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A lot of people keep shrimp in planted aquaria and a lot of people dose various ferts and such for the plants including iron the question would probably be better put as to what level does iron become toxic to shrimp and I do not know the answer either but my recommendation although sending you...

check their anal fins as in picture

plants are not that bothered about the kelvin anywhere between 3000K and 10000K is the norm 6500K being closest to normal daylight most mix and match to bring out the colours and the look that they want.

depends on the type/species of plant my friend.

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if you travel over to Wisbech at any time shout me I always have some available 25p each :)

they were the ones i refered to in post 4 cannot comment on how good or not they are all i will say is 10Lm per led isn't much at all if thats what the specifications on there mean.

there are ways but its down to your diy skills alot of the time, however saying that there are some tube replacement leds out there but how good they are is questionable, yet again that depends on what you want to do with your tank, I have seen some on you tube under LAFISHGUYS that are quite...

not much good if you want any plants to grow when used on their own, however can be used for subdued lighting over a fish only tank, or for moonlight effects at night basically they are not that bright!

info from the net GREEN WATER Description This is a unicellular algae. Water goes cloudy. Sometimes just a green tint, other times it can look like pea soup. Cause Ammonia is often the main cause green water. There may have been an ammonia spike that isn't detected with test kits. Other...

you need to be changing lots of water and replacing with temperatue matched dechlorinated water this will need to be done daily for a good few weeks if not some or all of your fish will die, alternative is to take all fish back to shop and perform a fishless cycle. READ THIS

water parameters? ammonia nitrite nitrate Ph Gh Kh you should really aclimate to get the fish used to your water especially if it has been kept in different water. set up for six days? cycled? if so how?

more details please how long was he in the bag? how long and how did you acclimate? what are your parameters for your tank? what other fish are in there? how long has it been set up? anything else you feel is relevant. also red fire gourami could be a couple of different kinds would be nice to...

do you add ferts?

I always use slip fittings but their major let down is once solvent weld is applied thats it if it is wrong its wrong at least with threaded you do have multiple attempts at correcting any issue. tips and tricks to solvent weld/slip fittings 1 Always dry fit first to make sure it is right 2...

too much oxygen is nigh on impossible to get (unless you start using bottled oxygen), for plants low or fluctuating co2 is bad oxygen is no bother.

air pumps and air stones provide hardly nothing in terms of oxygen except for the fact that they provide surface movement which is where the gas exchange takes place, as long as the surface of you tank has a ripple there will be enough oxygen in the water providing it is not too seriously...

All so called complete ferts contain copper in this minute quantity and it is needed for the plants chemical and biological processes as long as it is not seriously overdosed these ferts are non toxic to all freshwater aquarium inhabitants.

I run 4 4.5w gu10 led 6500k bulbs on my 2 ft cube and it I would guess is in the low light category but it is 24 inches deep obviously so I am asking a lot of them depending on the degree of beam spread would make the difference to light coverage they are available commonly in 40 60 or 120...

well approx you are looking at about 50% loss in flow at 1.5 m on the compact+ series of pumps so the 2000 would pump about 1000l of water at that head height. hope that helps the decision.

The decision on the maximum flow through the sump you can have will be dictated by the size of the drain lines and their design.

They worked well enough for years before we had externals and no you will have to vacuum more as you will be sucking the dirt into the gravel.

The damage to the threads as long as they allow the regulator to be tightened will not be the cause of the leak as the seal should be before the threads(on the front face) as I said previously rubber washers do not work reliably due to the pressures involved but a fiber seal does.

I had a similar issue and rubber just gives with the pressure involved i found a fiber washer worked for me kept it sealed for 2 years anyway till i sold the reg.

I agree there is a possibilty the bulkhead might leak so should we then fit a weir around the inlets too incase their bulkheads leak? What about the pipes/lines what if they should split ?There is a possibilty the aquarium might leak however should we advise not to have an aquarium? there will...

Knowledge only what i have learned, experience lots, expertize only in some things sorry if you took offense as it was not intending but was merely stating the case. A bulkhead fitted correctly has no more of a chance to leak than adding an in-line heater or in-line tap or in-line anything to a...

Then the only thing i can suggest is you learn to do it better as i have to date fitted 43 bulkheads to various tanks and have not had a single one leak, yes i do marine too with sumps and fuges and ato's and have done for many years.

as i said before same with using an external filter normally the risk is the same.

A sealed system cannot continue to produce flow if the entrance of that flow is blocked as water will neither compress or expand and as it is sealed nothing can enter to replace the moved water. Your fx5 probably still pumps because the tap is not fully closed or does not seal. you must replace...

If it was oxygen deficiency the bigger fish would succumb first as they require more oxygen.

I have my tank plumbed similar to your idea parts I used came from online store (fish,fur and feather) 2 x tank connectors, pipe, 2 x ball valves (optional). I disagree with the above if the outlet becomes blocked your filter will not continue to pump water in the tank and cause overflow...

It is also faily low light for that size tank.

pic 1 you have 2 majano anemone's = pest pic 2 yellow thing is a sponge = harmless

no problem glad to help

honey gourami's are not as inbred as dwarf gourami's so they are at this time hardier but do suffer from the same issues as dwarves so make sure you get healthy good fish.

I would say yes