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I only speak English, and I'm not even very good at that. A lot of potassium compounds will be bases, it really depends on the conjugate base and acid. I know exactly what you mean, I'm not very good at chemistry, despite having science degrees. I'm not very good at fish keeping, despite...

What algae feeding elements? Lots of people on this forum use rock hard tap water for high tech and have amazing scapes. If you remineralise with Equilibrium, then you could skip that and use tap water to remineralise your RO.

TNC was coming in at £54 for a 5L, so went with AquaDesign PLANT+ Complete Liquid £28.99 looks ok, and will see what it does.

Hi all, This is Azara serrata, it is easy as a semi-hard wood cutting, and has a lovely "fresh green" leaf, but usually it doesn't flower very well. I've let it grow this year, it hasn't been frost browned, and it has flowered really well. Cheers Darrel

I'm using 6% as a basis here.

If the skimmer is shrimp safe and the skimmer provide enough surface agitation and if it supports aeration it should be fine - the shrimps in particular will appreciate that. The bio filtration (and maturing of the tank) will be adequately provided by the plants and substrate if the plant mass...

So, is it right or wrong to set it this way from rotala butterfly?

Hi all, I think the problem is that to get enough yeast cells in the water to feed the Daphnia, you are balanced right on the edge of tipping over into polluted conditions, which then kills them off. Yeast can give you short term boom, but in my experience, always shortly followed by bust...

I will use this in a 250 ml stock bottle, for example 0.05ppm dtpa 0.03ppm edta 0.01ppm eddha 0.01ppm gluconate.

The tank is 75 liters, I will complete the remaining 0.05ppm iron with edta, eddha and gluconate.

Hi, 1 Litre = 1,29 KG, so the density is 1,29 g/ml. 6% DTPA-Fe. So 1 ml of that fertilizer contains 1290 mg * 0,06 = 77,4 mg DTPA-Fe. A solution of 250 ml with 0,05 mg/L Fe would be really lean. Maybe do you mean to add 0,05 ppm Fe directly to a 250 Liters tank? In this case 250 L * 0,05...

Have you got any tips on how you made this? Where's the filter hidden? Inspiration for one i'm hoping to make

Just a female betta fish or a Scralet Badis Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

Don't see why not... If it was me I'd try to use some old substrate or old crushed lava rock and then not even need to worry about getting the cycle started. What is your single nano fish going to be?

I'm a bit confused, what happened to the last thread? tank looks good, how big is it?

Are you committed to high tech? Personally, at that scale I couldn't bare regular water changes and would go for something that didn't need them. Certainly doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful tank. Plenty of people here that do do WCs at that scale though, just challenging any underlying...

Is it theoretically possible to cycle and run a nano planted tank (<=25l) with just a surface skimmer of the tank has a very low bio load (snails, shrimp and one nano fish)? Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

I'm Surprised I still have a Cherry Shrimp Population in here with all the fish, but see them pootling about without a care amongst the hardscaping. And the growing number of Platty fry are a good sign that they are growing amongst all the hidey holes and plants. The Newest Algae eaters have...

Spirulina powder sounds good. Spirulina is an ingredient of quality fish food, so it’s food for both fry and daphnia. Not sure why yeast, commonly recommended, is no good. I tried baker yeast before and can confirm that it didn’t work. Adult daphnia are too large for newly hatched fry...

I need this dumbed Down, as I dont understand Dry Ferts at all @dw1305 .

Looking good mate. 👍

I have used clay a few times with good results, both below a sand layer and on its own. When exposed it might cloud the water initially, but the particles will settle out once you get some algae on them to hold it all together. I think a doing a dry start for a few weeks until a biofilm develops...

Well the 125 gal would have sump filtration. What kind of media would get rid of the algae-feeding elements if using tap?

That's an idea for when I build my house. Currently living in an apartment.

Yes, I remineralize with seachem Equilibrium.

There's also Dragons

I Spend most Mornings having my Breakfast sitting infront of the tank watching them enjoy theirs. I much prefer the height of this as gives a very good viewing angle. I do need to add more foreground plants to blend the skulls in more. As the Ceratosaurus Skull has a marine coral base which...

