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I've got £150 burning in my pocket that needs spent :hyper:, going to put external heater on the bottom of the wish list though as it's not that important really :lol: Not sure minnnters, used to be able to hand feed them, touch them and everything but they just turned really paranoid. Random...

I'll prob have the fish sitting in the other tank for a day or two so i've got plenty of time to scape the tank before they get re-added. But i'll bucket them, will prob take alot longer then i think to dig out all that sand and move the tank. It'll just be the green terror and shark in the tank...

Doesn't the pH go nuts during a cycle anyway? :unsure:

Pretty sure you'll be able to skim through it in no time though :lol: Alright, the 1st coat of paint is on the stand - it seems steady enough :fun: Moving the tank is my worry, it's going to be a struggle getting it up the bend on the stairs :unsure:. Here's my plan though just to make sure...

Above is the tank in its current form, minus the beautiful female green terrors :sad:. The wood does fit pretty well but for the stocking i've got think i might try chop it up abit? Now here's the dangerous bit of it all, the tank will be going upstairs :fun:, that part really isn't worrying me...

FLUVAL ROMA 240 JOURNAL 2nd July 2012 CURRENT STOCK: 1x Green Terror, Male. 1x Rainbow Shark, Male. 1x Kribensis, Male. PLANTS: Java Fern Java Moss Anubias Nana LIGHTING: Hagen Aqua-Glo T8 Hagen Power-Glo T8 EQUIPMENT: AquaManta EFX 400 APS Powerhead 2500 300w Internal Heater SUBSTRATE...

Looking good, didn't know you had a journal going until recently lol so i skimmed through it like you did mine :fun: . :D poor guy might take some time to adjust, he was in a tank with only a guppy and a BN for months. Nice to see he's coloured up pretty well though, alot better then when i used...

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Well my CO2 still isn't working so this time i decided to stick an air pump into the tube and still nothing is coming out so seems my diffuser is somehow blocked, though it looked perfectly fine? HELP! :blush: Edit: deffo was the diffuser as i tried to use an airstone and it's now pumping co2 :S

NOES just bought the limpopo :grr: LOL, the pH in my 55g is 7.6 with playsand so it must just be a 'default'! The DIY co2 is set up and the mix is on the brew, hopefully it doesn't leak :lol: Now we just need the apisto to breeeeed :shout: oh yeer for my fans, 55g tank stand is been built :good:

Page 1, opening post "SUBSTRATE: Unipac Limpopo Black" YOU SKIMMER :lol: Now that i think about it think my pH was sitting at around 7.2-7.4 without the CO2 so really it hasn't gone up alot at all. Apisto have been 'twitching' at each other a little too, even in the higher pH. CO2 take #5 has...

It was sitting just below 7 before the substrate change, i did research little on the substrate and only seen 1 person saying it raised there pH. Was trying to get it down for them to breed and now it's high enough for me to go get myself some african cichlids :angry: LOL.

Just tested my pH with the tank lights off, little day-light coming through the window and it's reading 7.6 on the low pH and 8 on the high pH :blink: Will re-test later when the lights are on but im little worried :shout:

When your tank lights are on they use up CO2 and release oxygen, when they're off they use up oxygen and release CO2. Most plants do well without CO2 but if you're interested try DIY CO2 with sugar and yeast mix.

Is that because it smells pwetty? :fun: I've got loads of myxazin, so will try that out if needed. The panda cory that was on the myxazin course a while back that looked on the edge seems to be doing fine, they might need a new home if the apisto keep up there anger though so be ready :hey:

I'm going to change this topic to proxo's fail journal, had a bag of black sand stored away wondering if i should take it back or use it for the 55g. Lets just say, i thought about turning the full room into a tank when it ended up all over the floor :S It was grannys plec but she's getting too...

