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i cant really run the filter while doing a water change, its an aqua nano 40 tank so the whole filter is part of the tank, and the inlet outlet of the powerhead cant be moved

yes the filter was off during the water change, i dont think its a shortage of oxygen though, the tank is very well planted and has a full HC carpet that pearl about 30 mins after lights on, meaning the water is oxygen saturated, its now about 2 hours since water change and they seemed to have...

hi, i am new to shrimp, i have had 20 red cherry shrimp in my aquarium for about a week now, and just done a 10 litre water change in a 55 litre tank, a friend told me to add the clean water as slow as possible, so i have used a bit of air tubing to syphon the water back into the tank, took...

it doesnt say on the neutro+ what ppm it should be, just the dosage, and yes it probably is the light

once a day following the recommended dosage on the bottle 5ml per 250 ltrs on the neutro Co2 so 1ml a day on that, and 10 ml per 100 ltr on the neutro+ so 6ml daily, the water changes i do once a week and 20 ltrs so roughly 25-30% my tank is a 55 ltr and i have an arcadia ecoaqua 30watt LED...

ofc, its blue in the morning, and after a few hours it changes colour to green. so its deff reading the Co2 in the tank

yes i have moved it around in 3 different places, same reading lime green - yellow, it could very well be a circulation problem though as i did have some stem plants in the background, but have removed them and i am going to go for just a full carpet of HC this time so maybe that could also...

the thing i also do not understand is that the cause of hair algae is low Co2, yet i have a drop checker that is always green-yellow (green being ideal) i dose nuetro Co2 and nuetro+ ferts no it is defff not staghorn, its very light brown and very very fine and looks silky but its quite slimey...

i dont, the only pic of my tank is the 1 in the first post, and now i have taken all of the plants and algae out of the tank now, so it is bare atm with just the rocks and substrate in, but that hair algae was really really bad its like in the other pic i linked and it is totally covering...

well i have now ripped all the plants out :( it got so bad that there was no point in removing it by hand, i was taking it all out and it would double the next day. the filter is i think 1000 litres per hour, the intake is top right and the powerhead output is top left. the tank is an aquanano...

yes drop checker is lime green, but atm its close to yellow as i have been told to put in loads of Co2. 

about my tank: 55ltr cube. Substrate: colombo flora base. Co2 pressurised usually running at about 4bps but have been running it much higher due to the algae. Lighting: arcadia eco aqua 30watt Led tropical water parameters: ammonia = 0 nitrite = 0 nitrate = 40ppm ph 6.7. fertilser: i dose nuetro...

an update, now have a full carpet of HC and pearling nicely, here are a few new pics and a vid   http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3299/iwagumi001.jpg   http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8043/iwagumi005.jpg   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_PdckkFmQ&feature=youtu.be   a bit of bad news...

bought myself a http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/arcadia-ecoaqua-30w-led-spotlight-tropical-p-5998.html and already its making a huge difference, the HC is recovering now and starting to flourish, will post a pic very soon once the HC has started to carpet, already small shoots starting to come...

well i have lost 6 of the 10, the couple that are still in there are still going, fingers crossed. Seen a fresh shed skeleton today so it could be that the others were having problems molting, if it were copper or other heavy metals, surely they would all be dead by now, i think it might be a...

any1 have any experience with this LED light http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/arcadia-ecoaqua-30w-led-spotlight-tropical-p-5998.html, would this be too much for my tank or just right? i dont know anything about LED products and this seems expensive, i would like to know if it is good value for...

no. 100% dead shrimp

yes ofc i put dechlorinator in, no tap rust as i am aware of, its a pretty new house, nearly 4 years old, tested water for copper and heavy metals, my water hardness is not especially hard temp of the water was very similar but i did add it quite fast, a friend said that i may have added the...

