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Can make it easy for me with the spectrum thing.These are brod terms to catch upon. If you have time would u teach me more on those terms and i don't know how to use raycal 2.0. I just thought spectrum can be changed with use of Bluetooth controllers.Bt making a light jst like Chihiros vivid...

Well how I used watts in the above is a generalization with the assumption of equal efficiency across models. Holds fairly true for main stream "stick" lights. I could have easily said 1-$2 / 100 lumens. Except for the fact that RGB lights have a lumen count lower than its photon count since red...

Hello folks. Here again but this time with direct focus on my plant health. I am really at my whitsend now and just losing the fight. 330Ltr Tap Water (Manchester area) 24.5C 2 Filters, 1 with skimmer (Biomaster 600T & Eheim 600 Pro) Purigen and Carbon TMC Vectron UV Inline CO2 2 hr before...

APT Cheap? Maybe for small tanks. As example I have 800 liters tank, and 1 liter of apt 3 will last for me only 5 weeks. And price for a liter is 50 euro. For 50 euro I can get dry salts for 24 weeks at least.

Thanks, and sorry for delayed reply :) Seahorse id my to-go for ada stuff. They usually have what I need. :)

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Darrel, a little off topic but coincidently I took a sample of our rain water earlier. I was quite astounded: TDS 6 ppm (EC 12 uS/cm) I should probably consider collecting rain water during spring and summer :) ... perhaps ship and sell it overseas ... with some fancy name :lol: ...

@Ady34 which moss did you use for the moss wall?

Hi Due to the uncertainties with respect to the quality and output, it may be better in the longer term to purchase an aquarium specific light. The modern lights like the Chihiros are very customisable via their app: timers, intensity and colour. “Spend now to save later”

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Melting leaves go pale then translucent. If you touch it with something it will break off easily.

I don't precisely mix it, I used to use a conductivity datum range, but now I just use the size and colour of the Red Ramshorn snail shells. If they are all small and very pale I add a dash of tap. Our rainwater still has some carbonate buffering, so the pH is still over pH 7, but the hardness...

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Hi all, I use the Daphnia bioassay, basically as long as the water butt has swimming Daphnia, the water is good. You are very unlikely to get any fish parasites, but you could potentially get Flatworms (Planaria). Cheers Darrel

My two Nano’s (60L and 37L) are both rimless but I still use glass covers. They are held in place with small clear plastic clips. My two tanks are a lot easier to keep clean than the braced 200L tank I had years ago. I’m still considering getting another 200+ L tank and would like to go...

Thread 'Adding purchased plants into a New Set-up aquarium!' Adding purchased plants into a New Set-up aquarium!

Or someone with a 3D printer could try make you the bracket!

If its the app you are trying to reconnect, try clearing the cashe on the app and then restart your phone, double check you are on latest version of the app too.

Dark substrate is in the house.

If in the wrong location, please move - apologies. I've had a Chihiros dosing pump (4 head) running for about 6 mos now. No problems with it at all - a few days ago it must have randomly disconnected and for the life of me, I cannot get it to reconnect. The app does not locate the doser. I have...

Welcome :) Why not start a journal? We can then follow your journey, and if needed offer advice along the way.

Test spot with Dupla 'ground colour black star' 1 / 2mm. Think it looks nice and the fish seem to like it also. Only thing its a b*tch to rinse since in the beginning almost everything floats.

I guess this is the essence of my questioning. Is there room for a 50% higher efficiency in 6500K white LEDs? Are the numbers for both models believable, or is someone lying? I remember you saying 1~2 US$/W for fixtures with more or with less features, but that third model is less than 0,20 US$/W.

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I collect rainwater from a large shed with a rubber roof. I clean out the 210L water butt every now and then to keep it fairly clean. The lid on the butt is sealed to stop bugs getting in. I also clean the gutter that feeds it from time to time and there’s also a coarse sponge at the top of...

