Recent content by Ryans-planted-tank

Tank update

Just a quick question, just tested my water today and I have no nitrites but have nitrates and ammonia is this normal? Never had that happen before! See my pic.

Better quality pics and a pic of my new digital timers with battery backup seemed the best option.

Yeah the background idea looks good might look into it, i cant stop looking at the wallpaper now you pointed it out lol might just get the wife put plain wallpaper up but doubt that will happen.

Tmc auto top up, i have a float in my tank when it drops the pump kicks in and fills it up back to the same point, a good thing to have to keep good water quality and handy for water changes as it creates little water movement so things arent flying around your tank, well worth getting! Costs...

Plants added are hemianthus micranthemoides and lilaeopsis brasilienis, think i need get some more plants as not covered as much as i thought. Also had 8 white cloud mountain minnows,i am currently doing a 50% water change every day untill cycle has finished then i will go onto 25% every other...

The pump in the bucket is for my tmc auto top up so the tank fills its self up also good for water changes, I have now planted so will put pics on soon with the plants I have used.

I have just bought my first co2 kit its the jbl proflora u402 seems very well made and easy to set up cost around £200 but there are cheaper models in the same range, from what i have read it is worth having a co2 system in place.

Hi there, this is my new tank awaiting plants, has been set up for the last two days im very happy with my tank from aquarium.ltd even if it did take 16 weeks to come! With no communication. They deliver your tank them selves and put the tank in the desired position for you, not like some places...

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i think they are hydroids? can anyone help if they are what do i need to do with them?

cheers thanks for the help cant wait now

hey guys will be setting up my reef aquarium in a few weeks and iv got alot of stuff already, including probes, uv exturnal filter 1400lph, fluval 205, a tmc v2bio 600 fluidised sand bed filter, will be getting protien skimmer and test kits over next couple of weeks. but the only thing i cant...

probably the most random question on here dan lol and your a sparky! haha why would u want both ? i thought u were happy just having soft corals.

iv decided to go marine, and i am going go for a reef set up! i have chosen my new tank its going to be a Fluval Profile 850 in silver. its a 232 ltr tank with a Fluval 205 external filter. my questions are. 1 am i right in thinking about 25kg of live rock would be ideal for natural...