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Hi Halley and welcome. Wexford here.

Thank you.

Hi Green, Thanks, Ive been doing Micro first, not sure if it really makes a difference but seeing as your instructions say Macro i may as well start doing it that way, Cheers Jason.

Today is weekly waterchange day for me, and i was just thinking to myself that after waterchange should i be dosing micro or macro on the first dose? It might be a silly question but i couldnt find the answer anywhere. Is there any benefit of dosing one over the other first?

beautiful, to be honest i expected to just see shopping trollies. didnt expect that at all, and hello from wexford :)

also male GBR to me.

yeah i thought so, god i feel like such a fool lol.

Hi Edvent, ive tried the drop checker in 6 or 7 different locations and all are bright green when co2 turns on, which is 2 hours before lights on and the off 2 hours before lights off. if just realised if been making a huge dosing miscalculation and i have only actually been dosing 1/3 EI, so...

Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. ill take your advise and cut down on the ferts a bit and reduce the flow and see if that helps at all. something else ive just noticed which may be the problem and cause of BBA, i have the UP aqua regulator and the working pressure is fluctuating from 3bar to...

Hi, I have a 315ltr aqualantis aquarium pressurized co2 with UP atomiser lighting 4 x36w T8 lights on for 6 hrs a day dosing ei flow x20 turnover aquabasis plus topped with inert gravel 50% waterchange x1 a week plants mainly java ferns and anubias also some hygro, s. repens, montecarlo the...

hi Brian, lovely tank. would you ever buy from that same supplier again? or did all the extra fees make up for the price you paid?

cheers Ian, and thanks for that link :)

Hi, i used to use a recipe for DIY TPN+ and still have some bits left over but wondering if i am missing anything? i have KNO3 MgSO4 KH2PO4 and trace elements. could someone please tell me if id need anything else, and also what would be the best was to dose this, dry? in a liquid? sorry if...

thanks for your help guys, ive been feeding very lightly on the tank so i think your right about the rasping. i shall start feeding them more,

just wondering if anyone can help me, i have a low tech tank with 12 sparkling gouramis, 2 bristlenose plecs and a whiptail. today i noticed 2 holes on my anubias and am just trying to figure out if its a deficiency or if maybe the plecs have taken a fancy to them.

Hi Joe, Jason here aka angelfishguy, ive talked to you a few times on the irish forum, ive recently started a low-tech tank so if you do deciede to start yours up again, send me a pm and ill see what plants i can post up to you.

Hi, My new tank is 101cm x 50cm(D) x 70cm(H) it comes with 4 x 30w T8 bulbs, i know for a planted tank T8's aint ideal especially with a height of 70cm. so heres my question, would replacing the bulbs with 4 x T5's provide enough light at the substrate to grow demanding plants? or is the tank...

Cheers, thank you :)

i have a hagen glo twin 54w i want to add to my tank, but the 54w bulbs are to long to fit under the hood, so my question is can i use 39w bulbs in the hagen glo twin 54w? or will it blow the bulbs? i tried seaching but cant find any information on it, thank you.

Thanks for the reply, a local store here does the led floodlight lights so I might go with them. So do you reckon about 120w led would be considered high taking into account of the 70cm aquarium height? Or would 5x20w led floodlights do? I could run three off one timer and the other 2 off another.

I remember cree leds were all the rage for a while, and Im sure they vary in quality and I don't have a clue how to tell what's good or not but would these be any use? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00OLPNFGG/ref=s9_newr_hm_bGpux5_g263_i6 It's for a 315ltr 70cm tall tank. Could these work...

Any suggestions as to which reg i should get?

The substrate is manando, so a shrimps fart would blow it all over the place :( But ill have a mess around with it tomorrow :)

Does the current look as strong as my tank? Maybe tomorrow ill get a video of food flowing in the current.

its mainly because its one i had laying around spare.... may get a new one so :evil:

is 30x turnover possible in a planted tank? i ask because thats what i currently have. it looks okay to me but i could be wrong. its a powerhead that gives 1500lph on a 50ltr tank, im also wondering if the flow will be too strong for shrimp and get sucked into the powerhead, ive added a video...

im thinking maybe the 3rd one. is this alright or should i go for another?

thanks for your answers :) im going high tech in this tank the anubius is only in here short term until i have some luck with with a carpet plant then then wood and crypts will also be going and ill try my hand at a proper scape. im living in ireland so i doubt ill get the reg posted, i dont...

Hey all, I recently started a planted tank again because i missed all the tinkering about thats involved with them.i havent done a scape as such, more so i just put some wood and stones in and some crypts i had from another tank. I dont plan on a proper scape quite yet, i just want to see what...

Aint skoda's the most reliable built cars these days?

