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HI George here is a question for you. I have 2 TMC 1000ND and 1 TMC 1000HD Ultra hanging 13inches above a 20inch deep tank. These are on for 5 hours and the 1000HD Ultra is only running at 50%, My dwarf hairgrass, Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, java fern and java moss all look a mess. The green is...

Hi Tony. Wow thanks for your detailed reply and the graph! I really appreciate it. One last thing if you dont mind, what temperature do you keep the tank at? Since I believe the Altums do like it a bit on the warm side right?

Good morning Tony. Stunning tank and stunning Altums! You have done a great job! Would you mind telling me how many grobeams you are using over this tank, how high above the tank they hang and the duration they ar on for? I have two grobeams and one Aquabeam 1000ND (not sure if that is right...

If I knew that the filters are ok and cycled well, then I would not have issues dong a 90% water change for this discus only tank. But the way the fish / filters are behaving at the moment I am at a bit of a loss....

I am using tap water however since I live near a RO plant (I live in Malta and most our tap water is produced from the sea) the water tends to have a ph of 7 give or take on the day. I now have the G3, the Biobox 2 and a sponge filter going full swing.

so doing a 50% water change at this stage would be beneficial? Also would the fish benefit from the triex cartridge?

Hi, I set up a 120l tank about 7 weeks ago and let it cycle for 5 weeks with 3 corys in it. I went through good and bad phases with water quality, sometimes crystal clear at other times milky. After 5 weeks the tank seems to have settled and the nitrite reading was at a steady 0. I had two...

Tell me about it! To clean my 350l corner I need to climb up on the top of a three step ladder. Personally I would not by a corner tank again either! Will defintely follow your new journal.

Hi John, thanks for your post. So when you say that you are taking it down does that mean you are going to start over again with it or are you getting a different shaped tank? Regards, Michael

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - 1yr old ! Hi Tony beautifully angels! Are you sure they are Columbians cos they really are similar to the proper Altums! I have been trying to get real Altums inMalta for the past six months now but no one see,s to be willing to get some for me. Local LFS's...

Thanks I am now aware :)

Thanks I will look into the link you sent. In the meantime some people have been kind enough to offer their help with my tank in a PM. I seem to have issues with answering PM's since my answers are not leaving my outbox. Eventually they will but for some reason it takes time so please keep...

Well to be perfectly honest I can follow the bubbles to the half way line of the tank and yes, a corner tank is more than tricky to get the flow right in. Nevertheless I would think that the plants in the mist of the co2 should at least be doing well, but they aren't either.

I have three power heads, a 1100l pump exit and a spray bar right over my 65mm green leaf atomic co2 diffuser.

Thank you for your feedback. I also tought that they were great before I got them but now I have my doubts.

I thought that maybe they were not doing well because of the lack of light. The opinion I have (and this might be wrong) is that the LED's are not giving good results.

Well to be honest the lights were on for only 7 hours up to last week and I only put them on 9 hours since last Saturday. Personally I would not say that the lights are any good to be honest. I somehow feel that I was better off when I had the T5's.

Hi, I desperately need your help pls. I have been struggling with my tank for almost six months now and I cannot get the simplest of plants to grow. I keep seeing other hobbiests tanks and get so enviuos and no matter how hard I try, I simply am not able to get my tank anywhere close to...

Hi Steve, many thanks for posting that link. Its amazing what you managed to do with that tank! Regards. Michael

I can fully understand your hesitation to rip down such a great tank and would feel the same!

Great tank and results! As always, very well done!!

Great growth on that glosso!

Well done!! Also admire the way you set up that unit! Great job on both tank and unit.

Hi Tom thank you so much for interest. Well to me it has become a horror to try and scape a corner tank. I love the tank for how it fits into the room it is in however, I find that getting the flow and scaping right is a huge challenge. I would really like to come up with a scape which ensures...

thanks hoggie will take your advice. this way i wont waste the solution i have just made.

BGA is nasty! it is almost gone in the morning but then by this time when the lights have been on, it seems to gain a foothold again and starts to creep up the front glass and covers a lot of plants.