I think it needs more dinosaur skulls.

Ours have almost finished flowering.

Hello friends, since dtpa iron is not available in powder form in my country, my only option is this product as dtpa iron, but this product is in liquid form, how many ml should I put in my 250ml container to get 0.05 ppm?

Rhododendron nearly in full flower.

Hi Darrel, no need to apologize ;) Thats one of the reasons i came here, to learn. About the kalium/carbonate i knew. The reason i thought that when adding kalium the hardness of our water increased was because of my experiences in the past. Its hard stuff and what i do nowadays is⁹ basically...

So After Some Consideration and chatting with Admin for sometime I can Start Posting this thread Again. I sadly Lost the Arowana last Week, Came down one morning and it was dead on the kitchen floor. All I can think of is something Spooked it and it managed to jump with enough force to lift the...

Hi all, Honestly dry salts are the answer for larger volume tanks, it really is a "no-brainer" - <"Solufeed 2:1:4 and Solufeed Sodium Free TEC or Solufeed Coir TEC Combination">. You can argue about aesthetics etc with lights and filters, but with fertilisers every potassium (K+) (or...

Hi all, Apologies for that. There is some discussion in <"Confusion concerning 0dKH and nitrification">, but again not very user friendly. We are in the German language and the "K"s but "Karbonate", not "Kalium". Potassium (K) is an alkali metal, but whether a salt is basic, neutral or acidic...

Yeah it is a Quandry theres Pos/Cons for both arguements, But I think I'll get him fixed for peace of mind.

Hi Darrel, thanks for the reply. Ah thanks for the info, appreciated! Good reads but quite hard for non english speakers cause of the terms. Always thought kalium would increase slightly the KH of the water. Will try tomorrow anyways since i want to cut down my kh a bit anyways with some...

Hiu all, We <"have a thread"> ............ It allows you to sell two products, a <"premium" and a "specialised">. I'll be honest I've got a <"pretty jaundiced view"> of the sellers of most <"Aquarium products">. Have a look at <"Algae support"> and linked threads. cheers Darrel

Hi all, None of those should add any dKH, or alkalinity, although the "Epsom Salts" (MgSO4.7H2O) will add dGH. The CO2 should <"outgas fairly quickly"> back to the equilibrium CO2 level. cheers Darrel

I don't think you should ever plant in straight clay from outside, though it might be a useful component in a substrate assuming it's free from contaminants. The only thing that makes clay clay is that the rock particles are super, super tiny. So tiny that they can form a colloidal suspension...

My male Dachshund is 4 and we never nor will ever have him done as there’s no requirement. There’s also suggestions that fixed males have more health issues later on in life. But I’ve heard so many other owners saying that their in tact males are constantly urinating indoors.

Hi all, I've seen a big Cork Oak (Q. suber) near Sidmouth, and apparently there are even bigger ones in <"Devon and Cornwall">. You more usually see the hybrid between Turkey (Q. cerris) and Cork Oak , the "Lucombe Oak" (Q. x hispanica). We have one on the Campus (a Lucombe Oak)_ and it sheds...

Close up cryptocoryne spiralis 'tiger'

Depends on the definition of useful. Clay based soils have a much greater cation exchange capacity than a sandy soil (like an aqua soil). Though without significantly processing the clay before it’s suitable in other respects (i.e. not a massive lump which you can plant into) it may still be...

Agree with the comments here. From your photo's it looks like the new leaves in the centre of the plant are pale /white, if so then this highly likely an iron issue. Can you confirm if this is the case? I find unhealthy plants are then eaten by your shrimp!! Healthy ones are left alone.

The co2 puzzle has been solved and i am positive you cannot guess the cause 🤣 Ok so here are my measurements the last 2 days... Tapwater KH 10 Tapwater PH 7.5 Aquariumwater: KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed KH 11 Aquariumwater degassed PH 7.5 So the problem was i couldnt get my ph below 7 trough...

