Recent content by Badjester1

I've been asking around on communities a lot about whether these filters ever fail. I'd say 99% of people who say they've had a flood have admitted to being their fault. The vast majority being the O ring not being fitted correctly or the unit correctly maintained. I'm yet to find anyone who's...

I think when I registered my warranty they offered another two years making it five in total (here in the UK.) I did my first filter maintenance last night just to clean out the sediment from initially putting the sand in the tank. I was very pleased with how easy it was and how easy it all went...

I was wondering if filter floss would be the best option to replace the carbon with. So many options when I look at Fluval's website :confused:

Hi, I'm just wanting some advice around a Fluval 307 and what pads etc to use in it. As standard it came with carbon bags and phosphate remover pads. I'll be looking at doing a planted tank (nothing too crazy.) From having a planted tank years ago I remember that I obviously don't want to be...

It's going to be slow progress lol. I've been held up as I'm decorating the living room and that took so much longer than expected! So I'll be finally starting the tank next week. I've had the tank two weeks tomorrow and it's torture seeing it there waiting to be started :oops: I'll have a look...

Probably a community tank focussing more on various tetras. It'll be heavily planted and I like shoaling fish. :)

Fantastic and thanks for all that info! Yes I don't want to over complicate things. I'll have a look at that article you mentioned. Plant cycling isn't something I've done but sounds a lot better. Thanks again :)

Thanks for the reply! This is good news to me because I would love to just have sand! It'll be so much easier than messing on with soil. Yes I'd be using root tabs and from memory I think it was TNC ferts I used last time. Along with a Co2 kit which I have to admit I found tricky balancing that...

Hello 👋 I'll try to keep it short as I kind of half introduced myself on another post. I used to keep tropical fish but sadly had to give everything away due to a move and circumstances back in 2017. It was a really tough decision as I'd spent a lot of time and money and got very attached to...

Hello everyone! :) I'm new here and just wanted some advice to help with choosing a substrate. I used to have a few tropical tanks a few years ago but with having to move and so much going on at the time, I had to let them all go. Anyway I decided to start back up as I never stopped thinking...