LOL dont you worry, i had exactly that same thought ;)

Priceless :)

Hi andyh thanks for your post. I sort of use the controller as an emergency valve for the co2 to shut off if it gets to dangerous levels. I had read about controllers and am aware of the different opinions on using it. The controller never really kicks in. Flow is plenty and indeed I am not too...

Thanks for your feeback Iain. makes sense what you said and I may give it a go that way. in the meantime i had tried to using dry ferts. only thing is that when i added the potassium nitrate, some of it remained floating on the top whilst two smaller clumps fell straight to the ground. seems...

wow seems like my measures are really messed up! I have only mixed a solution a couple of days ago which is as follows: 500ml water 66grms kno3 Potassium nitrate 14.4grms kh2po4 Potassium phosphate 14.4grms k2so4 Potassium sulfate 20grms Magnesium sulfate Dose 35ml three times a week 250ml...

hi hoggie, thank you for your advice. so i currently have a spraybar coming out of the bluemec filter on the left hand side top pointing down slightly forwards. on top of the crypt on the left i have the pump outlet from the chiller, exactly below it behind the crypt i have the co2 diffuser and...

Would be more than happy to receive some planting advice for this tank...... Some of the plants in there from the top of my head include: Glosso Blyxa Japonica Hygrophila Corymbosa Java Fern Cryptocoryne Tropica red Cryptocoryne Tropica green Bolbitis struggling with some algae Proserpinaca...

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Ok thanks.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? ok so thats another 100grms to the 66grms which is already in there.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Well I got it from a local lab which imports it. It should be the right stuff.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Thanks Matty how much would you increase to from the current 66grms on 500ml?

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? The plant which currently seems happiest is the hygrophila corymbosa....

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? 66grms to 500ml. I dose 35ml of EI three times a week.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Nope the Nitrogen supplement Floringro is liquid. EI I pre mix in water then add in liquid form.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? ok so tank volume is 350l. I add 10ml which is equivalent to 2 teaspoons every other day. I put this directly into the tank and do not mix it with water. What should I add in the calculator as amount of water to mix with?

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? To be honest since I did not have similar problems before I have not gotten a test kit. Besides I do read a lot that most test kits arent that accurate. Maybe I should invest in one....

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? I have two filters which are cleaned alternately once a month. So basically they get cleaned every two months. Water change is 50% every Saturday.

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Well dont know what to do anymore on flow. I have a Ferplast Bluemec 1500 + Juwel Bio 1000, 2 Haquos Power Heads and a 1000l/hr pump which pumps the chilled water through. that should be enough flow right?

Re: Whats wrong with my tank? Hi thanks for your post. I currently dose 10ml of Brightwells Aquatics Flouringro on alternate days.

Over the past couple of weeks, my tank has been deteriorating quick, and I do not know why..... plant growth is weak and seems to be very slow, I am using EI, CO2 injection with a ph reading of 5.75 (3 to 4 bubbles per sec), LED lights on for 9hrs + 2 x T5's at the back for 5hrs .... I am...

To be honest I have no problems with the corys. It was the plecs which used to do my head in since they were really clumsy. HC I never had any luck with but not because it was being uprooted.....

yes thought as much. the fact that i have not had similar looking leaves over the past two days indicates that it was the plecs. still keeping my eyes on the SAE's though......

Well I removed both Bristlenose plecs and since have not seen extensive leaf damage on the hygros. Up to now everything indicates that it was indeed the plecs which did the damage although I never managed to catch one even close to the plant.....

I am seeing a lot of growth at the top tips which is about an inch above substrate. Should I trim the glosso or will it eventually also send shoots from below?

I have now gone through the pain stacking work of taking all of the glosso out and replanted in in individual stem..... Couldnt feel my back afterwards :) Some of the stems still stick out of the gravel by one to two inches. Should I leave them that way or should I cut off the tops and shorten...

I was pretty sure it was the plecs especislly since I do not have this issue on the medium sized leaves an only on the large ones. The leaves of the Hygro are eally soft so they can be easily damaged!

Great. Thanks for your input. I will take it out and replant as advised.

I have ordered some Glosso which arrived today and to my surprise this is what I got...... to me this looks like anything but Glosso unless maybe this is cultivated emersed? The following is what I thought to be Glosso which got into the tank by mistake on some HC which I had purchased...

