Recent content by zoon

I have an old Fluval spec I am scaping. It has emergent wood and plants so the spec light no longer fits (and it’s the old spec light, so wasn’t very good anyway) Any suggestions for something clip on that is height adjustable and will sit higher up. I can’t hang from above, it has to attach...

I have these rather attractive little bushes of what I think is algae growing on a piece of oak in my tank. It’s very delicate, comes off very easily if you touch it. But my searching isn’t finding a type of algae that looks like this. No other algae in the tank. It’s also growing on the juwel...

So do you think I’m safe to use my already cycled media if I plant very heavily? I’ve heard stories of media being trashed and plants dying as initial ammonia levels get so high. I was assuming I’d need to monitor levels and do frequent water changes until more stable. Tank is only 19L

I have a Fluval spec sitting in the garage and plan to have a play with a dirted tank once the kitchen decorating in finished. I’m just going to use what I have lying around already - some potting soil and sand to cap, some previously used hardscape and whatever trimmings or plants I have spare...

I have a large juwel vision tank, low tech, with some big pieces of oak in there. There is a gap where two pieces cross over that I’d like to plant something in. It’ll be dark in the planting spot until the plant grows out of the gap. Already in the tank I have Java ferns, anubias, buce, Amazon...

I have some of that already 😉 Will give up on the Blyxa idea, I love the low maintenance of this tank and don’t want anything that struggles in it

I have hard water, am I best to avoid and choose an alternative?

I have a juwel vision 180 with the stock multilux LEDs on for 6hrs/day. Use dry salts as ferts, but lower dose than EI, based on getting good growth but no algae! Planted heavily with loads of easy stems, crypts and epiphytes. There is a space towards the front that is crying out for a plant...

I’ve found a helialux spectrum fairly locally at a bargain price and wondering whether it’s worth getting for my low tech juwel tank or if it’ll be too bright and cause too many issues such as algae. I know the brightness can be reduced with the controller, but I’m worried whilst finding the...

Large shoal of ember tetras, large shoalof Pygmy cories or maybe Cory Habrosus, cherry shrimp, Otos and sparkling gouramis

but what about the rest of the tank? That’d leave about half of it bare

😂 how would you arrange the rocks around the wood? I’m not normally keen on scapes with wood coming down from the surface, I’ve not seen one I like

Juwel vision 180 with some lovely slate from our stream and a piece of Talawa wood I have been soaking for weeks, but still won’t sink! ( so that’ll need weighing down for quite a while!) I will be getting another bag of soil for the rear as didn’t have as much left from another tank as I...

The tank is in a spot where having an external filter isn’t possible, hence the revamp of this old marine tank

I’m not sure if it will run the sump dry, that’s what I’m trying to figure out will having two chambers of alfagrog slow the flow that much? An external stuffed full of alfagrog works fine, so I figured the rear sump would work similarly. Is two chambers of alfagrog overkill?