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Can anyone tell me if the lead strips that sometimes come around bunched plants would be harmful to shrimp if they were left in the tank (i.e. sunk down in the substrate)?

Thanks guys for your info. Tam, I add dechlorinator to the tank as I fill. The filter is generally off for about an hour while I trim and tidy up etc so time for dechlorinator to do its thing before turning filter on. Sounds like I need to find a way of joining 2 hoses from hot and cold tap to...

Thanks Tim. I'm wondering what would be a drastic change. When I do 50%wc it's tap water through hose pipe which is really soft water. So I add some Mg and Ca but my amounts are rough guesses going by what plants need. Plants are doing ok with it but not sure if levels of dissolved solids would...

Hi all I've never kept shrimp and was considering getting some cherry reds. I dose dry salts and My co2 comes on about 3 hrs before lights so after reading this on a website it worried me a bit. How do other people with high tech set ups manage with shrimps? Cheers Julia

Thanks for that link Jaap!

Thanks for replies guys. I know what caused the algae - my CO2 wasn't coming on. Holiday disaster! Anyway I have moss bushed out nicely attached to wood and pellia growing through net on rocks. I'd like to keep these for new set up but don't want to intro any algae into new set up. Am a little...

Hi all I have a bunch of fissidens fontanus and lots of pellia both covered in spirogyra. Im setting up a new tank and wondering whether to try and remove it (and do black out) and use in new tank or to not risk introducing possible remains of algae into new set up. (Have tried double...

Ok, thanks Hoggie. It looks quite straight forward - I hope. Cheers Julia

Hoggie, a round locking nut??? Sorry for being such a DIY dimwit… does this mean something screws down to hold the tube in place?

Hi all, Does anyone know if the Eheim Installation set 1 (intake pipe) just fits onto where the old original green intake pipe was? On one of the sites that was selling one, it says that 'if a tap is not present then one must be fitted'. I'm not sure what they mean. Would i need to buy...

Hi guys, thanks for all the suggestions. I've had a look at dehumidifiers and they're quite expensive too. Also don't want my leaky bill going up any more. So I think Im going to cover the tank again. Haven't decided what with yet. If anyone's got any old jewel vision 180 flaps knocking around...

At a guess between 5 and 10 litres. i do have double glazing and central heating. I have a fan in the bathroom but i don't think there are any other air vents. I'll have to go round and have a check.

Hi all Just wondered if anyone with open top tanks or tanks with pendants has problems with condensation on your windows. Didn't have this problem before I moved house, but in the winter I have condensation on all windows and also on the back of cold door handles, letterbox. I can only think...

Had a break from planted tanks since moving house, but Im setting up again. Ive needed to rack my brain a bit to recall how I made my ferts up. Then I remembered the wonders of the 'view your posts' function on the forum. So I have about 3l of flourish trace which I believe doesn't have iron in...

Ok thanks guys, ive got my mg and ca in. Now question is how often should i add it - I know this depends on a lot of things but I have no idea how quickly plants will use this up - so add with weekly wc or add every other day with NPK. Cheers Julia

Ok, only way I can think of showing you the report is copying&pasting it. The columns unfortunately dont stay lined up. Can you make any sense of this? Sorry 3 pages ends up being a long post!! Samples Required %Compliance with PCV Concentration or Value (all samples) PCV Units...

nope it doesnt mention GH either. It lists everything under the sun, except what I wanted to know - Mg & Ca.

hi all, Just received a breakdown from my water board, but it doesn't list magnesium. Could this come under something else?

Thx for the replies guys. Thats really helpful!

Hi all, I want to make my own GH booster. So do I just use MgS04 and CaS04 and if so, in what ratio? Also I've always used Tropica Trace (as mixing my macro ferts is enough of a faff on for me without making up trace as well) but found a bargain on Flourish trace so bought a huge bottle. But...

Luckily, I remembered to set it to record. I thought it was well presented too! Great to see a beautiful tank getting admired on tv. :) I was really looking forward to seeing you set a tank up though, George, and thought we would see it progressing throughout the show... so shame... producers...

Thanks for the replies guys. Just to find somewhere that has a healthy stock. Anyone know of anyone who breeds rams from a good stock, or wild?

Thanks Clive I use a drop checker, Iwas just wondering as this seems a sensitive fish, if it was sensitive to co2 levels. Julia

Thanks Clive & Ed What about CO2 levels?

Hi all I have heard that Rams dont like nitrates. Has anyone else heard this and what level becomes too high for them? Does this mean they are not suitable in a tank where ferts are added daily? Thanks Julia

Does anybody else find it a bit creepy that surgical equipment is sold on ebay :sick:

Yeahey! After fiddling with it for a 4th time, it's now working! Think the end of the metal bit wasn't in properly. Must get back onto shop and let them know replacement is no longer needed. :oops:

Re: saintly's manzanita scape. (to be named) Wood looks GOOD! :thumbup: I'm a poet and I don't :silent: Like the background - is it staying cos its not in all the pics? What is it?

Yep, thanks Ed, will do that. :thumbup: I'd rather not have to wait for replacement in the post if i dont have to.

Oh dear, they lost quite a few then! As for the I think shes really lucky to have found someone who will give the time to looking after it, as Im sure it will look fab again soon. This makes me feel a bit guilty as I should really have one set up for the school I work in. Yep the kids would...

Yep, I've had it all apart and tried it again. Think it will have to be returned.

hi Kev, In answer to one of your questions, the red flourite appears more like an orangey brown. The lighting wasnt great here but here is a pic of it. i wanted the brown and someone did me a favour and got some going cheap and got the wrong colour. it looked ok so i went with it, then...

Hi all I My Koralia 1, which has only been running for about 3weeks stopped working. It was running a bit noisy so I did the turn it off and back on again, which usually stops the noise, but this time it didnt turn back on again. i have tried changing the fuse but still not working. I...