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This forum is a great resource! I have been keeping aquariums on and off for 40 years - mostly small planted community tanks that I could move around with me during my itinerant years as a junior doctor. I am in the process of setting up a EA Reef Pro 1500 I came across second hand as a planted...

Up until my most recent build I had run EI on every single tank - I had come into the hobby about the same time that Tom Barr started with EI and I kind of latched onto it. I did also try PPS for a short while and found it cumbersome. To me, there are very few cons to EI, and maybe only one...

Simplist would be to use the multi chips. RGB or rgb6500kw. Controls color blending. As to controllers cheapest is if you design it to be run at constant voltage not current. That is what's used to control those 5m ribbons of LEDs ect. Designing around it is a bit of hit and miss as to the size...

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What the wattage actually is is really secondary to how efficient it is.. You count photons not watts Yes the Chinese get creative in labelling. Like the reef tank common " black box " led that has the TITLE of " 165w" while actually consuming at 100% 110 watts. And also has ( or had) poor...

I recon that taking home a tank from green aqua would be like having your garden re-turfed. Looks great for a month or two and then turns into the crap you had before. Saying that i would really like to go! Thanks!

They don't say how many LEDs are used, but there are images. Option 1 looks like it has only 12 LEDs and Option 2 has 48. I just found a third option that has exactly the same specs as Option 2, but is even cheaper, 45 BRL... Thank you for your analysis. My biggest concern was that the...

There you go i have these ones in my locality for sale. Could you sort me out which one to use and can i go for a rgb Bluetooth controllers .

Exactly the same with me, planted it almost 3 weeks ago and it is still completely free of algae but hasnt changed one bit! Although the amanos seem to have eaten some from the tips of the leaves, but wouldn't that just encourage new growth the same as if I trimmed it?

Hi, I filled the tank last night and ‘mossed’ up the wabi mats. I’ll plant a bit more of the emersed areas and leave the underwater planting for a few weeks to allow the fungus wood phase to pass… Hardscape completed: Filled and operational: Cheerio,

Hi everyone, this may sound like such a simple question, but what does crypt melt actually look like? Do the leaves go yellow at first with signs of deficiencies before melting away? or do they just straight away melt. Hopefully that makes sense. I just set up my second scape a few weeks ago...

Thank you! Yeah, I just need to decide what I like more. It is currently growing on me actually. I'm not sure if the Corydoras appreciated the right being a little more shaded though. Will probably need just a bit of tweaking. 20240529_192737 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr

If its approximately the same Volumes of each the parameters will remain reasonably constant. Tap water does vary its parameters over the seasons also, eg. Nitrates go up if water source is near farming land as the farmer fertilise the land, water companies blend the water also to meet...

Hi there I have Oase Styleline which has sliding panels instead of flaps. During the summer I keep them slightly open as the temp diff between water and room gets by 2C! Cheers

I closed down a 700lt marine tank and got 6 shrimp tanks all different species. An my son has a 45cm cube that I have just loaded with plants that has took off like mad but not the monte . That is a good idea to split it didn't even think of that lol for now I'll just let it do it's thing see...

Like some kind of fish-priest. I like it. They should make towels deliberately that shape for this

I have two and started very low, like 20% on each bar. Then I bump it up 5% every two or so weeks. Then I stopped increasing and kept blue at 65, red and green at a bit more - personal taste. I tried setting everything higher, but plants just grow too fast I CBA cutting them every week. Here's...

@dw1305 do you treat or process the rainwater with anything, e.g. to kill parasites or similar that may have 'come along for the ride', or do you just dump it in and it's all good?

Two large towels which I wash twice per year maybe. One for the floor, one I wear like a scarf when doing maintenance lol

Hi. Really interesting this one and brings up a few questions that could possibly be asked in another thread? If you used a mix of Rain and Tap Water, would that have to be precisely mixed each week on a water change. Could it effect the tank if it fluctuated, like in the summer when it never...

hi. i had the same question yesterday pretty much. its only intuitive if you know how! just select a colour range, say red and then slide the percentage of each colour back. i imagine you will need to start dimmer. think that people dont worry too much about K now adays as it is said you can...

