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If a tank were to miss dosing for a time, same no NO3 for several weeks and the plants started to show N deficiency, how long (roughly) after you start dosing NO3 again would it be reasonable to think the plants would start to show a recovery? Cheers Sam

Are you less likely to get pearling in hard water? Reason for asking is that I've just redone my work tank and put 100% tap into the tank which will be very hard given that I'm in Oxford shire. Since doing it the HC hasn't't pearled, not a major issue as I can see that its growing, just...

Just received mine from the PFK subscription offer, and looking at it, is it me or is the vast amount of sponge media almost pointless? As far as I can tell the water will just pass into the sponge chamber via the top weir slats and over the top of the sponge and out the hole at the top of the...

Hi All, I just wanted to let people konw that there has been a recent change in the law covering certain plants. Schedule 9 of the Widlife and Countryside Act 1981 lists all those species which it is an offence to sell or to cause to spread in the wild. A revision of this Scheudle came into...

Well people, I stripped my 4ft down again two weeks ago today. A complete strip down, filter, new substrate, everything. And given how well my work tank is doing I figured I do the same in the hope it would sort whatever is wrong with this dam tank. Quick stats Tank - 48x18x18" Filter -...

This is my work tank, bingo bango :D Scape is nothing special, but at least Ive proved to myself that I can actually do it right! Ignore the bunch of red stems at the centre left, I wanted to add some colour so got some cheap stems that Ive not planted yet. Sam

Well I changed the substrate in my 4ft to eco complete a few weeks back and the same thing is happening with the HC, as you can see. I'm back to thinking it could be the water? The leaves almost look burned? The only other thing it could be is the lighting but given that I've had a few...

Hi All I just wanted to let people know that I have recently had excellent customer service from Hydor when I had to return my Eth 300w external heater. I got continued emails regarding the progress of their testing and the outcome, with them eventually replacing the unit completely despite not...

Hi all :) Just wanted to pass on a bit of a warning re open top tanks, glass outlets and evaporation. Having rescaped my 4ft over the Easter bank hols, I had to go away from Wednesday until Sunday. During this time the water level in the tank dropped by around 2cm (dont ask, I'm sure I filled...

So to test the theory that CO2 is the issue in my 4ft 250lt I removed the fish and shrimp and whacked the CO2 right up, to well over the fish death level (I unfortunately left two oto's in there, which were in a shocking state when I found them and probably wont have survived much longer, but...

In keeping with my new 'short and simple' philosophy -> Can you have to much flow in the tank? For the plants that is, not the fish and in terms of growth rates, I appreciate that very fast flow could snap stems etc, but I'm really interested in the effect on growth :) Sam

EVDERYONE PLEASE IGNORE ANY AND ALL CORESPONADACE FROM Circuital THE LINK IS TO A SITE SELLING VIAGRA AND OTHER SUCH THINGS. PLEASE IGNORE. SAM

Am I right in thinking we are welcoming Aquariums Ltd to the forum? Great to have them on board if they are! We need shops that sell tanks that meet our requirements/needs. Let me be the first to say Hi :) Sam

Anyone getting the CAU 2009 calendar, great inspiration for the whole year! http://www.cau-aqua.net/index.php?optio ... =2&lang=en Sam

I just wanted to say a small ‘woohoo’ to myself for being chosen for the latest PFK email, which has my nano in the ‘your tanks’ section :) It’s a small thing but I'm pleased. Sam

I'm having real problems with my new 4ft tank. So far I've lost £50 worth of HC in it, and I've just added a further £20 of glosso, val nann, P.helferi and a little bit more HC. Quick setup stats Tank - 48x18x18 Lighting - 2x54w T5 - Osram Lumilux 880 Skywhite Fluorescent and Sylvania...

Anyone got any thoughts on backgrounds for tanks? I'm thinking my 20g deserves a decent photo shoot without all the equipment, but I'm not really sure on a background for the tank. Could go with the classic black but not sure if thats best? I dont want anything permanent so no paint or vynil...

To any one wanting to sort hand this (I understand :)) I have highlighted in bold the important bits. Right, so some of you (hopefully ;)) read my thread about the gold fish bowl and them updating the planted section. Well I popped into the shop a few days a go and this is what I found One...

Not sure if this has been posted on here, cant hurt re-posting it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=isONB5HU_R8 Sam

Just thought I would let people in the Oxford area know, The Gold Fish Bowl have just spent £5k sorting out their plants and in around two weeks will be ripping out their out dated cascade system in favour of a complete dennerle system. CO2, base layer substrate, heater cables (:shock: thats...

As some of you may know I recently experimented with growing HC emersed, but as it was not working I added some NH3 to the water I was spraying the plants with to see if that helped (it didn't BTW). I did a NH3 test on the water that was in the tank 24hr after it got a spray and the test showed...

Just wanted to say that after seeing Dave's easy connectors for air lines, I went hunting, and found these http://www.osmotics.co.uk/union-connect ... -p-55.html So I got two and they arrived today, along with my new FE's (more on those below). I thought I would set one up to see if it was...

Anyone know how tall 5kg FE's are? Probably going to get one this time instead of the 2kg, but not if they are very tall. I'm hoping they are short and fat rather than tall and thin? Cheers Sam

Dont we need a lighting forum?

Anyone used or know anything about this stuff? I'm guess its a rival to excel? http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... ts_id=1715 Sam

Ive posted in the 'where to by sub-forum' but thought I would say on here as well that the gold fish bowl in oxford has lots (12-15 pieces) of redmoor wood in at the moment, a bit pricey as they start at £15 for a piece with just two branches, but worth a look if you're in the area. Nothing...

Hi All, I was looking at my 20g tank last night and noticed the R.rotundifolia was doing this... I've not changed the light from my 2x18w Arcadia freshwater (tank is 24USg = 1.5WPG), but I have added CO2 and Im dose some ferts and trace more often now. I have resigned myself to doing EI...

Just wondering if using excel as per the instructions has any effect at keeping algae away? Or is it only when adding at 3x the does? Also, as you have to add it daily does this mean it breaks down quite quickly? I want to make up a stock solution so that each time I do a water change the...