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I was told once that BBA is quite often caused by large water changes, i cant remember much other than the CO2 levels in large water changes make BBA thrive. Maybe someone could comment?

What do you mean by you shouldnt let bulbs flower? When i bought a bulb from my lfs the guy told me if i saw a flower coming to chop it off as soon as possible, he told me that if i allowed it to flower it would die back sometimes die completely so if i wanted to keep the plant going as just...

Hi all I have a plant not sure of its name that frequently tries to flower but typically i chop it off as soon as i spot it. Can i let it flower? I know if its a bulb not to let it flower because then it will shut down but this isnt a bulb so im not sure if its ok to flower or not. I have...

We are a week or so further on now and plants look like they are picking up - still a way to go but we are fairly sure there is improvement. We have been adding the TPN+ and i have left the lighting as it was with just the 2 x t8's (15w). I have been looking around at getting some ground cover...

how big is your tank? that way you can work out watts per gallon(wpg) and basically 1 is low 2-3 is medium to high and 3+ is high Hi My tank is a 21" cube which works out 30USGallons but these lights are the LED Strips - i assume the normal WPG cant be used?

Good post but i have one question. I have a new set of lights coming this week but im really unsure of the "how much lighting" category we fall into we have these coming: http://www.tmc-ltd.co.uk/aquarium/aquaray-lighting.asp we have the twin aquaray aquabeam natural daylight coming. We have...

Thanks for your reply, we thought we ought to upgrade the lights as nothing has been growing in the tank, the plants generally have been staying alive but gradually dying off, they typically have roots but not much leaf so we thought this was because the plants weren't photosynthesising enough...

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We have bought the Aquaray twin. (Natural daylight) Are the plants planted in the substrate? - Yes they are What ferts are you dosing? Leaf zone - was using excel too but stopped becasue of the grass type plants What Filtration? - exteranl filtration i cant remember the specifics of it, we...

Could be BBA (Black brush algae) - i had it for ages and treated with flourish excel.

Right so as title says, we have changed from large gravel to JBL Aquabasis plus topped with roman black, a week later (this weekend) we have set up our pressurized CO2 - set at 1 buuble/second, i am now waiting for my new LED lights to be delivered. I bought 10 potted plants a few weeks ago...

Thanks for that, so i have worked out my tank gets 0.90wpg - no wonder my plants dont grow much. We are upgrading soon to have CO2 and upgrading the gravel to JBL Aquabasis plus and black roman gravel. Presumably i need to upgrade my lights now, shame i didnt realise as i have last week...

How do i work out how many WPG i am giving my tank? I have a 21inch cube tank with 2 x t8's 15w each. Thanks for any help

Right so i have ordered my JBL aquabasis plus and some black roman gravel. I am replacing existing gravel so will have to empty tank, fish and plants into big water container. I'll add the substrate then the gravel then water (on plate), can i put all the plants and fish in straight away...

Hi all We are buying in bits for our tank to upgrade it to having CO2 injected and whilst we're in it messing about we thought we'd replace our gravel with JBL Aquabasis plus but am after some ideas what to top it with. I have only ordered one bag so hoping thats enough for a 21inch cube. I...

Dear All My wife and i have been running our tank for a couple of years now and started putting plants in the tank around 2 years ago. initally we had some success with plants growing well but then had a setback with a spate of black brush algae and plants not doing well but have overcome our...