Re: Holes in Hygrophila New Pics So I found the courage to cut the Hygro and replant the topping I have cut off. The cutting seems to have taken off nicely however the holes keep coming although I have upped co2 to its max and as of today have also added another circulation pump. Let me know...

Re: New 4ft journal The Island 2 New vid attached Beautifull school of cardinals and great setup.

I have a hunch its the SAE's or plecs too!!

Well, it coud be snails. I see the odd small snail in there although I have a couple of assins n there aswell! Fish include Angels, lemon tetras, bosemani rainbows, neon rainbows, emperor tetras, cardinal tetras, four corys, four siamese algae eaters and two bristlenose. Besides fertilising EI...

It must be some fish which is going for the leaves! This morning I left home with all leaves in great condition (i trimmed the torn ones last night). Just came home for my lunch break and found two leaves with loads of holes! It cannot be the water conditions...

will try algae wafers. thanks for the tip.

Re: Holes in Hygrophila new pics This is a photo of one of the older leaves (apologies for crappy iphone photos): However, these plants seem to have the tears / holes in them within 24 hrs! Could this be bristlenose / siamese algae eater damage? I have moved the plant into a co2 stream...

Thanks for everyones input! Some nice scapes you are managing to create in your Trigon. I have tried to grow Hc and failes miserably and as you guys say, its the flow which probably makes the difference since I seem to be pretty well covered with light. Really looking forward to your pics on flow.

Great post! Will have a go with this method. Thanks for sharing.

wow amazing how those swords in the back have grown! great job!

Thanks. Seems like there are not a lot of people with corner tanks or comments on here...... My next tank will probably not be a corner tank either althought the space it is currently situated in is ideal.

to be honest I thought all mosses did........

Well done, great tank! Wish I could get my corner to look like that! Saw your post about the micranthemum umbrosum floating and was wondering how you had managed to keep it down. Have tried this plant a couple of times and it always ends up a mess, getting loose and floating off....

....if only I were a Jedi :) would make it so much easier!

Great job with the Tenellus Gary! Wow Ian must be doing it all right in his tank! Have to read to his journal and see whether I can find a magic formula in there!! :)

Hi Viper just saw the pic now (took some time to load lol). Is that Tenellus in the front?

Hi Viper thank you for your post. I have done exactly the same. A spraybar pointing down on the left with a power head underneath it to distribute co2 throughout the tank. The co2 monitor is as in your case just to cut of at PH6. Controller is on two hours before lights on and off one hour...

Here are some photos of my tank as it looks today. On my way to a perfect scape, I have invested heavily in equipment, LED lights fixures, pressurised CO2 etc. without, in my opinion, getting the desired results. I have tried many a different setup, usiing bog wood as now one time and using...

I have been trying for months to get my Christmas moss to attach itself to different surfaces to no avail. I tried bog wood, moor wood and pebbles with no luck. I tried using fishing line, sewing line and hair nets. None of the above worked. The moss grows nicely but, does not attach itself...

Just a short update. I have in the meantime contacted the local shop were I bought these fish from and they now state that they are Peruvian Altums! I have explained that there is no such thing as Peruvian Altums however I got nowhere. I have been sending emails to Aquarium Glaser nearly on a...

The weird thing is that I do not seem to have issues growing glosso which I have been told is as demanding as HC.....

I would think the distribution is not right since this is the only plant suffering (besides the HC which is low). Question about replanting was only put since i have read that leaves with damage do not regenerate and only drain resources from the plant. On the other hand I have been unsuccesful...

Do u agree with cutting the stem and replanting without the leaves which have holes?

Hi, Would like your opinions on this one... A month ago I bought ten of these juvenile angels. I was told that they were Altums imported from Aquarium Glaser in Germany. Showed the photos to Heiko Bleher and his reply was: 'Heiko Bleher have nothing to do with P. altum. These are P. scalare...

Ok, so what would be the best course of action to try and save the plant? Obviously increase co2 or rather flow since co2 is already quite high but do i shorten the stem of the plant taking off the affected leaves and re plant? Or should i leave it as is?

Have been trying to grow cuba over the past three weeks. This is what was left of about five pots two weeks ago.... there is even less now. Plant just want grow and stays static till it finally gets dislodged. Poor leaves and colour. I have a spraybar pushing co2 right over it..... EI dosing...

