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  1. matt

    Does anyone do plants delivered on a Saturday??

    Aqua essentials
  2. matt

    120x60x25cm Diy acrylic tank

    That is the first tank I built a few years back, a friend was given 4 gold fish in a bowl without a filter by someone who was immigrating to Australia, she didn't really want them and her little bengal kitten was showing too much interest in them, this one was built specifically for them
  3. matt

    120x60x25cm Diy acrylic tank

    All the dwarf hair grass went brown and mushy so it's gone, also most of the pennywort has withered away but some is still hanging on same with the Salvinia, crypts and anubias however are storming ahead. Photos taken today
  4. matt

    120x60x25cm Diy acrylic tank

    About time for an update First planted on 25/11/15 Cryptocoryne balance Cryptocoryne wendtii brown Hydrocotyle leucocephala (floating) Nymphoides aquatica banana Salvinia natans Eleocharis acicularis Various anubias No added co2 Eco-complete substrate Dosing with Neutro T Top up 10 L a...
  5. matt

    120x60x25cm Diy acrylic tank

    I did on my first acrylic tank here http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/diy-acrylic-tank-build-new-update.31622/ but not for this one. It is very satisfying yes, but a little un-nerving on the first fill.
  6. matt

    120x60x25cm Diy acrylic tank

    Plants and substrate arrive tomorrow:happy:
  7. matt

    Crypts, Anubias and substrate

    http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/the-soil-substrate-or-dirted-planted-tank-a-how-to-guide.18943/ Good info on soil tanks.
  8. matt

    Crypts, Anubias and substrate

    Hi The general consensus for running a long term low tech is to have an enriched substrate, a capped soil such as pond soil or even a compost such as John innes no 2 can be used and are very cheep. Or you could use specialized aquarium substrates such as the JBL you mentioned, there are many...
  9. matt

    Aquarium height

    :lol:
  10. matt

    Aquarium height

    Thanks, this is my second acrylic build. I did a "How to" guide here http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/diy-acrylic-tank-build-new-update.31622/ on my first build. No scratches yet and it's been going nearly 2 years, but I am very carefull when doing mantainance and it's eaiser to get scratches...
  11. matt

    Aquarium height

    And finished. 120x60x25
  12. matt

    Aquarium height

    Should be done in the next 20 mins or so.
  13. matt

    Aquarium height

  14. matt

    Aquarium height

    I'm building a 25cm hight acrylic tank right at this moment, I'll get some photos up in a mo to give a sense of prospective.
  15. matt

    Online learning courses/Horticulture, landscaping, garden design

    Thanks foxfish, It's not so much that I'm chasing formal qualifications, it's just I would like to understend more about......well.....everything lol. I'm after the training and understanding. Forinstance, in my mothers garden I have 4 acer palmatum's, all in pots and all in there 3rd or 4th...
  16. matt

    Online learning courses/Horticulture, landscaping, garden design

    Thanks for the link dw:thumbup: RHS....... why didn't I think of that :facepalm:
  17. matt

    Online learning courses/Horticulture, landscaping, garden design

    Hi. Has anyone on here had any experience with online learning courses. I really want to expand my understanding of landscaping, garden design and Horticulture. I've been messing around with family and friends gardens for years now just as a hobby, but it's one thing to chuck in a few plants...
  18. matt

    Crypt Melt - Water Change or Ferts?

    Or if this is your usual routine, maybe something has been added to your tap water, as could of mine??? But just the wendtii and nothing else. Weird:confused:
  19. matt

    Crypt Melt - Water Change or Ferts?

    Funnily enough I had this happen to my 3 wendtii tropica about 3 weeks ago. They had been in my tank about 4 months and growing really well, I don't add ferts and only top up evaporated water about 5-10 L a week. They started to melt away after I done a filter clean out and replaced maybe 20L...
  20. matt

    Help, disconbobulated!

    60W and 1.5W/gallon is far too much light for a low tech especially under a hood, can you remove a tube and see if it works with just one?
  21. matt

    Help, disconbobulated!

    Hi First off I can't help with your water chemistry dilemma because it confuses me too, all I know is my water is very hard. I do know however that hobby test kits are useless so send it back asap and get a refund. Also try not to get too hung up on all your water parameters or trying to adjust...
  22. matt

    Anyone ever made an acrylic tank?

    I built one about a year ago. Still going strong no bowing,no scratches just need to be carefull when cleaning. http://www.ukaps.org/forum/posts/339013/
  23. matt

    3 weeks old tank - no nitrites, no nitrates... is it possible???

    For a low tech tank 80w of light is far too high,and 12h a day is far too long.Algae will soon take over your tank. Cut your lighting by at least half,and no more than 7h a day. With a good substrate you should not need to add ferts,plenty of low tech guides and journals on here,have a good...
  24. matt

    Her indoors/the accountant/the killjoy

    How about..................
  25. matt

    The Green Machine- a bit disappointed.