I wondered what "a few" meant when you said they had lost some fish? There has obviously been quite a mixture of fish put in there and I also wondered if they are quarantined first. dwarf gouramis have a bit of a reputation for carrying disease. I once had a commmunity wiped out after adding...

Hi Tony Your tank looks lovely. I think the wood arrangement looks great now youve moved it. I spent hours just fiddling about with just 2 bits of wood trying to decide which looks position looks best. i wonder how long this took :) . I agree with Sam about the p.helferi. I really like how it...

Thx Sam, will definitely get pics up, when planted. Was intending to have it planted by the end of this week but was let down by someone on ebay for some of the plants. I wouldnt care I never buy plants from ebay, but i was duped by a bargain. And i want to do it all in one go - a planting...

Hi all, Just about redo my tank - this will be my first really planned out aquascape. Have always just tried things out and tweaked things here and there, but for this one ‘I have a plan!’ Never really done a journal either, but I’d really like to get people’s advice and opinions...

ok thanks for the replies guys I think i will give it a go, and if it doesn't take, lesson learned, try something else. :) Cheers Julia

Hi all Im about to do a new scape and would like to have some carpeting plants filling in the foreground. Ive read a couple of posts where people were having trouble growing hc or glosso with eco-complete. Wondered if anyone with eco-complete has had any success with it. I got some...

wow Matt, well found! :clap: Not sure what sort of stone that was he was using tho. (youre probably going to tell me it was a 'scissor sharpening stone'. :P

Me too Paul. It all goes on the flower beds , pots, baskets or lawn. Always save a little for house plants too. The orchids in my kitchen are amazing and i dont give them anything else. Back garden gets most as the hose goes straight out the door, but I fill the odd bucket and give the front...

Has anyone ever tried sharpening their curved scissors? Mine have got a few chips in them from trimming roots with bits of gravel still in. Wondered if you could do it in the same way you sharpen kitchen knives.

Hi all, AE seem to have a great deal on, on seachem products at the mo. Was wondering whether to go for some seachem trace while its cheap. Ive always used tropica for trace, but is there much difference? Julia

Great,thanks for the tips Sam.

Hi Chris If you've still got your box, check it as mine came with a spare one (which was taped to the cover of the manuel) Julia

Thanks Steve, thats what thought but on the box it looks like its on the pipe that takes water into the filter. And on this thread http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6139&start=20it sounds like nry has got the CO2 going into his filter first. Does it actually matter?

Hi all Just got a boyu diffuser and not sure whether the inlet pipe means the one that pumps the water back into tank or the one that pumps it into filter. This is the one I got off...

Hi all, Can anyone point me in the direction of an inline diffuser that will fit eheim(2026) tubing . The only ones i can find are expensive CAL glass ones and Im not bothered about glass when it will be stuck inside cabinet unseen - also Im very likey to break it. Thought about the eheim...

I thought this at first, but its not just the bubbles fromthe wc. Ive actually tried knocking them all off to make sure. You can see streams of bubbles from some plants, like where theyve been pruned and large bubbles sitting between ludwigia leaf pairs. I dont see this on other days. Plants...

As title says, my plants are pearling WC day. Sunday morning i do WC, Sunday night plants pearl like mad. Rest of week, not much pearling except plants nearer the surface. I dose EI and always top up NPK after WC, trace on next day etc. Does this suggest my filter isnt performing very well?

Thanks for the link to that post Superman, just had a read. Did you have the door off to get it in? IF so, what do you do when its wc time?

Thanks for replies guys Am pretty sure i wouldnt fit 2 filters in these spaces, as well as FE. Nick, what did you mean by 'SP' pls :? Ok, my skinny cabinets measure 23.5cm wide, but when the doors open they stick in a bit taking about 1.5 cm off the size of the hole. So realistic size 22cm...

Just been checking out the jbl e1500, but it doesn't give the flow rate. I think i would be able to use eheim pipes with this ( and maybe eheim media ) but would have to check on this. Can anyone confirm or otherwise? It looks a little wider than eheim 2026 unless i could turn it round and put...

Hey Nick, no 2 filters no good, got filter in 1 cabinet, fire ex in the other, no room, so need 1 really good filter. Would prefer another eheim and then i can use same media, pipes etc. been looking at the pro III range but VERRRY expensive!

Hi all, Any recommendations? I have an Eheim 2026 right now for 180ltank.Looking for something thats going to give me better flow. Was reading that 10x tank size is best so would need 1800LPH or more? Dont think my current filter distribution of nutrients and co2 is great. It would need to...

Hi, Ive been lurking around for a while, so time I introduced myself. I'm Jueloo, (2 year old’s pronounciation of) Julia, 37, I'm a primary teacher in the North East. I've been keeping fish for about 5 years, planted tanks about 3 yrs. I found out about ukaps from clicking on the smart...

thnks for your comments guys & aaron thanks for that link :)

Yeah I read about George's write up on substrates in here on another thread. Need to get a back copy of that - anyone???

Hi all, I'm revamping soon and want to change my substrate(flourite), and would appreciate any advice that will help me finally make a decision. :? Here's what I'm considering: ADA aquasoil I know a lot of people highly recommend it, but I think I need something that doesn't leach ammonia as...

OK,this stuff is called Aqau-sil O ring grease...

Thanks guys thanks misscaretaker for that link! I have used normal vaseline before and it goes claggy and builds up - I think it's too thick. Where do you get silicone grease from?

Hi all I think my Ehiem filter is due for some maintenance. It came with a little packet of grease which I used up last time. Rather than order a little packet of 'special Eheim grease' which will probably cost something ridiculous for about 3g of it, does any use anything else (dont want to...