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I I tried two 10 day doses of paragaurd with no success, Then spotted the black spots on the shells of the dead shrimp so after some searching came up with Chitinolytic bacterial disease which on some sites people get rid of it by using Levamisole which as a last resort i just dosed the tank...

Was hoping to get going faster than 3 months but it's one way of saving the plants. Will just completely strip the tank and filter and wash the plants and wood under hot water and leave it running. Is there not a broad spectrum bacterial killer lol thats safe for plants that i could leave...

Having almost lost all my crs to some form of bacterial disease, How would i go about making the tank,filter and plants safe to use again? I have read on a few sites to leave the tank and filter to dry out or to boil what you can but clearly cant do either to plants and would hate to lose them...

Some on ebay, Drop a pm regards postage. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bucephalandra-cf-motleyana-Melawi-RARE-aquarium-plant-EU-grown-1-plant-/171833298265?hash=item2802100d59:m:mT6Y9RXI49v15zLhcCIaIvA

Sounds like your motor is over heating and on the way out, I would still try running it with no media to see how it performs. Is the motor hot when its running?

Have you taken the impeller out and cleaned/inspected it? Do you have a lot of media in the canister and have you cleaned the hoses out recently. As from for priming, I got round that by filling the filter up with tank water after maintenance and shaking it gently to get rid of any air and...

I recently bought 2 300ml of this fert recently as it was on offer, Only then to discover it contains no nitrogen (n) or phosphorus (p) Doooh I do have some dry salts, Can i simply add kn03 and po4 in a separate mix to replace the n and p ? Cheers

Hi Fern, Welcome to the forum from sunny Caithness :wave:

I know how you feel Darrel, I've just replaced my 02 dti vectra i had for 8 years and done 120,000 miles in, I was gutted, I even took a few pictures of it as the breakers took it away:(

Anybody had a problem with nematodes?

From what i have read, Planaria can come in a range of colours from transparent,brown,white to red but never heard of one with a sucker at one end, Dont like the sound of that one :nailbiting: Its not if i got a lot of them, maybe 5 or 6 could be more, I dont overfeed, I clean the bottom once...

Does any one know if panacur kill's nematodes? As i use no planaria to good effect but it doesn't seem to affect the nematodes.

Mrs billy treated me to a £100 voucher from sharnbrook shrimp :happy:

I had the same problem last year when my 205 packed in on my shrimp tank i had a spare 105 and just cut the sponges out of the 205 to fit the new filter and then treated the tank with some mosura bt-9. And all was fine, Hope this helps

Sorry for jumping in on the thread, I was looking at getting some astaxanthin, But was trying to justify the £20! Is it really that good?

Lucky you for being able to afford a rover!!! I have 2 vauxhall's and 4 fluvals :o :lol: Did YOU assume that!! :lol:

Typical attitude of the big headed merc driver :lol:

Give this thread a good read. viewtopic.php?f=50&t=555

I think the answer is your nitrite levels, By the time you have 2ppm nitrite i don't think you tank has fully cycled yet, From what i understand that most shrimp cannot take any levels of nitrite :idea:

I can recommend the Tetratest gh kit :lol: :lol: Used it for the past couple of years with no problems.

The first drop will only turn the water a light red, Then the more drops you add the stronger the red get's until it go's green. If it's not turning the water red to start with, I would say get a new test kit.

It means when you add the first drop of the test liquid to 5ml of your tank water, the water then turns red then you keep adding the drops until it go's green, Then you have your reading,Well that's what my tetratest does. If the water doesn't turn red then your test kit may be faulty.

You could also start adding some Beta glucan to your tank to help fight any infections, I use Mosura Tonic Pro which is also a food supplement, It's a little bit on the pricey side but worth it. IMO Or you could try beta-G which has some good reports. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genchem-Beta-...

They can be a little awkward, Try putting some vaseline around the rubber seals on the aqua stop which will help it slide into place better also put some on the motor seal ring also as they tend to dry out,

That PBL sss cost more than i paid for my wife's pug 206 :lol: :lol:

If you decide to go with the filter drop me a pm as i have a spare 405 :thumbup:

I was thinking about the same thing and was looking at one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aquarium-Syst ... _522wt_780 Could be worth a try at £15 :wink:

Does anyone know if bbq lava rock safe to use in a tank? Having come across a box of it i thought it would look good in my new nano tank! If it's safe that is :crazy: Would think it would be safe but rather be sure. Cheers

Can anyone recommend a shop in or around Glasgow that keep's freshwater shrimp as heading down that way at the weekend and looking to add to my collection :D Cheers

Take a look at this 4 stage unit, I bought this one a few years ago and has served me very well and comes at a excellent price to. I get my spare filters from this guy to with a first class service :thumbup: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-STAGE-WITH- ... 2630wt_779 Cheers

Looks like Planaria to me, Check the link out :thumbup: http://www.planetinverts.com/what_is_th ... arium.html

Thanks for all the information guy's :thumbup:

Just finished setting up a shrimp tank using Colombo Flora Base as a substrate, After filling it with RO water, I tested the water that was in the tank so I could adjust the tds with MOSURA Mineral Plus, Just to find the tds was already at 160 :? I also put some MOSURA Old Sea Mud and MOSURA...

