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  1. frothhelmet

    Journey to the microcosm - the secret things living in your aquarium

    I have keep these before under the name 'turtle snails'. I got them from an ebay auction in the US about 10 years ago. It's cool to see that they seem to be part ramshorn snail part not. They didn't breed particularly well in my tank, eventually just disappearing and they were not particularly...
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    Maxing CO2 in Low Techs

    I think it is established that most gas exchange takes place at the surface - so whatever is moving the surface of the water more is going to produce the most gas exchange. Therefore it will depend on which particular set-up you utilise breaks the surface tension and circulates water the most...
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    Low-tech lawns

    Would be interesting if everyone updated their lawn post with water, soil, and lighting/liter parameters. Cheers.
  4. frothhelmet

    Low-tech lawns

    like the way you have an indian almond TREE stashed in the corner of the chocolate box :jimlad: Also - impressed that your ech ten goes red even without CO2 - didnt know it was possible...
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    Low-tech lawns

    Left = hymenasplenium obscurum - been in there 3 years - I tried to dig it out over christmas but the roots were crazy everywhere and would have ruined the entire scape! Right = anubias afzelli -been in there 4 years Nice ech ten lawn!
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    Low-tech lawns

    Anything hi-tech can do, we can do...slower. Showcase your low-tech lawn here. Updated list of low-tech lawn species: Marsilea Minuta, Echinodorus Tenellus, Ranalisma Rostrata, Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis, Eleocharis sp. This is marsilea minuta. Got 55w power compact on 80 liters with ph6.5 kh4...
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    Maxing CO2 in Low Techs

    Co2 in a low tech | UK Aquatic Plant Society What this thread means to me is that low tech tanks should do even better (get more CO2) in general when they have more opportunities for gas exchange with the atmosphere. Maybe we should try some wet/dry trickle filters on a lowtech and see the...
  8. frothhelmet

    Is my lighting to much?

    I would have thought so. But let some others chime in too.
  9. frothhelmet

    Is my lighting to much?

    Get some ramshorns and amanos to deal with this. You'll be glad you did.
  10. frothhelmet

    450L ready to launch. (First attempt)

    PM me if you want some Black MTS for the tank.
  11. frothhelmet

    any supplements needed

    Yeah, I dose in my non-CO2 set-ups because some plants (like anubias) show deficiencies if I don't. Though I do operate at relatively high light intensities. a1matt used to able to not dose I believe on his low tech 160l (3 tube fluorescent) when he had an enormous fish population he was feeding...
  12. frothhelmet

    Joe's tank

    This tank ruwelz. I am a bit confused though, in some earlier posts you say you dont feed the tank, but then you show photos of you clearly feeding it.... Also, I was wondering how you were able to tweak the spraybar flow just right - close the output valve on your canister? Such a nice...
  13. frothhelmet

    How do you stop BBA with no CO2

    ramshorn snails will also eat BBA to nothing. So will red-nose shrimp, but they will die in a few months because they are not freshwater shrimp.
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