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It's interesting on a scientific point of view, Testing at the start watching the nitrite and nitrate cycle kick up and start working... Once the tank has established I'm sure what you would test. I still have a pack of the JBL ones with the posh app, but after testing 3 in a row and getting...

First thing I would always guess at with a new tank is Nitrite level, but 3 months in I would have expected you to have got through this bump.. It doesn't sound like your overcrowded and followed a fishless cycle. The advantage of buying from a local fish shop is that the water conditions...

I understood it to be snail and shrimp safe. I would do regular water changes afterwards, as you you will be killing off any worms you have in the gravel causing a possible nitrate spike.

I used a liquid Panacur with equal success, It made me smile as I bought it from pets at home so had to create a fictitious dog, they even asked me it's the name and how old it was. I'm not sure if they would have sold it to me if I would have said it's going in the fish tank...

Wish I'd read this thread before ordering any.. I had no idea quite how small it was. Has anyone had any luck? Just wondering whether to use superglue or thread to try and attach it My Anubias stardust and Anubias pinto are doing well, even they grow incredibly slowly. I'll stick some on...

It does look like it but, I thought it only affected Neons, Not cardinal tetras. The strain I had didn't transfer across

Am I correct in thinking the tank is only a 2 months old.. That's a lot of fish early on even if it is a large tank... Definitely don't buy any more fish. Although salt will help the fish it won't do your plants any favours. I would do 40% water changes twice a week (treat with seachem...

has anyone found a cheap source of spirulina tablets, or I was shocked the ones in pets at home had so little spirulina in. I was looking at buying 500g + has anyone tried anything like these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264547761906 £16.99 for 500g 100% spirulina feeding a mix of Cory's ...

I would guess that week aqua also manufacture the "Hiro brand " or Hio manufacture week. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Full-spectrum-70w-led-aquarium-light_60717686185.html?spm=a2700.wholesale.deiletai6.1.3f1bfcbaGxgW6m It's a shame the build quality doesn't look quite as nice as the...

I got mine from Wilko's , I wonder what the mirror would look like. https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/d-c-fix-frost-effect-self-adhesive-film-675cm-x-1-5m/p/0309596 I double dare anyone to use this one.. https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/d-c-fix-tulia-self-adhesive-film-45cm-x-2m/p/0439754

Look very sweet. Shame we're all locked down.. I would love 4. Not sure which side of London you are

I'm not sure if there are a few different subspecies, I bought 4 and was lucky to see them once a month. I saw them recently in a nice scaped tank at my LFS, I commented on the fact they were nice to see and he said had over 20 in a small tank.

I can't believe no one replied..

Hi All Has anyone tried or heard of this company before. If the photo's are anything to go by the build quality look alot better than some of the budget chinese lights out there. https://weekled.en.alibaba.com/?spm=a2700.wholesale.cordpanyb.2.3b45160fbIwQNk I was just looking at there T...

Other option would be a cheap waterproof LED outdoor floodlight, I've been running 2 x 50w light for over a year without any issues. The colour rendition is never going to be as nice but the plants won't know the difference. I went for 6500K . It's not horrible. Don't go too cheap as there...

I bought 2 sheets of glass that sit on top of the tank.. One two big and heavy. I got sick of losing fish and shrimps (Rainbows and cherries), whenever ran into the room the fish jumped out the far corner) I rescued a few. I tried dropping the water level from about 10mm to 50mm and this...

Hi All I have a mini tank like the one below it's 15 litres including 2.5 litre sump at the back , It has a collection of shrimp and is largely overgrown. It's been really useful for putting fry in. Initially I started off with an airlift but it wasn't enough power to get the enough...

Exciting it a split decision? Do we get to see any comments by the judges, I would love to know what the what they like and don't like.

Great minds think alike.. Watch this space.. Ps it's actually 15 bits glued together.

