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Hi, Ive recently started with DIY Co2 in my 30 liter nano and am also using liquid carbo. Ive got some PMDD (KNO3 50g, KH2PO4 8g and micromix 7g each in 500ml of water) and wonder if anyone can tell me how much and how often to use these. So far Ive been doing it once a week 3 ml of each with a...

Thanks there are plenty of hiding places for the shrimp so I think it sounds like a good idea. The snails are not doing the job fast enough! Amano shrimp are quite easy to find too. I had a little shrimp in my baby tank (mollies) but the horrible assassin snail ate him. I bought it to control...

1 molly, 1 platy, 2 dwarf gourami, 5 glass catfish and a few corys. Guess a little shrimp wouldnt stand a chance huh? Thanks Karen

Will shrimp be ok in my community tank? I did buy some zebra snails but they dont eat fast enough! I currently have a 30 liter nano cycling and planned on getting some shrimp when its done. Thanks again Karen

Thankyou very much for that help. Hope it wont take too long before my tank is back to normal. Karen

I have 3 different bottles with PMDD one is KNO3, one is KH2PO4 and the other is a micromix. Which one do you mean? Sorry for all the questions!! Thanks Karen

Sorry to sound like an idiot but what do you mean by trace? Ive never heard this term before but I am still relatively new to this! Thanks for the help Ive just done yet another PWC and will take your advice. Karen

Sorry should have mentioned I have two 30w t8 lamps and no Co2. Lamps are on for about 12 hours per day. Just ran a PO4 test and its 0.8 again! Ammonia and nitrites are 0. Nitrates are at 10. Dont know if this is a factor but Ive recently started using Happy Life Liquid Filter Medium. My water...

I am beginning to wish Id never started with PMDD in my 200 liter tank. Algae is taking over everthing...horrible brown algae on my BTN background and green algae on plants, rocks and glass. My phosphate levels are high...last reading was 0.8 and im having to do regular PWC to keep it under...

Lol know that feeling well. Spent thousands since I restarted my aquarium hobby 3 months ago. The list of things to buy just keeps growing and I have to buy things in order of priority and a C02 system keeps moving down the list. I will look into the liquid carbon thanks. Karen

I should have mentioned that this is a temporary CO2 set up. I do plan on getting something better when funds allow :) Thanks for the help. Karen

Ive just set up and started cycling a 30 liter nano and want my plants to grow really lush so Ive decided to start with DIY CO2. My question is should I use PMDD liquid feed with this and if so how much. My tank is pretty well planted with a variety of plants and Im using an 11w lamp that came...

Thanks. You cant buy thick bleach here anyway its all the thin stuff! Wish I could buy domestos though its a great product :)

Thanks again for that useful info. Hope to get my purigen in the post tomorrow and gonna buy some carbon too cause ive just finished an ich treatment and want to make sure there are no traces of the blue stuff left!! Great that you can keep reusing purigen cause its not cheap stuff to buy. :fish:

I really love the look of a kissing gourami. I currently have the following in my 200 liter tank. 4 guppies 5 mollies 4 platies 2 mosaic gourami 3 dwarf gourami 5 pink tetras 10 neon tetra 5 corys 2 plecos (looking for a new home I didnt know they got so big) 5 glass catfish Have I got room...

Sorry to sound like an idiot but what do you mean by 'mechanical filters'. I just have the sponge type filters in there right now plus some white looking macaroni at the bottom :)

Catfish cant tolerate salt. I have just finished a course of ich treatment and decided on the no salt because I have glass catfish and plecos. I bought stuff called punktol ultra by jbl and its worked wonders after just a few treatments. The course of treatment lasts 15 days and you have to do a...

Today Ive ordered some Seachem Purigen for my tank and I was wondering if anyone else has used it. I plan on putting it into my external filter and I presume it goes into a filter bag but how much and on what level should it go? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated! many thanks

Hi, Ive recently took up keeping fish again after a 20 year rest period! Started with a small tank and now I just finished cycling a 200 liter and am stocking it. At present Ive just got a community tank with mollies, platies, guppies, gouramis to name a few! My dream fish would have to be...

Hi When I was young we won a goldfish at the fairground. In those days you took one home in a small plastic bag when you threw a hoop over a bottle!!! We didnt have a tank so the fish spent the first few days in my mums best salad bowl. When we did get a tank it was one a neighbour gave us...a...