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Can anyone tell me if the lead strips that sometimes come around bunched plants would be harmful to shrimp if they were left in the tank (i.e. sunk down in the substrate)?

Thanks guys for your info. Tam, I add dechlorinator to the tank as I fill. The filter is generally off for about an hour while I trim and tidy up etc so time for dechlorinator to do its thing before turning filter on. Sounds like I need to find a way of joining 2 hoses from hot and cold tap to...

Thanks Tim. I'm wondering what would be a drastic change. When I do 50%wc it's tap water through hose pipe which is really soft water. So I add some Mg and Ca but my amounts are rough guesses going by what plants need. Plants are doing ok with it but not sure if levels of dissolved solids would...

Hi all I've never kept shrimp and was considering getting some cherry reds. I dose dry salts and My co2 comes on about 3 hrs before lights so after reading this on a website it worried me a bit. How do other people with high tech set ups manage with shrimps? Cheers Julia

Thanks for that link Jaap!

Thanks for replies guys. I know what caused the algae - my CO2 wasn't coming on. Holiday disaster! Anyway I have moss bushed out nicely attached to wood and pellia growing through net on rocks. I'd like to keep these for new set up but don't want to intro any algae into new set up. Am a little...

Hi all I have a bunch of fissidens fontanus and lots of pellia both covered in spirogyra. Im setting up a new tank and wondering whether to try and remove it (and do black out) and use in new tank or to not risk introducing possible remains of algae into new set up. (Have tried double...

Ok, thanks Hoggie. It looks quite straight forward - I hope. Cheers Julia

Hoggie, a round locking nut??? Sorry for being such a DIY dimwit… does this mean something screws down to hold the tube in place?

Hi all, Does anyone know if the Eheim Installation set 1 (intake pipe) just fits onto where the old original green intake pipe was? On one of the sites that was selling one, it says that 'if a tap is not present then one must be fitted'. I'm not sure what they mean. Would i need to buy...

Hi guys, thanks for all the suggestions. I've had a look at dehumidifiers and they're quite expensive too. Also don't want my leaky bill going up any more. So I think Im going to cover the tank again. Haven't decided what with yet. If anyone's got any old jewel vision 180 flaps knocking around...

At a guess between 5 and 10 litres. i do have double glazing and central heating. I have a fan in the bathroom but i don't think there are any other air vents. I'll have to go round and have a check.

Hi all Just wondered if anyone with open top tanks or tanks with pendants has problems with condensation on your windows. Didn't have this problem before I moved house, but in the winter I have condensation on all windows and also on the back of cold door handles, letterbox. I can only think...

Had a break from planted tanks since moving house, but Im setting up again. Ive needed to rack my brain a bit to recall how I made my ferts up. Then I remembered the wonders of the 'view your posts' function on the forum. So I have about 3l of flourish trace which I believe doesn't have iron in...

Ok thanks guys, ive got my mg and ca in. Now question is how often should i add it - I know this depends on a lot of things but I have no idea how quickly plants will use this up - so add with weekly wc or add every other day with NPK. Cheers Julia