Rare in the UK as cork bark oak seems to favor warmer climates, it lives in Candie Gardens. The gardens were at one time part a privateers private home, the owner a Mr Priaulx, was exceptionally wealthy and imported many rare trees and plants. Unfortunately many of the rare plants and specimen...

Anyone tried this or have a reason to or not? I have excavated about 1m down in my garden and it is hard hard clay. Wondered if it was useful.

He isn't yet, but I will have him fixed shortly after my upcoming holiday. He only has 1 descended, and there is a risk of Cancer for the undescended one.. So will get him done soon, wouldn't want to risk that with him. His old Vets in Derby never advised getting him done so left it.

Is he fixed Gill? It’s fairly common in hounds to urinante in the house if they’re not fixed. Thankfully my Dachshund doesn’t do it, but her has other “bad habits”.

Hi all, They filter particles by size, so anything the "algae" sized is ingested. Spirulina powder is a good one If you add some hay it will keep the culture ticking over. I'd definitely avoid milk (and yeast), but paprika and gram flour (chickpea) work quite well. Cheers Darrel

They've already been and fitted smoke alarms throughout the house. And LEAP have replaced all the Bulbs etc for LED and given dad Remote controlled plug adapters. So he can turn lamps on etc without getting up. I may have pinched one for the tank lights. Im looking at getting his heating...

How cool is it when you can id a 'new' species in your own tank. 3 Years ago i ordered a pot of Cryptocoryne Spiralis 'caudigera' at Aquasabi in Germany. It came a litlle bit bashed by transport and it didnt make it in middle of the tank. Since a month or 2 i noticed new leaves and i thought...

You can use spirulina powder, you only need a tiny amount dissolved in some tank water.

Some really good suggestions,all l can add a check up at Vets to check for possibility of medical cause, ?

The two big CW51s appear to be settling in fine. I am keeping them in a rather small box for observation so I don't think they are too pleased about their living arrangements at the moment. Fed the tank frozen bloodworms on their first evening with me, they ate these readily which I think is a...

Take a look at you tube Plant life Project channel, he experiments with plants to find out best way

Certainly, the best way to feed daphnia is to cultivate green water with strong light. Daphnia is filter feeder that thrives on live yeast, live bacteria (bacterial bloom), live infusoria or live Euglena (green water). But my fry tank has no strong light and it takes time to cultivate live...

Welcome🙂

You could collect rain water?

Guessing the tree is a rare one,, and the age😯of it,

You use pure RO and don’t remineralise at all? If not, you could, as @ElleDee has already said, mix RO and tap.

I am late, but Acmella repens fits your description too

I use RO, so the TDS is like 3 after the RO, and PH is 6.8, I haven't measured GH and KH. I use lean dosing.

Mmm maybe a trip to the surrounding islands. Not incredibly familiar with them but they are still part of Singapore so you won't need your passport for those. Otherwise a day trip to Johor Bahru in neighbouring Malaysia?

I haven't been there in years but I remember enjoying myself a lot there last time I was there.

Because you’re running a high energy tank: high light, CO2 and EI fertiliser. If your tap is 200 TDS, what is the water in your tank after water change? Also, what GH amd KH is your tap water?

My tap water is 7.8 ph and 200 TDS

Just how bad is your tap water? If you can't do at least, say, 40% a week with RO you might look at mixing it with tap or just resolving to work with your tap water entirely even if it limits your plant selection. There are tanks that get by with smaller or less frequent WC, but that will...

Wow. Even more? Why so?

You’d be looking at 50% WWC.

Well my tank is up and running now and seems to be coming along okay. Wish I had a better tank for doing aquascaping as it difficult getting in this one. Maybe a better one in the future fingers crossed.

Hello. I want to go bigger. I currently have a hi-tek 25 gal 60p that I've finally managed to achieve balance. It's algae-free and very nice. I perform 30-40% WWC, and I want to go big, way bigger, 125 gal. And I just want to know what do you recommend in terms of WWC for such tank. I'm just...

Yes the daisy is locally known as St Peter Port Daisy, it was introduced in the 1830s and first recorded in the wild, in Guernsey, in 1860. By 1880s it had spread all over our Town (st peter port) it is very abundant and noticeable at this time of year. The Cork Oak is the only one I know of...

