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Don't mean to derail your thread but I've been thinking about setting up a Dennerle 35L and was considering those Leddy lights you've been using, do you think one would be enough for a low-tech tank with mostly slower growing plants? I was also looking at the Twinstar 30B but figured it might...

Maybe not really a background stem, but I currently have a stem of bacopa compact that is about 35cm long and directly in front of my oase 350 outflow

A month should not be a problem ,some people use an air stone, I don't personally.

Leave them until you rescape. Then cut them on half and hide the ugly ones behind those that still have tips and new growth.

Not sure you'll find any aquatic plant that has thick enough stems to withstand strong flow without bending to some degree. But here are a few suggestions Hygrophila ssp. Pogostemon erectus Ludwigia repens

https://riverwoodaquatics.co.uk/product/chihiros-b30-led/

I've thought often about getting this tank, and if i did, i'd use a chihiros A2 series, excellent colour rendition, and programmable. Chihiros B series also a good option imo.

I'm looking for a background stem with sturdy thick stems and round bright leaves (somewhat like Lobelia Cardinalis, but smaller?) Or like Rotala Indica 'bonsai'. The need for a thick sturdy stem comes from the fact that there is a strong current in that corner and I don't want the plants to...

Chihiros 30 or Twinstar 30B should fit your tank.

Nice tank @si walker . Liking the vibe. A side question for you, do you ever get your bacopa dividing after trimming? Mine always grows in a single stem like yours there, but I'm sure it wasn't like that when I bought the plant originally. Maybe a submerged vs emersed thing?

oh.! i keep seeing this WeekAqua on the forum. I honestly thought it was someones name for a Journal ... Been a long week already. Will have a look at this on the train!:thumbup:

I am very guilty of that. When I first started having problems as most people do I went straight to my ferts and reduced my dosing. What I failed to do was give it time to adjust. After 3-4 days I adjusted again, and again only gave it 3-4 days and over and over again. What I didn’t do was get...

Hi all, We think it probably does (via <"resource partition">). My plants tend to have relatively small leaf rosette, but long and bountiful roots, which I think is a response to fairly lean rations. It is really the ratio of rosette to root that is important, <"if you have a very large plant...

Doesn't the root system get larger when there is a lack of nutrients for them?

Flipping planaria! So whatever killed the fish obviously didn't affect the worms.

Go on ..........

Thanks, drop me a pm @malik uddin

Guess what I've just seen climbing up the glass? 😫

This is a big concern. I have unfortunately seen first hand how a CO2 swing can kill shrimp and I now am much more careful and have safeguards in place. I’m guilty of always tweaking and changing things. When I leave the tank alone, things tend to much more smoothly and problems sometimes fix...

@AlStu have you thought about self publishing ? There are a few services out there that might be worth investigating. It could be a cost effective kickstart into a career writing and illustrating children's books. Then there is this as well https://shop.winstonebooks.co.uk/products/9781399408929

I use a WeekAqua Z200 Pro on my Dennerle 35L. It's a cliplight and I'm very happy with it. Way overkill but I keep the power at 20%

Hi all. I have been thinking about trying out a new light on my D S 35ltr. For quite a few years now, since i set up my tank I have used two Aquael Leddy Plant Lights (6w each i believe). Honestly they have been brilliant, but as i am now using CO2 and my plants are more varied, I feel like i...

Thank you for the reply, how did you go about importing them then? Borneo aquatics are telling g me I have to file an IPAFFS log, but I can’t do this until I have the phytosanitary certificate and shipping info from them. What steps did you have to go through, I am looking to import around a...

Yeah already have the non thermo filters just trying to find out what was the better option 👍

There are a few on the market these days. Not so long ago the only real choice was Hydor. I've run a Hydor for a few years. They can be a bit temperamental, I've had to take mine apart a few times to get it working after it's been in storage for a few months. Other than that it's kept the tank...

Looking for recommendations for a inline tank heater 300w 16/22 pipe size

Hi all, To answer your question, "yes leave them". Personally I would let them grow for a lot longer before I pruned them*. There are some mosses, but plants like Cryptocoryne & Bucephalandra spp. are exclusively from the Old World. Echinodorus (and the plants split from it) are all New...

