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wow! great pics, were you just lucky to be there at the time to see this little fella or can you do anything other than endless stare at the tank as its great to look at? and so watch it all :D

looks great! those pics are awesome!

it needs to be a dual stage reg to adjust the working pressure, that looks like its one of CO2 arts single stage (but dual gauge) reg, so as far as i know you can't adjust the working pressure i'm afraid :( but someone else might know a trick?

how high are you trying to pump? the higher it is the less flow you'll get even with the pump working as it should. i think the limit for the 700 was about 60-70 cm but not sure!

If i was given an Iphone for free i'm sure i'd love it... but when its my cold hard cash on the line i just couldn't bring my self to do it! Not entirely sure why either but Apple doesn't appeal to me, perhaps it's disappointment when i was a kid and games i wanted to play couldn't be played on...

Thinking about it I wonder if my lab manager wouldn't mind me stealing a couple of Liters a week :D

If its quality of the plants you are worried about i wouldn't be afraid to order online! especially from the sponsors of this forum, I've had personal experience with aqua essentials and the plants arrived through the post in better condition than any plants I've bought from a store (and that's...

:O this was the first journal i read on here! was great watching the process so a big thank you!... one question... what are you doing about the hole in the wall?

Cowboys!!!!! Gutted with Romo... or Chokemo... stressess me out following them... one week they're up and look like the Superbowl ring is in sight... the next we're no better than the Texans!! I fancy a Broncos and Seahawks bowl seeing how their regular seasons ended and hope Manning gets the...

hhmmm, at least it makes it 95% sure its the tank generating the film!

do you use an aerosol (likes Air fresheners, deodorant) near the tank? without the lid, loads of airborne things will fall onto the surface and create the film, as well as things being produced inside the tank.

I think its the reason why they need to make tea is because the water tastes so bad! Just drinking a glass of it is like putting on limescale lipstick!

Essex has lovely water when you compare it to either Lincoln and Hull!!!

wow that's pretty impressive i thought i could see maybe 1 or 2 unusual straight edges but to mix 12 like that is awesome, what software did you use to do it? being a bit cheeky here but is there much post processing used apart from the stitching? (i feel like i'm asking a magician how he does...

did miranda ever get a shot at this?

Hi Tom, Lovely pictures, is the third image two/three photos stitched together in an editor or is it using your camera's panoramic mode? Cheers, Nutty

a physical but probably impractical way to improve this would be using a half tinted or gradient filter on your lens? it would mean you could get a stop or two less exposure on the cat buy keep the tank as it, but only if the composition would fit :)

if you want up up the "colourfulness" you could look into changing the saturation or colour balance? Your camera might not be compensating for your lighting appropriately?

Slightly aside here so apologies or Vitamin C to most is used as a pH regulator, Antioxidant, Flavour enhancer ect... but even by APFUKs site and quiet a bit of literature its highly unstable in the presence of metal ions... and where does it go? with a load of metal ions! I've also seen great...

Good point! They are on this weeks shopping list... the girlfriend thinks i want porridge ehehe

Awesome thank you!!

Hi All, Been looking into shrimp supplements mainly Gechem Beta-G. However looking into what this it is Beta-glucan a sugar and oats are apparently a good source of this. So i was wondering if i were to buy some Oats from the supermarket, would just crushing them in a pestle and mortar to a...

R&D Analytical Assistant for a well known analgesics brand. Main job is performing rather un-glamorous stability work, but lately been getting into some interesting investigations with developing new products and also getting into producing the submission required for applications. Some long...

Hi Ceg, Is this due to when disturbing the gravel, you can release pockets of ammonia and the like which are bad for our fauna?

Hi Ahmad, Looks like melt which normally means too much light/for too long, therefore not enough CO2 with/or poor distribution Start by reducing light to one tube if possible or removing reflectors, next move your drop checker around the tank to check CO2 distribution and also visually...

My D3100 allows live view, but i wouldn't say its the best screen, useful if you can't view via the eye piece but not true enough for my liking, although the grid feature does make it easy to square things up! i found it does drain rediculously on the battery with extended use though :( My...

wow that is quiet a evolution! what happened between Feb and March? different K lights? or new camera? :D... everything got a lot greener! looks great though!

been over a week and nothing has come off of the substrate so i'm going to assume it should be OK *crosses fingers* wood is soaking... i do like that positioning too, but when i tried to recreate it again, the wood was touching the front glass, might trim it slightly, but we'll see! I've...

