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I hope someone can help me out. I ran out of Co2 today and went to swap my tanks over same as I always do. Screwed on the reg and gradually turned it on but no matter what I do co2 gushes from the tiny vent hole in the bottom of the reg next to the thread. Any ideas before I end up wasting a...

Hi Guys, Can anyone recomend a nice midground plant that is nice and bushy and gets to a max of 15 - 20 cm high. Can be a hard or easy plant.

Hi Guys, A couple months ago I bought a Echinodorus Rubra for my 130L tank because it was meant to stay quite small at 20-30 cm high. Well its got alot taller to the point the leaves are bending over at the surface, its got that big around they are also touching the front glass lol. Shame I...

Does anyone know of any plecs that remain quite small, eat algae, don’t uproot plants and dig?

Ok guys hear me out lol, has anyone tried growing watercress in built in filter compartment or floating in their tank? I know people grow it in ponds and pond filters and it’s great for removing excess stuff from the water. Or would it be to warm that’s my only concern

Just a friendly word of caution to not use this joker on ebay. First I ordered 10 cherry shrimp and 4 amanos from him. The cherries turned up nice and healthy and a nice deep red but they hadnt sent the amanos. So i contacted him he blamed someone else for not packing them no real apology. I...

My reg has a dodgy needle valve which i believe its also leaking from. Will my tank be ok without Co2 for a couple days while I wait for a new reg to arive?

What level of phosphate should we be aiming for? I use remineralised RO and dose AIO and fairly heavily planted my level is always around 0-0.25.

Hi guys, Not having much luck getting a carpet. Before I pull this up and try something else do you think it will recover or am I wasting my time? I add co2, use a twinstar light, plenty of flow and dose AIO daily

Is it normal for new nirites to sulk? Not had them before, other snails ive had over the years have never been fazed when they are added. My 3 are alive but barely moving 2 have been stuck to the glass in the same place since yestersay and the tird has moved about 1cm on a rock all day lol

Hi guys Ive been using a API master set which expires in 2024 Im not convinced my nitrate kit is working. Yeah I know they need alot of shaking Ive even been using my paint vortext mixer / shaker so they are more than shaken well. Everytime I test my tank it says its 5.0 ppm which it has done...

Hi all Thought this may be helpful for some people. I just made an auto shut off for when filling my Jerry cans with RO. No need to drill the can, just the lid. All u need is a float switch, a 1/4” push-fit bulkhead, about an inch of pipe, and 2 1/4” elbows. Drill a hole in the middle of the...

I’ve used mini landscape rock in my new scape. I had read that it raises KH and GH but I see loads of people use it so assumed it wasn’t much of a problem. I’m using RO remineralised. Will weekly water changes help control it? I’m just worried I’m not gonna be able to keep many types of fish. Am...

Hi guys, I flooded my tank yesterday but I’m not sure what I now do with the light cycle. It’s been on 12 hours from the start. Do I now gradually shorten it over a few days?

Hi, I’m currently in the process of doing my first dry start. The last couple weeks I’ve noticed some of my Anubias leafs appear to be dying / discolouring. The rhizomes look firm and healthy. I did wonder if it’s because I added a tiny bit of ferts to my sprayer thinking it would help out the...

I’m hoping someone can help me out. Could someone with an original JBL regulator solenoid either take a pic of the info printed on the back of the transformer or tell me what it says please?

Hi guys, This is my first dry start tank and just wandered how long before they start rooting especially hc Cuba? Cheers

Hi guys Ive had my dry start going for a couple days and just noticed for some reason the dimmer is saying its currently at 86% time is currently 15:32 any Idea why its not at 100% which it sould of been since 11. I have it programmed as follows: 8:30 - 0% 9:00 - 25% 9:45 - 75% 10:30 - 100%...

Invetro and tissue culture newb question. This is my first time buying invetro and tissue cultures. I thought they were the same thing? If they aren’t are invetro plants meant to come without roots? I ordered some off of eBay due to the normal supplies not having a few in stock I was after and...

Hi Guys, Are the tropica potted plants that come in the sealed blister packs snail and pest free like the 1-2 grow invitro ones?

Opinions please guys my first proper hardscape. I am waiting for another bit of wood to attach to my tiny bit can’t believe that cost £29 [emoji15]. Sorry about all the bleddy reflections

So I’ve just had a load of mini landscape rock arrive for my new tank. I realise this is prob a stupid question. I noticed some pieces have small amounts of natural moss on would it survive and grow in water?

Hi Guys, Just recieved my aquanano 80 Id like to fit a spray bar (moray 480 pump) Im sure I have seen a spray bar and acessory kit for it but im buggered if I can find it have any of you guys seen one anywhere? Im also after a T connector for it so i can attach a loc line to. The only T...