yes, they are just dropping, 5 dead now this morning. The only thing i could think of is that i did a 50% water change 4 days ago, maybe that just shocked them

just found another 3 dead... no idea whats caused it

can do, as long as it is not too expensive. max £180-£190 anymore and my wife will murder me =p, ive already spent too much money on fish according to her lol, as long as it has high output for baby dwarf tears and other high demand plants

hi, i am running an aquanano 40 and i am looking for a suitable high output light system to replace the one that came with the tank as it just isnt cutting it for my high demand plants, consideration has to be taken for the lid of this tank as it is a clear glass lid that has roughly 5-7 mm...

it could be a ph change at night, as i run a venturi valve at night when plants are taking in oxygen and giving off co2, the tank and plants are all new and havent had time to carpet much of the substrate yet (especially the HC)  i will try not running that at night for a few days but if i see...

the plants are from aqua essentials a very trustworthy source, HC and dwarf hairgrass. The shrimp seemed really happy, 2 or 3 of the females have saddles, and they have been happily grazing away on their food, a friend said that it might be a high nitrate reading cos i had 40 ppm, the ph in the...

a i have noticed 2 molts since they have been in the tank, they hanvt died during molting

hi, i have had my tank set up for just over a month, it was instantly cycled using water and filter material from my other tropical aquarium that is 3 years old, its a 55 ltr planted iwagumi tank, Co2 is pressurised, ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 nitrate = 40ppm (goes down to 5ppm after a water change...

added 6 neon tetras just over a week ago, thats it for stocking now, bit of bad news though, lost a shrimp this morning, no idea what caused it, ammonia = 0  nitrite = 0 nitrate =40 ppm, a bit high but its always at this level, i think its my substrate, as i did a 50% water change the other day...

added 10 red cherry shrimp to the aquarium yesterday, plants are doing ok'ish a little bit of melting on the dwarf tears, but thats expected with new plants in a new aquarium so i have heard. Its a pain though, it keeps floating up when doing water changes even when im trying to be really...

here is a short little vid i shot of the aquarium to test out my new camera.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVYRx21ubY&feature=share

hi, so i am after a colony of shrimp for my iwagumi tank. I did want either red cherry shrimp or amano shrimp for algae/fish food waste management but i cannot find a store near me that sells either of these species, everywhere online that i have looked has them as 'out of stock'. My lfs only...

its the standard light that came with the tank, it says on the box that its 18 watts per litre but i really am not sure, was looking into some other lighting but it all seems so expensive

ye the growth is pretty slow so far, think i should have bought an extra 1 or 2 pots of HC 

Plants have been in 1 week now   http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/tank2002.jpg/     http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/tank2003.jpg/

ok thanks a lot for the help, was really unsure and didnt want to harm my fish or cause algae, thnx for the fast responses

i have a 55 ltr planted aquarium with pressurised co2, drop checker is at a healthy lime green colour in the day while diffusing co2. I noticed my ember tetras nipping up at the surface (a clear sign of shortage of oxygen in the water) would it be safe to run the venturi valve on my powerhead at...

should be getting some photos up soon, my sister in law has my digi camera, getting it back soon, the first few photos were taken from a smart phone so should have some higher quality pics soon

ye i know, was pretty dissapointed tbh, i really wanted those fish in my tank as they are stunning, but there is no way i am going to pay £5 per fish, but the embers and neons will look pretty good in the tank together, the embers already have pretty dark coloration and seem happy in the tank

the fish are added. Ended up getting 12 ember tetras and looking to get 6-8 neon tetras once the tank has settled again

i ended up getting 12 ember tetras, the celestial pearls were way too expensive for me at £5 per fish. will prob add 6-8 neon tetras once the tank has matured a little more as the filter on the tank is enormous and cycles over 500 ltrs per hour so can hold a heavier stock of fish

hi there, i have started a new iwagumi tank and i am planning on a small school of cpd's. Although i am aware of the fish rule 1 inch per litre etc i have heard people say its a bit different for nano aquariums. The tank i have is 40cmx40cmx40cm and is 55 ltrs. Here is a...