@ danmil3s. Are you talking about the 150w MH? @ Ceg, would 2 or 3 of the lights i linked in the post above able me to keep demanding plants with good c02 and flow? Or are they usless bulbs?

Would these be any good on a 40ltr tank? http://www.ebay.ie/itm/UP-Pro-Aquarium- ... 56347c51d7

Thanks Ceg, Its an open top tank so i need it to look nice but i am having trouble trying to find a 20" luminaire that is not outragously expensive and most that i find come in 24" sizes :(

Sorry its actually 20 inches long not 18...... Oops

Does anyone have any suggestions or links as to what lighting fixtures would work if i was aiming for a high tech tank? Jay

Off hand i think that the 2217 is rated 1000lph so that would be about 20 times turnover, it has tap valves on both the inlet and outlet but i wonder would closing these a little would reduce the life of the filter? Any thoughts on the 150w MH?

Yeah they do come with one blue light :( Im pretty sure the answer is "hell no" but i'll ask anyways. Is it possible to use a 150w MH on a 10g lol

Just a question on lighting :) The tank is 500mm so which of these should i go for? Or sould i avoid them? A 350mm light http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Boyu-Over ... 7679wt_939 Or A 620mm light http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOYU-T5-14W-x ... 778wt_1008 Or does anyone know of any others that...

Thanks for the info and the links, i had a read of them but i'll have to read them another 2 times before i start to grasp what i'm actually reading as all the termenology has me slightly confused lol

okay so i have decieded to start from scratch on my planted tank knowledge beacuse i seem to do everything half arsed(not just in fishkeeping) and i really want to end up with something that i can be proud of. so the tank is a small 45ltr aqua one tank as pictured below what i am hoping to...

i have used cat litter before and i really just dont like the look of it at all, its also very light so planting in it can be a pain :x @foxfish, would 2.8 wpg t5ho be considerd low light on this tank because of its height? if i had the money now i would order those last two arcadia units but...

thanks again :) yeah that seems like a good way to dispearse the co2, well uncle google is telling me it is. as i said i dont have a clue how a sump works and i dont know how this one is layed out but if its of benifit to me i shall keep it if i can learn how it works. at the moment i have 3...

thanks for that foxfish, its certainly something i will look into but we are in a rented house so im not sure how the landlord would be if i was to install them.. do you think i would need MH's to penetrate to the substrate or will the t5's work?

when i attempt DIY it always turns nasty, its more like DIE :crazy:

they have a live chat on their website and i was talking to a guy called tom and he said that the tropical tubes are out of stock but when they come back in they will appear on the drop down menu where you chose what bulbs you want. so for £320 i get 2 4ft Pendants with 12 bulbs free.. i like...

im in ireland so i dont have as much of a choice for second hand lighting so it would most likely have to be new and a 6ft mh/t5 unit from arcadia is over £1000 and i simply cant justify that........and also i dont have £1000 lol

thanks guys, ive never had a sump before so i dont know how they work to be honest but it doesnt come with a return pump so could a needle wheel pump be used? what gph should i be aiming at for the return.. i was just on google looking at lighting and for a 6ft luminare arcadia wanted over...

oh forgot to add the sump is 5ft, i dont know the other dimensions yet but will add the as soon as i know.

Hi all, hope you'll be able to help me set this up, its a second hand 96x24x28(1057ltr or 230g) which we will be picking up on sunday and i have a few questions and for any new questions about this tank i'll ask here :) the tank was used for marine and comes with a sump,should i just scrap the...

i like the scape.. keep it... keep it... :jawdrop

looking good.. at first i thought it was missing something but then you added the riccia and wow its going to look great when it fills out :clap:

Re: Stickleback Island i really like it

the wood is lovely

so got a regulater at a car boot sale for £5.. i just need help on the connections for it. so basicly im asking what do i connect to it for co2 lol thanks

all of us beginers could only ever wish to have something like that.. well done

we have just planted a 412ltr and was wondering do i know what im getting myself into.. are larger tanks harder to get good scapes going? what are your experiences?

so heres a pic of the plants a good amount but so many differant types and here they are in i dont like the look of it at all..there are way to many differant types of plants its all over the place.. but ill leave it be and see what takes off any comments?

dont buy one,the stand aint great and the hood is usless

no i think its called a carribean something, the plants were a plant collection from java its all planted no and i dont like it lol.. theres to much differant types of plants so going to leave it for a few days and see what takes..its terrible looking lol

ok so plants have arrived and am currently planting them..its so fustrating how to you guys do it!!

tank size:412 ltrs lighting:2x54w t5ho substrate:dustless lightweight cat litter filtration:eheim 2217, fluval u4 and another unbranded 1000lph internal co2:19kg(41pounds) co2 cannister ferts:TPN+ and dry ferts when TPN+ runs out also:6000lph powerhead okay so after everything not going to well...