Hi, This plant is furthest away from the CO2 diffuser. EI are the ferts I am dosing with Nitrogen+

Hi, I wonder whether anyone can give me some advice on a problem I have with my Hygrophila. Many a time I have tried to grow this plant without success (I know in most tanks this grows like a weed).... I am managing to hold on to this one specimen however It keeps loosing the bottom leaves and...

Hi Toby, I have been looking at some of the links you have posted and it seems that most of the users posting their ferts regime do not only stick to the Spezial N - Nitrogen Fertiliser on it own. Besides the Spezial N they add ferts such as ?AquaRebell Mikro Sepzial "Hybrid", ?Kaliumphosphat...

hi hoggie thanks for your reply. Luckily I can read German and indeed, for high light setups it is daily whilst for low light setups it is 2 - 3 times a week.

Hi Tobi, very interesting post and I would definately like to try out your recipe. You state 1ml for 50l. How often do you dose this? Daily? Regards, Michael

Re: New 4ft journal The Island 2 New Pics 15/07/2011 Hi chilled really great scape! Can you give us some details on ferts used, fert regime, lighting and light periods? Keep up the great work!

Hi Fred, looking at your post again i now see that you also recomended it :oops:

Re: 60*30*40 Green Paradise well i have actually invested in a chiller because temperatures here are at a soaring 33 celsius in the shade and by now all my plants would be dead if i did not use the chiller.... i have seen a journal though were a guy has managed to grow HC in a discus tank...

Re: 60*30*40 Green Paradise Well done really nice tank! Really nice how you managed to grow that HC!

was reading an interesting post by George Farmer and some Nitrogen based ferts he was testing some time back. Apparently HC is quite Nitrogen hungry so I might try and give that a go for a couple of weeks to see whether i can mange to save it.....

You are right, everyone is aware that the best way to plant cuba is by separating it into smaller pieces or indeed individual plantlets, however i thought i saw you putting in whole pots. Thanks for the reply.

Great tank Pedro! One question I have is as to how you planted your Cuba. Did you plant a whole pot in one place or did you divide each pot into smaller pieces? From what i van see on the video it looks like you planted a whole pot in one place. How many pots of Cuba did you use? Keep up the...

Thanks again. HC is nice and green for two to three days then it starts to come to pieces / disintegrate with yellowing of leaves. I am also adding liquid carbon so I dont know whether I should pump up co2 even more.... I have started to double dose CSM+B today so I hope that this might make a...

Hi Fred, thank you for your post. I use EI fertilisation method and inject co2 keeping it at a ph of around 6.03. co2 comes on two hours before lights on and goes off one hour prior to lights off.... co2 is diffused by Green Leaf Atomic diffuser. Distribution is via a bluemec external filter...

Hi, has anyone tried to grow HC in Volcanit substrate by Aqua Medic? Or maybe in similar sized grain substrate? I do not seem to be having luck with HC in Volcanit and am not certain whether part of the problem is the size of the grains (I think I have seen nice HC carpets in similar size...

Well, as you may know, a lot of our water is obtained from the mediterranean sea and we have large RO plants which convert sea water to drinking water. As it happens I live very close to one of these RO plants and therefore my water is very soft. I can be lucky to get a GH reading of 1 and I...

Hi Viktor, those are some amazing scapes! Thank you for posting the links! I will enjoy also going through the flickr album. Well done to the whole team who worked on these pieces of art. I particularly like the cuba setup and and the one featuring the blyxa. I am currently trying to grow some...

Hi Viktor, I have now seen a couple of your setups and I must admit that I am amazed every time I see your work! To you have a website with a gallery of the different tanks you have worked on or maybe even in this forum? Regards, Michael

Hi, Can anyone please give me some advice on growing Hygrophila Corymbosa and Java Fern? I have tried to grow these plants over and over again and whilst everyone states that these are some of the easiest plants to grow, mine loose their leaves within a week or so of purchase with the Java...

I am currently dosing CSM+B and EI. I have recently added some Rotala Macrandra and over the past three weeks I have seen the plant deteriorate although it has a TMC 14000K LED tile right on top of it with co2 addition etc. I keep reading that besides low temperature, co2, loads of ferts, high...