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Hi everyone, Finally got a new tank to scape after a lomg break. Just a quick question that I know someone will be able to help with please. What’s the best way to attach in-vitro anubias plantlets to wood? With potted anubias I’ve used a fishing line or a tiny dab of superglue being...

So nearly a year on , plants are growing well , had a BBA infestation barely survied that then came GSA and GDA that nearly broke me but loads of reading and what helped was i bought monopotashim phosphate salts and started dosing that 2ml 2-3 times a week and TNC alternatively which solved GSA...

Thank you , i have weekaqua s400pro atm on my 45p planted with UG (which is not doing so great UG is very slow) was thinking of upgrading.

It may be irrelevant but I had this happen too , at least it looked like fungus and lost some fish. It may be unrelated but I concluded that it started happening after dosing a DIY solution with chelated Fe. Any chance you have dosed any DIY ferts?

Evening Scaperinc, I recently got a Z200pro for my aquanano 40. My initial impression is that I'm chuffed to bits, easy to use, customise etc. But I've just stripped the tank, waiting for new soil before I embark on a new scaping journey. Previously had 2 aquanano leds running through a...

Found a robin nest in the shed today 😄

Layout is complete, plenty of Ferns, Anubias, Sagittaria, some crypts, some Amazon Swords in the background and my moss log which I was going to get rid of but once I had it in hand, I spotted at least 10 cherry shrimp which shouldn't be there, they must have hitch hiked in a bag or some plants.

Hello aquatic fans, I would like to share with You my own Freshwater aquarium fertilizing calculator . Let's check some screenshots below. Of course, there exists IFC Aquarium Fertilizer Calculator on this forum, which I like a lot. It inspires me to finish mine as well, having slightly...

Hi all, They often grow out of <"rock walls">. Cool, shady and damp, but not too wet? If it is Pteris cretica it is a lime-lover, I'm not sure about the other species, it is quite a big genus. Have a look at <"The sails">. cheers Darrel

Thanks for the swift replies! Darrel, you read my mind. I meant to ask how best not to kill it? Is it a moisture loving fern?

Hi all, I'm <"pretty sure that is right">. Probably not entirely hardy. cheers Darrel

Some kind of Pteris cretica maybe? The cultivars 'Mayii' and 'Roeweri' looks quite similar to yours.

Never seen it in real life but its way to 'clean' to be some sort of fungus. I think its a good chance it is Lymphocystis. It most def looks like it. You can read it all about the web and a good start would be here: https://eshalabs.com/lymphocystis/

I have a White Cloud Mountain minnow that has a fairly large circular growth on its face that appeared in the last couple weeks. It seems like it grew quickly but then stopped changing. The growth is very smooth and white. This particular fish is at least 4 years old and the rest of its body...

It's a terrestrial fern

Bought this from a garden centre, helpfully described as a fern. The leaf shape seems reminiscent of windolov's irregularity. Any ideas?

The tank has been declared cycled a good while ago. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to acquire the intended fauna, so it is basically in stand mode. At some point, worried about possible issues with the botanicals being toxic or something like that, I bought 4 rummy noses as a test...

Ordered two concave plates and two of the new intake tubes, will install them next weekend and do a filter maintenance at the time time, fingers crossed.

Anyone use the Z200 ?

This morning i added aprox 7liters of osmose water in my aquarium. Half a 15l jerrycan. This is the amount i can produce in one hour. Just checked my kh and its a low kh10. My ph problem by co2 seems no more of a problem. Ill keep up this regime and see how it goes from there. Few weeks ago i...

Hi all, Exactly the same for me, the <"the coffee not the froth" >and that has <"cut straight to the chase"> and is also a perfect summary of the <"Duckweed Index">. cheers Darrel

From what I've gathered, Honey Gourami and Red Honey Gourami are indeed variations of the same species. So adding a Red Honey Gourami to your tank should be fine since they're essentially the same fish with different colorations.

Cut the hedges and cleaned the patio… need to clean the greenhouse and sort the two ponds out next. Not to mention getting the allotment in order. Busy weekends.

To make things even more interesting, i obviously have dozens of land plants sucking up the fertz with their roots. So just dosing from any fertz calculator doesnt work for me... Indeed, keep it stupid simple. Look at the aquariumplants and give them what they need 😊

So it appears the original thread has been removed in its entirety. I respect @Gill choice on this as it is his journal and I’m all for the “right to be forgotten”. However, I feel there would be some useful information in that journal that could guide future projects, particularly where people...