Hi guys, I’ve seen several people use like a sectional adjustable direction nozzle thing one their filter outlets. What are they called and where do you get them? Cheers Rudi

Is anyone using one of these types of atomisers? Are they any good?

Hi guys I have returned after several years of no tanks. I used to have a hightech planted discus tank and I used PMDD + PO4 my set up will still be on here somewhere. Anyway I digress I dont have the room for a big tank at the mo so I have decided I want to set up a hightech planted nano this...

As the title sujests i cant find it lol

Where is the cheapest place to get it online?

No matter what I try it comes back it's doing my head in and looks horrible, help please

I'm after some nice short bushy spreading foreground plants that will take discus temps and T8 lights. Any suggestions would be cool I do inject co2 so it's not to limited. Also after some nice mosses that I don't have to do to much with, something I can just dump on my big wood in the tank and...

how big do these get? do they get huge? Rudi

Can anyone ID these 2 for me please the first one im gonna sell soon so wanted to make sure i knew what its called. As you can see its taking over my tank the leafs are about 3 feet long and sends out atleast 3 flowers a week. Sorry about the poo pics And is this an amazon sword i want to get...

Its really starting to annoy me i think its BBA a very very dark greeny blue colour I seems to take hold on my big amazon sword thats in the line of fire from my filter and has started on the back of the tank. It seems to come I zap it with excell it goes for a month or 2 then its back again...

I really can't figure out what the hell is going on. I have a jbl reg ect going through a up inline atomiser. I had it turned off for about 2 weeks cyz u had a hair algea outbreak which I was zapping with excell. Before I turned it off I had a lime green dc. Since I've turned it back on the...

Even if your not an animal lover (it kills humans to) i want to get as many people to sign as I can. My mums already lost 2 cats to the horrible stuff. Post the link on your facebook accounts or any other site where people will see it. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/search?q=antifreeze...

Well I think ive decided to go with pps pro but what im not sure of i how much volume to remove to allow for substrate and wood. Do you think dosing for 200 litres instead of 240 will be ok?

Hi guys, Ive been reading this page http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/PMDD.htm Im thinking of using the PMDD formula without PO4 because my tap water contains quite abit. But the dosing on that link is only for the formula with PO4 and seperate micros. Whats the dosing rate for the normal formula...

Just wandered if anyone knows why im getting air algea? the tank ismoderately planted, I dose co2 with an up atomiser, the drop checker is lime green and I use aquarium plant foods fert mix. I seem to be getting hair algea on the plants that are in direct line of all the areas of water flow...

Down one end of my tank i have a load of hygro which im contimplating getting rid of. It grows like a weed i cut it back weekly it looks like a tangled mess. I was thinking of some nice sturdy plants to replace it with that wont grow like a weed. Prob amazon swords but what else grows to the...

Im planning a trim back and slight replant this week And was thinking of adding a few new plants. What I want to know befor buying a few is if they will be ok in my discus tank. Water params: Temp: 28. ph: 6.8 - 7. kh: 4- 6. CO2 injected. Lighting: T8 38 watt twin. Plants Im thinking of...

Im after a nice moss or a good coverage plant that will attach its self to a terracta dwarf cichlid hide. Its texture is rough so something should be able to attach ok after a while. It needs to be ok with T8 lighting Rudi

Ive got the eheim ones which are good but the bristles just arnt stiff enough for some stubborn schlimsh in the pipes. Does anyone know of any stiffer bristled ones?

Does anyone on here have one? The height is ment to be 56.7cm high is this including the tap unit ect? Trying to work out if one would fit my cabinate

I dont know what the hell is going on but its weird and i cant figure it out! Ive got 3 timeguard plug in timmers on the go 2 ive had no prob with but for some reason the light one is playing me up and it makes no sense (i wander if its actualy the starter).When I was on holiday the lights didnt...

My filter has developed a few probs and i cant work out why the hell it has started just wandered if anyone else has had the same thing and how can it be sorted. I Contacted eheim days ago but have heard nothing grrr. It has been working fine since I set it up in november if I ever turned it off...

Is thewre such a thing? if so where and how much? Rudi

This plant keeps flowering and sending out loads of runners should i just let it floer or trim the floers back? its the wavey leafed one

Does anyone know what these 2 are?

Is it safe to use purigen in a planted tank? Or will it remove the ferts ect

Are nerite snails i spotted one in my tank today well least i think it is god knows where it came from. My question is are they a pest species or good clean up?

Well im still trying to get the hang of taking pics of the fish so they arnt the best quality be gentle lol

Right my CO2 situation or lack of as I havent been running it for days as the solenoid died and still havent managed to get another yet. I was also waiting for a bubble counter as i broke it getting it off grr. Well the new TMC one came today and its s**t its not even air tight so that leaks so...

