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This is the End.... Not enough time anymore to fully care about it. I'll come back to it one day

I moved 2 months ago from Tropica Plant Growth fertilizer to Aqua Rebell Basic Ensen + Makro NPK and I absolutely love this product! Plants look healthier and no algae at all :)

Unfortunately few days after removing the cyano came back. After trying many different products and technics, I think I finally found the perfect working product: UltraLife Blue-Green Slime. Within a week 100% of the cyano was gone and never came back so far. [emoji4][emoji106]

5 days later, plants are ok, fish too and cyano disappeared at 99%. Still a bit underground behind the front glass .. [emoji2956]

Cyano black out War: Day 1 [emoji3063]

It had to happen one day.... [emoji24]

One month has passed, quite happy with the overall growth. No major issue to be reported. Back to standard WC plan with 50% weekly. Little bit of cyano to fight with but I guess it's normal until the parameters get fully stable.

The new ADA Amazonia v2 soil was great to set and didn't make the water messy which is great but wow this thing releases A HUGE amount of ammonia in the water! I have done daily WC the first week otherwise ammonia and nitrite were sky high! Now everything seems fine, no fish loss [emoji7] Plants...

Here is the SDIESEL77 V2 SCAPE

After almost 3 years with this aquascape it was now the time for a change.

Thanks for your messages guys. I really like my Thermo600 pump however I agree that the heater isn't the best quality. I could see after only few months of use that the inside was getting kind of burnt with oxydation already.

Photos from this evening, probably one of the last ones with this scape. I'm now really getting bored of it and feel it will be time to rescape [/IMG]

A small update to day that the tank is still doing fine... Although now I'm tempted to do a full rescape. [emoji28] Last night, a little incident happened: Following 2 years of good use, my Last Thermo 600 had been running all fine until last night where the heater decided to die [emoji24] 3...

Following last month Anubias "genocide", the tank is now recovering slowly. 2 types of Anubias survived (barely): 1 Nana and 1 Pinto. I also increased my daily fertilizer dose by 2ml Here are some photos from today Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Still stunning ! Did you keep the same light settings or did you increase it? Do you still use the same fert? I ckecked theplantedtank.co.uk and it seems the website is down

Here is something new: 3 weeks ago, I introduced a new plant specie in my tank, bought an Anubias Gold. It looked nice for approximately 5 days and then started to rot. Not only a week later the plant was fully dead but the brown rot spread on all my other anubias species and eventually after 2...

Can you keep this solution prepared in containers for few weeks? Do you think the 2 solutions (macro and micro) can he mixed in 1 container?

Thanks Mark! I also use the same light but at 100% 10h daily and I am starting to get little bit of Green Spot algae so I'll probably start reducing it to 70%. Can you tell me more about what EI you use and what dosage? thx

Very nice tank! :clap: What light schedule is the Twinstar set on? What fert do you use? thx

Anubias and Buce starting to have BBA, I'll now try going back to weekly WC (instead of biweekly) to see if it resolve the issue.

Thx, no never tried but not a big fan of putting posters on the back glass. Maybe a white sandy film but it'll highlight algea on the glass (of any) Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

Now moved from 50% weekly water change to every two weeks and plants seem even happier [emoji41] Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Yes I still have a little bit of it but I slightly decreased the light time and increased fertiliser dose + now daily dosing liquid carbon and it's almost all gone

The tank is now 7 months old and I have to say I'm quite happy with the current look of it. I slightly reviewed my daily dosage and here is the current daily dosing: 6ml of Tropica Premium 6ml of Tropica Plant Growth 4ml of Easycarbo I also slightly reduced the lighting time and intensity to...

Yes so far no real issue. Only think I saw last week was the LED light doing some on/off ultra brief low flashes for few minutes during the night

Thre 3 males are currently trying to mate with the 2 females so they're very colourful

I had to order them from a local shop (seahorse) 3 males and 2 females

I really like these guys [emoji39]

Thx Harry [emoji2956]. Lovely tank you have too [emoji106] Here is a further view

Thx a lot Ady [emoji2956]

Photo of the day following a good trim [emoji41]

The Qanvee is well built and seems reliable but my tank looked like a bottle of Sprite full of bubbles so I was hoping to get more discrete bubbles with the JBL. I'll keep a standard atomiser, the tank water will look much clearer.

There is a chance that it was due to bottom skimmer grid being blocked by dead leaves which made top skimmer sucking too much water and also air. I changed yesterday the place of the skimmer, I'll see if it's better within free days

Update of the day: I don't think I'll ever use an inline Co2 diffuser again!! [emoji51] Today, I decided to replace my Qanvee inline diffuser by a JBL one, hoping for more discrete bubbles. The JBL lasted 10min before breaking and it almost flooded my house ! Never again, done with inline...

It's been now 2 months, didn't clean it yet. I guess maybe every 3 months.

Yes 1 bag of purigen in my canister filter

Really good so far. Great results on plants. Had to increase fertiliser dose even.

