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  1. Solex

    Maxspect Glaive and Razor

    80x45x60cm iam not sure what lens angle I have. There was no choice when I bought it. I really like the shimmering effect if the multiple light sources on the scape and sand. I am debating if I should raise the unit and hang it from the ceiling to get more spread light. It is a bit focused...
  2. Solex

    Maxspect Glaive and Razor

    Hi Stephen, I have the 160W 8000K Razor, had no problems at all. Its a very bright LED unit. Way to bright at 100%. Iam running it at 40% on its own stand above the tank. Would buy it again. Sanj is also using one of them.
  3. Solex

    Another PH/KH/Co2 ppm Profile question

    LED lights are on for 9 hours at maximum 40% of their capacity. KH color test (with a Sera drop set), color change at the 7th and sometimes 6th drop, tap water is at the 8th. Water temperature 22.5-23C. These drop tests are not very accurate!! PH (Sera drop test set) 08:00 >7 14-21 ppm (KH7...
  4. Solex

    Aquascaping Tools

    YYJ-PT 18cm Suture Surgical Medical Stainless Steel Scissors - Silver - Free Shipping - DealExtreme Curved 18cm Suture Surgical Medical Stainless Steel Scissors - Silver - Free Shipping - DealExtreme Bought these scissors, ~18cm, got them both for $11US/L6.80, shipping included. Could not find...
  5. Solex

    Fire extinguisher CO2

    Visit your local fire extinguisher retailer and ask if they have old filled bottles that you can buy from them. My local store has them plenty and got them for free. I explained that it was for my aquarium and they had no problem with it. They are all just a little bit over the expiry date and...
  6. Solex

    Trimming after melt

    your filters should have the capacity of ~10x of the tanks volume. So for a 300 liter tank you should have 3000 liters per hour as filtering capacity. The real capacity of a cannister filter is always lower as described on the box. It is measured with no filter media and no hoses or hight...
  7. Solex

    new to planted tanks

    Yes there is, i believe you need 50 post to see the wanted/forsale section. Have a nice day! Lexy
  8. Solex

    From This to This!!!

    februari 28 '13 To this august 5 '13
  9. Solex

    Plants Issue

    EI DOSING USING DRY SALTS | UK Aquatic Plant Society The EI index works really well, read the above tutorial please. Not sure were you live but for the Netherlands this is a great online store to buy all the needed ingredients. Welkom bij Aquariumbemesting.nl If your living in the UK, please...
  10. Solex

    Trimming after melt

    I had all sorts of melting problems with my tank in the first few months. Tried all sorts of different flows and distribution, there was more then enough Co2 getting in the tank. Somehow it (Co2) never really got to the plants, after Ceg's advice to start adding liquid carbon to the tank the...
  11. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    New week, new pictures, the liquid carbon is working great it seems, not much brown left, only the Hygrophila pinnatifida and the Hydrocotyle seem to be not so happy. Blyxa Japonica is growing rapidly and the moss has come ack to life. Have some very small algea spots around dead roots or spots...
  12. Solex

    What other hobby's do you have?

