Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Algae Bloom
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I think that I know whats wrong now. Tank was ok unitil I put in this plant Fittonia Verschaffeltii. I got it from MaxiZoo in Finglas.Guy from the shop sayd that it is aquarium plant so I got it becouse its red colour, alaways wanted some colourfull plant in the tank, so it turned out that this plant is for terariums and even house, or outdoors plant
this plant in water can live about 4-6 weeks, its not growing just slowly dying and pollutes the water. This plant is in the pot in my kitchen now ;] thanks for great help Katherine ! I'll keep updating, hope it going to go away... Please Log in to join the conversation.
firstly, the typical signs of blooming water - uv lamp would be the best solution, without this a bypass it, but it will take longer.
secondly, you have too low light for your plants - the basic rule: a minimum of 0.5W of light per 1 liter of water, especially when using co2.
Cheers, a happy easter to all
chris
Draco I have 2x28w T5s with reflectors in my 190l tank and they are more than sufficient for it.
I have very healthy plant growth (as Dejwys can testify)
Dejwys, like you say I would limit the air pump to a few hrs at night when the CO2 goes off.
While the "house plant" probably hasn't helped your cause, the bloom is most likely due to the fact that it's a new set up.
Hope it settles soon, you did a great job scaping it.
Paddy
Tallaght, Dublin 24
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if you are using co2 they should do very well. the crypts often seem to melt away to nothing when introduced to a tank but stick with them they can burst back to life. i have one that went back to 4 leaves and now is the size of a good melon
as for carpeting plants, i found pogostemon helferi does well for me its quite interesting but needs med-high light (you should be fine with it i've only 108w above a 400l tank) and fertile substrate. it was the only thing that the clown loaches didn't uproot
Location: Portlaoise, Midlands
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