I've put some of it in a jar of water will give it a day or two to see what happens!

mmhh the bag says "This product is made from a natural material" no mention of dyes or multiple components... but reviews on the product say that it colours their water a day or so after being submerged hmmmmm

thanks lindy! will check the packaging see if i can find anything!

Hi All, Been stalking the site for a while and has been very helpful sorting out some issues with my fishbox 40, but its not really a "scapers" tank so hasn't been seen here :oops: . However!! it was my birthday recently and my girlfriend of all people suggested to get me a new tank! (I know...

If you're in the Hull region there is a couple Shop name: Christal Clear Waters Location: Skirlaugh Garden & Aquatic Center, Hull Road, Skirlaugh, HU11 5AH. Directions: Head out along Holderness Road past Swine can't miss it on your left. What they offer or specialise in: Cheapest Redmoor wood...

Maybe the light is to bright for them? in the way some plants when sun burnt go red to deal with excess light, but this might go lighter or become waxy? or less green could be magnesium deficiency i think...

I'm soon to be looking for mosses and the only place I've seen them in a shop in is in Ings lane! they seem to have a much better selection there and the staff although relatively young seem to know their stuff and seem interested in the job! I'm in East Hull, so nowhere is particularly out...

the times I've been, they've had nice looking mother plants, but not a massive selection of the rest and the selection has been dropping... i might just not be visiting close to delivery times though....

you're kidding that the MA in Beverly and ings lane had no Ottos! when i was in there not too long back probably only 2 weeks each had loads! must be popular at the moment!

which shops did you try? see ottos in most of the ones i've been too in the last week even in P@H

from what your saying looks like it might be melt of emersed leaves and growing fresh submerged... although this wouldn't fit with the floating plants.... hmmm

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i'm guessing its the spray bar that means the tanks isn't blasted apart by that filter ^^ looks lush and green though! must be well happy!

sounds awesome, are you able to grab a pic at all? :)

there is nothing wrong with the pictures posted as seen they are all great from a phone, but meant when you zoom, it becomes grainy, which if you went big on canvas you'd see :(, but if this one works then brill!! i'd love to see this as big if not bigger than A1 size but would probably be...

yer its pretty easy, the big supermarkets offer picture to canvas, not sure on their quality but there are plenty of website that offer it too! overall quality does depend on the the original image and if it can take being blown up to larger sizes, but reading some of your previous posts, it may...

that is a lovely back-light shot, has she thought about a career in photography? Hope your corner trick stops any more jumpers! must suck to find em :(

looks really nice, the extra plants and the good growth is making this a pretty picture!!

looks great! how long are you going to cycle for before adding the puffers?

looks great! +1 really nice contrast! i do like that with a nano you can get good coverage from the get go without costing an arm and leg in plants, i doubt i'd have the patients to sit and watch a large tank grown in fully ehe!

looks lovely! the small stones make the the pieces of wood look massive! the photography is dam good too! Is it just a white sheet of card you have at the back? Cheers, Nutty

love the 2 worlds theme! you should be proud of that carpet!

that is just wow! are you sure that's only ten days? have you been using some magic dust in there too?

does the lid get covered in condensation though? meaning you can't view clearly from above?

Does the temperature of your tank and its surroundings fluctuate a lot? wondering if its this that may be causing your pressure instability?

you plan to go bigger than this :O water looks crystal clear too! have you got/tried out those LED bulbs yet?

Hello all, a bit of a funny question but wondering if the answer may solve a tank trouble! Are plants picky and only use "white/yellowy" light or do they not care as long as its photons being fired at them? (in this case a lovely blue). my tank is one of those fishbox/fishpod 40's which has...

Hello, Is the Hm being trimmed intentionally to cause symmetry with the white arc created by the lighting? (especially in the top pick of your last post) or is it an awesome lucky coincident?which everway i think that it gives the whole scene a really balanced feel and i could just sit and look...

the layout in post 8 worked for me :thumbup: being picky it maybe needing a little more height but only a smidge, the latest one to me looks a little flat:( :( also, will the smaller rocks to the right will be lost when the carpet grows in?

