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OK, please test it and let me know if you see it working correctly: https://rotalabutterfly.com/nutrient-calculator.php The above specifics about the ZERO (APT1) and the COMPLETE (APT3) helped a lot in having details about the micro elements. If we could find the same for the APT EI recipe...

...are the same basic process. You just need to ensure that <"the oxygen supply"> exceeds the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), trickle filters <"are an easy way of doing this">. The vendors of "denitrifying media" etc try to imply that you need "balance", but that is just b*llocks. cheers Darrel

Hi All, I'm very excited to be getting a 36x24x18 tank and cabinet delivered from Aquariums for Life today. It's felt like an interminable wait - only actually 3 months - and I've spent much of that time planning and reading this forum. I kept Tropical fresh washer fish as a teenager, but...

I found it through Google search - looking for advice on filtration.

It won’t be desirable lawn grass if the species requires periodic division to eliminate dead centers regardless of growing habit. I have mixture of tall and red fescue in my lawn, the former being clump forming and the latter runner spreading. I had blue fescue ornamental grass in my...

A quick example if I may. From a well known supermarket. Pork Sausages. “Our sausages are made for us by a family run business who've taken pride in making sausages for more than 200 years. ” No wonder Pandas are endangered, we’re eating their food! :lol:

Thanks, Darrell. Something else to learn about! :D But just a few questions I have in the back of my head: What is a nitrate factory? Turning Ammonia into Nitrate is a 'process' - i.e., ammonia goes in, and nitrate comes out - assuming any filtration is doing its job properly. So, what is a...

I would expect so based on the previous experiments. The difference might be, that if I had a lid and a headspace under it, the oxygen exchange could be better because of the headspace oxygen. With the duckweed instead, there is no headspace as oxygen reservoir. It is well insulated, and we are...

As @RickyV surmises, the high DOC. You can use any media you want. I used a combination of foam and Tunze Granovit (porous media). These days I’d use only foam.

Awesome experiment. If you cover the tank with e.g. clingfilm or a lid, does that behave the same as the duckweed? It looks like something in the water is net producer of CO2 for you which is trapped in the water by the duckweed layer, and dissipated when you manually exchange gas under the...

Hi all, @Wookii is right, that is why older sewage works used trickle filters, they have huge bio filtration potential. That isn't right. Even if bio balls are suboptimal, they will still have enough wet surface area to work. It is the area of the gas exchange surface that matters, everything...

I have not, but I would expect the CO2 levels to be even closer to the air CO2 equilibrium. I can try it though in the next few days.

It’s not uncommon to find anemone completely out of the water and hiding in the shade of a rock. They really are tough inverts !!

You can actually order NSW and some LFS sell it too. Aquaforest do a “perfect water” but it’s expensive. I always liked ATI absolute ocean as it mixes so well.

Welcome! :)

I was interested in that too.

Awesome effort and really interesting results, I take my hat off to you @hax47 an ingenious way of measuring the tank water CO2 levels without requiring an underwater probe! Have you ran the air pump with the duck weed removed to see the effect of that without the surface gas exchange restriction?

People want cheap food and investors want big payouts so I can’t see much changing. There are companies that have interests in the chemical industry including pesticides, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. If you get cancer or dementia or any other disease from consuming pesticides don’t...

Found out why my dwarf hair grass carpet has been thinning... On the bright side the BBA on the rock faces disappeared, I'm assuming it was them 🤔 I think I prefer the look of the exposed sand.

Parallel Measurements of Air and Water CO2 in an Aquarium Over the past few years since I started maintaining planted aquariums, I have wondered whether increased aeration in low-tech aquariums adds or removes CO2. I have leaned towards the idea that CO2 levels in aquariums are typically...

I also don't use an ATO, so I guess the slightly inconsistent salinity and topping up with cold water would maybe help simulate some natural rockpool conditions. When the sun is focused on those pools all day it must get so warm, then the cold tide comes back and drastically changes the salinity...

Frozen Prawns, Mussels, and occasionally some of the granules of shrimp food get stuck in the tentacles too. Im not keen on feeding with the frozen mussels though, they seem to almost disintegrate a bit when first added to the water

Thanks everyone for the replies! Nope, that would be amazing though to make some sort of tidal setup. I've seen it done in an old youtube video, I think a guy did it for some sort of mudskipper mudflat biotope! But all of these guys are fine in more consistant conditions, they're all found...

Really cool. Are you collecting water or mixing your own? What are you feeding the nems?

Is there anything you need to do to as a substitute for the tidal nature, or are all these guys ok in more consistent conditions?

I think it's a fair point, and something for me to study more on. Maybe my next project over the EHEIM Pro 5 e?! :D I read something about why bio balls are optimal for trickle filters, and K1-type media does not do too well as a replacement. The supposed optimum configuration comes from a %...

I'm still looking into the plants, I'm looking at the stuff that Tropica list as "easy". I'm not set on the current hardscape, so things can change. On the area infront of hardscape, I was thinking of keeping it empty. While I would like a nice carpet plant, with basic lights, low flow and no...