    I'm sorry but no,If a retailer is offering goods via a mail order sevice reguardless of what is being sent I expect top quality or very close to it,not a "well we sent something"attitude. This time there "best"was not good enough,and yes reputation is everything so maby they should have done...
  26. matt

    The Green Machine- a bit disappointed.

    I've never been into there store,but I have orderd off them three times now and here is my account with dealing with them. First time was a couple of years ago now,ordered plants turned up in perfect order was very happy:) Second time was about six months later from my first order with...
  27. matt

    Mountainscape style emersed

    Awsome :thumbup:
  28. matt

    Paludarium/terrarium

    Progress updates please! And photos!!!:):):thumbup:
  29. matt

    Paludarium/terrarium

    Can't wait to see this,been planning a pludarium build myself lately.
  30. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Thanks sanj, they also do polished edged acrylic aswell,think I may try this next time as it will save a lot of time sanding tho it does cost a little more. Good luck.
  31. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Not sure I'd take the chance of making my own,the weld on 4 isn't a huge expense at £7+pp. I do have a fair bit left tho,if your anywhere near colchester your welcome to come and take a bit.
  32. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Yeah I read about the pin method but I was on my own with this one,so wasn't really a choice. The flame polishing to get rid of spills is something I'll be trying very soon:thumbup:
  33. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Thank you very much! Yes the guy on youtube is where I got the idea,the one I saw was when he built a 3000g acrylic tank in a 6 part tutorial,he droned on a bit but it is an excellent guide,King of diy is his youtube channel loads of good diy aquarium how too's. I'll do my best not to scratch it...
  34. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Thank you! All the edges still had the rough cutting marks and needed a fair amount of sanding,I went down the route of sanding as I don't trust myself with high powered spinning blades:eek:
  35. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Good luck:thumbup:
  36. matt

    DIY Acrylic Tank Build / New update

    Hi all ukaps diy'ers, This is a project I've had in the pipeline for the last year or so now,ironically recent ill health has afforded me the time to actually crack on and get it done,I'm very happy with the results so I thought I'd share with you guys. Cut to size acrylic sheets Base and...
  37. matt

    Calling All Petrolheads

    Hks T04Z I do believe,not had much work done on it myself yet,most of the mods were on when I got it,but the few bits that I've had done were done by Powergaines and this monster was there having work done to it at the time. Although drag racing is not really my thing,hopfully next year...
  38. matt

    Calling All Petrolheads

    Ooooh cars,me likley. Well I do own an FD RX7 and all that bull about them needing a rebuild every 40-60k is just that,BULL.The most problematic part of a rotary is usually it's owner. More often than not a rotary engine failer is due to lack of proper maintenance,not checking oil often enough...
  39. matt

    Oily surface film

    Afternoon all, I have an 100l open top tank which has suddenly developed an oily surface film overnight, was fine yesterday. It's lowtech and I'm not dosing EI,but recently(5 days ago)added KNO3 because my Limnobium laevigatum was looking very yellow and falling apart,would adding the KNO3 be...
  40. matt

    Cube 123, first Low-tech try

    The Soil Substrate Planted Tank - A How to Guide | UK Aquatic Plant Society Link to the soil thread.
  41. matt

    Cube 123, first Low-tech try

    Hi Edvert,having just set up my low tech I can tell you that i'm using a mix of aqua pond soil,sphagnum peat moss and some ADA Amazonia that I had laying about. I don't thank there is any hard and fast rule about quantities to be used,for every 3 handfulls of pond soil I added 1 handfull of peat...
  42. matt

    Resolved! password never accepted

    There is an option to stay logged in,so you don't need to enter your password every time you log on.
  43. matt

    Low Life

    Top man,thank you sir :clap: that is a great help just as I was starting to get a headache thinking about how I was going to go about it. Muchas gracias:thumbup: :thumbup:
  44. matt

    Low Life

    Thanks for the link Michael,that does help out a lot although I have no way to measure ppm and such like,I think i'll just start with small amounts of the dry salts I have and take it from there.
  45. matt

    Low Life

    Week 2 and still going good,most of the crypt melt seems to of calmed down and most are throwing up new leaves. However the limnobium laevigatum is looking very yellow and the bigger parts of the plant are turning to mush,it is still sending out new runners and sprouting new leaves.Should I be...
  46. matt

    Low Life

    Ok cool,I'll do that thanks for the advice I wasn't sure how much I should thin it out,should I just uproot it and split it again?
  47. matt

    life after dexter and breaking bad

    ^^^^^^This^^^^^^ Also 'Lie to me' is a good one,imo.And 'Big Bang Theory' if you want a laugh.
  48. matt

    Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End

    Awsome tank:clap:
  49. matt

    Tropica Aquacube - Coastal Path

    I really like these sort of scapes:thumbup:
  50. matt

    Low Life

    Little update,one week on Plenty of crypt melt Limnobium laevigatum Looking a bit yellow. Thats about it,no algae yet tho:)
  51. matt

    Low Life

    Plants finally turned up around 1830,so with no real plan in mind I set them out on the floor and just stared at the tank for about an hour. Then I decided to lay in some hardscape and have a play about to see what I could come up with,but after about 10 minutes most of it all came back out...
  52. matt

    Low Life

    1700 and still no plants:(
  53. matt

    James' new ADA 60-P ... New photos

    Hi,looking good:thumbup: Having never done a proper hardscape myself feel free to ignore me but i prefer the first layout,can't really put my finger on why maybe because the rocks lay a little lower?? I'll be following this. All the best,. Matt.
  54. matt

    Lots of snails

    I brought a snail trap thingy.Waste of money.
  55. matt

    Silent Wood

    Nice:thumbup:
  56. matt

    400 gallon.

    Holy big tank Batman!!!:wideyed:
  57. matt

    Low Life

    Yeah I did think along them lines a while ago(not the frosted vinyl tho,good idea!)but i will be adding more emmersed plants in the future along the sides aswell so don't think that works well for me. I do have some Limnobium laevigatum (floating plant) coming on friday too,was kinda hoping that...
  58. matt

    Low Life

    Cheers guys, I understand what your both saying,but the t5 unit I have only allows me to run either 2 or 4 bulbs,if I run it on 2 bulbs and take one out,the bulb left does not work.However I can raise the unit further still if needs be. The algae issues i had in the first posts was deffo due to...
  59. matt

    Not quite autumn yet...

    Love that shot:thumbup:
  60. matt

    Low Life

    A few more pictures of after changing the gravel Not the best photos in the world,but i only have an Nikon coolpix and I'm useless and taking photos
  61. matt

    Low Life

    Ok managed to sort the photo problem,where was I,oh yeah. Right,the photos above are of the last attempt the algae got too much of a hold in the end so it all come out,(apart from the Anubias which im planing on keeping)I don't have any photos of this but it's fair to say it was a right mess...
  62. matt

    Low Life

  63. matt

    Low Life

    umm,having a few problems with the photos at the moment:banghead:
  64. matt

    Low Life

    Hello everyone, In anticipation of my new plants turning up this friday,I think this is the perfect time to start my very first journal. The tank itself is a very old Juwel,well when i say old thats because i've had this tank over 10 years and it was a hand me down when I got it!So im not new...
  65. matt

    Resolved! Lots of me!

    Because you are the WINNER of this months free prize draw!!! Now all you need to do is send me a cheque for £250 to clam your FREE prize;) The FREE prize will have a guaranteed value of at least 50p P&p will be charged upto the value of your FREE prize So don't delay or you will miss out!!!!
  66. matt

    A 'little' box of chocolates, licorice n allsorts - baby chocco fry

    Looks great,can't wait till this ones fully grown in:)
  67. matt

    Maldives

    I went to meeru island about 8 years ago now, best holiday I've ever had and would love to go back one day.I have many photos but all on old school film so can't post. And yes the food is was amazing,remember eating snapper fish curry for breakfast,ummm.
  68. matt

    Inspired once more

    Ah,I see,capped it is then.I'd like as little mess as possible,I have some fine(ish)gravel some where around,I'll have to dig it out at the weekend. Also what depth should I cap it,couple of mm? Sorry about all the questions,want to get it right first time,this time:)
  69. matt

    Inspired once more

    Cool,one less thing to worrie about. Ok,but I was under the impression that the gravel on a soil based tank should be course,to allow the nurturants from the soil to exchange with the water colum? In fact I was not planing on capping it at all,bad idea then?
  70. matt

    Inspired once more

    Hello all, Having tried the high tech method and having a lot of trouble with getting my co2 levels right due to various reasons,also no longer having the time to put that much effort in because i work away from home monday to friday,I gave up.But recently having read "A choclate puddle"by...
  71. matt

    John ines ericaceous

    Thanks for the quick response.
  72. matt

    John ines ericaceous

    Hi, Is this genuine pond aqua soil your talking about the one that comes in the blue and white packaging,and available from Amazon. Just want to check I will be getting the right stuff. Thanks Matt.
  73. matt

    Hi all

    Hello all, My name is Matt and i have three loves in my life,my car,fishing and my aquriuam. I've had my tank about 10 years now and have had all manor of tropical fish over the years,i've been TRYING to keep plants alive for about 2 years with not very much success,then i happened apon ukaps a...
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