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Thanks for all the advice, Atm I see the tank every week to do water Atm I see the tank every week to do water changes etc. last time I raised CO2 was right before I took these photos, and I waited for a couple days to monitor the fish before I left. I assume if the people watching the tank...

Thanks, Here are some pics: When I first set up: about 6 weeks later, was away or three weeks and most of the dying happened then. In the last couple weeks nothings really changed: Looks like the Christmas moss is the only thing growing.. Close ups: rotala died back to this and has pretty...

Yeah, turnover is about 15X and CO2 read a constant bright green on drop checker. Also I have pretty much no algae problems. TBH i really have no idea why the plants aren't growing

I see, well so far the plants don't seem to responding well at all (not growing and not looking particularly healthy) I've found someone who's willing to does once during the week but haven't decided whether to alternate between macro and micro (each once a week still) or does both at the same...

Sweet, thanks. I've already added them so glad to hear I haven't screwed it up :D

Hello, Just got my first batch of salts etc to start dosing Ei. Problem is I'm going to uni, and don't want to leave someone to does specific things on specific days - so I was just wondering whether there was a problem with dosing everything in one go at the start of the week? Only...

Hello. Seen some really lovely examples of lovely christmas moss on the tropica website and elsewhere, however mine just looks like ugly green lumps in my tank. Could someone advise me on how I am supposed to get it growing properly? I have good lighting and CO2 injection

My intake is obscured by plants anyway so that should work well. My CO2 is on a solenoid and levels seem to stay safe throughout the night but as I already have a pump & air stone I might as well use it. Unfortunately I Am away from my tank for ten days so It'll to be interesting to see whether...

I already Hoover the substrate very thoroughly once a week and currently I clean my filter once a month. Would it be worth having a bubble counter running at night to increase oxygen levels? My fish aren't gasping at the surface or anything like that but I have very little surface agitation and...

Great idea! Not sure what the best material would be to use though. I'll give it a google

Changing the outlet position means having to drill a new hole in my stand and I don't like using power tools near my fish tank if I can help It. My powerhead is adjustable so I'll try reducing the turnover slightly first and see if that helps. Will try the electrical tape thing and if it works...

Currently Dosing daily. Will increase the dose. I can see my eleocharis flowing fairly violently in the water around the area where thew cyano is appearing - strong enough to pull the odd it of eleocharis or bacopa out of the ground. I need to register on photo bucket or something first before...

Cool, thanks. Unfortunately BGA seems to be making a slow comeback despite trebling my dose of fertiliser so I'm really confused about what is going on now. Should I just keep increasing the dose?

The fert I'm using does contains both NO3 and ammonium, but I think I'll have a crack at EI. Your tutorial was very helpful on this, thanks. btw the way, do you know of any sites that show the actual contents of tropical fertiliser? I Would be interested to know how much I'm actually dosing of...

Cool, thanks for all the links Seemed a bit strange that Dwarfcichlid.com suggested using straight RO water for water changes though. I've heard almost universally both that this is super unstable as it has no buffering capacity and that fish certain minerals (or something like that?) in the...

Took your advice - increased fertliser dosage from 2ml to 5ml. All traces of Cyano (and some black brush algae) have dissapeared from the tank after the black out so hopefully it won't come back. You seem to be the expert around here so I'll take your word for it, so without test kits how do...

As far as i can tell the BGA occurred only in dead spots .I have since adjusted my inlet & outlets and my circulation pump and I'm pretty confident i've solved that particular problem. Concerning ferts the one I'm using does contain NPK so will up my dose Thanks,

Unfortunately I do have live stock in there. Did some more reading and decided to bite the bullet and try a black out

Hello, Got this stuff covering quite alot of my substrate now and could really use some advice on killing it. Tank is 90x30x50cm (LxWxH), with two 39w T5s, Pressurized CO2. Dosing tropica + and liquid carbon daily, plus 50/60% water changes weekly (including thorough substrate cleaning)...

Will do, thanks

In that case I have more than enough turnover :) When you say along the back, should the spray bay stretch all the way along the back of the tank? My tank is long and not particularly wide (90x30cm base dimensions) and currently I have the spraybar along the left side of the tank rather than...

Great, what a relief. Already blown my budget on this setup by about £300 so really couldn't afford to replace the filter! Thanks for the help :D

Hello, just a quick question.. I've read on here that a 10 times turnover is best for a high tech set up. As far as plants are concerned can a well placed circulation pump be a substitute for a tank with a not quite up to scratch turnover rate? Thanks!

Awesome, thanks for the advice I had a look at the tutorials - everything makes much more sense now

hello, Just set up my first pressurised CO2 system, and there are a couple things which I am confused about: According to aqua essentials i should use a dose macro nutrients now that i have CO2. Assuming this is correct, should I start doing this immediately? Also, I'm a little confused...

wow, crazy plant - thanks for the advice It had no intact leaves when I got it anyway so atm its just a bulb sitting on the substrate

I hope i have an easy variety then! Thanks for the info

hello, first time posting on the forum & pretty new to planted tanks in general. Just got one of these plants, and looking online I've read loads of contradicting information ranging from its super easy to grow to it's super difficult to grow.. Just wondering what people's experiences are...