I've had some fun moving things around....I've tried some softer rocks at the ack to try and give a bit more depth. Also playing with the steps and second key central stone.. (It's deliberately bland) I also still need to close the gap up further... I'm still not happy with this section...

Cotton wool and low viscosity super glue.. you can buy a big 50g bottle from Screwfix for about £3.. I got through about 3 bottles glueing this rock together. If your keeping fish avoid the Loctite brand and don't use activator as it contains lots of nasties. ( even though the instant grab...

I'll give this ago..I think the rocks on the left need to come across slightly to close the gap. Also be closer to your Golden ratio. ( its actually not to hard to change as there are about 10 large parts glued together sat on stone blocks I found in the garden.) I also wondered about trying...

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it ago, I popped into the fishbowl and there serving customers from outside only. trying to describe what you want the wood to look like was a tad impossible. Please ignore the fence post it's there for reference only.... PS if anyone has any redmoor root this...

Hi All This was the initial plan.. The hardscape is still a work in progress, as I build it..it evolved a little.. I'm currently very limited on the wood I have with the only type being redmoor roots... As all the local fish shops seem to have banned entrance. I'm 50/50 about putting in...

Depends on the filter, some people don't have any problems. I tried and my pump cavitates like a banchee and makes a horrible screaming noise. I have seen pin type impellers that might do a better job at breaking up the co2 but I've never tried.

It would be really interesting to have a second round in 4 months time, be great to see how these scapes evolve and how they look when they have been fully planted and have had chance to mature.

Thanks :)

Is there any way to swap the photo I uploaded to a cropped version? The "edit" function seems to have disappeared.

The forum Looks amazing.. Especially in Dark. Finally, finished my hardscape and got the photo uploaded.... Next stage will be to try and get some of the superglue off my hands.

Country: UK UKAPS nickname: Barbara Turner Tank Size: 120cm x 53cm x 50cm Title: Fingers of Mordor

I think I've paid for worse haircuts. On a separate note, I'm still having fun with the rocks in my scaping box. Has anyone seen a really good youtube video or tutorial on root/woodwork (like the picture below) Is it a case of chopping the redmoor root I have into smaller bits then moving...

There easy enough to get rid of with dog wormer.. I was always scared of a nitrite boost afterwards so did daily water changes with double prime doses. Have a close look at the head if it's planaria there triangular shaped. https://photos.app.goo.gl/gRJ6WdPx8aYf7sPg9

It does look very like the photo, the only thing that confuses me is that the ADA TISSUE CULTURE - CRYPTOCORYNE SPIRALIS 'TIGER' grows to 8- 15cm and I'm sure it was in the foreground. Unless it's been only recently planted.. I'm going to have to trawl through Facebook and try and find the...

Does anyone know what this plant is? Is it a new variety of Eriocaulon? I spotted on Facebook but the owner of the tank never got back to me. (stunning dutch style scape) PS sorry for the rubbish photo but I've lost original on Facebook..

I would attack it with acetone and silicone sealant, the gorilla sealant is excellent and clinging to plastic. If you only need it to run for a short while you don't need to open it.. Make sure you test it outside though and not connected to the tap.. if it still leaks add more sealant. I made...

Looks like a really good idea, I'll definitely enter. Very generous AG donating the main prize and the website donating the second and third. Has anyone managed to buy any hardscape/rock glue? I've got hot glue and silicone but was looking for something a little stronger. Green Aqua uses...

It's Aquadeco's landscaping rock

One step closer..

Thanks Hopefully... I don't imagine it's going to be a quick build.

Water hardness also has a massive effect... The harder the water the harder it is to get it to dissolve into the water , but equally the more stable it seems to be.. I've got hard water and pump the stuff in so fast you don't have a chance at counting the bubbles per second without a...

I have a plan... :) I apologise for my lack of photoshop skills, but hopefully, it's better than a sketch. Let me know what you all think. The tank is a redreefer 350 with the sump removed Length (cm) 120, height (cm) 53, width (cm) 50 I'm not sure if it's too early to post in a critique...

