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Hi Paolo and all, I received emails from Photobucket to say I need to start paying ($60/year!) to keep my photos. Apart from paying, or re-uploading all the pictures, I don't suppose there is anything that can be done by UKAPS to save content on this site? I have my old thread (giant tank for...

Hi there, I am looking into using Osmocote slow release fertiliser tabs for existing pond plants in baskets. These would include submerged aquatic plants like giant Vallis as well as a range of marginal plants. I know the cheapest way would be to add loose fertiliser like Gro More or Vitax Q4...

I guess like many on this forum, I have always been obsessed with water. I grew up in Holland spending most of my childhood fishing when I was not in school. Something about the water’s edge has always fascinated me and to this day, whenever I pass by a pool or a ditch, I just have to make my...

I am building a few ponds next month and was hoping to use soil from my garden as substrate (in pond baskets only) for both marginal and oxygenating plants. I would prefer not to use an inert substrate, especially for the marginals, nor do I want to spend too much on aquatic compost . I have...

Hi all, I am about to create a water garden made up of a number of ponds. A local fishery has agreed for me to take as many 'weeds' as I like. Its quite a low density fishery and the lake is full of hornwort and last time I was there, I saw lots of Stratiotes also. The water looks very...

I read on Dutch Nature style | Page 2 | UK Aquatic Plant Society that Yo-han uses an inline Wave Stream 2200 to increase flow on his Eheims and I was considering doing the same by placing a pump after the outlet of one of my Eheim 2080s. While I expect the increased flow will help filtration and...

I bought a large batch of Anubias nana petite from Seaside Aquatics. Price was very good and the plants arrived today in good health. Four out of the 20 plants were large specimens such as the one on the left; My only problem is that to me the leaves on the plant on the left look too large to...

I am trying to grow a form of red algae called Caloglossa, growing it on wood, like a moss. two weeks later; this is what I am trying to achieve (found on this Polish site; Podkarpackie Forum Akwarystyczne :: Zobacz temat - Caloglossa Cf. Beccarii ); My question is will liquid carbon...

The British Killifish Association will be holding its next bi-annual southern auction on Sunday 7th April. The auction will be held at: West Molesey Scout Hut St Peter's Rd West Molesey Surrey KT8 2QE This is a great opportunity to pick up some stunning fish at a fraction of LFS prices. Most...

Hi there, Last week I bought a second hand Eheim 2080. It has been working fine until today when I managed to break the primer button (see below) trying to restart the filter after some maintenance. I think I made it all worse when I opened the filter up to check the broken part. After I...

Hi there, What exactly are the tags' rows at the bottom of our threads used for? Are they to facilitate searches within the forum or to direct general (external) web searches to our threads within the ukaps site? Cheers, Andre

I am looking for a way to cover the casing of my heater to stop pipefish fry from getting burned between the heater and its casing; Do people think I will be able to use stocking? I know many people use it inside the filter chamber to hold products like Purigen. I assume the casing around...

This journal does not begin with tank dimensions or design concepts. It all started when I was in the LFS after work one evening and spotted some very interesting looking fish in one of the tanks; I googled the fish - Enneacampus ansorgii - and to my surprise, it came from the Cameroon...

Hi there, I have noticed an interesting plant(?) growing in between some ferns and wood at the back of the tank, about one third from the surface. At first it looked like a clump of algea but I think its actually a plant. I moved a little towards the front of some Microsorium p. Trident to...

The British Killifish Association will be holding its next bi-annual southern auction on Sunday 9th September. The auction will be held at: West Molesey Scout Hut St Peter's Rd West Molesey Surrey KT8 2QE This is a great opportunity to pick up some stunning fish at a fraction of LFS prices...

I understand that one of the most efficient ways to distribute CO2 is to mount the spray bars horizontally on the back panel just below the surface, creating a flow across the surface towards the front, downwards across the front panel and then back over the substrate towards the back. As...

The most basic of questions, I know, and one I am a bit embarrassed to ask :lol: but would like to know the answer before the cannister actually runs out. Is it by checking the gauge - and should I refill as soon as the pressure starts to drop or leave it till it reaches a certain level? I...

Hi there, In the algae thread, I received some useful advice to do 50% water changes twice a week until the algae problems have disappeared in my new tank. http://www.ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21848 I would like to know whether I need to adjust the EI dosing regime if I am doing...

I have some algae appear in my new tank and would like some help please as to whether I need to intervene or whether this is this something that appears in new tanks and will sort itself out. Tank specifications - 5ft x 2ft x 2ft - approx 440 litres of water after taking gravel etc into account...

Having been a ukaps member for three years, and reading many accounts of your fabulous tanks, I have finally taken the dive and have recently started my journey on trying to create a planted tank. My background in the hobby has mainly been around the keeping of killi fish. My previous project...