Hi all, The daisy is "Mexican Fleabane" (Erigeron karvinskianus) and I'm assuming that the tree is a Cork Oak (Quercus suber)? Cheers Darrel

Worth it, especially in low tech where it won’t grow quite so fast.

Roots...

I have been having this exact same thought but I didn't know they were called nuptial tubercles! this could also explain why they are always in exactly the same place even on different individuals.

I think @Tim Harrison has hit the nail on the head with cleaning the diffissor. I did big trim in my 500L tank and never had an issue, even when I was doing a 1.4pH drop. I did have turnover well above x 10 ratio which helps. If anything trimming the plants should increase turnover which helps...

A few interesting plants we came across today ….

Adult Daphnia are to big for most of my fish so one method is I use a turkey baster with two different size nets ,the first net catches the large ones the smaller ones go through ,and I've also bought some Monia which are much smaller perfect for Chilli's ,cpd and Medaka fry, my cultures crashed...

I really like this, I'm a big fan of stem plants. The rocks & plants work perfectly together, nice one! 🙂

Hi guys, a little update I believe, that's ludwigia something ? edit : Didiplis Diandra !!! limnophila aromatica/hippuroides i think, some node have 4 leaves

Siamensis in the back! Thank you all for the help!

I only used it once and damn amanos ate most of it and AR mini

Ah ok and yeah it does look nibbled, never had it nibbled before in another setup with shrimp though, goddam shrimp maybe I’ll feed them as I haven't bothered so far

Interesting, I didn’t know about cleaning the diffuser before use! That would explain a lot of things! I often read about people settling on or around 1 or 2 bps ish. When I initially set it up I’m at around 5 or 6 bps! When I cleaned it yesterday I left it running and dumped it in a 50/50...

Hi many thanks for your response - really helpful :). I did have a bottle of the TNC stuff before the Aquadip but switched to the latter as was recommended in PFK. I thought the Aquadip did have Nitrate and Phosphate in it as it says its has all the macro and nutrients in it in the spiel for...

I've always left the gas well alone, even after heavy trimming. If it's dialled in correctly to start with there is usually no need to mess with it further. In fact I try to time maintenance and trimming so it's done before the gas comes on. However, as plant biomass increases it sometimes needs...

Taken about a week or so ago. Pre trim obviously.

Can you post a picture of your tank please

Welcome! For a start I wouldn't believe the Nitrate test as the results are notoriously inaccurate. Secondly looking at the contents of your fertilizer it doesn't appear to contain any Nitrate or Phosphate which are two of the Macro salts required for healthy plant growth AQUADIP Plant Food+. I...

Is there any school of thought that cleaning the diffuser has it working better than it was out of the box when installed and I’ve been injecting too much all along?

Tank is 100L. Everything was planted from 1-2 grow pots a month ago and was just left until well rooted before this big trim. Trimming one or two species a week does make sense and going forward that’s something I could probably implement. The carpet etc is not going to need trimming as often as...

Slightly off tangent, but if you contact your local fire service they will likely come out and do a safety visit and can fit fire alarms that have flashing lights/vibration alerts too (usually its a free service) there will be a number or form on their website. Good luck with the training :)

Hi All I have been keeping low tech planted tanks for about 3 years with varying degrees of success with the plants. I set up a small 30l cube aquarium (no CO2) about 2 months back, heavily planted with 'easy' plant species (Rotala rotundifolia, hygrophila polysperma, lobelia cardinalis to...

Uhmm.... nope ;)

An old-school very effective dog prank for peeing dogs is sprinkling fine ground pepper around at suspected spots. When it has it becomes a self-trained habit for the dog to pee at (a) certain spot(s). Each dog also has the habit of sniffing around before peeing, the dog will inhale the fine...

I am not an expert but surely changing in co2 can cause fluctuations and cause issues , i think better thing to do would be to increase surface movement to create more gaseous exchange and if available aerate with a airstone or raised lily pipes

I’m sure you could squeeze a UV in there…