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I have a Rio 125 and have installed a 36w T5 light with reflectors (built in unit). lights on for 6.5 hours per day, currently no CO2, but considering adding DIY CO2 injection. substrate is ADA Amazonia(in permeable bags), topped with sand. is this substantial to grow E.Parvula? everyone seems...

i havent seen georges 125, i will find it now and see what plants he uses. i already have the ada from a tank i had about a year ago so not spending out on that but thanks anyway.

Im planning on setting up a planted setup with my existing Juwel 125 tank. it currently has 2 x 18w T8's, im planning on getting reflectors for them, i want to keep some amazon frogbit to start and combat algae, some valliserna nana and e.parvula. im not planning on densely planting just...

i read an article that they feed on small microscopic bacteria in and on the plants, mainly moss and algae, try putting little bit of liquifry into your moss or 'furry' like plant, thats what triggered of what i think is inforusia and they seem to cluster around the clump of algae on the wood i...

theres no trick to breeding them, if your serious then set up your own breeding tank with an egg divider to stop the parents eating them, mine just done it on there own, i only noticed as i ws moving tank and saw some little things moving around. they breed from quite small but do eventually get...

cheers guys, arron, pardon me if i sound stupid but whats apc? still havent got e-mail back but ill let you know if they are cheap. ive been researching and apparently its just VAT + handling fee of £4 for anything up to £36, which suits me fine, apparently they select what you ask for but...

just out of interest where do you get the wood from?

anyone ever used this site and had it shipped over? much cheaper than the uk but dont know about shipping, can anyone shed some light? http://www.manzanita.com/aqwood.htm cheers Matt

never did answer this thread when i joined but i saw it in pfk and again at the hayling island fish festival setting up a tank, was awesome. when is the one this year by the way? Matt

thanks for the alging ridding tip, ill crack on with that at the weekend, sure ive got a spare toothbrush somewhere, not overly keen on using it again!! my drop checker often reads very light green or yellow with the fish being fine so may be the distribution which im going to get a koralia 2...

thanks for clearing that up! ill just crack on now with trying to rid myself of this algal bloom! worked out its poor circulation of the co2 and inbalances from a few weeks ago. going to get some excel to try and kill some! as its taken hold now will it ever go with a crew of 20+ cherry shrimp...

lovely, thanks for that matt that puts my mind at rest! well my spray bar was disconnected slightly to the filter as it slipped off the connection so flow was reduced for around 4-5 days i think! the algae ive got it hair algae all over the hairgrass but the cherries seem to be all over it so...

i recently visited a brach of MA and to my surprise was baffled by the knowledge of one guy about the chemistry behind tank water. from what i could accertain, he said that as Kent tap water is very hard the CO2 im pumping in my tank through a pressurised system is being changed by the high KH...

brilliant thanks, feel a bit safer now in getting some, ive been reading up about them and wow! there is alot fo confucion as to the correct c.siamensis! does anyone have any spare or know where i can get some true siamese algae eaters! other than these flying foxes or false siamese algae...

please forgive me if this sounds stupid as ive never kept SAE before. would they mix well with cardinals, endlers, amano and cherry shrimp? in a 180l how many would be suitable?

thanks for clearing that up, im glad you said yours havent produced any runners ed, i was thinking i was doing something wrong!! do you find the plants you trim the plantlets off of go a brownish colour, havent had them long enough to see if they survive or die yet! also mines the largest...

i got some E.Vivipara from plants alive that looked prity good quality, however there are little shoots on the top of the 'grass'. ive snipped a few off but they seem to be going a brown clour after snipping off!! what should i do. leave them, snip them or wait for runners to come out? cheers

ok, thanks ceg. well i dont think its BBA as i did have a little spot of that when the filter was removed and although it looks the same its completely different in colour! it looks like the 1st photo on google images if you type in green brush algae. cant seem to copy and paste it. yes the co2...

well i recieved them from plantsalive the other day with small little 'V's on top so didnt think anything of it but a few days passed and the little things started to grow visible shoots and roots, about 2cm long on both so chopped them off and planted them so will see if they take. like you i...

well i think the two filters add up to around what is acceptable, the spray bar is on the right hand side of the tank going the full length of the tank, the 205 sprays out diagonally from the back right, so possibly the logs are not getting the full effect but all plants seem to be swaying with...