They do a solid wood version, that might take a few more days before warping out of shape.. I'm also not sure if you would have space to fit the lights in..be better to buy a sheet a marine ply and get the router out.

I'll see how I get on with this one first.. Be cool to set up something like this with led lights attached above.. If you were clever enough with the link pipes I imagine you would get away with only 3 misters in the top 3 drawers. I only paid £4 for the heatmat and a similar price for the...

Thanks for the tip will do, It might be worth doing a water change anyway as I'm using a leftover bag of tropica powder soil so probably don't need to dose anything for a while, It's so easy to plant and nothing floats away.

Currently sat on the windowsill on a heat mat fertilising with EI. I will confess that it's the second version, Initially, I tried using a conventional propagator but the seal wasn't good enough and the water vapour was rolling across my desk. I'm currently running 20minutes off, 1...

I wouldn't normally post a message this early but excited as my new hardscape has arrived.. You know when you ordered enough when it arrives on a pallet. I'll post some of my photoshop concepts on here for review ASAP, and time to get a scaping box built PS and yes it was expensive..

My riccia emerged growth is completely different to submerged.. Almost looks like two completely different plants.. For the floating plants I went for Salvinia natans. My LFS had it for £2 so it wasn't the biggest investment if it dies. I've got some duck weed sat on my window sill if...

Does anyone sell an all in one micro-macro dry mix? I remember something about having to add Ascorbic Acid and Potassium Sorbate to stabilise it.

Did you find anything? I'm running a 4000Lph pump (probably outputting closer to 2000) but in a 300L tank it's still plenty) I really like the look of LUDWIGIA SEDOIDES but doubt I will have much luck.

What happens at night? Do you get a massive colour change. I would do a pH profile ASAP and aim for a 1 pH drop. Big PH swings could be giving you issues. Other common problem is flow rate. Have you measured your pump flow rate? I currently run over 10x and it makes a massive difference to...

Could it be anything else contaminating your water, I would expect prime to sort things like chloramine out also most heavy metals. Have you tried testing your water with your standard fish tank kit, In the UK the waterboard test the results and publish the data online for your area not sure if...

I use a cheap 4 way sonoff switch, to control lights, co2 and air pump. If you have a power cut everything connected turns off, if you loose your WiFi connection everything stays as is. I'm guessing the commands are sent via a remote server.

I just use sand and root tabs and dose daily with EI.. I previously tried with soil and sand, I have a habit of moving stuff arround.. With the soil I had it was like a underwater volcano every time I moved a plant. I then went to an expensive clay based aquatic soil,this was quite light and...

It's not great, Its an easy enough metal off tooling mod that I'm surprised quality team at JBL didn't pick up on. To be fair I don't know if my hose is really 16mm Id / 22mm OD and how it compares to JBL own hose. Being a flexible hose it's not the easiest thing to measure.

I run a airstone at night, breaks up the water surface and gets rid of any scum problem. I also had some unhappy fish that use to gasping at the surface. If you have a ehiem airpump inside your cabinet there almost silent.

I've broken a few, I always found sponges blocked up too quickly.. Especially if you have an external heater. I've had a couple of mesh filters and they normally drop to bits where glued together.. Best I found was the metal laser welded ones.. They are a touch more expensive but last so...

That's good to know, I'll drop the tank to 24 degrees. The black rams were very aggressive even in the fish shop. They were jet black with blue highlights. I've moved cherries to a different tank, even my juveniles Germanrrams are proper little shrimp hunters, I feed them frozen mysis shrimp...

I've hidden stainless screws in the past. Drilled holes through the stone and wood. The wood is almost as hard as the stone. The longer you leave it to soak the better.

What temperature do people keep there planted tanks with rams in? Im running my tank at 26 degrees.. A little hot for my plants and a little cold for the rams. I spotted some dark knight rams.. Amazing looking fish, photos don't do them justice. I thought I would stick with my standard...