I think @malik uddin you're perhaps going about this the wrong way. It's always a good idea to do as much research as possible before considering what livestock are suitable. And once suitable inhabitants have been identified even more research is required to learn how best to recreate as close...

If you can think of anyone who might be able to put me in contact, that would be amazing (always seems better than cold calling) otherwise I’ll work out the best email to use to pitch it to them!

I think Mike asked about the aquarium because sometimes it's helpful to know the answer by knowing the information,in answering the OP discussed algae melting plants CO2, so l assumed he was happy to broaden the issue. Maybe @John q coming in earlier would have avoided this.

I feel you would end up with two miserable fish ,especially,the Discus they only thrive in numbers with a large enough well filtered aquarium.similar to Cory's, Clown loaches happier in a group. A single Angelfish in a large enough aquarium could work with compatible tank mates,beware of fin...

I haven't kept either yet, but this doesn't sound like a great idea to me. Aren't both species that do better in a group with their own as opposed to a single fish? I would have thought you'd want a longer tank also (I appreciate they're tall fish). I'm sure someone better than Mike or I will...

You can always ask Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant for an advice.

Hi Malik I suspect that your tank is too small, but I’m sure an expert with chime in.

@Scmelik I’m sorry if I overstepped, I was just trying to get to the root cause of your tank’s issues. The additional information you provided has give us a wider context of the issues you are having with the tank. It appears that there as a few strategies that you can implement to prevent...

Hello will a single angelfish and a single discus coexist or will one bully the other. Also could I stick an electric blue ram in there too. tank is 60cm cube 165l and a 35l sump. Cheers

I know some UKAPS members know Nathan Hill editor of Practical Fishkeeping quite well,who might be open to a article , could be a starting point

Salvinia does really well in my aquariums and l can sort of work out how much TNC Complete to dose after a while. Now far less than l initially used, just add at water change , all plants seem to be doing well

Yes, since I'm using RO water there are no problems for me, and had a lots of them. Although I get rise to around 3KH till weekly water change from stones and sand.

Anything goes, as long as you eliminate KH.

Thank you. NO3 dosing is around 5ppm per week(don't know real ppm in water) PO4 yes it's 5ppm. Adding tropica premium for Fe and micros, it's around 0.3 ppm of Fe. Ca 15ppm and Mg 5ppm.

Hi all, It <"does get a mention">, I've tried it a couple of times, but it needs harder, more nutrient rich water than I have to offer. If you can provide that? It should work fine. cheers Darrel

Fair enough.

Hiya I've fallen ill so taking sick leave at the moment. I feel like crap but it's the second day of sick leave so I'll have to go back to work tomorrow or see a doctor again. Gonna take it easy today so that I can be somewhat well by tomorrow. I went to the fish store on Saturday. On...

very nice @Nikola… So by your dosing what is the weekly total values for No3 (?), po4 (5pppm right?), and Fe+micros (?)… At GH 5 your Ca and Mg levels are about 20ppm Ca and 10ppm Mg or something like that...

I been storing ro in Jerry cans 2 months at a time with no problems for like forever. Folks in the marine hobby store ro in huge plastic containers for many more months and keep the most delicate of corals.

Dunno if it's been mentioned, but here's a side-by-side comparison between duckweed, Frogbit, RRFs and some Spirodela polyrhiza. Sort of an intermediate between the two, if you don't want to deal with the MASSIVE root systems I have on my Frogbits.

I will contact him and let you know if I can give you his details. He is in East London stratford

For Netherlands the cost was 150$

Thank you John. Yes that was the original question. I appreciate sticking to the task at hand thank you.

Re the plants that are transitioning, which I think was the original question 🤔 leave them another week if possible then cut and re plant.

I get crystal clear water from 2 trays of K1 micro, 2 trays of 20ppi foam and 2 trays of 30ppm foam. No filter floss at all.

Thank you so much, that means a lot! In an ideal world, I’d love to do a book with pages like this for multiple different ‘types’ of aquarium that realistically (with a little artistic licence) showed the different styles (think Dutch, Iwagumi, black water, nano cubes, big predator tanks, the...

Yes it’s only there to get it full of BB so that when I rescape here in a couple of months and get rid of the sand and organic potting soil I have a cycled filter for my holding tank.

