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I used the caribsea product and it is bloody expensive. However, no rinsing required and it is packed wet and live and claims you can start introducing fish after 24 hrs. I was very sceptical about this but bought it purely for the look and the fact that it didn't need cleaning. Having said...

I have been offered a 25w aquael comfort heater to use in my 20 litre quarantine tank. Is this too powerful or will it be ok, as I've read I should use an 11w heater

Thanks for the response. I have today decided to flourish excel to the tank on a regular basis to promote the uptake of the nutrients by the plants. This raises another question of whether to increase the lighting again due to the CO2, what are your thoughts

My rams have spawned overnight in my 200 litre tank and I looking to pull on some of the experience on here to help give them every chance. I do not have the option to remove the eggs as they have spawned on the end of a very large piece of bogwood. The tank is medium planted and includes 6...

Hi, this is definite zero reading. If it starts to get a green tint then the ammonia is rising

I currently have two 39w T5's and an increasing stag algae problem. So in my intimate wisdom I decided to reduce the T5's to 6 hrs a day, and use the soft blue LEDs in the evening. Now I am not sure whether this will continue to contribute to my algae problem. Can anyone offer any advice

I currently have two 39w T5's and an increasing stag algae problem. So in my intimate wisdom I decided to reduce the T5's to 6 hrs a day, and use the soft blue LEDs in the evening. Now I am not sure whether this will continue to contribute to my algae problem. Can anyone offer any advice

Thanks for the advice, in summary then reduce the lighting and add liquid carbon and see what happens. What does high phosphate affect?

Hi, I add 20ml Easylife profito fert every week. I will cut back the lighting to 7hrs per day and maintain low intensity moon lights for evenings. Do you think I will have to go down the CO2 route to get rid of this problem?

Hi DrRob, unfortunately the tap water is high at 2.5ppm. Original aquarium fill was with tap water, weekly PWC has been with RO as the tap water was 14 GH and 8pH. Tank is now too low at 5 GH and 6.2pH. So I would like to change to alternating weekly PWC of tap and RO to raise these two...

This is my 2 month old 200 litre tank. Any comments to improve planting would be most welcome

Hi all, I am having real problems with the above two algae's. I have a 200 litre planted tropical, do weekly 15% PWC and zero ammonia, nitrite and 10 nitrate. I have just purchased a phosphate test to see if I had high results causing the algae, and was shocked to get a result of 3ppm. I...

Thanks again for your help. Will they be sexable at this size by colour.?

Great advice, thanks

Thanks, I was going to stick to one male DG but may get another female to have a total of three. Is one cm big enough for release?

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately another tank isn't an option. The net I have constructed is approx 7 litres in volumes, will this be large enough to hold the fry until large enough for release/selling?

This is great help, thanks. One more question, should I keep the male with nest until the fry come out of the nest then remove him, as I have heard he takes good care of them then starts to eat them. I am thinking that if I remove when the fry are free swimming, I can then feed myself

Last night I noticed the my male dwarf had built a bubble nest in my 200 litre planted tank. I then watched in fascination as the the two dwarfs went through the mating ritual and the female released her eggs which the male diligently gathered up and placed in the nest. This was hampered by my...

Thanks both for your help, Ian currently constructing a breeding net out of plastic coat hangers and tights as the male is building another nest. You were right, woke this morning to find no nest left and two dead danios which I assume was caused by the male protecting the nest. Question is...

Hi all, just been watching my gourami build a bubble nest, and subsequently watched the mating and egg release, fascinating stuff. My gouramis are in a 200 litre planted aquarium with scissortails, Colombian tetras, zebra danios, corys, baby catfish and shrimp. I believe the eggs will hatch in...

General question really for anyone that may know. Do toxins settle at the bottom or top of an inaquately turbulent tank, or do they disperse uniformly through the water.

RO (Reverse Osmosis) water is passed through a permeable membrane under pressure to remove ions and larger molecules, giving a very pure pH neutral water. You can buy this from good a good LFS or buy home systems but they are quite costly.

I was advised that they look great at first, but after 2-3 years the materials starts to fall apart

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I perform my 10% weekly water changes with RO from LFS at £4 for 25 litres. GH came down from 13 to 7, and now alternate between RO and tap to maintain. I also add Mineroll weekly to supplement vitamins and minerals taken out of RO water.

Well I am very surprised at the results. In summary, I dosed ammonia for three consecutive days commencing 7th Jan and tested after 24hrs each time and got zero readings for ammonia and nitrite, and 10ppm nitrate which I believe is in the tap water. Based on these results, I introduced 6 zebra...

Sorry, for all this dross, I am trying to get a pic of my new tank on here an I at last seem to have managed it

Thanks, that what I needed to here. Flow is good, plants have good motion and I don't want cycle time to extended

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73817229@N03/6659474799/

Right, let's try this link instead http://www.flickr.com/photos/73817229@N03/6659474799/

Thanks, I planted the aquarium the day after filling so am slightly concerned the filter may be clogged up with detritus. Still getting a decent flow though, so maybe it's not as bad as I think. Should I stiill leave it a week?

Hi yet again, can anyone advise me when I should clean my filter for the first time? It's a 200litre tank been going for week. Thanks

Like both of you, I like the slight tinge, but it is a bit too dark at the moment Doh!!! In what way do they like it, less stress??

Love the bogwood so don't want to get rid of it, just want to clear the water a bit more so will try the carbon, thanks

Hi all, after soaking my two pieces of bog wood in the bath for a week, after four days in the tank they have tainted the water slightly brown. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting rid of this, or just do regular partial water changes

Thanks, i am putting a lot of effort into getting the tank right before introducing fish. I would love tutter decent pic but I have an iPad which doesn't support Flash etc etc, will try to find a better app to get decent picture

My first tank. Four days since filled and just about to start cycling. Will be doing some planting this weekend then leaving them to mature. I already appear to have some new growth on the existing plants, which is encouraging considering my track record in the garden...

Thanks all for the sound advice, i will get some ammonia in tomorrow and see what happens to the levels. I am in no hurry for the fish until the tank is exactly right, so plenty of time. Thanks again

Thanks, I added it to get rid of cloudy ness, which worked, but if you read the label you would think it cure cancer

I posted on here recently regarding caribsea's live substrate. I opted for a white sand substrate packed in 10 kg bags in an apparently live wet fluid which claimed to support fish safely within 24 hours of filling my tank. The general consensus, myself included, was that this was marketing BS...