Would i be right in saying it's a female? :unsure: If you look close at the tail there's a white kind of slimy lump under it, could that be fungus maybe? Zoom in by holding ctrl and pushing +, hold ctrl and press 0 to reset screen size :hey:

Alder cones are in the system :lol:, wasn't sure how many to add but a quick research of 1 average cone per 1 gal of water is recommended? Here's the 'BN' pleco that i don't think is a BN? :unsure: little worried about his tail so any help on that would be good :good:

Using this will also mean the LFS water will also end up into the tank, thought this was a bad idea? :unsure:

Im in love with that rock placement :good:

FINALLY IT CAME OUT OF THE ROCK :hyper: took me a good 3 attempts to remove the rock ninja style though. Kept me awake most of the night though, it must of been sucking on the diffuser and making it tap the tank glass :grr:. Never been a fan of BNs because they're kind of ugly looking but for...

clown fish and oscars need different water :lol:

Well my afternoon has been interesting, went to get that bristlenose pleco to grow for my 55g. Took forever to find it, wouldn't come out of a rock gap even when there was no water so we thought it was stuck and almost got the tools out :blink: So yeah, i've came home with the rock aswell as...

That looks like a very stressed out skinny female to me. Panduro do well in pairs aswell according to my research, i'd personally remove the 'weak' female.

Not a good sign if they look anything like the eggs on alien films? :fun: Grats though and also +1 for the red eye tetra :D

Will have a look, cheers bhuddy :good: My CO2 failed again, just keep getting leaks :shout: think i'm going to weld it together with some melted plastic next :lol:

:unsure: should i get another coffee and read up on this or is it pretty much straight forward? Got any links i can buy this stuff or even cheaper ways of making it myself? :D

Not really experienced on the 'pairing signs' on fish, little help? :blush: Most will know the female bullied the male and had to be removed, since putting her back in the tank after a few hours they settled and didn't bother each other at all really. Lately if the male comes close to the...

Bleeding heart tetra? :hey: What is the stocking on this tank anyway? i can't keep up with your changes :S

Even with the water slightly lower, it still manages to give a nice white water mark right down the front of the glass :angry: I'll fill it right up for you guys :wub: just means the water marks will come a day early :lol: The heater i could hide behind the alternanthera rosaefolia in the...

Thanks, amazing what abit of marmite can do uh? :fun: Fill it with more plants? :hyper: I can't fill it to the top with water as the top left leaks, should of really fixed that when i had the tank completely empty, that's on my do to list before the next scape :good:. Might have to remove the...

Alright here's the pictures, better or worse? Gotta try picture the Alternanthera Rosaefolia once it's grown back. Not sure on the rock under the heater, might look alright with some 'grassy plants'.

.......You destroyed my tank? BUT MADE IT BETTER :drool: That's how i want my 55g :sly: , something like that but stupid me bought a massive chunky bit of wood and now i hate it :lol:

Didn't notice you'd uploaded some pictures, looking good. Really like that Blyxa Japonica, gotta get me some of that :P

I ended up leaving the anubias nana on the wood but moving the wood to the left side of the coconut cave, so basicually the anubias nana is now in the middle of the 3 cardinal and the red plant (Alternanthera Rosaefolia) at the back. with the small bit of wood sticking out where the red platy...

Once you've spoken to minnnt on here for a while, he starts to throw in these joke 'digs' as do many people when you get to know somebody more. :good: Im 24 and been in a 5 year relationship, sometimes it's fun to do the things that she hates - makes me laugh :look: @ topic, no fathers day...

My 55g has been like that for last 2 year or more too :unsure:. I'm not happy with the right side of my tank, was thinking of moving the anubias nana. 1 placed under the java fern behind the cardinal and maybe the other small one placed behind the wood on the far right near the red platy? The...

Better watch next time i ask a spirit to give me a sign that he doesn't burnt out my aquarium bulbs, if they're living inside tanks :lol:

Got photoshop? Duplicate the picture then set the top layer onto blend mode hard mix, you'll see a red demon face 8-)

Somebody has been on the mushrooms :hyper: