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It does depend on what kind of Anubias you get some look really nice in a tank with very large leaves, but they are VERY slow growers in a tank, i grew mine underwater but let the leaves grow above water was it worked very very well until it blocked the light for everything else in the tank >_<

I want to use them for the same purpose of putting fertiliser in them they are really nice a durable and easy to get the spoons in. I have 3 100g ones but would like the larger 250/500g tubs just makes it easier for me

Strange request so I'm not 100% sure where to put this on the forum but does anyone have lying around the house any of the old TNC Fertiliser bottles for the Dry powder fert's that they no longer need? ideally 250g/500g If you are willing to part with them I could do with 2 or 3 250/500g I...

According to the website the cartridge should last 3 months but on another filters page it shows 6 months but it does depend on how much nitrate you have and how often you use it, Mine arrived today so il test it out tomorrow. I was very surprised at how small this is and how simple it was to...

Firstly i would only recommend the dosing that it states on the bottle of the fertiliser that you have purchased, If you want to go more in depth you can do some research on what plants need and then what that bottle has and then maybe fill in what you are missing to get more.. However if you...

Plants can survive without light for a lot longer than you think. I have had some Crypts surviving in a tank with no light for over 6 months, all they get is the ambient light from the sun/room it self and that is not direct sun light. as Colin mentions you maybe able to get this...

i am not sure how much it lasts at the moment it is due to be delivered on Friday for me, it cost only £35 which i thought wasn't too bad I got it from there website. it dost seem to be on any other for me :(

Luckily the air is pretty clean where i live only papermill's that chuck out a lot of steam "water" near by (within 10miles) but I'm not really keen on using the rain water really i don't think it will rain enough for the size of my tank and switching between rain water and tap water will...

I also have the very same problem although not as high as 40ppm mines at 20 but once in the tank it rises to well over 40-80ppm i have just bought some API Nitra Zorb and the Pozzani filter to do what is recommended just here, pre filter my tap water plus use the Nitra Zorb to remove the Nitrate...

Due to my high Nitrate levels in both tank and tap water, I have found a suitable replacement for Dosing K by replacing KNO3 with K2SO4, done my research and it a good alternative but its the first I have heard of this, does anyone else here use this method as well?

so.. I tested the water in my water but.. not what i was expecting.. Going back a bit thought here are my Tank Parameters in terms of GH/KH/TDS GH = 10 KH = 5 TDS = 290 tested again this morning and it was 240 so i think this changes a lot. PH is between 7 and 7.5 for some reason my digital...

I second whats been said above, just to mention if you go down the Corydoras route love these fish they are best with sand not gravel though.. being said why not take some pictures of your tanks or even show off a few other Natural looking tanks and see if that cant sway Management I also would...

Welcome back to the forums and fish keeping, I would personally put a square/rectangle tank in that spot something that fits, a nice heavily planted tank but scape it so its heavier on one side and opens out towards teh door so you can look in from two sides still finding a tank that fits a...

Colin.. omg you are like an angel I think those two products mentioned would be perfect and also given me an idea to pre-filter water and store in the 25L tubs THANK YOU! I do have a very large water butt which collects rain water from my shed i would love to use this.. i should test this water...

in my tap water its 10-30ppm, after a week my tank is like 60-80+ppm hard to tell on api's test kit

Simple question does anyone have any idea's tips for removing nitrate from my tap water. i am tempted to go into RO water but worried that will be way to expensive for me are there any other alternatives? Also whats the best way to test if my water is hard or soft water? i know my area is hard...

Yea, I checked they are not cracked but maybe they got de-formed in some way or another i am not sure, they kinda just started doing it one day after doing a water change/clean when turning the taps, it was manageable until yesterday. checked the o rings sadly they are not bespoke o rings and...

So I finally setup my new tank and scaped it yesterday il sort out my journal when im not feeling lazy.. but my filter decided to leak all over the place.. luckily i have a spare to use. My Filter was a fluval 406 and tbh i loved it how quieter it was and the way the media is layed out inside...

Why? I have had no issues with EI in the past with fish

Interesting thought with the roots, the products I am using / have spare around the house are ADA PowerSand special and ADA Amazonia, the PowerSand special contrary to its name is not sand but rocks and some soil mixed together plus other products. It’s placed at the very bottom on the glass...

I have done in the past, and will be on a new setup I am doing soon, it’s a good method just a bit tedious to get right

long story short, a tank I am going to be scaping soon but I use two different types of substrates / additives for a planted tank, in the past I have had problems with the bottom layer becoming mixed with the top layer and it just looks ugly and not ideal I thought of using some kind of mesh...

Thank you everyone that has given me some advice and a lot of thought to think about sadly it is only a small shed, easy to clean the roof but is that rough stuff not sure the name, I was planning on adding a physical filter like some foam old filter floss to the top of the tank down shoot of...

okay new house comes with a water but in the garden, I would like to use this for water changes, does anyone else out there use this method at all or can provide advice as i have a few questions. Is it safe to begin with? i plan to add a physical filter to prevent debris/animals from getting...

Thank you eveyone, its gonna be so good to be back, i still have both my ADA tank and 88L with cabinet that i built so im planning on bringing both those back, you know me both gonna be heavily planted i hope I move into my new house this Friday so shouldnt be too long before i get things...

hello everyone who remembers me and new people, i am getting back into the fishy / planted world \o/ woo yay me.. :D moving into my own place and plan sorting out my 2 tanks again

hey ch4 long time no talk :) i would totally go with the in-line diffuser they are perfect and I have used them for well many many years now, get the old variant the one that looks like a V, the newer versions are rubbish personally and hugely flawed.   as long as your filter is rated above your...

i have sent you a pm :)

hey i'm after some crypts if anyone has any cuttings or anything they may throw away il happily take them off your hands   i'm looking for around 10 to 20 crypts   live in the kent "maidstone" area let me know what you can give and we go from there :D 

okay lets bring this post back to life I've moved back to kent after some time abroad and up north, :) only got my 110L ADA tank going now sadly not much to shout about but one day il be getting it back up properly :)

WOW that is stunning, an inspiration to us all, if only my imagination was that good

hey sorry peeps I've been frantic first few months of this year, this tank as you know it no longer going, i had to move, so its all changed, took out the cuba and the rocks, and i now have wood in it, no fish or shrimp and no plants just letting the dust settle and taking my time as i have a...

thank you SO19 luckily i remembered this post and brentex are cheap and quick :D and closest to me 

haha i was in australia for 8 months but I'm back now :D

thnx don, maybe even flow around the tank but i still seem to get small pockets of algae, i think its BBA as its so small maybe the fish are keeping it in check its not sprawling out of control yet.    sad news i keep loosing fish, altho i did notice the other day my heater packed up :( fuse...

recently I've been pumping out GTa5 on ps4 and Clash of Clans on Iphone

Yep again I have those AE tweezers and they are endless to thick I did buy some green machine needle tweezers and these are to a point at the end and perfect for playing much nicer to use same with the curved scissors I bought, But yes no ferts for 2 weeks or even more if u are only low light...

Awesome don't forget, don't add ferts for a few weeks and keep your lights reduced as well or you will get algae more like I did, not sure on the co2 front but do your best to keep it stable And can't wait t see some pics

yea :D I've started seeing some swim about the tank now i am 100% sure they are turning red so i will need to move them as and when i see them to my other tank,   @DM i don't feed them, nor do i feed my adult shrimp yet, as the stock is to low there is enough bio film in the tank to support them...