Hi all, I'd honestly concentrate on that one. cheers Darrel

Hi all, I honestly don't <"think it matters">. From a purely personal point of view one of the reasons I want to <"understand the chemistry"> is that it allows me to answer questions about the <"Duckweed Index">, <"fertilisers">, <"cycling and nitrification"> etc. with accuracy and without...

Hi all, I would always "grow my own", rather than using dry powdered yeast, straight from the packet. The problem with sugars (mono and di-saccharides) is that they are among the <"low hanging fruit of microbial substrates">. I think that is why adding a small amount of hay works <"Results...

Yes it is possible, providing the tank is heavily planted and well maintained. I've used an Eheim skimmer before on its own in a nano with the top section removed and the top of the filter sponge exposed just at water level. Advantages are, it brings the outlet nearer the surface so there is...

Nice! I assumed you were referring to the feeding strategy 😂

The Skulls will Be Blended in more once covered in moss, and just glimpses remain. Hence All that Remains.

Small updates: Did the Co2 test, drop is about 1.2 in Ph so i assume i'm ok. Did a big water change Cloud water before the WC, but i insert a lot of filter floss inside the pre filter and now look way better Algae still grow, and have a green dust on the glasses Plants growth is quite good

The reason why it is prohibited is that if there is a situation such as damage or spillage during shipping, other products will be damaged.

Unfortunately, it is prohibited and they are confiscated at customs.

Ahh ok, makes sense. Same, they don't float my boat, but I think they look good here!

Issues around stocking/ using live feeder fish etc. Skulls aren’t my sort of thing but the tank is looking good!

Good morning Darrel. I think you are a bit to modest over yourself ;) For me the nutriënts are what i know from experience. If i have this problem in the tank i add (or cut down) this. This because i 'know' that it helps me with the problem with some basic knowhow. However, the excact...

You cant order from any European country the powder form?

Thanks bro🙏🙏🙏

Yes 👍

If I want to make it 0.069ppm, 75*0.069=5.175, then 5.175/5=1.035, then 250*1.035=258.75, then 258.75/77.4=3.34ml, that is, if I put 3.34ml dtpa 6% into my 250ml container, I put it in 5ml dose into my 75liter tank. if i give Is it true that 0.069ppm iron will be dtpa?🙏🙏

no filter is fine in an heavily planted tank

Yes, it's difficult to know the right dosage to provide adequate food versus pollution. Yeast is not cheap either. I once dosed it to sugar water to generate CO2 but gave up shortly in favor of CO2 tank. BTW, can sugar water be used in lieu of flour to feed daphnia, both are carbohydrate...

Thank you very much🙏

You want to dose 0,05 mg/L Fe to 75 L, this means 75 L * 0,05 mg/L = 3,75 mg Fe This will be dosed with 3 mL* : 3,75 mg / 3 mL = 1,25 mg/ml, which is the concentration of Fe-DTPA in your stocking solution. Your stocking solution is 250 ml, so you need 250 ml * 1,25 mg/ml = 312,5 mg Fe-DTPA...

Hi, You should not go for a setup where you try to minimise WC. Lowtech or hightech. Although you could have a stable tank with only a small WWC, it will not always be the case. Your fish get sick => do lots of WC / you have an algae issue => do lots of WC / most issue you could have => do...

I only speak English, and I'm not even very good at that. A lot of potassium compounds will be bases, it really depends on the conjugate base and acid. I know exactly what you mean, I'm not very good at chemistry, despite having science degrees. I'm also not very good at fish keeping, despite...

What algae feeding elements? Lots of people on this forum use rock hard tap water for high tech and have amazing scapes. If you remineralise with Equilibrium, then you could skip that and use tap water to remineralise your RO.

TNC was coming in at £54 for a 5L, so went with AquaDesign PLANT+ Complete Liquid £28.99 looks ok, and will see what it does.

Hi all, This is <"Azara serrata">, it is easy as a semi-hard wood cutting, and has a lovely "fresh green" leaf, but usually it doesn't flower very well. I've let it grow this year (it flowers on "old wood"), it hasn't been frost browned, and it has flowered really well. Cheers Darrel

I'm using 6% as a basis here.