If you are looking at filter filtration only, then @hypnogogia is correct. You are not going to get much better than a good old-fashioned sponge. And the Biomasters can produce very clear and healthy water without filter floss, too. Do I spy a sponge filter in the aquairum as well?

Hmm this looks interesting, is getting it shipped across expensive?

Sponges provide very good biological filtration and usually better than more expensive ‘biological media’. https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/7-filter-media/

Hello! I have imported as individual, but they sell only big amount (my order was 1 kg). For exporting to EU you need certificate, which seller will attach to parcel. Arrived within 4 days.

Hi appreciate this is from a while ago? But I can’t figure out how the importing. Is it only for business's or can an individual import for themselves for personal use.

Sorry I’m not sure why I put gray, I believe I meant the original sponges HAHA. I removed them because I wanted better biological filtration than the sponges. The reason for adding filter floss is that I am getting some smaller stuff sneaking through that I want to eliminate and it’s easier...

Thank you. I’d checked that it was smaller than the file size limit before uploading though - I think it was 1.5mb.

Very interested in your point 3 @Scmelik. What were the grey sponges you talked about? Oase are usually blue and red. What made you remove the sponge, and also why are you considering filter floss in the top tray?

Let it grow out. You don’t need to trim yet as you don’t have enough plant mass for the amount of light and nutrients in your tank (would be my suggestion).

I am also not trying to solve my GSA issue I have gotten that ironed out and it will get better over the next couple of weeks. I was simply asking if I should trim a plant that young and still acclimating or if I should let it continue to grow out a bit.

When measuring KH (with a test kit) we aren’t truly measuring the carbonate hardness of the water, but the buffering capability of the water which can be affected by things other than carbonate, such as phosphate. At which point the CO2/KH/pH relationship breaks down. Get a drop checker and you...

I was running much higher up until 2 weeks ago when I dropped it to 70% and the GSA has drastically improved. The issue was I didn’t totally understand that if I was going to run my light that high is that my C02 and nutrients needed to follow and I didn’t. I feel like I could run this light...

The illustrations are really good, they would make be great in fishkeeping book for children to learn, and grown ups for that matter

Image could be too large! I took a Screenshot and loaded it that way;)

That’s not an accurate way of checking your CO2 levels.

Floating plants will suck up excess nutrients. Water lettuce and Frogbit are hungry plants. The AI prime at 70% might be a bit bright for your current plant load but others more familiar with the light may be better placed to advise.

One thing to be aware of with distilled or RO water when storing it is that if exposed to air it will rapidly suck up CO2 and produce H2CO3 (carbonic acid) thus drop the pH considerably which could cause a reaction with the material of the container and release unwanted compounds (often toxins)...

I regularly check my ph and kh and use the chart to know where my C02 is at, I rarely drop below 28ppm of C02

You could try different stems a few Hygrophilla sps fast growing to get algae reduced, and Amazon Swords for region specific .Agree invest in a drop checker-consistent CO2 is needed to benifit the plants and safety for fish and critters like shrimp,try more water changes

Hello 👋, welcome

How is this lovely tank going?

Mike, Originally there was many more stems in the back but because of the GSA I ended up having to remove them all. My original plan for this tank was to be a South American themed tank with only plants and fauna from South America so from my research I could come up with any moss or crypts...

Yeah, I think there's something to the rich substrate/lean water column combo too, at least for tanks with slower growth, which would include even the happiest low tech tank. Plant roots have so many tricks to extract what they need from the soil, where foliar feeding is passive.

Thanks @Scmelik for your answers. I’d suggest you massively increase your plants in the tank. The drift wood you have is begging for moss and Anubias. Some Echinodorus in the left back to use the height. Cryptocorney wendti for the fore to midground. Also fill up the foreground with more of...

1. Size of tank in litres. 110L 2. Age of the set - up. Setup up as a planted tank Sept 23 (so still a very young tank) 3. Filtration + Media/Sponges. Oase Biomkaster Thermo 350, all of the gray sponges have been removed and Ehime Substrat Pro is filling all of the trays. (Next water change...

Both these scapes were grown low-energy in a mix of 1:1 Westlands aquatic compost and Westlands Irish moss peat, with a couple of large handfuls or horticultural grit. The depth of the soil was generally around 30-40mm. The soil was deeper in the scape immediately below; it was banked to about...

