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The only reason i fill drums is it is easiest for me, garden hose for outside fill, with dechlor, put in airing cupboard, job done and ready for next top up. If i didnt use the drum i would be using a mixer tap and a hose, but to me the drums are an easier and less risky option (carpets)...

Hi Gilli, my water is bloody cold, and I am not keen on using hot water to elevate the temperature. Maybe its me, but my mum always told me not to drink out of the hot tap due it sitting in a tank for so long, besides its cheaper to fill with cold and warm up naturally Of course, but dont...

Mainly, because I'm in that mode of working and when i get to use the water it will be 18-20 degrees, whereas if i do it on the day it considerably colder. My tank is 25-26 degrees and I think the 6 degree differential is beneficial for the fish, but straight out of the tap is really cold

Just thought I'd check this practice is ok as I can not see any reason why it shouldn't be. I have two 25 litre drums which I use to to a weekly 25% water change. Once the water change is complete I fill both drums with tap water and dichlor accordingly. I then leave these for a week...

Thanks for the compliment, it goes a long way to helping a beginners confidence. The plant you mention is Hygrophilia angustifolia, my favourite at the moment as it is so bushy and green, the fish love it. I am edging towards using smallish slates to attach the riccia as it appears easier to...

Done my research now and am going with your suggestion of the riccia. Just can't my mind up whether to attach to stones or plastic mesh. Which looks better and is easier, Fluitians or dwarf?

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Most LFS I have visited say their tanks are at about pH6, and we don't struggle to acclimatise new fish to our tanks with gradual addition of tank water over time before releasing. So I am tempted to say it may not be a problem, though I am relatively new to this so stand to be corrected. I...

Thanks for the carpeting tip, but my main reason for the CO2 question is to do with the how lush and healthy the plants look. They are kind of ok at the moment but I feel they lack vibrancy and wonder if CO2 is the missing key. Will give TPN+ a couple weeks and see what difference that makes...

Thanks, still work in progress though. I would really want a balance between fish and plants that maintains a natural look, not to cluttered but not to architectural if you know i mean

Great advice and link on the carpeting plants, thanks people. Any ideas on the original question of whether or not to use CO2 based on my tank set up??

I think a sample population of 65 in this poll is adequate to represent most peoples water changing regimes, thanks everyone for satisfying my thirst for knowledge

Hi Ianho, dims are 100 long x 40 deep x 50 high, two 39W reflected T5's, daily dose of excell, weekly dose of TPN &,Esha Minaroll. Use Caribsea sand (wish id used black now) as I get green clumps on the surface I tried Hemianthus Callitrichoides but it didnt grow at all but i dont know if...

This is my tank , and i would love to know whether people think i should be adding CO2. I intend to add more plants, and I especially want a low level carpet of something to cover half the floor Thanks Ianho for our chat the other day, I have now moved from Easylife Provito to TPN+ and await...

I have five GBR's, 1 male and four females. What I observed is that the male picks one female and they are then almost inseparable. Getting a pair to bond seems to be more difficult than getting them to breed from what i have learned, this is why they are better to buy in pairs. My pair lay...

There is a fair variation in results here, may have to break it down to planted, stocking etc

How long has the white foggyness been there. I had a similar problem that turned out to be a bacterial bloom that occurred shortly after I agitated the substrate a fair bit.

I have learnt all i know about fish keeping from this forum and a professional aquarist, but I am really interested to know what water changes people are actually doing, as opposed to what should be done. Please can you take the time to post an honest answer to this hastily put together poll...

Cheers henriko, good looking plants though not sure what they are, will have to wait and see. Nice to have a colour other than green in my setup.

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Thanks for the advice, will take it down to 10 initially then 8 if no algae improvement. I'll also get some TPN+ and try that

Hi Tom, how's progress on the video. I've been experimenting with my new camera and the difference is immense, I'll put some pics up soon

Cheers for this, this is the fert I'm currently using, no Phosphate or nitrate. So if I change this to the one suggest, leave my lights at 12 hrs per day and carry on wil Excell will I avoid the need for CO2?

Total of 78 watts which if I'm right is 1.77 watts per uk gal, and i've been told that because they are T5's it affectively higher. So with my current set up do you think I should go for CO2 and a different fert, or change something else?

This is the big question, should I be using CO2? Currently adding daily flourish excel and weekly liquid fert (easylife provito),reasonable level of planting and twin reflected T5's. The PO4 was reduced with an expensive new product with a crap name 'Sparkle', which I am led to believe is used...

Hi Ianho, mine was definitely stag algae not BBA, and all I can say is the only change I made was to reduce the PO4 and it died. Having said that, it am now getting an algae growth on the glass and some leaves. So don't know how to combat that, all parameters are, I think, ideal. So at a loss...

Should be able to grow most plants in this light, good deal

Assuming you're using Mopani or bogwood, the pH lowering affect is only slight. The pH scale is logarithmic, eg meaning that a pH of 7 has 10 times more Hydrogen ions than a pH of 6, and a pH of 8 is a 1000 times higher than 6, and so on. What are your tank stats and set up, things like CO2 can...

Fully agree with primous. My issue was high phosphate causing stag algae on all my plants, dosed phos control and the algae died off in a week. Plants are still fine but had to snip off badly affected leaves, not because they dying but because the dead algae looked unsightly. My high phosphate...

By any chance does this happen shortly after the lights come on

Although its quite high, it should not be the reason for killing an otherwise healthy fish. Are there any other clues. How often and how much are your water changes

Thought I'd share this with you all as I am really impressed and others might need the service. I needed more test tubes for my test kit but did not want to spend at least £10 on 24. So I dropped API (USA) an email on Saturday night asking where I could them from. Got an email back the following...

+1 on Esha Exit

They do a range of sizes, including a 200 litre. I got mine from water zoo at a good deal, tank,1000lph int. filter, lighting & heater for £170, but this didnt include the stand as I didn't need one.

Good idea, I've seen lots terracotta burners around

Personally I went for Aquael Aludekor 120 as it is IMHO the best looking tank in the market. Same price as the Roma, with twin reflected 39W T5 lights, so ample for a good planted set up

I'm a bit confused now because plants come with lead weights that are fine for planting, so why would lead in the glaze be harmful???

I'm only getting the 20G video

Can you post a pic

I am still concerned I am not getting enough flow to all areas of the tank, do you think I should get a Powerhead to take out the deadspots