Mosura will do. Add the old sea mud on the base of the aquarium then add a layer of substrate, now sprinkle the BT-9 over the substrate then add a thick layer of substrate on top. The problem with mosura is they don't contain as much as some other brands so you might also want to get Mineral...

What minerals would you suggest to put under the substrate? Just that I'm about to set up a crs tank and have some mosura bt-9 and mosura some old sea mud, What else would you recommend to put under the substrate? BTW, The substrate I will be using is Colombo Flora Base. Cheers

Sound's like a bacterial infection! But I'm no expert, I would try something like Esha 2000 which treats a wide range of infections something 70 I think. Try Google or Ebay and see what you think.

I did read that somewhere..... but i have no surface scum at all. The dropchecker seems to be working ok, It's blue before the CO2 comes on and lime green when the lights come on :? Was just curious to what it is and could it affect the reading at all, Which it doesn't seem to.

Re: White deposits in drop checker (1) Inside of the bottom where the air inside the dropchecker meets the water, And a small deposit in the chamber. (2)Yes i keep snail's but it's not eggs! (3)Every week at water change. Cheers

Been noticing this last couple of weeks there has been white deposit's/scum around the bottom of my dropchecker, But today when i changed the solution there was a deposit in dropchecker chamber :? Anybody have any ideas what the deposits are and will it be affecting the reading? BTW i'm...

What like are they to clean? I was just looking at getting one from that site. Cheers

Hi Basil Where in the uk do you get your mosura? Been trying to find some here with no success :? Cheers

Maybe his life doesn't revolve around this forum?

Best not to send them with any skid marks lol :lol: :lol: ( sorry couldn't help my self lol)

Just thought i would post for anybody else looking for seal's, I went with this one's here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1064wt_700 They work a treat, well price and a very good service :thumbup: Cheers

Just make sure your outside and just give it a little blast, After all it's just C02, That way you will know if it's the valve or not.

Did you try taking the (faulty) one outside and give it a wee blast to see if the cylinder valve is stuck/faulty?

I dont like the sound of that :shock: Maybe that's me being to cautious! I just have 2 diffusers, Once one get's dirty i swap them over and clean the dirty one with bleach, Once clean a wee rinse with water and then soak in dechlorinator and it's all ready for when the other one get's dirty...

What minerals/supplements would you mix with RO to get the water right for shrimp? Cheers

Like Alastair i clean my fx every 3 to 4 months.

Like these? Will email them to get inner and outer sizes. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/X6-BULE-RUBBE ... 1113wt_934

Any idea of size and what there made off? I know the thread size is 22mm so i take it the o ring will be 20mm? The only one i have am using. Cheers

Hi Can anyone tell me where i can get some o rings for my reg? I read somewhere that it's good practise to change the ring every time you put a new bottle on. I found some in hong kong but would rather closer to home. Cheers

The genchem No Planaria didn't work for me :evil: Will have to give the panacur a go now.

Really! Nobody ever fiddled with a soliniod before :? If one of the golden boys posted this it would be on page 3 by now :lol:

Good write up mate :thumbup: Cheers

Hi My wave reg/soliniod has started to make a very loud buzzing noise, But is still working fine, Has anyone replaced the soliniond part on these reg's before? As the mrs is not happy about the noise, It took all my charm to talk her into letting me keep a 6.2 kg co2 tank in the living room...

Sounds like a good idea :thumbup: Are you going to post the results once you make it? This method seems to be the easiest way, I found this thread on the barr report. http://www.barrreport.com/showthread.ph ... ifications So i might just go and get a maxi jet and get my snips out :o Cheers

Hi Thanks for your reply, Didn't think anybody was going to bother :lol: How are you going about building your reactor? Are you copying someone else's diy project, If so do you have a link. Could be worth thinking about to see if my diy skills would be good enough :shock: Cheers

Looking for some pointer's on using a power head for co2 diffusion, Currently using a fluval 2 plus with a ceramic diffuser inside the casing. Which seems to do the job but even after being on for 2 hours before the lights come on the drop checker is just about turning green! And that's with...

Hi Clicked on the padlock and this is what it says, The site uses SSL, but Google Chrome has detected either high-risk insecure content on the page or problems with the site’s certificate. Don’t enter sensitive information on this page. Invalid certificate or other serious https issues could...

Was going to get the all in one Solution from there but they seem to be having a security problem! When i went to put in my credit card details i noticed that the page had the padlock crossed out in red :? Tried emailing them the last two days but no reply even tried phoning them still no joy...

Is it possible to buy it on it's own or do you have to buy a low range ph kit? Thanks in advance :D Cheers

Check this guy out! Not only his riding skill's but the camera work and the music and the scenery :o :o http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Cj ... &vq=medium

210 Litres- Fx 5- purigen-seachem matrix- floss. 54 litres-fluval 205-purigen-matrix-floss

I was looking at giving my ageing substrate a wee boost until i have extra money for a new substrate, So was looking at putting some root tabs in there and come across Osmocote Tablets that were quite cheap, I have read of people putting the powdered version under the substrate, So would it be...