Hi all, The variability is the issue. Potentially you can do the same with <"sediment nutrients"> as you can with water column ones, all the way from <"Triffid to running on petrol fumes">. That is why I like Oak (Quercus spp.) or <"Beech (Fagus spp.) leaf mold">, it is going to add <"slow to...

Will look forward to seeing the development of this. Looking good so far:)

Exactly. Balancing the type and amount of organic matter seems to be the critical for success with a dirt tank, but there's an uncomfortable amount of guesswork because the material is so variable and can lead to uneven outcomes. That's why I initially went with potting soil, actually - not...

Hi all, That is an advantage of a dry salt straight away, you aren't paying for any added water. I'm <"proud of it"> and it works. I want people to keep planted tanks, both because I like plants (I'm a botanist by training), but also because they make fish keeping a lot easier and more...

Plus this information: 1. Size of tank in litres. 2. Age of the set - up. 3. Filtration + Media/Sponges. 4. Lighting and duration. 5. Substrate. 6. Co2 dosing or Non-dosing. 7. Fertilizers used & Ratios. 8. Water change regime and type. 9. Plant list + When planted. 10. Drop Checker. 11...

Thank you very much for your answer. I'm on my way to do a 50% water change and will follow your advice : I will aim for 50µs. It will take several WCs but I don't want to shock my fish. I actually have read many of your posts on the duckweed index and it seems to be the smartest method when...

Thank you :) Do you find the 600 is big enough for your tank? Is it a Rio 180l?

I’ll give a few different species a try see what happens. I want to create two moss walls on hygrolon panels. With vining plants crawling up the crevices.

Hi all, It should have done, conductivity is a linear scale. I still use a conductivity datum, although I don't actually <"measure conductivity regularly"> any more. Exactly that. If you stabilise pH you no longer have soft, acid water. Yes, probably to 50 microS, you can carry on with the...

Thanks for your answer. I didn't take a picture of the tank before the cleaning/rescaping. Afterwards it looks like this: Cheers

Hi Darrel, thank you for the reply, Yes I expected a rise in conductivity, but I didn't expect it to be this high with the second dosing. I would have thought that dosing 5 ml would result in an increase of 1.6x the result of dosing 3ml. I use JBL aquadur wich comes in the form of a powder. I...

Hi @Scmelik Thanks for posting the photo. It looks like you need a lot more plants to help stabilize the tank. Planting heavily with fast growing stem plants will help. I'd fill the background with tones of Rotala. Copy and Paste the list below...and add your answers to each number on the...

This is where it’s at currently. I had a lot of problems with GSA and GDA, and like most people who are inexperienced I immediately assumed I had a nutrient problem. Which now after doing hours and hours of research and reading a bunch of Tom Barr’s philosophies I realized it was a balance issue...

It'd be helpful if we had a little more info inc. a FTS. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/please-read-the-guidelines-for-algae-help.60672/ https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/algae-problems-read-this.58460/

I made a “uk native wildlife pond” last year and it went through lots of unsightly phases including … Brown murk=will settle Green murk=add daphnia Hair algae=more plants, inc watercress Dog bath=hosepipe And now it’s clear, plants have grown in and full of life , newts, frogs, tadpoles...

Hello everyone, I have a 90l superfish tank, no CO2, no fertilisation apart from the fish food, low lighting (superfish led 35w dimmed at 15%). The growth is slow but I don't mind, the problem is that most of the older leaves are covered in a black/greenish algae (see photo) It's easily...

Hi all, Welcome to UKAPS and nice tank, nice fish. You will get some rise in conductivity, plants take up nutrients as ions, and it is those same ions that conduct electricity. A <"relatively small addition of salts"> causes quite a large increase in electrical conductivity. I'm going to say...

Hi all, I think that is probably the important bit, the bark is <"nearly all lignin"> and that has a very low <"Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)">. The problem with the domestic green waste compost is that <"it isn't fully decomposed"> (although some of the fixed nitrogen will have gone)...

Anyone use the Chihiros hanging kit with a 120cm light? As looking online the brackets don't screw into the light, this slightly concerns me as would it be possible to knock the wires and the light fall into the tank?

Nice work!