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  1. chris_cotton23

    led advice please?

    thanks again my mate for your help! you system sound good but i think definitely i will need two of them at least! you said DIY and you put me on fire :lol: i am bit good with general DIY and from this morning i started to think about it!honestly! first i thought to make a fixture with high...
  2. chris_cotton23

    led advice please?

    hahahah thanks just fixed it from mixed it hahah!:shy: first of all thanks for your reply! to be honest i don't have a proper answer for why i want LED...i like the way that they look(but the fixtures form allpondsolutions are pretty sweet)...and i have some t5 for the 5foot long and i was...
  3. chris_cotton23

    led advice please?

    or this? http://www.joesaquaticworld.co.uk/wave-point-24-30w-white-6500-led-high-output-light-strip.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKEAjw1KGqBRC55bru-sa7zCcSJAAxsBf5XawU_4j-2MBdOGaIxxU8D4SN7HnoJahMlP482YeONRoCQwrw_wcB
  4. chris_cotton23

    led advice please?

    also i've seen this units http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beamswork-LED-light-clip-clamp-3W-x6-6500k-daylight-DIY-CO2-planted-aquarium-/151585685402?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368 or this...
  5. chris_cotton23

    led advice please?

    hello guys! i am trying to find a led system for my planted tank 3ftx18''wx20''H empty at the moment(so it will be around 16-18''H with substrate)but i am really struggling honestly!I have been reading from the morning to the night but still i don't know where do i have to look! i want to grow...
  6. chris_cotton23

    lighting advice for new tank please!

    sorry i forgot!!!i am using EI dosing as wel!;)
  7. chris_cotton23

    lighting advice for new tank please!

    hello guys! finally i took the decision to go for smaller tank 3ftL x 18''W x 20''H because i need the space and i can't live without a tank lol!i still have the 5feet if someone is interested though! so now i already ordered the 3ft but i am trying to decide if i want to go with led or t5...
  8. chris_cotton23

    Moss ID please?

    oohh maybe you are right...just checked and they very similar...i haven't thought it before...i agree with you how hard is to identify a moss...thank you very much Tim!:)
  9. chris_cotton23

    Moss ID please?

    thanks my friend for your input... i was thinking Christmas moss as well but it looks a bit as the Singapore moss as well!! for the second one i was thinking string moss...but again i am not sure!:banghead: http://www.aquamoss.net/String-Moss-Japan-Moss/String-Moss-Japan-Moss.htm or even java...
  10. chris_cotton23

    Moss ID please?

    hello guys!! i am trying to identify two types of mosses and i am a bit or very confused i would say!!:crazy: this is a link that you can compare as i did but..... http://www.aquamoss.net/ any help would be more than appreciated !!!thank you very much!:) first and second photos are the same...
  11. chris_cotton23

    ID for salvinia please?

    hello guys and thank you so much for your help all of you! my suggestion would be salvinia cucullata as well but as dw 1305 said they can be different on different growing conditions. when i bought them they sold me as salvinia natans but on the go realized that i have two type of salvinia and...
  12. chris_cotton23

    ID for salvinia please?