Thank you, but I'm old enough to know better... :rolleyes: Will do, but it makes me sad, knowing animals are suffering. Greetz Richard

Hi all, You are good. The problem isn't you, it is that most sellers of aquarium "products", just care about a sale. They don't really care about anything else. I'd try some green leafy veg and cuttle bone, eggshells or shell grit etc. and that will delay the inevitable. Cheers Darrel

From my point of view, it is very popular in The Netherlands, because there is company planted-box, they send salts and instructions how many spoons of what to use to make your own solutions. Personally I also use EI, quite happy for now, but grow rate just crazy.

Just got my chihiros WRGB2 10th edition and now awaiting delivery of my plants Can some one help on the app settings for the tank, I don't want it to start bad as will end up being empty I know people say start low and slowly ramp it up but which slider and colours etc Many thanks

Thank you for the information.

Well I have learnt something there! They say you are never too old to learn. Well, I have always agreed with that. In my 75 years I did not know that ESP was an abbreviation. The reason I asked what ESP meant was because I thought it was short for something to do with aquascaping. This example...

My first planted tank i always had big fish but ive changed to planted tank and smaller fish love it

Warranty is a partial judge of quality. 5yr vs 1... Of course you could buy the 1yr one every year for 385 brl total. The 160 lumens/watt is currently possible, though a bit unlikely, with low cri 6500k LEDs. Luxen C data. It is unlikely to have good cri. 9500 lumens may be " theoretical" so...

Got two microfiber cloths 2 dish towels never keep anything dry always washed with laundry (twice a week) Thank you for thread makes me feel good.

Got a microfibre on one side/toweling on the other cloth about a foot square that came with some grobeam lighting years back. Just about only use it to wipe the front glass after a water change. I was looking at it yesterday thinking a wash might be an idea.... handwash / gently sun dry maybe?

2nd option might be less efficient because it is using less quantity of physical LED's, thus putting more power through each one to a point where they work less efficiently. Would make sense given the difference in price and warranty length. Underdriven LED's last much longer and produce less...

for the small cube tanks, you could always try your hand at making your own

It still very moist.

Thanks guys! I think that it is defo something that you need to play around with to make the most of. I am 52 years old and am very much the kind of person who looks for the instruction manual first. Reads it page to page and is ready to go. I am therefor getting hacked off quite a lot now a...

I'm looking at non-aquarium specific light fixtures to see if there is room for saving some money. Still a preliminary idea, but in theory they would be used together with red and blue LED fixtures I already have. 1st option: 50W LED light flow: 9500 Lumens Average effective light flow: 8000...

More of an island composition than triangular now, maybe just needs to make its mind up. Still a great tank!

I just switch to manual and crank it up on white, then go back to custom afterward, you don't lose any settings

I find a fair selection regularly at my HomeGoods - I believe HomeSense in the UK?

Thank you. You could still break up the monte carlo or take cuttings to spread it around. Grows so much faster when seperated. Good luck! Enjoy the planted tank bug. Got me hooked lol.

I think the brown bits maybe dead. If there are any green leaves left the moss may grow and spread using the dead leaves as a growth matrix. It’s ideal in that it’ll still absorb moisture and help create the right environment for regrowth.

Does this look like a good set of targets for mixing my first batch of AIO?

As others have said - Buy once, cry once. It took me too long to learn this. If the hobby is more than a passing fad, just get the best quality you can. At the end of it, you'll find yourself wondering why you didn't spend the extra $150 for low iron glass or kill yourself for filling a 2kg CO2...

Mmmmzzz... I think i have suddenly a small potassium deficiency... I upped my potassium daily from 7 to 9ml so lets see how it goes from here.