    Flying with remote controlled planes and multicopters 8) Have a nice day! Lexy
  13. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    The new flow and the liquid carbon seem to have worked.I am dosing about 5ml a day. Almost everything looks more green, Blyxa looks fake as green as it is, the moss has started to grow again. I have gotten about 40 little cherry red shrimp and they are doing fine. Thinned out and replanted the...
  14. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Yes there is valis in the back. Have a nice day! Lexy
  15. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    First of all thank you very much for helping this noob out!! I can not say it often enough, thank you! Easycarbo, never used it before, bought it this morning, added 4ml just now (1ml per 50liter) Its more expensiven then the real stuff! It sounds crazy, but this morning when I checked the...
  16. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Ohhh... The larger of two pumps has a spraybar that is too long, it stayed on the back, one half spraying down along the backwall the other half below the surface. The spaybar of the smaller pump is on the rightside, trying different flow patters, but a circular is not one that can be...
  17. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Co2 not getting there! :shocked: wow with all of those thousands of small bubbles and massive injection rate that was one thing I did not expect! The water was foggy with them. Ill set up the bars on the side today. Again this morning there was no scum. Have a nice day! Lexy
  18. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    I was looking at my older pictures, wow plants are much less green at the moment! The moss is more brown then green, no worries, it will come back!
  19. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Happy easter bunny! Almost six weeks, alot less diatoms, there was hardly any scum (its the iron scum version, not the green thick one) on the surface this morning, did a diatom wrubdown of the wood and a extra waterchange. The amount of dust that came off was alot less then last week. They...
  20. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    I got some credits (50 euros) from the store that I bought my light off aquacompleet.nl. Tunze 6015 (1.800 l/h) looks like a nice circulation pump, my fear is that the impellor will eat small fish and stupid shrimps.. Tunze 6015 - Aquacompleet Have a nice day! Lexy
  21. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Hi Clive, I have been searching for par readings, but I cant find them for the 10.000k version of this unit. I know that you cannot see par with your naked eye, but when the lights are at 24% its way to dark for a normal aqaurium level, its light level is as if the sun has just come up. It...
  22. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Haha, thank you for the direct approach 8)
  23. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    back to 24% light, there is still diatoms on parts of the wood and substrate, its not expanding, but it is there and only on the parts were there is high flow. Could it be that iam dosing to much Ferts? added a few more cryptos and microsorum mini. Have a nice day! Lexy
  24. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Maybee that the plants were damaged in the shipping proces, it was a very cold week then.. I was planning to only do one 50% water change from this week, but is that smart with the diatoms? Have a nice day! Lexy
  25. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Just did a 50% water change, the diatoms are still there, but it seems to get less, although slightly (or is it me hoping to hard?) its not bad, but its there. Bolbitis H (Melted) and have been almost all cut down to the rhizome. (remove the rhizomes? or is there a chance that they regrow new...
  26. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Hi Clive! The diatoms started near the surface (10cm below) on the horizontal branches. There is some also on the substrate near the front of the glass were there is alot of flow. Co2 level is high 24/7, it fizzzes on the surface. I have been following the trail of small bubbles, but it does...
  27. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Just poked around with the hose and rubbed off the diatoms of the plants and wood. 60% water change. I had surface scum also, the co2 bubbles made it sticky and it can be removed with a net
  28. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Diatoms have arrived.. reduced the light back to last week settings.
  29. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Bubbles everywere!
  30. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Alright, ill keep adding a overdose CO2. I can hear it fizzz on the surface side of the water :nurse: The boiled water was just there, it needed warm water to dissolve it, as by its instructions. So I used that beacuse I just made tea :)
  31. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Thank you for the tips Clive! I am not disappointed, just my expectations were to high, I thought that there would be more happening in the growth rate. Just a bit impatient I guess.. :) Stems on the left cut back and the tops replanted. The hairgrass has melted to about 15% of its original...
  32. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    A week further, I must admit that I had expected some more growth in the tank. Not in a rush but the only thing that shows progres is the polysperma on the left side of the tank, they have grown about 20cm after they were planted. They are alot denser on the lower side. Hygrophila Pinnatifada is...
  33. Solex

    FE and safety

    We take these things into a fire, so yeah they are pretty safe until you start chopping of the valve or drill holes in the bottle. And keep them upright when in use. Just make sure that they get their checks every few years (assuming that the UK has these tests) Have a nice day! Lexy
  34. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Have a nice day! Lexy
  35. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Hi Clive, no rush here. All other plants look nice, small melting here and there.. No algea, temperature is 22-23C, low lights, short period of light and there are more bubbles of Co2 in the tank then there is in 7up. Have a nice day! Lexy
  36. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    First photos after a week. Hairgrass isnt really soing much, some of it has melted and most has darkened more then when it was planted. Other plants growing very slowly and creating fresh leaves.
  37. Solex

