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Good evening. Yesterday I purchased 2 Nerite snais for my 5 gallon low tech tank . I've read somewhere they're prone to escape if there's a gap or space under the hood. Is this true? Has anyone here had an escaped snail, or indeed a whole crew go missing? Is there anyway to prevent them...

Good morning.I signed up last night and noticed my email was already in use.That's odd, I thought. I requested a new password and logged in only to realise I'd joined back in 2008. You know what; I have no recognition if doing so. I can only put it down to getting old. o_O Anyway,after reading...

Hi i have some lotus liles and am wondering when it will stop bloting for the surface. I planted them as bulbs and thay went offand grew a nice load of bottom leaves......now every leave its produces heads for the waters surface. Now,im cutting back these floating leaves before thay reach the...

Hi im thinking of redoing my tank,with mostly lilies. I have some nymphaea stellata (red tropical liles) that are on bulbs. Im also going to be getting some NYMPHAEA MACULATA (RED AFRICAN TIGER LOTUS LILY) but it states that thay are not attached to rhizome . Will the plant form a rhizome...

Hi For the last week now,ive been getting a whiteish foggy haze in my tanks water Also ive noticed a different smell...kinda like the sea at low tide...or a marine tank smell The fish are ok and the plants still growing,but somethings not right. Could it a be a bacterial bloom and if so,how do...

Hi how often do you guys change your pH Reagent and water inside your checker? Also,is it best to remove the sucker cup,or pull the checker out of the cup ? ps,i think i need to get out more :?

Hi ive just ordered a drop checker and 4KH water. Ive been out of the planted tank hobby for a few years and things have changed a bit,one being the drop checker. Ive been used to the old kh kit and ph kit and charting the readings. My question is...does it matter what your tanks KH...

Hi I have 2.5wpg...30ppm co2...dose EI Plants growing ok,but ive noticed that the plants only really start pearling well ,6hours into photoperiod My co2 levels at lights on (10am) are 30ppm= and ive checked the levels every hour throut the day and if never goes under 30ppm co2....my co2 is on...

Hi Would Vallisneria grow better in a co2 enriched tank? I think i remember somewhere that thay use the KH,instead of co2?? So what im asking is ,would i get better growth with these plants with co2 injection,or would i get the same growth rate without co2? Also if u have alot of vals,would u...

Hi ive just bught some GH booster,and have added it to my tank 1/8 tsp per 100 litres. Thing is,its made my KH rise by 1 or 2 dKH.. I know it not a great deal,but why is this happening?

Hi Im a bit concered about my GH level. Out of the tap it messures 1 dGH very soft. Im dosein EI and am now thinking about adding a GH booster(just to be on the safe side). Do i add the GH booster once a week (after the 50% water change?) and how much should i add My tank IS A 20 UK Gallon...

Hi Just wondering if dry ferts will become less affective with age. I was workin out how long mine would last and it seems that i got a few years worth left. Not sure if its better to buy in bulk ..hence my question Thanks fer any help

Hi Been out of the planted tank hobby for a while,but knew id come back to it one day (you know how it is :) I have a heavy planted 20 gallon tank,i dose EI and have a simple hagen co2 thingie,which i make my own recipe. I sit my co2 reactor on my light boxes and it heats it up and the co2...