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Hi, hope this isn't hijacking the thread. I've used this set up for a while and had no problems. Now I've started using standard yeast rather than the nutrafin bank busting stuff :lol: and I've noticed that I am getting white stuff floating around the diffuser. Anyone know what this is and...

Thanks :D Thanks. I've started dosing now, and during the set up I am doing water changes every couple of days (initially daily). Do you think I will eventually need to do the 50% weekly water changes recommended with EI, or could I do one or two 25-30% changes? This is more of a medium...

Sorry to keep asking for advice! :oops: I am completely bowled over by both Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki (Dwarf Chain Loach) and Trichogaster leerii (Pearl Gourami). Obviously these are very different fish. I could only have a pair of the pearl gourami or a group of 5 or 6 dwarf chain loach...

This looks like a great plan. I'm sure that those with more experience will be along in no time to offer advice. You'll find lots of nano tank journals and finished scapes on this site to offer you inspiration. Enjoy!

Re: External filters - help! At the moment I am still using the Dennerle filter with a quoted output of 360l/hr and a koralia nano pump to boost the flow. Do you think this is sufficient or should I look at getting a new external with more flow (when the bank balance allows!). I've discovered...

Lots of pics :D (from my phone, so sorry about the quality) 95l tank Plant list Vallisneria Nana Vallisneria Americana "mini twister" Echinodorus vesuvius Egeria Densa Microsorum pteropus (normal and narrow forms) Hydrocotyle verticillata Staurogyne Repens Cryptocorne Parva Other crypts (can't...

I've lost 3 fish and a shrimp, but I have had no further deaths since doing a few water changes. The fish have been put under a bit more stress in the last 24 hours by being moved into a holding tank while I redo their tank. I have to say that I had just not anticipated how long it would take...

Hello, I've made a few posts already, but still thought I should introduce myself. I am from Tooting in South London, I currently have two planted tanks, but by tomorrow evening I should have 3 :D I'm a mature student sharing a house with three patient people who don't really get the fish...

I've come home to find another dead celebes rainbowfish, and the gills of several others are quite red. This isn't the first time I've done big water changes, but I have noticed that the fish are more stressed when I change more water. I also often leave the water overnight with a heater in...

I'm at about 80% stocking at the moment, which has remained the same over the last 9 months. I was planning to rearrange my tanks over the weekend and split the fish across two tanks anyway, but I'm not sure if I should hold off on that now.

This is a beautiful tank! I have to say that it is looking at your tanks that has inspired me to redesign my tanks - I really loved your first "kitchen tank". Since discovering an interest in fishkeeping, I've always had tanks in the kitchen, much to the despair of one of my housemates who...

Re: A more conventional Iwagumi This is a really beautiful tank! Are those celestial pearl danios / galaxy rasboras? If so, then I love your choice of fish too - these are some of my favourite fish.

Just found a dead fish, a dead cherry shrimp and I am missing another fish. Don't know what I've done, but I'm thinking that maybe the new dosing regime was too much for them? :?: I've posted something over in the fish forum. Now I'm wondering if I should go ahead with the planned re-scape...

I've changed a few things in my tank in the last couple of weeks. I have a fairly low-tech 95l tank with yeast based CO2 system that has been running for 9 months or so. I've been reading a lot on here and decided to try to improve my tank so I am about to move and rescape my tanks and I...

Thank you for the welcome, and the advice. I am just following the recommended dosing on the liquid carbon packets at the moment, so I'm not too worried about overdosing. I had another play with layout of dragon stone this evening: I've got a bit more height on the largest stone, and from...

Hello, I am new to UKAPS and fairly new to planted tanks. I currently have two tanks, a 25l tank with some pygmy puffer fish and a 90l tank (with lots of other fish!) I decided a while ago that the 95l tank needed a re-scape, and the fish I am keeping would probably be happier with the little...

I really like it too. I even liked the second version you showed. You're plant list is very similar to what I'm planning to use in my tank, so I like that too!

Re: External filters - help! Thanks for your replies guys. So it sounds like it might be possible to put an external at the same-ish level as the tank, but I might have more issues getting rid of any air in the system. Cheebs, you also mentioned that head pressure is useful for getting past...

Thanks Darrel, I went for a combination of colombo flora base and sand in the end. I hope that a "nutritious" substrate will give my plants a good start.

Hi, I'm setting up a new 60l tank. I live in shared rented accomodation so there are limits to where I can put a tank. I will be putting it on a currently unused area of kitchen worktop, but this leaves me with serious difficulties with getting an external filter in. I can't really see how I...

Hey, I'm new to the UKAPS forum and I wonder if I could get some advice. I'm looking at setting up a new planted tank. I currently have a 95L tank with colombo flora base. This made my water quite acidic initially but this wore off after about 6 months and I am back to London tap-water...