    Roma 200 filtration

    I have a JBL e901 and e1501 on my Co2 pressurized 216l tank. And an upaqua co2 atomizer on each pump Ceg is helpfull and iam taking his advice very seriously :) Have a nice day! Lexy
  38. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Not sure yet! I was planning to use Aquarium planten en toebehoren koopt u bij Aquaplantsonline - Aquaplantsonline : for all of my plants. Bolbitis heudelotii Microsorium pteropus seem to work well together when they are combined on wood. For the rest I have no clue yet, Eleocharis...
  39. Solex

    open topped tank lighting options

    http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=maxspect%20razor%208000k&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD4QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyuzkbs2QLI8&ei=z4gaUfbuNsix0AXcjYDIBQ&usg=AFQjCNG1fKtacBYxZ5uxRTVAyjPETTCRgA&bvm=bv.42261806,d.d2k maxspect razor perhaps? Have a nice day! Lexy
  40. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Yesterday we have drained the aquarium, emptied the hoses and filters, painted the walls of the kitchen and added window foil on two sides of the tank. Aquacompleet.nl mailed me that the led lights have arrived in the Netherlands and are awaiting customs clearance. :) Have a nice day! Lexy
  41. Solex

    Dennerle Continue test, blue water is 4dkh?

    Haha, no I am not a cheapskate.. But if what I have now works, then I do not want to pay almost 20 euros for a bit of blue water. I still have 4 ampules from the dennerle kit. So far I have not found any in my country, so It probably will be comming from aquaessentials in the near future, the...
  42. Solex

    Dennerle Continue test, blue water is 4dkh?

    Hi all, Iam searching all over, but I get mixed reports. Is the blue fluid that comes with the Dennerle continue test 4dkh? CO2 long-term test Correct + pH The manual does not tell me what it is...
  43. Solex

    Hello, from the Netherlands

    Welkom! Have a nice day! Lexy
  44. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Hold on! Do you mean that I need to add 4dkh water into the dropchecker and the blue fluid that comes with the drop checker? Or only the 4dkh water?
  45. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    So the blue water in the dennerle tester is no good? Why does Dennerly not provide it with 4dkh then? So far I can not find it in a online fish shop out here.. :confuzed: Have a nice day! Lexy
  46. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Co2 at the start. after 60 minutes After 180 minutes Little bit too much eh? KH8 according to my water suppliers test report
  47. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Iam testing the waterflow and equipment, one small leak (small drop) on one of the hose connections. I seem to have a nice flow from the front of the glass downward to the bottom, then over the bottom to the backglass. Spray of the spraybar is hitting the frontglass, and halfway up the tank its...
  48. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    I added the water report of my local tap watersupply.
  49. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    We just came home with the aquarium and some spiderwood. Chucked in the wood and I have made a quick photo.. EI index Fertilizers are on the way, brass co2 splitter also. I saw Rasbora Galaxies today .. wow! pretty fish :) Need to decide on: - the background, what window foil to get, perhaps...
  50. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Thank you for the suggestions. I have bought a brass 2 way splitter. Have a nice day! Lexy
  51. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Thank you all for the compliments! Does it need to be a regulated splitter? or can I just use a simple T ? Not sure if a atomizer will get dirty and clog up. Ebay Just got a email that the aquarium is ready for pickup, its a bit of a drive (3 hours) to the shop. Hopefully I get the chance to...
  52. Solex

    My first planted aquarium.. 80x45x60 cm

    Hi all! After Malawi's and not having a aquarium in a few years I am finally getting a planted aquarium! The aquarium will be a optiwhite open aquarium, 80x45x60 cm, 216 liters. It is not ready yet. Our house is situated on a corner, sunlight from all directions, the only place to have one...
  53. Solex

    Hello from Huisduinen..

    Hello all! my name is Alex or Lexy as most friends call me.. 37 years and father of two :thumbup: I live in a small village near Den Helder in The Netherlands and work as a fireman and a volunteer police officer. In the past we have had many Malawi fish, but never any real long term plants...
  54. Solex

    african cichlid scape

    Nice scape! Perhaps you can add some small pebbles to the sand to make it look a bit more natural? The sand looks so perfect at the moment 8) Nice work.
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