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Something strange is happening. I noticed that my CO2 delivery was being disrupted by my check valve failing. It lead to a lower concentration of CO2 in my water. So subsequently I sorted it out and started to pump CO2 in at a rather rapid rate to help compensate for the period without CO2 -...

Hey Shawn, Congrats to you too! Now that you mention it, I did have some CO2 supply issues going back about 3 weeks, but I thought I rectified that. Could the effects of the hiccup just be ironing themselves out now? I already have cut my light hours to about 6 hours... perhaps I have to...

Roy! Success! I double-dosed Flourish Excel for 3 days straight and got one floating snail! :ROFLMAO: I think I just have to go back to crushing snails and letting my SAE eat them haha chan011 - no problems. It has been fun sharing my experiences - 'learning' is the reason for the journal...

They have the rare floating-snail-disease. I might try double dosing excel for a couple of days and report back my findings Cheers Simon

Hey Roy, I double dosed Flourish Excel and it did nothing. The snails are just sitting there laughing at me through the glass. It didn't seem to do anything to the other fauna either. I just did one double dose and observed the effect. How many days in a row am I meant to double dose? I'm...

Thanks guys! Roy, liquid CO2 kills snails?! I'll have to give that a go. How much do you dose? The standard amount for the tank volume? Have you ever known liquid CO2 to affect shrimp? Cheers Simon Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk

Hello all, I've been inactive for a little while... Life takes you to interesting places and I am currently preparing for the birth of my first child in April, so apologies for my disappearance, and I hope you are all well. I also haven't really had much time to devote to my tank so I've let...

Hey Beagle, Are you EI dosing with no CO2? Cheers Simon

Roy, Your plant growth is so impressive. Do you dose this tank? Cheers Simon

Hi ptiJo The moss looks great. Do you have to spray it everyday to keep it moist? Or does it sustain itself like that? Thanks Simon

This is great news! Thanks. I'm going to go crush some snails! Roy, you might not have to get that clown loach after all. You might be pretty busy crushing snails though! Cheers Simon

The shrimp will eat those snails if they are crushed? Cheers Simon

Thanks Keith. I don't think I'll worry about trying to maintain the slopes. The plants will get in the way of things that I try to put in the substrate. I might just keep that in mind for the next scape. Having read about it but never having actually scaped before, I didn't realise how much the...

14cm! We're metric down here on this big island at the bottom of the world. The HC will probably love that CO2 when it's installed. Looking forward to seeing your progress Cheers Simon

Looks great, Ian. What are the dimensions of that container? Looks nano! Cheers Simon

Roy, Do you trim your HC or does it naturally grow compact like that? It looks great! Cheers Simon

Thanks Roy. Yeah I know. I'm going to have to do that at the next trim - have been putting it off. I'm a little bit worried about the Blyxa because the substrate seems to be falling away from the base of the pants and it is exposing the roots. So it looks like the plants are trying to float up...

A quick update after today's mini trim. I've found that the HC leaves are no longer yellowing. The S.repens overall looks healthier too - well the new growth does anyway. Apart from that, with the ferts, I am seeing the HC grow really fast. New bright green leaves all the time. I seem to...

Superb! Your plants are growing so well. Please let us know how you go with the clown loach. I also have those little snails and have been wondering how to get rid of them. I always thought a clown loach would uproot the HC Cheers Simon

So... my CO2 regulator died the other day. I heard a hissing noise coming from it and, on inspection, it seemed to be leaking into one of the gauges. The gauge was very cold and foggy. I couldn't figure out if the fix was easy and I really didn't have time to stuff around with it so I...