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its not changed very often. id like to put in a vote for Bucket of mud to be the new scape

very much so. a high tec tank needs at least 10x the volume per hour. low tecs a bit more forgiving

I've always fancied a tank on my desk but don't have room with all the mess :lol: . good luck with getting round your health and safety bods mike all they ever want to do is stop the fun. on a side note does anyone remember the build the guy did in his office, think it was a 6" discus tank...

thanks guys I'll keep my eyes open. only 5 neons in the tank so i might just take them out, and nuke the tank with some easy carbo. have a little bit of bba so two birds with one stone.

thanks guys. pretty sure its the Damselfly nymph haven't seen it since i pulled its tail off, hopefully its dead. is there likely to be more?

first of guys sorry no picture the little b*%£^*d lost his tail when I tried to grab him, next time I'm going for the head. Best I can describe it was part shrimp part praying mantis, green like a common mantis to. Any ideas as to what it might be. I've done a quick search and only marine stuff...

just shows again how letting another country make laws to cover us is a bad idea.

Hi guys i'm not that far from Cambridge just up the road in Huntingdon. i went to amwells last weekend not a bad shop quite a wide range of stuff, they didn't have any plants when i went in Sunday afternoon. went in to Ely Aquatic Center on the way home they are in the middle of a refit so that...

sorry mate should have paid more attention. :oops:

3mm is a good start. i think i remember Clive saying you need work out the area of your filter hose, then divided that by the amount of area in your chosen spray bar holes, that will give you how many holes to cut.

Re: Stupid is as stupid does( work comes to a standstill) thanks for the info mate. I might re scape my tank next year, year after if I actual grow something in my small tank. This time i plan on planing the plans, and getting it right So all information is vital. thanks for sharing your...

Re: Stupid is as stupid does tanks really taking shape mate looks quiet natural . what did you go for in the end with regards to substrate?

Re: My fish seem to have no fear - problem with tank mainten Have you tried poking them with a stick, I find this very effective on most things the dog, wife, and small children. :lol: Maybe not, but vivs idea does sound good.

4 feet front to back, you'd never reach the back.

thats been for sale before. guess most people don't have room.

to be honest this was so long ago i cant remember what i was using. i now use tetramin http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/TetraFi ... px?id=1714 my water is nice and clear after feeding.

what about rigging up a syphon drain with a hose pipe refill system they can use over night.

yeah i definitely came out of that deal better. since removing them I've hardly any floating plants in the morning. and the golden gouramis are my favourite fish.as I'm doing so well i might ask for another bike. but im not sure who'd make more mess Sigourney Weaver or the plec. pretty sure...

i think the slow growth might just be low light ive raised it up high to try and avoid algae as long as the plants grow and are health ill be happy. going to take this one slow and careful get it right. i've gotten rid of both the Alien life forms. the weekend before last, gave them away...

thanks Clive that's my terrible uses of the English language again. probably should have read. "ferts are EI levels with easy carbo after the water changes, done when i get home. co2 is silly high 2 hours before lights on and throughout photo period". sorry if it wasn't for spell check i might...

hi guys hope you can clear some thing up for me. ive had a hunt around and come up with different information regarding how often too water change a new set up. the set up is a 120l high tec with plain cat litter as the substrate and an old filter light is hard to gauge im using a 50w 40 degree...

Re: Stupid is as stupid does good size tank mate don't know if you might be interested ive a sequence 10000 pond pump i no longer want its a good pump with some fitting the only thing is its a bit noisy probably to be expected with a pond pump. it was in my living room though, so if you don't...

down for everyone or just me seems to think its working?

thanks paulo thought it would be ok to keep them together. ill source some from ukaps at some point thanks again.

hi guys does any one know if the above two can be kept together or will the fish eat the plant. might give it a go instead of moss or moving the fish. thank

used to do the drip change method, but like foxfish stopped using it and now do the change manually. i syphon/pump the water out the window, while i do maintenance clean gravel, trim plants and clean glass ect. then i fill from the mixer tap in the kitchen while i eat breakfast and watch the...

