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My trace mix goes mouldy if not kept in the fridge. Last two times I've mixed a batch up, I've some disaster or other meaning I've stopped dosing :roll:

Thank you Aaron.

afaik, de-ionised is the same thing. That's what I was told when I went to Halfrauds to get some for the ferts/drop checker but I was told here (I think) that it doesn't make a huge amount of difference if you use normal tap water for mixing ferts.

If changing water introduces CO2 which we want the plants to adapt away from in a low light/tech, no CO2 set up, how do you deal with evaporation and dropping water levels. In my little tank (35l) I've a luminaire and a combination of the heat from the light and an open top to the tank means...

Cheers Matt, confirmed what I thought! And as for the whisky - you get what you pay for!

Gin? Bluech! Whisky's what you want mate, 'specially the good stuff from the right side of the Irish sea :p Only the trace mix lasts any length of time - I make up 250ml batches and dose 10ml 3 times a week, so it can last 8 weeks really.

Are they ok in the cupboard under my tank or should I be fridging them? Only asking as I noticed that my trace mix appears to have some mould or something on it!

I have amanos and cherries and dose EI using the Garden Direct stuff and my shrimp are thriving...I notice that half of my amano's are full of eggs again and the cherries just won't stop breeding.

Re: Bulk Purchase of CSM+B Alternative supplier to Aqua Essentia Clive, I have amano and lots(!) of cherry shrimp, plus MTS and nerite snails. I dose EI in liquid form and am currently doing 18ml X3 per week from a pre-mixed solution of 15g dry to 250ml distilled water.

Re: Bulk Purchase of CSM+B Alternative supplier to Aqua Essentia I buy a trace element mix from Garden Direct and it reckons it has 1.7% copper in it. I have inverts in the tank and haven't noticed any adverse effects although I haven't been using the mix for very long at all. They also do a...

My hubby is a Yorkshireman - sometimes if I listen carefully enough, I can hear a little squeek as he walks :wink:

Just to go back to your initial question, AE is great but you cna get cheaper from other sources. Aquaessentials Potassium Nitrate (250g) - £4.99 Mono Potassium Phosphate (250g) £4.99 Trace elements Mix (250g) - £9.99 Postage = £3.95 Total = £23.92 Garden Direct Potassium Nitrate...

Cheers Martin - figured it might help another n00b at some point!

Thanks for replying again Ceg - glad to see I hadn't missed anything particularly obvious. My local Boots is huuuuuge, so I'd imagine it would stock Epsom salts. I wasn't sure that I had needed to dose MgS04. My local water report says that a typical MgS04 content of the water for my area...

Ok, so I'm going to order this stuff, however, following a recommendation on this site, I checked out GardenDirect's prices but I'm a little unsure on the stuff they're offering. I have listed the Aquaessential's order along with the Garden Direct order for comparison purposes (note the double...

That hadn't occurred to me, so will have to be a little bit less hasty when I decide to make adjustments. I think I might just do that :) I didn't get that either but, lemming-like, I followed the instructions I was given. Thanks for the advice again!

First of all thanks for the responses (not forgetting yours Sam as I forgot to say Ta). I'm glad you picked up on my deliberate mistake ( :wink: ) - I meant once fortnightly when I wrote that. Ok, to clarify for anybody who doesn't use Seachem - I have bottles everywhere... on top of those for...

Well as you indicated, I haven't come across any guidance on how to do a switchover, so presume there isn't a definitive method. What concerns me, if I mix and match dry and liquid, is how do I compare the both (apples and oranges :lol: ) I'm sure I must be missing something about this :oops:

...is there a right way to do this, or is it just a case of doing it? My tank is about 200l, I have just over 2WPG lighting (on 11 hours a day), inject CO2 using a FE and using a drop checker believe I have it stable (the DC is green). Substrate is plain gravel. Plants are mainly cryptocoryne...

If it makes you feel any better about the Eheim's - my friend was telling me about his brand new Eheim thermo filter...which has just packed up :roll: 'spose it's the same as anything - more technology = more possibility for failure! As for the French - even us Norn Irish appreicate a good...

Thanks, I've been too scared to post on here tbh. The tanks and knowledge on display on this forum are frankly astounding. I hate in-tank furniture - I have an in-line heater in my 'big' tank and only the drop checker and diffuser on display. You tend to take these things for example after a...

ceg - wow, thanks very much for that explanation. I appreciate greatly any and all help the experienced can give this n00b :oops: Ok, so I'll have to have a rethink. No problem, I like the onyx stuff and have admired from afar - I guess that sort of thing, like CO2 is a bit scarey to people...

Hi daniel, yes it has been set up - just. I didn't want to mess with special substrate tbh. Naively perhaps, i hoped I could just have a nice, low maintenance tank dropping in a couple of drips of liquid ferts every now and again :oops: If I'm going the whole hog, is it worth adding liquid...

Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps I should clarify too :) This is not a new tank and I had previously had some H polysperma, anubias barteri v nana, & 3 diff types of moss in there previously. All the plants were showing signs of deficiency - almost miniature growth, and the anubias...

Thanks for the replies guys. I had tried to read Mr Barr's guidance on low light, low maintenance set ups and had gathered the same as Garuf - that frequent water changes introduce CO2 and is ultimately a recipt for disaster. But I struggle with how Tom Barr explains things and I mean that...

I have recently made an attempt to set up my first proper 'scape with a 28litre tank (inspired by Graeme Edward's latest effort, but that's a different story). It has 11W of lighting, so is pretty low light to say the least. I have an inert substrate, with added root tabs for the crypts...