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Excellent, no problems then? I assume that the wider hose that comes with the 3/405 would fit anyway as the grey connectors are the same diameter.

I am using the 4dkh and bromo blue in my DC yes, and it's reading green/very slightly yellow colour, I'll move it around over the next day or so and see if it changes. Well, the affected areas are pretty much everywhere, the crypts are quite low down and the outlet nozzles from the filter are...

Tropica Plant Nutrition+ and EasyLife ProFito, although that's been recommended just for trace elements.

Exactly which parts did you replace? The tap unit or just the filter body? Cheers.

Me again, don't worry I'm probably as sick of problems as you are of hearing about them, basically my tank has lots of algae which will not go away. The tank's the same 190 litre w/ 2x24W T-5s and a pressurised c02 system. I got 5 Tropica Ludwigia repens ''Rubin'' and two crypts from AE's...

I've looked through the instruction manual that came with the tank myself, and found that all the connectors for the filter i.e. the outlet/inlet tubes, ribbed hosing and the aquastop/connecting valve are the same for all the X05 series filters. Anyone got any thoughts about this and if my idea...

Major bump, sorry! When you say head/body of the filter, what exactly do you mean? I was looking at the hosing in my LFS yesterday and noticed that the grey rubber connectors are identical, only the actual ribbed hosing section is wider on the 3/405 piping. Which to me seems to indicate that...

Ok, I'll get onto it. Dig a way down, bury the roots and just cover up yeah? I assume the more roots they grow the more they'll anchor down into the substrate?

I've recently planted my aquarium with Tropica Ludwigia repens ''Rubin'', after removing my previous Amazon Sword which took to growing right out of the tank and was wondering about whether to leave them in their pots or not, as I want to get these planted correctly and hopefully get my new...

It seems that way, in the same place as well, maybe I've just been unlucky twice. Just wondered if anyone had similar experiences.

My second Rhinox diffuser has broken in the space of four month. On both of them a crack has formed at the shoulder where the pipe joins the diffuser disc, thus allowing gas to leak out in great bubbles. Neither were tampered with in any real way they were just left to bubble away and cleaned...

That's good, I don't think the spraybar will be doing any good for the co2 injection, so it can go now. Cheers.

Seems that the leak has gone, the second canister is still going at 2bps without showing any signs of stopping. I'm thinking I may need more plant mass now as the algae's coming back. Either that or I need to cut the fert dosing down. Complete tangent question rather than make a new thread -...

Yeah my Dad mentioned using that although I'm crossing my fingers that the leak's gone, I'm going to to and check again now actually. Thanks for the tip. :)

Your advice continues to be excellent, turns out I had a leak between the regulator and the needle valve, so I did it another half-turn and I doubt it'll go much further, either way there's no more bubbles, everywhere else seems pretty secure when I tested. There's now only a barely-audible...

Not smoke 'in' the thing just 'around' to see if anything is leaking, but your idea sounds better. I think it's coming from the nut on the black wheel on the regulator, I'm about to give the tank a good clean so I'll check for it then. Many thanks.

Yeah the smoke cleared up after a while, just now I've got the trouble with the fact the canister seems to have emptied overnight. The only possible thing I can think of (aside from a faulty canister) is that the regulator seems to be hissing a little bit and that I may have a loose connection...

Ok things aren't looking good. When the solenoid closed last night the canister had 50bar pressure left, I got up this morning and it's totally empty. All the connections are tight and it was working perfectly well last night and now it's all gone, and because the solenoid was closed, it...

Urgh, now it seems there's something up with the diffuser, rather than go up the spiral the bubbles are squirting out of a tiny hole and going through the diffuser disc but not up the spiral so I can't count them properly. That and the diffuser's giving off tonnes of white cloudy bubble rather...

Excellent advice as always, deserves to be pinned.

Excellent, I'm just cleaning the diffuser off now and then putting it all together. Thanks for all the help!

Just a question about conecting it all up, this may be a little odd for me to explain though. When attatching the co2 line to the needle valve or the solenoid, do you completely unscrewed the nuts, insert the line onto the nozzle and then feed the nut over the length of the line and tighten it...

Well I have most of the next week to fiddle with it, I'm going to build it up tomorrow then I'll see how it goes. I'll be getting a drop checker soon to aid me anyway.

Would a lower bps rate be better until I have an accurate way of measuring the co2 concentration?

Ok all my stuff's finally here, just a quick run-through the setup if I may. The wheel on the regulator is turned 'off' as far as I can tell, it won't turn any closer to " - ", so connect that to the canister, couple of inches of co2 tubing to the solenoid (I assume the arrow is the flow) (And...

Excellent thank you, I'll get round to getting a drop checker as soon as I can then. Just got to wait for the rest of my stuff to arrive and I'll get the new kit set up as well. Many thanks.

Well weeks sounds fine to me, I know where I can get 600g bottles rather than the 390g so that should bump the time up a bit. Would this be the right stuff to add to the dKH? http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?...;products_id=81 Is that a liquid form or some other kind of test item...

Ah. I was hoping for longer than 'not very long', roughly any idea what we're talking in weeks? EDIT: I also need a drop checker, do they require just 4dKH solution? Or do they need something else as well? For instance this: http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?...roducts_id=1991 says it's...

So 1.5-2 going into the needle valve yeah? Then adjust that to make X amount of bubbles per minute? (Do you have any recommendations for bps or do I just adjust it to make the CO2 a certain level in the tank?) Also how long do you reckon a bottle will last at the times you've said? It's a...

Ok I've got all I need beside the timer switch, new ferts and adaptor (they're on the way), so could I ask about the set-up now? I assume the black wheel on the top of the regulator is the pressure control dial, and that the left dial is pressure remaining in the bottle, and the right the...

Okay the Solenoid and Needle valve arrived, I'm going to get the rest ASAP and then I'll no doubt need some advice about setting it up and timing the lights/solenoid for the best results. Merry Christmas by the way! :D

Anyone?

Indeed, I just ordered the shizzle I need for this from Germany, praying it gets here before Christmas. I'll have a look around for those adaptors, If I can't find one I'll get it from AqEss.

Know any local shops that sell them shall we say 'In Real Life'? I just noticed you're in Worksop which is down the road lol, so if you know anywhere I'd love to hear. EDIT @ SuperColey - Does fitting the three-pin plug let you fit a 13AMP fuse rather than the 1A that shaver adapters come with...

Just ordered the solenoid and needle valve, will the solenoid work with just an adapter or do I need any kind of step-down transformer for it? Its only a two-pin plug but my shaver's the same and works with just an adapter. Cheers.

Dimensions are 81L x 46H x 31W cm, I can upload a picture that's from my phone, but it's pretty awful quality. Gallonage is 21 imperial G. Two pics, sorry for quality, ignore the actual state of the contents, they were awaiting rehoming...

Excellent, they replied to my message about shipping costs, should be getting them ordered today or tomorrow.

Selling a Juwel Rekord 96 Tank with Fluval black-silver cabinet to go underneath. That's the handle-less push-door kind. Tank's not got any particular damage to it, needs a clean but I'll do my best to sort that if anyone's interested in buying it. Comes with a 24W T-8 PowerGlow bulb and...

Ok I'm back home, should be getting the stuff ordered at the end of this week, Christmas is sapping my limited funding. A quick question, when I get this new liquid fert and the co2 system set up, how's best to tackle the algae? Will it receed on its own or does it need to be dealt with...

Okido then I'll pass that advice on to my parents and get them to keep me posted. As I say I won't be able to get anything done myself for about a week now, so don't think I've ignored anything you've said, no doubt I'll be back here when I get all the equipment together to update with how it's...