Diana walstead does this kind of tank i think (all though im not sure thats how you spell her name) and takes a lot of planing and know how

that is an amazing looking tank also interesting as its a high tec, that's left alone foe 1.5 months that does really well. interesting to see how the plants respond after the trim.

i agrrae co2 can kill fish but this guy was sounding like a was storing my toaster in my tank. the tank they have set up uses co2 i products there trying to sell. one of these http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/tetra-c ... p-484.html to small for the tank really but that's probably a good thing as...

i did talk to one of the guys in there ages ago about ukaps but hes not the manager so doubt he set up the planted tank and he told me co2 was going to kill my fish . i will go back in a week or two and see how the tanks getting on. and maybe take the ukaps flyer with me. i don't read pfk but i...

went to my local garden centre today. normally they only stock a few scabby looking plants, were as today they seem to have increased there range. still a bit scabby looking though, but a start. so whilst walking round i find they've set up a planted tank. im thinking wow a garden centre that's...

Re: Show me your tidy cabinet! (Now piccies of my tidy cabi ok just looked a bit dodgy

Re: Show me your tidy cabinet! (Now piccies of my tidy cabi nice tank squiggley but your plug arrangement worrys me mate.can you not fit a longer gang socket it there so its not all bending.

i like the paddling pool idea would have to lock dog in garden though he likes a swim

just wondering when i feed my fish in my 750l the water goes cloudy after is it just the food im using, Or does something else cause it. to be honest it can only be noticed lengthways down the tank (7') so its not really a big deal. it just bugs me a bit. the filter is pulling about X5 the tank...

fire belied toads leave loads of options open, they would be happy with any mix of land or water, and there cheap.

ill probably get told off but have you thought about frogs

we are talking about structural bits of timber here at least 8'' x2'' working on site ive seen fork lifts try to snap theses pieces of wood packs of concrete blocks loaded on to them (500kg at least) if you spread the load over 2 joists using a full foot print stand 300l is more than...

If you live in a flat are you sure your floors are not concreate

you need to inject gas plants only pearl when the water is full of gas co2 and o2 also hard water makes it less likely but as long as your plants are healthy i wouldn't worry about it

ive had plants there for 2 nights they where ok when i got them. died later but i think that was more down to me :)

if you can save %50 of your old water and keep useing the same fillter on the tempory tank once youve done your scape you could put old water new water and fillter back in your newly scaped tank with fish job done

i thought those little ones from p@h ate plants i have some Nerites

dont they eat plants

puffer fish love eating snails

doesnt seem to work right just yet but looks real shiny otherwise cant wait to use the whole site

if the plant pearl will the gas replace the water in the tower that could make a mess

i see it now where did i leave my wallet

am i being super thick what's a panda

small cupboards are easy ive got over 10 things plugged in with 3 timers running multiple bits of kit and a 10kg co2 bottle + a 4 foot sump tank oh and a bloody great big pump not to mention the 3 1.5" water pipes. glad iv got doors although it gets a bit better every weekend. shortened all the...

i like the above could almost be done for free

hi rich im no expert so some one might need to correct me. but i have the same thing after water changes i think its got some thing to do with he high levels of co2 or just gas in tap water. plants only pearl when the dissolved gas level in the tank water is maxed out. im not sure but i dont...

wow amazing stuff can see right down tank waters clear no more brown should get my sequence pump running today so that will up the filtration a bit light ballast on Monday nearly there

lfs only had 250mls so ill give that a go. does the filter water need to pass through the stuff or can i just leave the bag floating in the sump.

ok maybe ill order 500ml just because im inpatient and to save on delivery thanks mate

hi iv decided i need Purigen my water is a bit cloudy/brown. so ive read up about it but, im not realy sure how much i need.seachems web site says "Each 1 L treats up to 4,000 L " other web sites say you need more. their actually selling it so i guess they would.so going buy the manufactures...

ive only been posting on here a couple of weeks and learnt so much i like the idea of a paludarium competition because im in to my frogs/ reptiles as well as fish and im sure id learn allot much from all of you. i might even have a go if my wire agrees to the budget

that's what it stands for the filters came up on a google search but they all said mha not the full name thanks again any way back on topic ill have to try that idea with the hose coil in the hot water im using 2 100 watt heaters at the moment heat one water barrel and the other one im just...

probably stupid question what's HMA water

hi ive got a 750l tank so not as big but for my water storage ive buried 2 water butts about half way under ground then built ply box round them stuffed with rock wool seems to keep the cold out