Thats a shame :( Why do they work it that way when they state in the terms that they reserve the right to reclaim the gift/value of the gift if you cancel your subscription before the end of the agreed term, :? http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/store/d ... 3&id=38883

Rub it in, Why don't you! :lol:

I think the platys in your community tank will do the same thing :thumbdown: Maybe even the cory's in your betta tank would be looking at your rcs as well.

Sent you a pm :thumbup:

That looks like a Amano to me! That's got to be false advertising! Surely :?

Would love a bit of that! :shock:

I bought my RO unit from vyair and have to say that his service and after care service are second to none :thumbup: As well as being very well priced. I got the 50 gallon a day RO unit,2 spare filters and 3 taps, Posted for just under £70 next day :D It comes with a metre of tubeing on the...

Thanks for all the advice :lol: Just went and bought a RO unit! Just incase anyone was interested :lol:

As i live in a hard water area and would like to keep a more sensitive kind of shrimp, What would be the best way of lowering my GH, Would peat in my external work or would i be better going for a RO unit? Cheers

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Does anyone else find that easycarbo melts Pogostemon helferi?

Good find George :thumbup: Iam off to see if my local store have any in! :D Here's a link for the unit. http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//SID ... 11&nf=True

Why dont you try a pre filter sponge from a fluval edge and put it over the inlet of you hob filter, It worked a treat for me and it cost less than £2 :) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fluval-Edge-Pre-F ... _500wt_976

Sorry must of been half asleep :crazy: He ordered the 865's in for me, As he said he could get most thing's in the next day :thumbup:

I got my arc pod bulbs from light bulbs 2 u, Which charge £3.95 for p+p, But they don't seem to have the 865's in! You could email and ask him he was really helpful when I ordered my one's. http://www.lightbulbs2u.com/product_details_4.htm Cheers james

Congrats :D You both must be very proud! :clap: Dosent seem that long ago my wee one was that size! She's now 8 :o

Sent you a pm :thumbup:

Hi Does any one know the best place to buy tiger shrimps on line?, having tried aqua essentials who are out of stock for the foreseeable future, any help would be much appreciated Cheers James

Sweet :thumbup: And that stand round's it off :D

Just a update, That moostruhe are now offering a buy it now or make a offer on selected moss's :thumbup: Here's hopeing that he accepts the 2 offer's i put in :D http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/moostruhe__W0QQ_armrsZ1

That's a sweet looking diffuser :thumbup: But do you think the co2 could escape from the threaded part? Or would there be a rubber ring that screw's on with it?

Nice one :thumbup: Got some java fern Philippine as well :D Been after that for while to. Cheers james

Hi does anyone know if this is available to buy in the uk? I've tried google but no joy! I am just hopeing it is, As i really like the look of this plant. Thanks in advance :thumbup:

That's almost unbaaaalievable :lol: :lol:

Why cant you run it on the 4 bulb setting but take a bulb out, Leaving you with 3 :idea:

Thanks for all your suggestions :wave: I just ended up putting it straight into the intake, Cant get the drop checker passed green :? But dosing easycarbo as well, So hopefully between the 2 they will get the job done.

I did think of putting a diffuser under the intake but being a shrimp only tank with lots of baby shrimps i have a sponge over the inlet so i dont think the hob would have enough suction to pull that much of the co2 through.

Looking for some ideas for the best way to diffuse co2 in my 35 litre cube,Dont think i can use the filter as its a HOB filter, As i have no room for a external, Was thinking of useing a powerhead and putting the co2 in the venturi nossel but unsure if this would work? plus it would be difficult...

Are you serious :o I to drive a lorry for a liveing and i am sooo not offened :lol: :lol:

I have always added hot water to get the temp right! If you fill with cold water only, Thats bound to take in temp way down :?

On my 250 litre takes about 30 min's and thats with useing the fx5 to empty and refill useing a 15 litre bucket :crazy: Was thinking off useing a hose to refill but to unsure of getting the temp wrong And my 35 litre cube takes 5 min's when just doing a water change.

He would be a happy chappy if he lost his balance :jawdrop

I was looking to add to my moss collection by getting Triangle Moss off ebay, But the moss on ebay is grown emersed, So was wondering if anybody has any experience of adapting emersed moss so you can put into a tank. Cheers billy boy

Did you have any luck in getting rid off the bugs? i have a similar problem, I tried useing panacur which worked for a short time but they returned after a week or so, I didnt want to up the doseing of the panacur just incase it harmed my shrimp. So i am looking for something that may eat them...

I had the same dilemma when i wanted to start useing purigen, I just played it safe and started useing seachem prime as i was near the end of Aquasafe bottle anyway, Plus prime is far more economical than tetra. Sorry cant really answer your question, But maybe someone will know better,