Recent content by KirkyArcher

Lead is perfectly fine to secure your plants, will do no harm to your tank inhabitants (plants or fish)

If you don't like snails in the tank the most effective way to remove them is chemically, (the clean up of the dead bodies afterwards is critical though, ammonia levels can go through the roof and the water can smell absolutely foul) don't worry about lingering residual quantities of any...

Snail killing chemicals in my experience (Esha Gastroplex) don't have any prolonged harmful effects after as few as two large volume water changes. My 6 Amano shrimp were removed while treating an infestation of uninvited snails in my 125 litre and put back in after the afore mentioned two large...

opening the reg cover would just vent the majority of the cylinder contents to the atmosphere and not entered the tank

It looks like you've cracked open the regulator housing, the part you have indicated by the red arrow, tighten it back up fully shut, looks like you have a pre-set unit, and just us the needle valve to control flow rate.

yep fully vent it

the nock down valve on the extinguisher may be sticking, and/or the sound you are hearing may just be residual pressure within the reg, take it outside open the valves as if you were using it in the tank then increase gas flow and allow it to fully vent to atmosphere

Daize's recipe is a good one , may take a while to get going, but will give a prolonged "life" as there is lots of sugar for less yeast to feed and grow on/with, your original recipe will burn out very fast. Plus having any orifice for gas to escape will as you've discovered make the Co2 system...

The stone is on a V in the branch so quite secure All plants swapped, and also some fish moved about to/from my other tank. Will try and get a few better shots hopefully with fewer reflections when it gets darker.

A new lump of wood and the latest arrangement    Stone is just holding wood down until it gets properly water-logged, may add some moss at a later date!  

put a strip or strips of black electrical tape the full length of the unrequired tube to reduce the output of light!

Right let's try to sort it :) Are the ends of the hoses beneath the water line?  Is there actual water flow? You've tried the shaking, tipping method to expel the trapped air, are you doing this while the filter is running, have you tried an extended use of the primer (about 20 pumps while the...

No need to use carbon in a planted tank, yes it will absorb a substantial amount of the ferts, until it becomes saturated and can't absorb any more, also no need to try and chemically remove melafix or primafix  :)

How long are the hoses, if you have enough slack in the pipes to turn the filter upside down I'm getting the picture that they're too long... they need to be as straight and direct as possible. 

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