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Hi I'm trying to grow some hairgrass in my tank and indeed it grows and it would look a nice healthy green if it wasn't for twisted leaves. Most of the at least grow twisted or ondulated. I'm dosing the advanced Seachem protocol calculated on a realistic 130L of water, the tank is 180L but sand...

Yesterday i received my new "super" macro lens and this is the best shot i could take without tripod of the 10 days old fry. The little thing moves so fast it is really hard to get a clear shot...and field of depth is also very thin... :) For those who are interested the shot was taken with an...

I started eleocharis submersed, it was even in a bad shape as i got a 50% discount on the bulk, it took about 4 days to grow some roots,and adapt, yellowish leaves died and some of the old ones got a little algae but growths are now dominant with new sprouts everywhere after only 8 days. I have...

The egg hatched last night and what looks like a healthy fry is swimming in the nano cube now. I'm gonna add a nursery in there and confine the fry in it for a couple of weeks or until it grows a little, this is to make the feeding process easier which I'm gonna start the day after tomorrow...

3 days ago after that water change i found an egg, I then moved it into the nano but I'm unsure if it has gone bad or not. I didn't have a chanche to add the alder cones as they haven't been shipped yet. I tried to macro it but my best macro lens only allows for 105mm at 45cm and the light is...

Can you please elaborate?

Ottos usually eat slightly boiled zucchini, mine sure do and amano as well but not all zucchini are alike, try different batches. Yesterday i added two slices of zuccchini in my tank and surprisingly no one even touched them while they usualy dig holes in them...so it might be this batch they...

I was wondering how effective bioconditioners are. I mean how long does the effect last? Are metal particles released back in the water at some point? I'm asking because i was planning to prepare hundreds of liters ahead to avoid messing up with water every time. I've always been using Sera...

I think i have 2 females and 3 males as they are pestering the presumed females two on one, some times three on one. This morning i had to change water in the main 180L tank and I tried to avoid more than 1° temp changed but it went down 2 to 2.5° now they have been doing these crazy dances for...

OK thanks, I'll try out your hints. One more question, do alder cones damage filter bacteria as blu methilene does? I managed to buy a 40pcs lot off internet...as there are no alders in my area.

Thanks for the replies, I wouldn't know where to find alder cones but i have some peat from JBL, i guess that produces the same effect? How long should I leave the temp to say...22°(is that cold enough?), the full night after water change? Is brine shrimp a valid option to worms? I can find live...

Hi there, I'm about to attempt a breed-inducing tech for Cory Pandas for the first time and while there are several guides on the web I found a lack of detail about few aspects so I'm here asking to anyone who has any experience with this. As the guides can be easily found I will not be writing...

It looks like i've been cheering up way too early. I've been dosing 10ml of liquid carbon every day, increased co2 and added full ferts following the advanced Seachem protocol including Nitrogen and Phosphorus, changed 50% of water every other day but Staghorn is still growing on LNP (and LNP...

In the end i got tired of this salts complication and went back mixing tap water+bio and osmosis water, thanks anyway. Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

I'm dosing 6,5 ml of liquid carbon every 2 days as the seachem protocol indicates so should i dose double by adding 6,5 ml every day or a single dose every two days of about 13ml? Does it even makes a difference? For the fishes i mean, trying not to harm them. Anyway with the ferts and increased...

I'll check the filter whool and change 50% water for the next week or so. Should i intervene cutting all the infected leaves or what? Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

Yeah but it doesnt explain why algae are growing on LNP leaves, water is not pollutted, i dose food to fishes with extreme care and the fishes are very few compared to the tank size, the filter is 4 months old so i don't really get it. The strange thing is that i have planted some fast growing...

Frak, i'm now seeing small filaments of what looks like stag horn algae on leaves more or less everywhere and from my experience those don't get eaten by amano shrimps nor otocinclus.... I've been dosing full ferts and full light cycle and increased co2(to the point where the perma test is lime...

Otocinclus Affinis and Corydoras panda live in nature with a 6-6.5 ph so i try to get as close as possible.

I need kh 4 to get ph 6.6 with CO2 so yes i need RO. Anyway i'll give those link a read. Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk

Jesus this is a nightmare....is there no other option to make our own water? Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk

Well i dunno that much about chemistry but i wasn't gonna boil em up, just heat em enough to melt properly. Sub 80º Celsius anyway Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk

What if i get a stainless steel pot and heat up the osmosis water and the salts on the kitchen fire? It should melt super fast and save me some hassle...?

I will try adding a thermoregulator in the tank plus air bubbles to keep the water in movement. Thanks for the hint. Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk

I'm using "Sera Mineral Salt" to condition my osmotic water to KH 4 but when i add the salts, whatever the concentration it won't melt properly leaving a LOT of white particles in the water solution and thus the KH is never what it is expected to be. I agitated the tanks for days but the...

Last question, do you think i should increase the lightning period gradually? I'm running 5,5hrs atm plannig to raise that early next week then another half hr by next weekend and so on. Any hint on this? Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

Thanks, i'll be off buying a solenoid early next week and try all the hints posted. I'll give you feedback on the results as i get any. Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

This way the ph will be going up and down day/night by a significant ammount or am i wrong? Is this a good thing for batceria in the filter and life in general in the tank? Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

Also changing 50% water a weeks seems pretty extreme but i will try and read the links you posted. Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

Uhm i guess it is old style, i can post the images to be sure, individual bottles they are yes... Seachem might be expensive and whatsoever but it is easy to find where i live and i can't say the same thing for other manufacturers so i'd rather stick with Seachem for now. Atm i have Flourish...