I think i'll be watching this, i quiet like the idea of a nano tank! all the shrimp on this site has got me wanting! where did you actually get the tank and the rock from in the end? :) cheers, Nutty

that had me in giggles and got a weird "WTF" look from the girl friend :oops: have you used the Light before? I've been looking for a nano light wondering if this is any good? thanks, Nutty

Hi m_att Scape looks great, really good job making the tank look bigger than it is! How long do you think you'll dry start for? Cheers, Nutty

this looks great! really dense and so many greens!!

wow that is a lot of power heads!! how is this tank not being used as a washing machine :p plants look lush though, how long has it been set up like this?

well that's just tiny! have you managed to figure out how it go in there?

Ah, well... maybe i won't hold out much hope! will just have to cross my fingers and hope for the best!! thanks for replying!

Hi Justissaayman, is this personal experience? the comments on the item seem to suggest that they received extras which would be part of a "plus package"? I've not based my purchase just purely in hope of that, it would just be nice :):). It was the best fit for my cupboard really, and even...

oh should arrive thurs/friday next week :)

bit the bullet and went for the Eheim... little devil on my should saying aah well only 30 squid! just hope the girlfriend doesn't notice the pipework :D

Hello, I've been looking around to try and find a suitable external for my 40Lish tank looking to get even flow with a spray bar and improve filtering quality, the internal the tank came with is a little pathetic really. There are currently 4 filters in the frame, they are all affordable...

Hi George, I thought this tank was a monster until i saw the pic of you pruning, its truly amazing the sense of scale and depth you've created here, the density of plant is just wow! I sure hope you get the just reward with a nice high IAPLC ranking! Cheers, Nutty

the door looks great! really professional looking, but did the FE not like being the dark? how has it escaped outside? :D

hmm, i suppose it depends on the size of the tank and the colours in your scape. there are so many colourings for betta that you could chose one that would give a good contrast to it and would pop out at you when you looked at the tank and be a nice focal point. and i've seen a lot more...

by Betta do you mean Betta splendens (Siamese fighting) if so you can only keep one male Betta in a tank (not sure it goes for all Betta species though)... but you can have multiple male gourami = more colour in the tank.

its looking great dude! you should definitely enter IAPLC... just for some recognition for your hard work! Although that is a very greeeeen lily pipe! I like the filter on photo, makes the whole scene move, adds more naturalness!

looks great! will look brilliant when its grown in! the fish will thinking they're going back into a lake not a tank!

i'm not sure i can trust my eyes anymore... that tank can not be 12L! Its just impossible! where did you get those lights though? thanks, Nutty

Tanks looks great! What camera did you take those awesome :snaphappy: with? also great use of light to give the colours loads of depth!

bet you thought the day would never come!! was the "new" ferts a pack of digestive biscuits? :)

reading from a couple of the other journals on here, the two most tricky bits are 1. setting the hardscape and 2. keeping the plants alive! so from the sounds of it, with a good scape planting takes care of its self. I quite like gourami too, good strong colours and have quite some...

Hi Mr. T, tank looks really good, was wondering what type of rock are you using? Also how long did wait before flooding the tank? cheers,

looks great, the lay out makes it look much bigger than 56L!! What are your plans for livestock if any?

that is quiet a haul! do you sell em on or "collect" em?

now that is a proper carpet! What camera do you use?

Well maybe not interesting... it was the first available name i put in when i created my first character on world of Warcraft (don't worry those days are long gone) :) and has kind of stuck ever since ( my first choice name Fullstop was already taken on the server i wan't to play on :arghh: )...

thanks guys, i have seen my Guppies munching on a bit but they arn't super into it! I sort of like the look, makes things look a bit more natural... a bit aged...

Hello, Convinced the girlfriend to let me get a tank in January this year, its just a simple fishbox starter tank 45ish ltrs nothing to shout about, i was thinking just stock with some nice fish, but keep looking at it and thinking and wanting to do more with it! Got a couple plants in...

wow, just finished reading both your journals today i must say they are pretty awesome! sitting looking at my comparatively looking tiny 40 ltr thinking how to convince my other half to let me get a bigger one!!! is the rock in there at the moment still from your original 110 kg you picked...

Hello, This could sound rather stupid, but do people only remove algae because it doesn't always look the best or is it that algae will steal nutrients from the plants and cause slower growth? Also does anyone know of a benefit to have algae in your tank? Thanks,