It was all grown underwater, It spent about 2 weeks out of the water, then got replanted. The tank is only 6 weeks old.. Does anyone know what temperature Java fern can survive? I have 4 german rams so the tank sits a hot 26 degrees PS The Java fern is attached to a large rock.. just hidden...

Hi All Does anyone know what this is? I've remove most of the infected leaves. (50% of leaves) It looks more like a disease rather than your typical algae, it's a high tech tank so running dosing EI and co2 also daily dosing with liquid carbon and 50% water changes every couple of days as...

Thanks for the tip, That should last a while. (assuming I can convert from gallons and teaspoons) It works out to 1ml = 250Litre I've just ordered a 1 litre bottle of Seachem Pond Prime Water Conditioner, Even if I double dose at 2ml per water change it's still going to last about 3 years...

I'm currently changing 200 Litres every other day, I would be getting through a lot of aquasafe..

I didn't realise there was such a massive difference for 100 litres based on standard dose and manufacturers websites Tetra aquasafe =50ml Seachem prime =2.5ml When you work out the cost to treat 100 litres Tetra aquasafe = 20p Seachem prime = 3p I think ill stick with prime

Just looking on amazon and I can buy 5 litres of Tetra AquaSafe for £19.99 delivered whereas 1L of prime is £24.99 I read that Aquasafe Leaves a film on the water’s surface, Will my skimmer sort this out in a few minutes?

Would make a cool volcano if you hid it inside..

What about siliconing in place a 8mm x 25mm strip of glass along the top corner, any local window glazer should be able to cut it. Make a massive difference to it bending.

I came across this link, that put me off using the pine root I found. http://injaf.org/articles-guides/general-guides/guide-to-aquarium-wood/ Unsafe woods for use in an aquarium Cedar (avoid anything evergreen/coniferous) Cypress Grape vine – this rots very quickly Horse chestnut Lilac – this...

Frustrating day, I also found some interesting bits of pine roots from some trees that blew over.. Just checked and there not aquarium safe. Luckily I didn't get around to cleaning it .

Thanks fo the link.. definitely worth missing out. looking closely these also look like grape vine.. Is there anything closer than redmoor root? https://riverwoodaquatics.co.uk/riverwood-piece-xl2-1325-p.asp

I can't see this picture, some melt when you first put in new plants isn't uncommon. normally they will grow back.. the normal advice is to rim off any damaged leaves.

Has anyone tried any of your waterproof VHB double sided tapes. Just in the process of building a scape box that matches my tank, and then the plan is to keep playing till i'm happy. New Rock is on order.. :) I wanted something semi-permanent that I can change my mind and rip it apart if...

Can't you keep replanting the monte carlo? i know its painful even with a good pair of tweezers. Are you running EI ferts? Carpets are high maintenance and not an easy thing to start with, I had a full monte carlo carpet but got rid of it when I re-scaped.

Has anyone tried the vivid 2, the difference in Chinglish is below.. I'm guessing the GVE power supply is cheaper than the meanwell version, but I bet the price hasn't dropped. Chihiros Aquatic Studio 9 November 2019 · RGB VIVID 2 -Size/Light unit 45.5*16.2*3.4cm -Weight/light unit:2kgs...

I get bored after 6 months, Are we talking a few years or a few months? If it's breaking now relatively quickly is it going to stain the whole tank brown? I spotted it at Northampton reptile centre, for a far more reasonable price, but they are sold for terrariums My LFS isn't a pet shop I...

I spotted some interesting wood in the local aquatics shop. It's labelled as vine wood?? Looking to make two big trees at the front of a new tank, the only problem is it costs a fortune..Large bits are £90. If I was going to build two trees I would need to buy 5 or 6 bits, which is far more...

My rio 240 split a seam, there is a calculator here. At least you will know how close you are. It split the night after I took the seam off. https://www.easycalculation.com/measurement/aquarium-glass-thickness-calculator.php

It does look amazingly similar. Even with the same 300w and 500w options. It looks like it's out the same tooling. I got the replacement heater sent out from Aquasabi, touch wood its all working perfectly. I would like to think that JBL are doing a few extra quality checks but if my first...