Errr no i dont have a ph meter, i use the JBL high precision test to check it...and also the Dennerle long term co2 test and it's dark green actually, which means i should be safe increasing co2. Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk

Ok i understand that reasoning but why you say "these lights"? I consider myself a newbie so please try to elaborate so that i get things crystal clear. And btw thanks every one for the feedback. And with Kh 4 how much can i really push the ph(co2 concentration) without hurting the fishes...

There are few things i don't understand, from what i've read from several sources LNP needs as much as 0,8-1 Watts per liter while i have about 0,5-0,6 and you are saying i've got too much light? This really confuses me. I think i made it clear that i have a pressurized co2 system i just need to...

I'll start with half dose to be on the safe side with Seachem ferts and see the results. About CO2 i'm more worried about fishes, i rly don't want to suffucate em as i don't have a digital PHmeter with electronic valve to shut it off automatically. From what i've seen from kh-ph charts when u...

Tank details: Juwel Rio 180 (180 liters) Filter Eheim Professionel 3e 1200 liters/h(4 months cycled) 1x 45W JBL Ultra Solar 4K neon (10 months old 8hrs/day) 1x 45W Dennerle Amazon Day 6500K Neon (10 months old 8hrs/day) Fert soil by JBL covered by brownish ceramic quartz 5 to 15cm Ruwal 20W UV...

Well to combine high flow rate with sterilization i recently bought a EHEIM Professionel 350 Elettronic and a Ruwal 20W UV-C sterilizer lamp which can sterilize 97-99% of the organisms in the water with a 1000 l/h water flow(if the flow is lower even better). The filter powerhead is rated at...

Does anyone have any experience with these UV-C lamps in planted tanks with fishes? How to use them, when to use them and how many hours per day? I read some people suggest to use it only a hour or so per day other people leave it perma on... Any collateral damage they might cause?

No particular reason to say the truth besides the fact that yesterday i found a dea shrimp. The rest of the fauna seems more than ok. Let's hope it stays that way. Thanks for the info I'll check the database you provided.

Today after two weeks of serious foggy water issues in the my tank as described here i decided to do a massive water change(also due to a dead shrimp found yesterday evening). While cleaning the upper filter(i got a Juwel Bioflow 3.0) i noticed very thin worms moving in the water residue and...

I'll try thanks.

The filter is the internal RIO 180 one but i'm 100% postive the fog is not due to dust/gravel in the water as i used a prefilter for micro particles wich worked very well in the past when i had dust/gravel fog in the water, it came out clean so it is due to bacteria. I also clean the upper...

Arf, no one is able to cast a bit of light on the matter? I'm even unsure wether i should do weekly water changes :nailbiting: Should i get an UV lamp to get rid of the excess bacteria?

Exactly one week ago i changed 50 litres of water from my 180L planted tank, only this time rather than pouring the water directly in the tank i poured it in the filter to minimize sand disturbances. I understand know that was a terrible mistake because the next day i had a dense fog in the...

After applying JBL SymecMicro filtering vellum the result was crystal clear water, it needed about 24hrs. These are the results: Oh i changed 20% of the water before using the new filter material. Thanks everyone for the support!

Yeah my guess too, tomorrow as soon as i have news i'll update the thread. Thanks for the support so far.

It's not bacteria.

I used JBL Aquabasis Plus as fertilizer then 4 to 8 cm(i made some hills) of polychrome sand 2-3mm on top of it, I don't think it's leaking dirt... :-/ I'll be sure tomorrow when i change most of the water thou, btw the tank is 8 days old now so I have yet to do some maintenance. The makeshift...

Yes, back to front, i keep it in the middle of the room so you can see trough. By the way, click on the image, it gets bigger :) On the left you can see the out filter shell covered with "dust" and some spots where i used a sponge to remove the dust... So the water really is filled with...

This is what i came up with to filter the output flow but even so the "fog" doesnt go away. I'm pretty sure it isn't bacterical as it has always been there... Tomorow i'll try a 75% water change.

Then i have to conclude that the particles in the water are just too small to be filterrd by standard wool. I will try with a JBL special fiber which is claimed to filter down to 1/1000 of mm. I have no other explanations than this one as i setupthe filter accordingly to specs.

I'll get some pics up asap, but i think the pump is well seated into its cavity. The problem might just be the inadequacy of the filter...anyway today i prepared myself some sort of post-filter filter...i got a plastic bottle and cut it in half then using a lead soldering unit to puncture little...

If you are talking about the mid hole that is between the anaerobic(upper) and anaerobic(bottom) filter then i'm positive it is not blocked. The flow going out of the pump is strong indeed but it looks like it has no effect of filtration... Just a question, it might look silly but at this point...

I tried setting up the flow in various directions so that it moves the floating residue, fact is the mechanical filter is very inefficient as only a very small part of water gets sucked into it and thus cleaned. Besides the fact the my water remains foggy due to dirt particles the water surface...

Hi everyone, i recently bought this new tank, the Juwel RIO 180 and filled it with fertilizer, polychrome substrate, plants and such then started the filtering system to clean the water as i noticed i didnt wash it as well as i tought. As a matter of fact the water was kinda brownish after the...