    hello everyone!i started with a handful of floating plants but now it is covered over of 75% and i want to sell some on ebay but i am trying to identify a salivinia! can you tell me what plants can you see in the photo please? i know that i have "Amazon Frogbite" -- "Salvinia MInima"---"...
  13. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    oh yes just i've seen it sorry!:banghead:
  14. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    thanks for your help my friend!how you use this nutrients?did you the buy 3 in 1?or all of them?can you do me a favor please?can you read how much copper has in it please? thanks!!!:) the price is so cheap!OMG!
  15. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    thank you so much!!:clap: with both bulbs or with only one you think?
  16. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    hoggie you are so polite thanks! so step 1 : reduce light or switch off light for 4-5 days? step 2 : would you add purigen? step 3: EI dosing water changes! step 4 :how many hours of light would you recommend? :happy:
  17. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    would you add anything else to that kit?something extra? so i will use this kit for macro and for micro to use the ferropol and then when i will finsh the ferropol to use the kit's micro correct?sorry i repeat that to make sure that my english are fine lol!sorry! the problem though is the...
  18. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    maybe i am wrong but according to this chart : i have two T5HO and my distance from the bottom is 21'' that will give near 75 PAR am i correct? to get 120 PAR the distance should be 15'' right but as i said maybe i am wrong! the good things are that i have pressurized bottle for CO2 and i am...
  19. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    sorry for the previous post i could write with my keyboard i don't know what happened!! back to normal now!hahah thanks hoggie yes i know this about cleaning!i will have a look to this plants now!by the way have you seen the link with the EI dosing? thanks again!!
  20. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    http://www.aquariumplantfood.co.uk/bundles-starter-kits/bundles-4/starter-kits/ei-starter-kit.html
  21. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    hello hogie!my filters are clean i did it the last week but may i will try to clean one them again!the other tanks that i have are two smaller 40litres and 25 litres and i have some red cherry shrimps in so i can not use them!i used to have 5 tanks though :( but because i didn't have the space i...
  22. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    hello and thank for your response ...i have a carbon in juwel filter and one in the smaller(fluval u2) but still the same may i will try the Purigen! thanks anyway!!:)
  23. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    thanks thanks for the info hogan53..it is very useful but already have read it! also i have some fine filter floss in one of my filters but still doesn't help! thank you very much for you help!:)
  24. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    thanks for your reply tam!! yes unfortunately my nitrates are 0 ppm i don't know if that happens because i am adding the ferropol in three doses per week but according to my tank and the instructions on the bottle i have to add 75ml but what i am doing is to add 25 ml three times per week !first...
  25. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    i forgot to tell you as you can see the day that i went to buy the fish i added some more plants in that but i took out the cabomba !
  26. chris_cotton23

    CLOUDY WATER!!help please...Algae bloom or bacteria bloom?

    hello to everyone guys!if you could help with that problem would be fantastic please!! the last 2 weeks my 5 feet tank(300 litres ish) is cloudy!i am trying to understand if is green or white but it looks to be white on the top and green at the bottom... i tried to do some research but i...
  27. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    thank you very much alastair !that actually was what i was looking for! i ve read though that JI number 3 increase the ph- gh and also that aquatic pond compost doesn't affect at all!is that true? finally i will go for soil substrate!(do i have to open new thread you think?) i am trying to find...
  28. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    very nice!!! wow!thank you my friend!:thumbup:
  29. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    i like what you saying! i am feeding them with jbl ferropol and jbl manado substrate in the other tanks that i 've got! just i am trying to save some money on the big one (5feet)! is it better then to feed them form the leaves? but what about the plants with big roots? what substrate would you...
  30. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    thanks for your reply... what you mean by that? is it better to go for the specific aquatic substrate?
  31. chris_cotton23

    i am starting a new (5 feet) planted tank!help please!!

    thank you very much guys for your help! i will follow Edvet and i will go for low tech and will see how will go! do you think 2 x t5 tubes (one 6500k and one 10000k) would be enough? my tanks 60 cm high x 39 cm width x 150 cm long! minus at least 7cm form substrate! thank you for that...
  32. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    thank you very much! i will upload some photos from my other tanks as well !:)
  33. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    hello lee it is nice to be here!i have read a lot of thing really good forum! thanks for your help!i will have a look thanks!thank you all of you guys for your replies! i don't know to who i have to say thanks!i appreciate all your help! how many of you my friends would recommend soil instead of...
  34. chris_cotton23

    help with soil substrate please!

    hello everyone!that is my second thread in the forum i am new in the forum as in planted aquarium world! i am going to set up a 5 feet tank i was thinking about the substrate!i wanted to buy jbl aquabasis plus or something similar with that and cap it with jbl manado but t will cost me over £100...
  35. chris_cotton23

    i am starting a new (5 feet) planted tank!help please!!

    hello guys! i am new in forum but also quite new on planted aquarium world!i hope that you can help me! before i start i do apologies for any mistake about english!it is not my first language and is not my best thing yet!but i will try! so.. i want to start a new 5 feet planted tank but already...
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