GREAT, that means im proper screwed if someone with your experience doesnt know!! i know ive got relatively slow growing plants that may have contributed, i think its just a case of killing it off at the moment!! is excel the best route to go down as the wood is quite embedded. ill try and get...

right, its a rio 180, so around 200 litres, sloped gravel to one side, ive got fluval 205 and 4 plus with spray bar. lights are two 39w t5s with reflectors on for 7 hours, was 8 hours up to last week. ferts are po4 & no3 on mon, wed, fri & trace elements from AE on tues, thurs,sat. as stated on...

ive got an iwagumi set up with glosso, hairgrass,, e.tennellus and e.vivipara. the tank has only been going for 6 weeks but has used all the filters,wood, gravel etc from the old tank just with a fresh batch of plants. some of the wood had some green beard algae which has spread. i had a little...

i was wondering whether either of you had any flame moss going? jus got caught with loads of black brush algae in all my hairgrass, nightmare so had to chuck it all. with my new scape i think some flame moss would look good but can tseem to get it anywhere. if you have got any i would very...

lovely, thanks so much for your help. my mum just said one has died already, but going to try and save the other 4, aparrently this fluranol is very hard to get hold of but is amazing so guna try hard. ill try the discus forums, thanks though - fingers crossed Matt

i have my 5 discus in 4ft bare bottomed tank with heater and bubble filter. over the last few days they have turned black and arent looking at all healthy, the water is crystal, straight RO with a little 6.5 buffer. they have been fine for months eating healthily and laying eggs every other...

lovely thanks for that, i assume its just as easy to grow as java moss?

does anyone know which moss it is which grows tall, ive got some java moss and christmas moss but it grows down and along rather than up. is it flame moss, can someone just confirm, thanks Matt

i was just interested to know if anyone knows of any fish shows or auctions that are going on in the near future. i know about the one in hayling island, which was awesome with some quality fish at rock bottom prices that you know where they came from and how they have been bred. is there...

yea i know i need to sort out my EI dosing, i will try leaving the co2 on tonight and see if it makes any difference, ill play about with that timer see if i can get it to work. wel my t5s are 54w but the t8s are standrad tubes to fit rio180, 30w maybe? do you reckon its enough light, i can use...

yea it did stay blue for 2 hours but has been green ever since, havent changed it for 2 weeks so myt try that and see if i get a change. im only using 2 t8 bulbs, i have got 2 t5s but am a bit sceptical about using them as ive got alot of algae and from reading posts from clive (ceg4048) who...

ive got a Rio 180, with carpet of HC, dwarf hairgrass towards the back, java moss on the wood and 5/6 stems of hygrophilia at the sides. i started with low co2 injection but its now getting, what i would deem high, around 4bps, the dropchecker reads light green when i turn the lights on and...

well the tank has been setup for 3 years but only rescaped about 3 weeks ago, over christmas. ill try and put the pellets at the front. there does seem to be one brave fella thats always out, spose ill just let them grow in confidence and see what happens. so i take it they are fine with the...

i got some dry ferts from AE but am yet to use the trace mix as it says that it contains come copper. i know its only a minimal amount but know they are very sensitive. is it safe? also my shrimp havent come out of a hollow log near the filter inlet since the 1st day, now day 4. is this common...

thanks for all the help, i do have alot of algae due to starting my tank off with slow growers, which ive since remedied, also i used to have discus in the tank with carpet plants for a while so this may have been a main contributor. ive moved my discus out and put some shrimp in the tank. i got...

i was just wondering if anyone has any assasin snails that they could spare, only after 2 or 3. somewhere along the line ive introduced some snails, and in my opinion they are ruining the look of the tank, saw around 30 on the glass thismorning and they have absoloutely tons of jeelied eggs all...

