Recent content by davideyre

Sadly due to moving I shall shortly probably have give up my aquarium. (New house not suitable at present for my tank). I have a number of fish, all of which I have had for at least the last 2 years, some nearer 3 - so I would like to do the best thing for them! (10 Harlequins, 6 Cardinal...

have just got the sp3000 pump, the instruction manual has a diagram with the pump used to dose from a reservoir below the level of the tank, which features a non-return valve. the caption by the diagram mentions that if the pump stops in the 'horizontal' position fluid may leak back and the...

Just been looking at JamesC's remineralising recipe on his site - http://theplantedtank.co.uk/RO.htm A few questions about it if anyone's able to help - 1. presumably when magnesium and calcium sulphate is sold it is usually in the heptahydrate and dihydrate forms? 2. why add chloride, why...

thanks for all the replies - much better advice than my wife's suggestion of a toilet cistern above the tank full of ro water, and the pushing flush to fill the tank after a water change!! have also looked at loft water tanks - these seem a bit cheaper the ro-man tanks, but would work similarly...

i know that there is little benefit to ro water in terms of most plants, but i'm interested in keeping soft water fish and so am contemplating creating a set up using ro water. adding an ro unit under the sink looks fairly straight-forward, and i can see how with a float valve and shut off...

call me sad, but reading about using 12/16 reactors with 16/22 filters got me thinking, what is the actual reduction in flow from going from 16mm tubing to 12mm. i am sure people's practical experience is more valuable, but... if we assume that all the resistance to flow for the filter comes...

i have had my tank set up for about 6 months with a number of stem plants i got as a starter set from an online retailer. i have a juwel rio125 tank, 48w t5 light, fe co2, james' pmdd, juwel int filter with 1000lph powerhead, 25deg, tap water gh15. most of the stems i have are pretty prolific...

i appreciate that tom has had considerable sucess with EI and invested a lot of time into encouraging others to do the same, as has clive. however having seen james' great results too using a leaner regime makes me wonder james, what made you decide to go down the leaner route? clearly from...

thank you all, appreciate your time.

the benefits of EI dosing are well explained elsewhere - but in a nutshell, all nutrients are present in excess so plants won't develop deficiencies, and if co2/lighting/flow/maintainence are all appropriate there shouldn't be a problem with algae. but i know some of you use other dosing...

just for the record, my aquamedic regulator also was slightly too big, removed the rubber o-ring, sanded it down, replaced the o-ring and it works like a treat.

Ed, what sintered glass media did you use? I have been looking at eheim's EHFISUBSTRAT, but as I think it seems to come in a gravel form is not going to string onto any fishing line! sorry to be a bit clueless, are fluval biomax rings sintered glass? is there another sort you'd recommend? Thanks.

yeah i saw that page too, i think it is because my pump is older than the current series. i have the rather unintuitively named 204 pump (rated at 400lph). the new pump series 400/600/1000 (rated at the same lph) might work with the 1000 impeller, per the website.

in case anyone in future is interested, heard back from juwel - cannot use the new impeller with my old powerhead.

thanks, have emailed juwel about just upgrading the impellar.