But they don’t have to - I use a plastic media (Oase Hel-X) to very good effect, which also seems to dispers the water well over all the media with a decent strainer grating above. I’m not so sure . . . But very difficult to measure. The fact that the microbes have free access to 400ppm of O2...

Yes! This is something I’ve fancied doing for a while but time is the main obstacle. This looks beautiful and you’ve done a great job. I’ll save this post in case I ever find myself with time to do something similar.

Hello, Could you give model name of CO2 injector. Thanks.

From what I understand of TFs: Great for aeration; in fact, it is very, very good. However..... They typically have to use bio-balls with certain size grooves (which are not good biomedia), and the design means that water flow over the media is hit and miss compared to static configurations...

I have been working on our back garden over the last few years (off and on) starting with planting a long border of shrubs, trees and perennials. It's about about 80 meters long. The first picture is looking down the border. The second is looking up the garden over the same area two years ago...

Not sure what you mean, they are one of the best filters for biofiltration - many times more efficient than similar quantity of submerged media?

That makes sense - I had read that TFs are great for aeration but actually not very good with biofiltration without modification. But in a heavily planted tank the biofiltration is not going to be a key focus.

Grasses can be clump forming or runners depending on the species. You'd need to identify the ones in your lawn to know which they are.

Welcome! :wave:

Fantastic!

Incredible stuff - go Britain!

Mainly increased average DO levels due to the nature of the filter (particularly where plants aren't saturating during the photo period). Significantly more efficient biological filtration due to microbes free access to air. Both indirectly can produce an environment which potentially microbes...

You're shots are unreal :eek:

Thanks

Welcome! Beautiful part of the world you're from :)

Hi everyone,I'm Andre Yulianto, and I'm excited to join this forum! I have a keen interest in aquascaping and love designing and maintaining aquariums with beautiful aquatic plants. I've worked with various plants like Java Fern, Anubias, and Cryptocoryne, and I enjoy creating natural, balanced...

I found this forum when i browsing on internet for writing my college task.

That looks really stunning!

What is it about the trickle filter you are thinking will help with algae reduction?

Hi all! Thought I'd share some pics of my British rockpool biotope tank! A great way to keep a budget marine aquarium and learn about our native wildlife! I have always been amazed by rockpools, the amount of life in each one can be incredible to see, so this tank is really interesting to me...

I once used a trickle filter and experienced very little to no algae and had good plant growth.

Hi all, That one. Have a look at <"http://www.aquaticdesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/aquatic-mosses.pdf"> cheers Darrel

Hi all, Yes, they just fall off. Moss naming is a real mine-field, unfortunately people just call them what they like and then apportion a fairly random "scientific name" to them. In some cases we know that a moss is sold <"under the wrong name">, but in most cases, when you buy a moss, it...

The sporophytes are ephemeral and will die away on their own I believe.

Thanks also, @dw1305 - as you have educated me in the previous posts, if it's healthy, it's all good!! I am bedazzled why they sell it as Java Moss - when in effect it is not?!

Hi all, Absolutely fine, as @ElleDee says. In fact it looks really healthy. It doesn't matter at all, in terms of it role in the tank , but that probably isn't Java Moss (<"Taxiphyllum barbieri">) and the reason is...... Java moss very rarely produces spores <"Vesicularia dubyana - Java...

Don't the answer, but I have found that DOC/mulm can trigger black beard algae. Others on this forum have found a similar correlation. Perhaps the large water changes help reduce chemicals released by plants that reduce plant growth in other plants. It seems to me that in simple terms: strong...

Looking good, keep us posted and keep up with the water changes for the first couple of weeks to keep ammonia levels down and removal of decaying plant matter as they transition.

No, thank YOU for taking this on. Really appreciated.

Thanks @ElleDee - I will do nothing! What happens after this spore stage? i.e. do they need a trim at some point or do that change etc? (Sorry for questions - still learning a lot with plants).

Those are moss sporophytes. It's a normal part of the moss lifecycle and it's making spores. I would do nothing.

Thank you for the info guys. Let me see if I can make it happen... ;)

Hi All, Most of you know my setup, but I included some details just in case below my signature, including lighting and dosing. I added some Java moss on coconut to the aquarium approximately two weeks ago, which was all green when received. There seems to be growth, but it is leggy and brown...

What a dilemma and let's hope they come up with something soon, l worry about native Crayfish they are predated by the "introduced" European sp. and l haven't read much about how this is can be reversed

Paraguay, you mention Asia Hornets, I was allocated a hornet trap in March. A gentleman knocked on my door and asked if I could monitor a hornet trap for 8 weeks Unfortunately I gave it up after two weeks as the trap was killing to much in the way of bycatch! The trap works like a crab pot...

It makes sense that some plants and animal commit natural suicide as individual for the survival of the species. Cephalopods and annual are classic example. Technically, developing dead center is not suicide, just partial death, as the plant appears to move out in ring. Eventually, the dead...

