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How on earth do you maintain such a massive tank Tom? I swear you would need a pair of flippers.

Hi guys, I have finally got something to show you guys since I first mentioned it over 4 months ago. I started studying everything I needed to know (and alot that I probably didnt) in order to make a led setup which simulates sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset. So here goes, I will start from...

No not at the moment. I am battling algae at present. I can't kill the BBA with flourish so I have been taking out the rocks and pouring boiling water over them. I have reduced the light hours to 2 on, 2 off 2 on and I have also ran out of co2. I don't know when I will be able to afford to buy a...

Hi guys, I have been struggling to grow my HC for a few months and every obvious thing about my tank is correct. The light the co2 and the ferts, the water circulation etc... but it wont grow... From what I read this plant is a soft water plant and I have been trying to grow it in hard water...

OK, I will give that a shot aaron. I have changed my light cycle to 2 hrs on, 2 hrs off,m 2 hrs on aswell.

Hi guys, it has been well over 1 week now and there are only a couple of bba patches showing signs on dying. I have increased the dosage to double the standard rate and am not brave enough to go any higher. I have cut the light in my tank down from 312w to 156w and the light cycle from 8 to 6...

I am dosing the reccomended dose of excel against the BBA in my tank and I am a week in now and I can't see any visable signs of it dying. I am wondering how long it will take before I can see it dying. Cheers!

I am still having difficulty getting the HC growing well... As far as I know I have got all the plants needs covered. The only thing I am thinking of is water quality. Everything that matters is on 0ppm. Although there are alot of dead shrimp and the odd fish that "dissapears". The only time I...

Thanks mate. I thought the HC had started to grow but now it seems to have hit a stand-still again. My co2 tank ran out today too which wont help. I havea backup sodastream one which may tie me over until I get it re-filled. The fish are great, thanks. The only thing I don't like is that is a...

Yeah thanks. All but one of the shrimp that I bought have died in the process and from now on I won't buy anymore. I still get the odd shrimp dying every few days which I am putting down to heat. The days here are over 40 degrees celcius but my home has very good insulation and in the heat of...

Hello people. I thought it was about time for another update. I am a perfectionist and don't like posting photos of my tank until I am happy with it. Since I will probably never be totally satisfied with it I thought that I had better post the update anyway. This is the left hand side of my...

I have great news guys. My HC is now growing well at a steady rate and appears very lush. I had been working on the time my co2 cycle starts before the lights come on but only got to watch my drop checker 2 times a week at the moment the lights started. After a few weeks I have finally got it...

Its been nearly two months. I would love to see an update :)

Here is a pic of how my flow works. The surface flow carries my co2 from the canister filter.

My drop checker is on the slight yellowish side of being green so I say approx 35ppm and I tested the PH at the same time as monitoring the drop checker. pH of the water in the tank or drop checker? Did you put tank water into the drop checker? The PH is of the tank water and the water in...

I am in a bit of pickle. I bought what is supposed to be US Fissidens fontanus about 2 months ago and The more it grows the more I think it isnt the moss I paid for. I have looked around the web for mosses that look like it but I can't find anything that looks exactly like it although Java moss...

My drop checker is on the slight yellowish side of being green so I say approx 35ppm and I tested the PH at the same time as monitoring the drop checker.

Hi guys, I am running a high tech tank as follows: 400 ltr, 3+ watts of 6500k t5 lights per gallon. My lights run for 8 hrs, one for 8 hrs and the other for a 6 hr burst. Pressurised co2 running at approx 35ppm at PH of 7.4 at full co2 at 26-28 degrees celcius. I am fertilising via the EI...

Thanks guys, I have some excel on its way in the post.

There is alot of useful information on this very difficult variety of algae but my question is: Once the conditions which created the algae problem are eradicated, will the algae die off in time? I ask this because alot of my rocks and plants have it and if I would like to know before I...

Hi guys, I have lossed alot of shrimp and I had pretty much put it down to too much co2 or too little dissolved oxygen in the water although now I that neither of those are a problem anymore I am completely stumped on why my shrimp continue to die. My co2 cuts out 2 hrs before the lights turn...

Just a quick update. The tank is comming along resonably well.. I am slowly getting my co2 under control. I have ditched the reactor all together because it is basically useless and am now pumping the co2 into my filter which is working well although I have had to very slowly and painfully...

I like it. Keep us posted

Looks great Aaron, your rainbow fish are beautiful... What are you feeding them?

Hi guys, I have another update. I have received my fish and more shrimp. The fish arrived in poor shape and there were a few mortalities. I have been constantly battling with the co2 and it is still a work in progress. I cannot supply enough co2 to keep my drop checker green. The plants are...

The threadfins get to 3.5 cm or just over and inche. The desert rainbows get up to 10cm and the remu averages 10cm aswell although they can sometimes get up to 15cm. I paid for them late last week so hoepfully they will arrive wihin the week.

sweet, thanks guys! Will cut the hours down to 8 like Aaron said.

It is a 134g tank. About 3 watts per gallon. I am using a drop checker which is almost pale green on the yellow side. It is still green but now quite as deep a green as 30ppm.

Hi, I have 312w of T5 lighting (8x6500k, 3000+ LUX at substrate level), pressurised CO2, good water movement and am using EI method. My light currently runs at full brightness for 12hrs a day. My CO2 outlet blows about 1/2 an inch above my substrate and the leaves of my plants are gently...

Hi guys, I have a few plants in the tank now. It has been ages since the last update. I had a few major dramas. The worst being a brown and green dust algae bloom. To combat this I dropped the light back to 6 hrs and blacked the whole tank out from ambient daylight for 1 week. Then at water...

You have an Aussie fish in there Aaron :D :thumbs up:

I done it! After alot of heartache I finally worked out that I didnt measure the dkh correctly. It wasnt 4 dkh at all so I added bi-carb soda to 4dkh and presto! My solution turned blue! Heaps good.

All I can say is that my water is 4dkh with a ph of 6. I have pretty much tried everything. I have started with 1 drop of ph reagent and added the water but it either goes green or yellow never blue. The only time I managed to get deep blue colour is when I mixed solutions together like alchemy...

Hi guys. I am having a great deal of trouble getting my high tech planted tank started. I need help setting up my drop checker. It took me a few goes to get my 4kh solution to turn blue but eventually for reasons unknown I managed to get it. So I put it in my tank and cranked up the co2. I could...

Hi, I will be introducing south american breeds of fish to my tank in the future and I am looking for a peaceful large fish. I am having alot of difficulty finding a suitable fish. I am not keen on angels or discus and could use some advice. These fish need to be friendly and compliment my...

thats alot tidier than my cupboard :) I would recommend doing a search for "golden ratio" on the web as it will give you some insight on where to lay your rocks n stuff

I have scrapped the old journal and started this fresh one because of the many changes I have made to the scape before even planting anything! Size: Tank 134g 6x2x1.5 Lighting: 312w T5 (8x 39w 6500K) I class this as being over 3 watts of T5 per gallon as I have alot of tank space taken up by...

Yeah tried all that. I think its a warranty issue so I am going to return it... meanwhile the HC is sitting there threatening to die on me :( Thanks for your reply

I was playing around with my co2 this afternoon and turned off my co2 bottle with the needle valve solonoid on. Ever since whenever I turn the bottle back on co2 spews out of the overload holes and the needle valve doesnt stop any of if spewing into the tank either. Is my needle valve wrecked?

I actually got annoyed at the poor choice of shimp I have here in Australia. The only ones that I like have been sold out for months so I though stuff it I will catch my own. I hand picked the macros out at the catching site. Here is what I have come up with. I have about 100 in the tank of...