There at the "world of water" in Bicester.

Yes, that's right, with both flows at opposite ends of the tank one front, one back. All the rocks and plants slow things down and give you dead spots. You could do a perpendicular flow, you would just need to put your primary flow at the back to spin the water clockwise (top view) All...

Your flow is far more 3d than you imagine, If you forget your secondary flow to start with and just think about what's happing with your primary flow, most of the water in the tank should be moving. also, most of the water doesn't go through the filter, just gets dragged along with the other...

The top photo is very impressive, great depth. Don't forget the depth of your plants. you might find some of the smaller sticks need lifting or they will be buried by the planting. There is a great video by Josh sims here... PS you've done a great job at glueing the wood together without it...

Yes :-) Pretty fish, I didn't realise they grew so big.. At 35cm definitely not shrimp safe. I'm not sure which scat they were.. Not that it matters. I'm looking for a new centrepiece fish. but I don't think thats it..

Any reason, these would be worse than normal? I've only ever had this happen once, I had a tiny nursery tank. That ended up with cherries and daphnia in. I'm guessing due to the water volume. Once a few of the daphnia died it triggered a cascade. There in the World of Water Aquatic Centres...

Has anyone kept black Sulawesi shrimp? My local fish shop has them in stock, according to the assistant they grow to somewhere between cherry and amano size, Like hard water and are reasonably easy to breed. Looked cool with there white front legs, expensive little critters though.

These work well, I had a few mesh ones that dropped to bits before buying these.. Took a while to arrive though as i don't think anyone in the UK stocks them .

Thanks Thumper, that's great to know I'll order a packet.

Are these real? Has anyone tried them, or would I be buying expensive grass seed? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112930632094

I've just had my last marbled hatchetfish jump.. I have a very similar setup with a glass cover with only two of the corners cut out. I always assumed that the cover didn't stop them as they got scared of say me walking into the room, they would get channelled into the corner of the tank by...

Hi All I finally replaced my broken Hydor heater... I'm not having much luck. I recently picked up the new heater from Aquasabi, I was initially quite impressed. mouldings are all nicely finished and on the outside, it looks like a well-designed unit, the box is nicely printed. It's...

Normally you have an isolator so you can't open the door without turning everything off. Alternative is to double insulate everything live, Cables need two layers of insulation and some protection against rubbing on the hinge.

Sunsun with a quality inspector from JBL in the factory, or that's how we operated in China with power tools. I've ordered a JBL heater, should be here in a couple of days. I'll post some photos online. I'll order a secondary controller ASAP, has anyone tried the STC-1000 Digital Temperature...

If I go for the the new JBL my preference would be the 300w smaller version.. If I can find anyone with stock. I'm just not sure how long my internal heater is going to last, as it glows orange at the end. If I run an additional temp controller there is less likely of over heating. One set...

Is this it? Aquasabi have the 500w version in stock JBL ProTemp e I definitely want to stick with external, my glass pipe work is hidden in the corner and everything else is external so it reasonably clutter free. Are people using the ink bird temp controllers?

Just having an expensive heater day, noticed that the tank water was a little electrifying. When I investigated further both my external heaters are fried. Im now using my old internal heater.. That glows orange at the end. Definitely time for a new heater. Has anyone tried the ista external...

Cotton wool, or cigarette butt's dipped in super glue are the normal method.

Do you dose EI?

Does anyone have a link to the original research paper by Tom Barr? Has anyone repeated the experiment adding EI ferts to the test?

Just moving house so it's time to set up my tank. I've cleared everything out and now have an empty clean tank. Previously I had a mix Colombo Flora Base Pro Coarse underneath with Colombo Flora Base Pro Fine on top then with Unipac Maui Coarse Quartz sand at the front. The problem is my 3...