Irises are one that benefit from splitting and repotting - the most active growing tips are using working their way outwards. Grasses/reeds often benefit from splitting too. Perenial is basically anything that lives for more than a year though which is a very wide group and they grow in...

Also plant lots of insect attracting plants such as lavender, digitalis etc.

On a slightly more positive note does anyone know of any ways in which we can help? My though was to build a small pond. import rotting logs, build insect 'hotels' provide areas of 'rough ground', no mow May & June. I do some of these but clealy need to do more...

Thank you for all the responses. It's dispiriting to realise that this isn't an anomaly. On a slightly tangential note I have opposed a planning application by a developer who prior to the planning application removed waggon loads of contaminated soil (heavy metals from mining and asbestos)...

Hello hello. Today I came here to share some news on my aquarium I think I have fixed the UGF. I had a old power head laying around, so I fixed it (cleaned and painted it to be black again, it was a really old one) it was labelled as 950L/h. It runs like there is nothing to hinder it. Looks...

Well climate change is having a massive effect global warming, caused by clearing the rainforests , fossil fuels and loss of natural habitats not for only the natural world but mankind , well @Onoma1 mentioned lack of Bees well we know in the UK they suffer with relentless rain , well we had...

Ish. 😀

Thank you 😊

Of course you are allowed John. Feel your care for him, rightly so. My hope is that this extends to anyone and everyone involved, we’re all just people. No one was operating from a place other than care for this forum. What has happened may have been divisive, but a forum members wellbeing and...

Thanks Iain 😊 hope all is well your way.

It was lovely to meet you, and a pleasure to help with your new scape 😊

Don't doubt that for a second @Geoffrey Rea How's @Tim Harrison are we allowed to at least ask this question, or am I being sentimental?

England won a game.

My view, Tim has voiced concerns to the forum (very much warranted) which has forced a few hands. The team are now working through it and I trust them all to resolve it. I’m personally happy to take their word for it that all is well, once they’ve ironed out any issues privately. In the interim...

Understand the want for answers @castle and the sentiment @John q but, no news actually means we are all working our asses off on this one. Can only ask that everyone remains patient so the community is served with a maximal level of intelligence, foresight and care.

We've all seen that Iain, unfortunately in this case no news is bad news. Without being disrespectful, the older members are asking a question, are we not deserving of an honest reply?

Well you don't see a Mustang Gt 350 every day do you 😉

What would you say an ideal substrate depth is? I'm using inert sand and there's I've read that it should be anyway from 2-3", up to 10cm! My tanks only about 32cm tall.

Nice layout! Keep us posted!

Completed my first attempt at aquascaping. Looking forward to seeing it grow in! CO2 and Chihiros light What do you think?

Thanks! It's all quite new to me and my previous experience is only with some $20 nicrew lights.

Considering you aren't "raising crops" of any kind yea mostly aesthetics.

Dead centers are, like you notes, associated with overcrowding. This is much easier to achieve in our gardens where the plants are pampered and are spared many of the growth suppressing factors they might have to contend with in the wild (drought, herbivory, poor soil, competition from other...

4.7" is with the base, the tank itself is around 3.5 deep. The overhang of the lights is indeed something to consider. Does the warms have much impact other than the aesthetics? I suspect "yes but it's complicated"

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This shocking subject might well be discussed amongst certain groups of people but not often in my circle! It just seems such a dramatic and obviously critical situation but, the masses are turning a blind eye? There is a small island close to Guernsey called Sark, the island is largely...

Don't envy you with those temps! The colours are looking beautiful

Most aquatic plants are bog perennials, yet I've never heard that aquatic plants ever develop dead center, even grown semi emerged in ponds. Garden perennials are different and many will develop dead center after a few years. A common practice for gardeners is to dig out the dead center to...

Gorgeous fish!

Nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with chemicals, pesticides etc, its being one steady decline over the last 60 years thanks to the agrochemical industry, the over use by farmers, councils and gardners, add on to this a similiar 30% decline in earthworms and at some stage...

New filter came a few days earlier than expected! So got that set up and added in the anubias nana bonsai: I put one bit on the back face of the rock too!

Thank you for the very detailed reply, bazz! I am intending to get some snails so I will be sure to get those first and leave the shrimp to last once I am sure it has all settled in

There are 5 sizes from 8 to 30cm deep Your tank is 30x18x12 and the light is 40cm long. A bit off dimensionally. Max height 17" Tank height is 4.7". Does that include the base? The higher up the light the less light in the tank. The " usual" light used. As to aesthetics your light is much...

A bit more detailed information that's not on the website @fablau Not sure if this is still the current breakdown of fert percentages, but it should be a good marker. APT1 APT3

Great to hear, Dave and his team always do an amazing job. The display tanks are inspirational and worth a visit alone!

UKAPS See Geoff's thread above, further info will come, but long term forum planning takes time and it cant be rushed 👍

Funnily enough, I actually prefer the wild looking neocaridina 😄