Hello from Ireland!

[Davep]

Welcome to AA Abo, already tried to convince Ian to head to seahorse

 

[Abo]

Welcome to AA Abo, already tried to convince Ian to head to seahorse

Tanx davep. Ye we'll worth de drive. What kind of set up do you have urself?

 

[Davep]

I have a 240lt bow front community tank
Only got back in to it 6 months ago, had twins come along a couple years back
So did not have the time for it. At the moment i have 3 angels 2 bala sharks a red rail shark, a couple of pleco, 3 kuli loach and 5 sterba corys. All living peacefully

 

[Davep]

Hey what are the tall plants you have in the large tank?

 

[Abo]

Cool what types of pleco do you have?

 

[Abo]

They are valisneria gigantae

 

[Ian086]

Ye I started buying stress coat 1.9llitre 24€ delivered from eBay as opposed 23.49€ 475ml in shop
What are them other products you listed for? Prime I heard of I was told not to use it in a planted tank it removes some of nutrients needed for plants?

You CAN use prime in a planted tank. It's probably the most used declor on AA and many members use it with planted tanks. It's a bit more expensive initially but long term, it works out cheaper. 1Litre of Prime treats 10,000 US gallons of water, that's 37,854ltrs!!!. Stress Coat can't be used when running Purigen. Purigen is great at removing/absorbing toxins in the water, it also polishes the water. Matrix is a bio-media, 1ltr of it has the same surface area of 250ltrs of bio-balls. De-nitrate removes Nitrates but can only be used in filters with a flow of less than 50gph. New Life Spectrum, great food for all types of fish. My fish go mad for it. If you google the above products, it will give you a more detailed explanation of their benefits....

Welcome to AA Abo, already tried to convince Ian to head to seahorse

Sorry Davep, I was too lazy to check back on the thread to get your name. That's what happens when you multi-post!!!

 

[Ian086]

They are valisneria gigantae

Are you dosing liquid carbon or C02??

 

[Davep]

No prob ian

 

[Abo]

Oh right I went to buy it before and was advised against it for planted tank like everything in this hobby tink a lot of different opinions! Never had prob with nitrates regular wc and heavily planted.

 

[Abo]

Davep I'm dosing co2 have fire extinguishers setup far cheaper than 500g tanks from shops

 

[Ian086]

Oh right I went to buy it before and was advised against it for planted tank like everything in this hobby tink a lot of different opinions! Never had prob with nitrates regular wc and heavily planted.

I know, everyone has an opinion. I use it in all my tanks, including planted no issues. I have a link somewhere for getting it in America cheaper. When you run low on the stress coat and if you want the Prime, give me a shout and i'll send you the link....

 

[Abo]

Dead on tanx

 

[Ian086]

Dead on tanx

Could be a while, when you have 2ltrs of Stress Coat...haha

 

[bazza]

Another Irish lad here. Haven't been active on this site in good while. 125l running 2 years now. Recently just acquired a 250l coffee table aquarium. In the process of setting it up. Be great to keep in touch with people closer than across the pond

 

[Davep]

Hey bazza good to have you on board, where abouts you living? Im in meath myself running a 250 lt community

 

[bazza]

In ferbane. Co Offaly. Lived in trim for a while not that long back

 

[Ian086]

In ferbane. Co Offaly. Lived in trim for a while not that long back

Hey Bazza. Great to have another one of us here. Make sure your post pictures of the coffee table tank. I/we would love to see it!!

 

[bazza]

Will do when it's up and running

 

[tommyk]

Hi.

Just found this thread. Another irish lad here. I'm in co. Roscommon