Photos of the evening

No never seen metal lily. I guess it's because it would block the view too much

Try the metal ones then. Will look neater

As already said, really nice design, well balanced [emoji39] But I'll be so much better with glass pipes instead of the black plasticky ones... ;)

Really nice design and colors ! Everything look healthy [emoji41]

I wouldn't know but to be sure, you can go on the following website and ask, they should have the answer [emoji41] http://www.hinterfeld.com/hinterfeld-programable-smart-controller-for-led-fan-dc-pump/

Day 1 of new inline CO2 diffuser Qanvee M2. So far no leaks and nice bubbles through the lily pipe. Apparently they'll get smaller after 36h of use. But so far, happy with the value/price, looks very well built. [emoji106]

ATO Reefloat ATU-Pro3-20 (Auto top up) received installed, no more manual daily water top up [emoji106][emoji41]

Just using the same pipe with the manual siphon method

Quite simple, here are the elements used: Water Container of 20L Pump Oase Optimax 3000 Basic remote control electric plug connected to the pump 8meters tubing to go from the container in my kitchen sink to the aquarium JBL InFlow set going in the tank connected to the tubing Method: Put the...

Hi Gareth, any update on this great scape? :)

I noticed that my sand is becoming browning in some places and that it is probably due to not enough move there. I added a power head last month however it doesn't seem to help much. I currently do not have any fish moving the sand. Would you recommend some that wouldn't mess up the substrate? I...

Do you have fish doing sand shifting such as corrydoras or Kuhlis? What's your cleaner crew like?

Nice growth [emoji123][emoji41][emoji106]

Really nice and stylish design, love the sand color ![emoji41] What's your plan in terms of fish?

Great design, very nicely balanced [emoji41]

Yesterday was the day of the EASY LAZY WATER CHANGE [emoji39][emoji41]

Brown and green algae finally gone [emoji41] Cycle doing well [emoji41]. Remaining fish transferred from old tank.

Ok for the sand. If you look at the last photo you can see I actually added a trident exactly at this spot [emoji41]

More plants, more fish (Otto, ember tetra) added [emoji41] First trim and replant. These ones are growing super fast: - Ludwigia sp. mini super red - Pogostemon stellata - Alternanthera reineckii 'Rosanervig' - Hydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan'

I got just in case a single assassin snail this morning. Blue Ram would eat pest snails? I have a pair in my old tank that I'm planning to move soon to this new one. Not planning any sand shifter, is this an issue to keep this level of sand?

Arghhhh gutted, I just saw that I have few pest snails in my tank :(. I usually bleach my plants before putting them in the tank. And didn't do it with last batch. I'll get a single assassin snail tomorrow

Evening photo [emoji41]

Thx Matt! Definitely understand you for the gobies. When I had a reef tank I used to have them too as they were the best fish to watch but they were also a nightmare as they kept covering my corals with sand! :)

I just heard that the salt can crystallise after few days in the solution, if so, could it be a problem for the use with a dosing pump?

Here is the new light schedule: 2.30pm: 0% 3pm: 70% 9pm: 60% 10pm: 0% Regarding the fern, would you put it on this rock?

I read about it somewhere once but no sure where Delicate Brown hairy algae Ok for the sunrise, sunset. Same amount of time 7h daily? What do you mean by later lighting going down sharply? What setup/time would you recommend? What kind of plants? I'm looking for slow growing plants if...

As the tank is currently very new and I'm getting the normal early stage algae, here is the current schedule: 2.30pm 5% 3.30pm 30% 4pm 50% 4.30pm 100% 8pm 50% 9pm 30% 10pm 0%

It is the Hinterfeld S2pro

Great little gadget installed today: the S2pro Smart LED Controller :) This little gadget now controls my Twinstar 900S light amazingly well! Instead of being on/off it is now fully programmed to start at a certain time then slowly ramping up and finally slowly decreasing until switch off time...

Excellent! Possibly a stupid question but could it work this way with a dosing pump?: - 1 container with mixed Macro elements dosed every two days (when Micro isn't dosed) - 1 container with mixed Micro elements dosed every two days (when Macro isn't dosed)

Amazing scape! Well Done! What EI Salts do you use? What quantity? Thx :) Currently using Tropica Plant growth and thinking to move to EI Salts. Can you use it in a dosing pump with daily dose?

I'll be probably adding some Blue Velvet Shrimps if I get a good deal on them

Btw really like your tank [emoji41][emoji7] Looks very healthy! What fish/shrimps do you have?

Yep, my goal is to try to not have plants over taking the whole tank neither. I still want to see the rocks and roots

There is one here between the root and the rock ;)

Ahhh ok [emoji41]

Actually, this photo was my inspiration (can't remember where I got it). I think the difference between the 900E and S is that the S spectrum is whiter

I have to say I'm amazed with the quality of this light! For this price they could have added a timer/dimmer but other than that the plant colors are amazing and I can already notice growth after 4 days in the tank! I have ordered the timer/dimmer, now waiting for delivery [emoji14] Can't...

Thx Warren! I currently have a nano tank I'll transfer the fish from it. 12 Tetra cardinal, 3 red nose, 3 corys, 2 blue ram, 1 Siamese algae eater, 2 Nerite snails and 2 amano. I'm thinking of adding 10 more Tetra, 2 blue ram, 1 Siamese, 2 amano and some red cherry or blue nano shrimps

Thanks mate [emoji41]

Specs: Aquarium: Aquascaper 900 Volume: 202L Light: Twinstar 900S + S2 Pro Dimmer/Timer (7h daily with 1h ramp) Substrate: Ada Amazonia v2 soil Hardscape: Dragon Stones Filter: Oase Thermo 600 + Glass Lily & Skimmer pipes CO2: 20 bps via stainless steel diffuser Fertiliser: 8ml daily of...

Wow, do you do it straight from the tap or do you stock the water first?

Nice! Are you still changing 90L weekly?

Hey, I am getting the same tank this week with the same light too so really interested to see how you're getting on with the algae battle o_O