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Thanks for the info - i've been carrying out a 10% weekly water change and using liquid ferts, but about to move to Estimative Index with dry ferts in the new setup and carry out a 50% weekly water change on Day 7.

With the new Tropica Plant Substrate and sand in, is there a risk of ammonia leeching into the water ? Should I also carry out a 25%-40% daily water change for a week or so ?

Hi Akash,   Thankyou for the advice - I managed to save around 100 Litres in buckets in the garage so will reuse this and top up as necessary.   Thanks again 

Hi all,   I am currently in the process of rescaping my 260L tank. Have syphoned off 50% of the water into various buckets etc and stored in my garage last night.   Have cleaned the tank and added Tropica Plant Substrate along with 25kg of Limpopo Sand. Also scaping with rocks tonight, along...

Brilliant - thanks for the link.   So will this work with a standard Sodastream Cylinder to my CGA320 connection regulator ?

Hi All   I decided to try and connect a Sodastream CO2 Cylinder to my TMC V2 Pressure Regulator Pro which seems has a CGA320 (American) connecting nut.   Looks as though I have managed to buy the wrong adapter (a UK DIN477 one).   Does anyone know where I can buy a CGA320 adapter to connect my...

I fitted the new Taifun 10 column with the Taifun S, and it seems to be diffusing well - I get a fine bubble in the top chamber now. The CO2 indicator finally changed colour from Blue to a light Green so looks as though CO2 is actually being distributed in the tank.   Still can't decide whether...

Thankyou both for your prompt replies - the water here is indeed very hard at the moment, what with the recent floodings I think the water authorities have been treating it more than normal - Ph and Phosphates are high out of the tap. I have added Peat Balls to the tank and Peat Media into the...

Hi all,   I'm new to the whole Co2 thing, was talked into getting one at my LFS to help with my planted aquarium. So I went for the JBL Taifun S Reactor, TMC Solenoid CO2 kit, JBL Bubble Counter and CO2.   I have a 260 Litre tank and was setting CO2 to 30 bubbles per minute. I've been...

thanks tcamos am looking now ...

thanks guys - really appreciate it !

Hi - many thanks for your reply - out of interest, how can you tell it's female ?

Hi All,   We are new to keeping fish. Had our 1st tank 3 weeks with only one fish at present, been in there 2 weeks, a Dalmation Balloon Molly.    When we were sold it, we were told it was male. However we are suspecting it is female and pregnant ! Could someone please shed some light on this ...