thanks for that, i spoke to Will also and the general consensus is to do this very slowly and keep the tank clean, cheers

i moved my discus out of my 180l high tech planted tank to a 4ft ram breeding tank whilst i changed everything around and started experimenting with C02, has anyone had experience with putting discus into a high tech tank? co2 is showing light greeny yellow on the drop checker and is currently...

i had the same problem with mine and ended up killing it all, after that i got 3 large mats that individually broke up into 4 1.5-2" square pads that were easier to root, have you tried a net and weigh down the sides with small pebbles to get it rooted?

thanks for that, that algae guide was quite usefull, has anyone else suffered and how di they get hold of it, is it worth putting some fast growing stem plants like hygros? cheers

i returned home last night after being away for 5 days to find my tank covered in algae. does anyone know a site or thread where i can identify the algae and find out how to combat it! ones really long and stringy and is all in my java moss, another is small and furry and all over my wood, the...

ive got some java moss on the sides which seems to be doing very well, growing constantly but is now covered in algae. i left the tank over the weekend in the hands of my mother for 4 days whcih was a mistake. i came back to find it covered in algae. there seems to be many types, im not...

thanks for the help, the tank is a juwel rio 180 so only 18" max from lights to the bottom of the tank. ive got it setup so that the outflow from the fluval 205 is halway down on the left hand side with the co2 diffuser on the right and quite low. the bubbles are flowing slanted and the java...

i got some HC Cuba last week thats covered about 60% of the open floor. it seemed to perk up once i put it in the tank. ive got constantly runinng pressurised co2 thats always reading green with the drop checker and 4dkh solution. im also dosing with EI salts and have 2 t5s on for 11 hrs a day...

i use a couple of shops, one being swallow aquatics in gravesend, always helpful, well informed and a good stock of standard fish, with preference towards marines but a good basic range of plants. another good shop is wholesale tropicals in bethnal green, very informative with a brilliant...

ive got 12 ottos in a 180l planted discus tank with no problems at all. the hate new set ups and will have to be very resilient to last longer than a few weeks! i dont feed mine anything special at all, they feed on discus pellets,flake & frozen brine shrimp/bloodworm. they always hang in or...

cheers for that chris, looks like a viable option

thanks for the help, that link was very helpful gordon, think im going to invest in the extinguisher and use the dennerle bottle for spare if anything goes wrong. Matt

im finding that with the shipping, ordered them on boxing day and still havent recieved anything, hoping im going to get some turn up soon! ive seen hc to be a bit of hit and miss so hopefully with the increased co2 and EI dosing it should be ok, do you know of anything that compliments it well...

ive currently got a 2kg dennerle co2 bottle with soleneid valve but have just run out which is lucky as im changing my tank around with a whole new set of plants. im interested in knowing a bit more about using co2 extinguishers with my soleneid, i saw dan crawford was advertising a little while...

Kent, apparently theres no one else from the garden of england!!

cant say ive ever kept them with angels but ive kept them with discus with no problem. they inhabit different columns of the aquarium and both are greedy feeders so you should encounter any problems with fighting of lack of feeding. rummies are nice fish when they have settled and really colour up!

i know your ost was a lil while ago but ive got 3 breeding pairs of rams in a bare 4ft tank with no problems at all. they stick to themselves and simply chase the others away when they have swimmers, at which point i remove them. they are very easy fish to breed its just raising thats the hard...

ok yea ill move the disus because theres like £300's worht of fish there!! will a ph of 6 and kh 0f <1 be any major factor in keeping the plants i want to? is it worth putting some of the gh booster from aquaessentials? think ill just use the t5s for around 10 hours. also have you ever used...

i have a rio 180 with 2 t8's (30 watt) & 2 t5's (39w). CO2 is through a dennerle pressurised system that im looking to run at 2 bubbles p/s. im also looking to dose with EI, of which i have no eperience! ive got 5 4" discus, 15 cardinals and 12 otos. its currently running with some java moss up...