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Re: fluval 106 tubing change from black ribbed to clear smoo Just about to do the same with my 306. I took the outlet to the fish shop and tried it on their pipes to male sure... Migjt help. J

Thank you Antipofish, great help, I will keep my substrate and top it up with some fertilisers, got the JBL root balls recomended at lfs. cheers mate, Jack

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Not quite what you are after but.. I saw a Trigon in a journal recently, and the person who wrote it seems to have nailed the flow. have a nose, I will definatley try it in mine with a fluval 305. j.

Hello everyone, I am planning a rescape of my tank on Monday. Currently I have had tetraplant complete substrate topped off with aquaclay, and am planning to replace the top layer with coarse sand. The substrate has been in form nearly a year now, and after advice from George Farmer I am...

Hi everybody, So I know that not all plants are compatible with liquid carbon, and different plants have different tolerances... Doe's anybody have a list of those that are compatible, or those that aren't, or maybe a link to a post where this has already been covered? Many thanks for your...

Woah, that's a lot or wheatos :shock: Any updates Ian?? or have you taken this one down... Cheers Jack

Hi Antipofish. Have you checked for CO2 Leaks? If your plants where growing well for a while and now are sudenly deteriorating then maybe the gas is escaping somewhere. Than at lights on the damage is being done each day... Just a thought. Before switching to EI, I had really good growth...

Price has gone up though... £29 for the 14l and £39 for the bigger one...

Re: Short dark algae on valis and crypt Just seen this that might help you viewtopic.php?f=19&t=20784 Jack.

Great. Thanks ceg, Very informative as ever! Aside from myths, legends, and whatever is printed in outdated books, it is the understanding that we all need. Then we can observe, come to our own conclusions and adapt what we are doing to suit. This is why I enjoy reading your posts. Because...

Hi, Not sure what it is but I had it in my tank when it was new... It was on anything rubbery, CO2 tubing, Suckers, Filter inlet etc. I tried cleaning it but it just broke off and foamy bits made a mess of the water. In time it just went away... Jack

Great help as always, Thanks Ceg. Just reading back through my post from last night and noticed I veered quite heavily off topic! :shh: One last thing, you mentioned... Wait. I thought in the lights off period that many factors are involved in producing CO2... so I always had a fear that...

Hey Ceg, Glad this thread has been bumped to the top, I've not spotted it before... I have just read through the posts and have a few questions, apologies if I have missed the answers posted already... So. Key points are: Turn on CO2 a couple of hours (or so) before photoperiod begins to...

Thanks Ceg, I had no idea about Glutaraldehyde :shock: Thanks for the recommendations too, I remember reading over and over about the siesta period (!) not that i was doing it :shifty: So if a specific plants Glutaraldehyde limit is exceeded and the plant dies, is the result the same as a...