If the skimmer is shrimp safe and the skimmer provide enough surface agitation and if it supports aeration it should be fine - the shrimps in particular will appreciate that. The bio filtration (and maturing of the tank) will be adequately provided by the plants and substrate if the plant mass...

So, is it right or wrong to set it this way from rotala butterfly?

Hi all, I think the problem is that to get enough yeast cells in the water to feed the Daphnia, you are balanced right on the edge of tipping over into polluted conditions, which then kills them off. Yeast can give you short term boom, but in my experience, always shortly followed by bust...

I will use this in a 250 ml stock bottle, for example 0.05ppm dtpa 0.03ppm edta 0.01ppm eddha 0.01ppm gluconate.

The tank is 75 liters, I will complete the remaining 0.05ppm iron with edta, eddha and gluconate.

Hi, 1 Litre = 1,29 KG, so the density is 1,29 g/ml. 6% DTPA-Fe. So 1 ml of that fertilizer contains 1290 mg * 0,06 = 77,4 mg DTPA-Fe. A solution of 250 ml with 0,05 mg/L Fe would be really lean. Maybe do you mean to add 0,05 ppm Fe directly to a 250 Liters tank? In this case 250 L * 0,05...

Have you got any tips on how you made this? Where's the filter hidden? Inspiration for one i'm hoping to make

Just a female betta fish or a Scralet Badis Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

Don't see why not... If it was me I'd try to use some old substrate or old crushed lava rock and then not even need to worry about getting the cycle started. What is your single nano fish going to be?

I'm a bit confused, what happened to the last thread? tank looks good, how big is it?

Are you committed to high tech? Personally, at that scale I couldn't bare regular water changes and would go for something that didn't need them. Certainly doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful tank. Plenty of people here that do do WCs at that scale though, just challenging any underlying...

Is it theoretically possible to cycle and run a nano planted tank (<=25l) with just a surface skimmer of the tank has a very low bio load (snails, shrimp and one nano fish)? Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

I'm Surprised I still have a Cherry Shrimp Population in here with all the fish, but see them pootling about without a care amongst the hardscaping. And the growing number of Platty fry are a good sign that they are growing amongst all the hidey holes and plants. The Newest Algae eaters have...

Spirulina powder sounds good. Spirulina is an ingredient of quality fish food, so it’s food for both fry and daphnia. Not sure why yeast, commonly recommended, is no good. I tried baker yeast before and can confirm that it didn’t work. Adult daphnia are too large for newly hatched fry...

I need this dumbed Down, as I dont understand Dry Ferts at all @dw1305 .

Looking good mate. 👍

I have used clay a few times with good results, both below a sand layer and on its own. When exposed it might cloud the water initially, but the particles will settle out once you get some algae on them to hold it all together. I think a doing a dry start for a few weeks until a biofilm develops...

Well the 125 gal would have sump filtration. What kind of media would get rid of the algae-feeding elements if using tap?

That's an idea for when I build my house. Currently living in an apartment.

Yes, I remineralize with seachem Equilibrium.

There's also Dragons

I Spend most Mornings having my Breakfast sitting infront of the tank watching them enjoy theirs. I much prefer the height of this as gives a very good viewing angle. I do need to add more foreground plants to blend the skulls in more. As the Ceratosaurus Skull has a marine coral base which...

I think it needs more dinosaur skulls.

Ours have almost finished flowering.

Hello friends, since dtpa iron is not available in powder form in my country, my only option is this product as dtpa iron, but this product is in liquid form, how many ml should I put in my 250ml container to get 0.05 ppm?

Rhododendron nearly in full flower.

Hi Darrel, no need to apologize ;) Thats one of the reasons i came here, to learn. About the kalium/carbonate i knew. The reason i thought that when adding kalium the hardness of our water increased was because of my experiences in the past. Its hard stuff and what i do nowadays is⁹ basically...

So After Some Consideration and chatting with Admin for sometime I can Start Posting this thread Again. I sadly Lost the Arowana last Week, Came down one morning and it was dead on the kitchen floor. All I can think of is something Spooked it and it managed to jump with enough force to lift the...

Hi all, Honestly dry salts are the answer for larger volume tanks, it really is a "no-brainer" - <"Solufeed 2:1:4 and Solufeed Sodium Free TEC or Solufeed Coir TEC Combination">. You can argue about aesthetics etc with lights and filters, but with fertilisers every potassium (K+) (or...