In all liklihood that piece will probably need to be custom made. Shouldn't take more than an hour by a good metalsmith. Seems to be pretty specific to the "mini".. All you would probably need is some aluminum(or any metal really) bar stock and a drill.. and screws/nuts/bolts..

The immersed Christmas moss on the plant pads for my terrarium back wall is still brown. It was brown when I planted it. I was hoping it would recover. The moss still has some structure to it and firm on pulling. With the eye of faith some green patches are emerging. Is it still alive? Should I...

Yes i know its a bracket but just can't find anything like it .. and yes I have directly contacted chihiros and they really haven't helped much ..

I will stick to what's in the Colin's English dictionary ;) so no change as its a standard abbreviation :D. Not a big fan of texting either myself.

There is a new function scenes mode i have created two on and off

Lolz... uhm.... Nope :confused: Tomorrow ill go to some fs in the country since we dont have a good lfs nearby...

I thought I had it covered as it’s one of my bugbears, it has eventually beaten me 😂 That hardscape is ridiculous, but it will soften a little when filled, planted and the moss wall is behind 😂

The sentience of aquasoil is one of the most annoying features. Mine does the same. Your hardscape is ridiculous. Good work!

I haven’t been able to find vol 5 or 6 in English either. As you said don’t think they did a version.

Okay after trying to look back at it with a clear head i have now realised how to edit my light setting. A little bit fiddly on a phone! Anyway one last thing. How do you switch the light on and off so you can do maintenance ect?? Thanks! Si

@Ben Cox you inspired me to try and complete the 1-5 vol. collection. Number 5 arrived this morning. Found it on eBay. It was sold as the English version, but it isn't, it's German. Not sure it exists in English, so I don't mind. Vol. 1 and the 1-5 photo index are new since they were fairly...

Hi. I have finally assembled my new light. Been through all the steps in the app and set my Ramp Time and Days and Colours etc. Put it over my tank. Now i thought I would light it up over the tank to see what it looks like and maybe make some adjustments, but I just cant work out the steps to...

My Fluval Plant 3.0 came today. Vastly different from the Hygger. Both lights are set to 30% in the below comparison. I'll be going for a 12 hour photo period, 10 hours on 30% and 2 hours on 40%. I shall report back with my findings. Here are the settings on my Fluval for reference.

Thanks Darrel! (Again!;)) Since I'm new to this hobby, I trusted the salesman. I shouldn't have I guess... Although I told him all my water parameters. And most of all, I should have checked before agreeing on buying. But I was there, not close to home, so I was taken by the moment. Knowing I...

Hello, The 75p still running, the only issue now being that the soil has found two ways onto the sand which really upsets me 🤬😂 The idea I had for the solar mini s never really inspired me to follow it through (I have another plan for that soon), however I was inspired by an idea for another...

It is possible to max CO2 in a low-energy aquarium and keep it relatively stable throughout the photoperiod by increasing surface agitation. Decomposition of organic matter also releases CO2. It's sometimes why natural waters have higher CO2 conc. than can be accounted for by atmospheric...

Especially! Thank you. I assume this text speak? I am 75 years and not a fan of texting. Not everyone will understand when texting terms are used especially when used in emails and forum posts. Could we please leave these terms to the use of mobile phones. 😁

This is what i got in my locality for sale

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That would be called a bracket!

Hi all, I don't think there is anything you can do, other than move them into tank with harder, more alkaline water. Most (all?) "fancy" snails are from hard, alkaline water. You can't use baking soda (NaHCO3). It will add dKH, but it will also add sodium (Na) and you definitely don't want...

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Hello John. Thank you for the information.

Hello. Thank you. Could you explain to a beginner what ESP is?

So, Tim, are you saying that there is a possibility for high light and increased CO2 without ferts if the substrate is rich enough but well capped? You talk about low tech CO2 introduction, but I assume the method doesn't matter if the level is similar? This sounds like a sweet spot I want to be...

That is a lovely little setup I have monte carlo but I done it all in one clump lol . I will do what you did next time New to the planted tanks

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