspex...
  40. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    How deep is too deep? It's only a couple of inches at the front sloping to 3 inches or so at the back. I could still shift it around a bit. I used all the plain gravel I had in the 2 24"x12" tanks and bunged in 2 bags of Eco and some Laterite I had hanging about. I have some sand for the old...
  41. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Anyone else not see the pics? I can see them all but they're in my cache from yesterday. Here is one of the new bulbs I bought, a Midday and an Aquaflora. Much softer and more pleasing to the eye than the harsh Aquablues that were in the unit before.
  42. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    Yep, all my own work albeit with a little help from the old man and the use of my carpenter mates workshop. Always helps to have decent kit to work with and someone to help. :wink: Here's a slightly better pic of it before we redecorated and with the old tanks still on it. I have some pics of...
  43. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    I haven't thought that much about it yet. I have bought some wood off ebay of which the 4 bits I will almost definitely use are in the bath right now having a soak. Those are the 3 bits on the left bag and the 1 in the top left corner of the right bag. Nice branchy bits but I want to give them a...
  44. TLH

    TLH's Tank

    About time I showed you all my new set-up isn't it. Collected the tank last Wednesday when there was still ice on the road and path outside our house. It was a bit nerve jingling watching it being carried over that but all went well. Spent the next two days clearing out and moving the one...
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