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At the mo, I'll split it the load into two so you should get enough for both tanks

No more takers on the Salvinia? It will be going in the bin on Monday otherwise and it just seems a shame. Or is it bad plant that I'm not aware of

I want to be back in good ol' blighty

No probs, pm me your address and i'll get them out to you Monday as I'm in italy at the moment and my mrs doesn't know Salvinia from a cucumber....

Agreed, it's called a Peace Lily and should flower annually with big with leaf like flowers. Mines still going strong after 16 years and i am not too good with house plants

So when I am asked how long the tank took to cycle, am I saying 10 days or til it was fully stocked???

And I thought diplomacy was dead Reret. A picture, and the actual water stats would be helpful. I am sure you are right saying they are perfect, but let's make sure eh

Hi Tom, what I was saying above was that you can't just buy a bottle of reagent, you've got to buy the relevant test kit with test tube instructions, packaging etc, all increasing the cost of what you actually want.

Unfortunately they don't sell just the replacement reagent bottles, you have the buy test kit you want eg run out ammonia you need to buy the ammonia test kit. Wish they would do something about this.

They start as yellow spots, then to holes and then the whole leaf. I have put some potassium tabs at the Roos of one them, then if it works I'll be able to tell the difference. Also got a koralia 1600 in now to increase the flow round the base of the plants. If none of this works the it's CO2 I...

No issues taken, all part of a healthy debate Hi Snazy, I added 6 Colombian tetras on day 12, 2 days after getting zero ammonia and nitrite, then doubled up every week. Never seen ammonia yet and I am now fully stocked

Guess it was more luck than judgement then When I get my next tank I will definitely be doing the same again, but this time it will be with more experience. It will will harder convincing the wife that we should get another....

Cheers for that very interesting read, I am inclined to agree. I initially planted bucket loads of cabomba and Hygrophilia which I believe are fast growing pants. So in summary, if you setup a planted tank, concentrate on getting good healthy plant growth, then you can do a fish-in cycle at an...

No offence taken, but what are you sceptical of? Ask whatever you want, the results are correct, I'm just looking for an explanation Hi Ianho, on day 1 it was partially filled and planted with cabomba, Hygrophilia and lileopsis before filling completely, also added easylife fluid filter...

The dechlor came with substrate so something by Caribsea I guess. I really have no idea of how to explain my tests during this cycle. There are certainly all accurate, I even did a neighbours tank while he was cycling to ensure the ammonia test was working right, as I was expecting to see some...

Yep, everything was brand new out of the box. Can you see my dlilemma?

Hi all, I have some Salvinia Natens, probably enough for a 2-3 tubs (Chinese sweet & sour size), ideally like to swap for some micrantheum Umbrosum, but if non about then free to good UK home

I decided today that I would return three female German blue rams and exchange them something else, as I already have a breeding pair. So off to the LFS again for a look around, not that local at 30 miles but i am very fussy who I buy my fish and advice from. Anyway, they had some nice fish...

Hi all, I posted this on the tropical discussion forum but I am not getting much feedback, so thought it might be better in here. If I'm wrong to move it, please let me know. The link is below with the details of what happened, I just want to know if a 10 day cycle is possible as all the...

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A couple times I have noticed a lot of baby snails roaming about, then before you know they are all gone. Just empty shells laying on the substrate. I can't work out which of my fish is helping out

That is actually very good advice as it does look like marine substrate and you could easily get confused between the two.

That would be why I couldn't find out how to do it myself then

Hi Nobody, thanks for the response. I am just trying to understand the mechanisms here so here are the answers to your questions. Caribsea do live fresh water substrates as well, see This link, I used Moonlight sand. The pH was 7.8 at the time of initial fill and dropped to 7 over the course of...

I need to understand something now I am more knowledgeable than when I first wrote a thread about live sand. I believe a cycle is defined as when ammonia and nitrite have zeroed out and nitrates are produced, this could be my first wrong assumption. When I first filled my tank at the start of...

Just for interest I got caribsea live sand, the trpoical version. Worked really well for me, never had ammonia show since the day I filled up, but had 0.25 nitrite fot the first ten days. Thereafter, zeros all the way

Got the koralia 1600 in the tank yesterday, no more dead spots . Really pleased with it, and there is the bonus of crud not settling at the front of the tank where it is so obvious. So at this point I am now dosing TPN+ and excel daily, and now with a good flow around the roots, how long I'd...

If you are looking for proper black, rather than nearly black, then i think Caribsea Tahitian Moon is difficult to beat, though bloody expensive

I've read somewhere on here that it can be rectified by turning it on and off to get rid of entrapped air, so I've tried this to no avail. I have also read you do something with an air pipe and the shaft but not entirely sure how to do this, and don't want to wreck the balance. I think I'll...

It's definitely a pukka koralia, brand new today. Just checked the leads and nothing is touching, it's the actual unit. Don't know why that went on three times lol Took advice from here and took advantage of my good relationship with the LFS and got it on return if I don't like basis. Paid a...

Please could i get some opinions on the following statement "generally speaking, nitrates are for growth, phosphates are for healthy root growth, and potassium is for the healthy appearnce of the plant and help flowering" Can anyone comment on the validity of this statement, as I am interested...

Cracking site, shame there isn't a UK equivalent, that I can find anyway

It's making an audible humming noise, like it's vibrating

Well I finally bit the bullet today and bought a koralia 1600 for my 200 litre tank. I ummed and arred for for a couple of weeks about this as I was comparing the specified flows of both the 900 and the 1600 with my 750 lph filter, and didn't want to blow my tank contents to high heaven. Turns...

Heres the link for the Residential Landlords Association http://www.rla.org.uk/join/join.shtml?gclid=CJH-_NW8iq8CFaImtAodelBX9Q This will take of all the legal stuff and give you allthe advice you need. With this out of the way, the restof it good fun and requires very time and effort for a...

In a nutshell, if you make sure the house/flat is in good nick before you rent, vet the tenents properly and trust your gut feeling about them,it is generally a stroll in the park. I opted to manage it myself, as i didnt think the agents did enought to warrant the 10-15% they were charging of...

I'm not a propoerty tycoon, but we bought a 2 bed terrace in 2008 to rent out. What do you want to know

Fully agree, especially if you are cold filling then adding the plants as your hands get ruddy cold

Ive just started using TPN + so do you think this will get rid of the need for the tabs

That should be good. Regarding the CO2, I'm still looking into this but I believe it's lights on dosing only with timers so it doesn't build up at night when the plants don't need it