Hi all, Apologies for that. There is some discussion in <"Confusion concerning 0dKH and nitrification">, but again not very user friendly. We are in the German language and the "K"s but "Karbonate", not "Kalium". Potassium (K) is an alkali metal, but whether a salt is basic, neutral or acidic...

Yeah it is a Quandry theres Pos/Cons for both arguements, But I think I'll get him fixed for peace of mind.

Hi Darrel, thanks for the reply. Ah thanks for the info, appreciated! Good reads but quite hard for non english speakers cause of the terms. Always thought kalium would increase slightly the KH of the water. Will try tomorrow anyways since i want to cut down my kh a bit anyways with some...

Hiu all, We <"have a thread"> ............ It allows you to sell two products, a <"premium" and a "specialised">. I'll be honest I've got a <"pretty jaundiced view"> of the sellers of most <"Aquarium products">. Have a look at <"Algae support"> and linked threads. cheers Darrel

Hi all, None of those should add any dKH, or alkalinity, although the "Epsom Salts" (MgSO4.7H2O) will add dGH. The CO2 should <"outgas fairly quickly"> back to the equilibrium CO2 level. cheers Darrel

I don't think you should ever plant in straight clay from outside, though it might be a useful component in a substrate assuming it's free from contaminants. The only thing that makes clay clay is that the rock particles are super, super tiny. So tiny that they can form a colloidal suspension...

My male Dachshund is 4 and we never nor will ever have him done as there’s no requirement. There’s also suggestions that fixed males have more health issues later on in life. But I’ve heard so many other owners saying that their in tact males are constantly urinating indoors.

Hi all, I've seen a big Cork Oak (Q. suber) near Sidmouth, and apparently there are <"even bigger ones"> in Devon and Cornwall. You more usually see the hybrid between Turkey (Q. cerris) and Cork Oak , the "Lucombe Oak" (Q. x hispanica). We have one on the Campus (a Lucombe Oak)_ and it sheds...

Close up cryptocoryne spiralis 'tiger'

Depends on the definition of useful. Clay based soils have a much greater cation exchange capacity than a sandy soil (like an aqua soil). Though without significantly processing the clay before it’s suitable in other respects (i.e. not a massive lump which you can plant into) it may still be...

Agree with the comments here. From your photo's it looks like the new leaves in the centre of the plant are pale /white, if so then this highly likely an iron issue. Can you confirm if this is the case? I find unhealthy plants are then eaten by your shrimp!! Healthy ones are left alone.

The co2 puzzle has been solved and i am positive you cannot guess the cause 🤣 Ok so here are my measurements the last 2 days... Tapwater KH 10 Tapwater PH 7.5 Aquariumwater: KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed PH 7.5 So the problem was i couldnt get my ph below 7 trough...

Rare in the UK as cork bark oak seems to favor warmer climates, it lives in Candie Gardens. The gardens were at one time part a privateers private home, the owner a Mr Priaulx, was exceptionally wealthy and imported many rare trees and plants. Unfortunately many of the rare plants and specimen...

Anyone tried this or have a reason to or not? I have excavated about 1m down in my garden and it is hard hard clay. Wondered if it was useful.

He isn't yet, but I will have him fixed shortly after my upcoming holiday. He only has 1 descended, and there is a risk of Cancer for the undescended one.. So will get him done soon, wouldn't want to risk that with him. His old Vets in Derby never advised getting him done so left it.

Is he fixed Gill? It’s fairly common in hounds to urinante in the house if they’re not fixed. Thankfully my Dachshund doesn’t do it, but her has other “bad habits”.

Hi all, They filter particles by size, so anything the "algae" sized is ingested. Spirulina powder is a good one If you add some hay it will keep the culture ticking over. I'd definitely avoid milk (and yeast), but paprika and gram flour (chickpea) work quite well. Cheers Darrel

They've already been and fitted smoke alarms throughout the house. And LEAP have replaced all the Bulbs etc for LED and given dad Remote controlled plug adapters. So he can turn lamps on etc without getting up. I may have pinched one for the tank lights. Im looking at getting his heating...

How cool is it when you can id a 'new' species in your own tank. 3 Years ago i ordered a pot of Cryptocoryne Spiralis 'caudigera' at Aquasabi in Germany. It came a litlle bit bashed by transport and it didnt make it in middle of the tank. Since a month or 2 i noticed new leaves and i thought...

You can use spirulina powder, you only need a tiny amount dissolved in some tank water.