Im hoping / assuming this is just cause by oding on co2 yesturday as thats when it started. Dont know if you can see it well enough but the leafs have gone mottely and abit transparent

Do ferts effect shrimp?

Does java moss have to be tied down perminantly or does it attach after a while? And most my philapean sp? java ferns (which they are ment to be but I think they are just the normal ones) have plantlets on most their leafs. Do these just drop off when ready or are you ment to do something?

i trimmed mine back because it was abit leggy (was abit when i got it) all the bits i trimmed off I cut down into nice little cuttings and replanted does this work with glosso?

I have a jbl proflora regulator and 2 kg tank it's been running for about 5 weeks and the needle hasn't moved bellow 50psi all the time. Then Friday it went down 2 lines, yesterday 2 more and today it's just in the red zone is this normal? If so i was hoping 1 tank would last longer gonna let it...

Does anyone know what is in either of these as there appears to be no ingredients list. Does it contain any iron and do I need to add a trace mix aswell as TPN+?

I currently have my lights on for 8 hours a day is this enough? everything seems to b doing well after 4 weeks even have a few runners out on my dwarf chain swords

Found 3 tiny rams horn snails today dont know haw they found there way in when ive soaked all plants in potasium pomanganate b4 planting. Omly thing i can think of that they stowed in must of been the Plagiomnium Trichomanes as i didnt soak it as it was very crumbly. Ive gotten rid of the 3 i...

How much surface movement can you have befor you start losing your co2? mines rippling but I cant hear a thing so i assume its not actualy breaking the surface

As the title says. Im sure summut aint right my newly filled 2kg tank only came up as 50 on the preasure gauge

Has anyone used these? The instructions arnt that clear I'm not sure if I'm ment to use 4dk and the solution or just the solution as it's only tiny. I'm sure it's just the solution on it's own just wanted to check Rudi

Whats the best way to plant these bulbs?

Be gentle im new to keeping aquatic plants lol If I use the Tropica liquid ferts do I need to add anything else to the water collum apart from CO2 which ill be injecting? Im going to be using tropica substrate capped with sand and im going to pop in a few plant tabs to give them a good start.

Ive put down a 1.5cm layer of tropica and im capping it with argos play sand how deep should i put it? Now when I used a substrate calculator it said i need 40kg well ive put in 30 and it looks loads its about 4 - 5 cm up front and abit deeper at the back. Is this to deep?

I was thinking of getting some but wanted to check will they be ok at discus temps? about 86f

Is it ok to have any newly delivered plants just soaking in a bucket of water for a few days to a week? I've got some plants from melasia coming and some from the uk so one lot is gonna turn up befor the others. Just wandered if this will be ok till they all come and I can get planting

Well I thought as Ive finely got got my tank I thought id start a diary of my progress so far. Thought it might give people a few ideas and hopefully ill pick some up along the way. I was originaly going to get a juwel rio 240 but I went to watermarque taunton to pick up my 3d backgroung and...

Im Prob being thick what with being a co2 newbie lol but I just bought this solenoid http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT the arrow on the unit is that the direction of the flow out of the unit or the direction into the regulator?

anyone know where this can be bought?

Apart from the normal ph, amonia, nitrite, nitrate,tds, gh and kh are there any other test kits i need for a planted tank?

a mix of arcadia tropical and freshwater or these http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/fish/tech ... erle/81518 or is there a couple you would recomend instead

As the title says does anyone know what the lil pointy leafed plants are on the bogwood in this pic? http://www.myfishtank.net/mft-news/taka ... ted-tanks/

Ive just bought a proflora set with 2 cylinders, solinoid, ph controler ect second hand. Im new to co2 and wanted to know do you still need a drop checker if i decide to use the controler? Expect more questions when i set up next month lol Rudi

Abit of a random question but bare with me. Now i know in reefkeeping people use superglue to glue coral frags to rocks. My question is can rizomes (spelling?) swords ect be super glued to pieces of bogwood ect instead of tying till they take root?

As the title says... When i wasnt ready to buy some there was loads on line now i cant find any!

Does anyone know of any sites in the uk that sell decent bog wood im having trouble finding any i like

Just a quick noob question can u still get a co2 dump with the jbl systems? I ask cuz it will b on a discus set up so obviously i wouldnt wanna loose a load of expensive fish

When i finely set up my tank I want to use a layer of something like the tropica substrate caped with a fine realy wite sand. My question is what the best stuff to use that isnt going to break the ban? I quite like the caribsea wite moon sand but its so expensive. Some say play sand but some say...