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Have to agree with the others, the media you already have already has the sufficient amount of bacteria to digest the ammonia nitrites etc, so all your doing is moving it over to the new filter :)

Looks sweet pal! The moss will take ages to start growing, it did on mine, and still hasnt grown much, but it should grow much faster in yours once it gets going because of the higher humidity! Good luck with it!

Ah man, gutted! Haha, sweet man they should nibble on it as it starts to rot away :) nice healthy snack!

Looks sweet man, i love your driftwood! Perfect for some apistos to hide in or some sort of dwarf cichlid ;)

Are they computer fans!? Damn i didnt realise that! Haha, wouldnt they break from the excess water? Do you have any links to tutorials on how to make fans? I am planning on having an automatic fog machine/humidifier (not quite a misting system, right?) and i will be spraying manually too...

So you think fans will be needed too? I will put up a post on dendroboard asking lol :P Just to make sure! Fans can't cost that much anyway... can they? And if i drilled the bottom, it would be under the false bottom, with a piece of pvc siliconed over the hole. This means that once the water...

I've already thought most of it out guys! I am planning on getting -ADA style light frame going around the tank to suspend the light- I don't want the light in the actual tank, it would probably fry the frogs! Haha -12mm Perspex/acrylic lid made a few inches shorter than needed so I can fit in...

All sounds normal to me, nothing to worry about! It will clear up as you go on :) As for the plants, I found with my tank it was a lot of trial and error. Some didn't work, some worked better than others! Good job with the eleocharis btw, i've noticed that at my MA but they always seem to be...

Haha cheers man! At first i was contemplating whether to post it or not, but after seeing a couple more vivarium builds on here.... whats one more ;) And yes, i've always loved the idea of recreating nature in a 'glass box'. Something that's stuck with me ever since being small. I am still in...

Right, after a few months of thinking and considering getting a vivarium for some dart frogs, I've made the decision- I'M GONNA DO IT! I am beyond excited about this vivarium, and this will be documented from the very beginning stages. Right now, it's just an ordinary ROMA 90 aquarium and...

Sweeeet! No problem pal!

Sweet vivarium man! Haha i'll take it off of zak if he's offering? :P

I noticed this on dendroboard! It looks sweet mate! I have started a journal for a vivarium myself but wasnt sure whether to post on here considering this is an 'aquatic plant society' lol :P

Haha sorry I don't know much about selaginellas but enough to recognise it! Haha! I have considered getting it before, it does look really good. Got any pictures of your nano vivarium parotet?

Ohhh you lucky guy, you got a fixed water bill :L run the RO unit too just for kicks hahaha

Oh man, you already have a tds unit? :/ you could probably sell it on if you wanted to, but we probably saved you a lot of money in terms of your water bill ;) And yeah man, whenever i go up to (south) wales, water always tastes so much nicer up there haha tastes fresher, it's soft water up...

Sounds perfect to me mate! I wish i had your water -_- haha!

The last one looks like a selaginella erythropus 'ruby red'. It is a terrestrial spike moss which cant grow underwater i'm afraid, there is a species of selaginella that can, but they are rare as hell and i dont think that it is this type. If you still want to keep it it'd do better in a humid...

I'd have to agree with sacha, it doesn't sound like you need it. I'd assume the TDS was low and that you have soft water. I use tap water (based in high wycombe) and the pH is around 8.4 and the tds is off the scale (300dh +) and my tank has been fine. I think it matters more as to whatever fish...

Some underwater and full tank shots! Sorry some of them are rubbish, i'm having a real tough time getting decent pictures of the fish, but you should see some photos of my group of honey gouramis together if you look real close! Haha! Hope you all like it!

Oh i see mate, I would honestly own a zoo if i had the time money or space! Haha! But cheers man its good to know you like my tank :)

You totally should, man! And thank you, i really appreciate it! I still need to get some pictures of those damn honey gourami! Cheers!

Thank you matt! Hopefully it will! :)

Hello, i'm probably no help here but i just wanted to say that sketch follows the rule of thirds well and would for sure make a great scape! I have to second you on the dragon stone, truly one of the best textures to work with.

haha ace man! Theres loads of types of bromeliads mate, some dont even like to touch water, so i have no idea what exact species it is! Haha! Yeah man same, all the fish that do draw me need some sort of specific care requirement or exact water parameters, which is too difficult for me, lol...

CPD's sound sweet man! What about some sort of centerpiece fish? Tom had a peacock goby, but that's assuming you dont have any shrimp apart from large amanos? What about some sort of apistogramma? I have a group of honey gourami in mine, but they just dont feel 'prominent' enough, to me. Have...

This is awesome man! What fish do you plan on putting in there in the end? And what plants are in there mate? I'm interested in that pink flowered emergent plant!

Since the previous update, i have made a number of changes. The circulation pumps have been unclogged and are running fine now. No more fish losses ever since, apart from a pencilfish that decided to jump out of the tank! -_- i think the honey gouramis may have just been a dodgy batch. I have...

I have this in my low tech, it is absolutely fine, i havent seen any die-back, however i havent seen much growth either!

haha show off ;) Sorry adam!

This is awesome, one of the most unique tanks i have seen, and has really made me want to give buces a try in a similar fashion. Everything, in terms of hardscape, plants, livestock and locations mingle and suit each other perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

Your telling me! How i long for one of those beautiful, perfect, cleanly cut iwagumis, and some space for one -_- haha

ahh i see man fair enough, i'm just chucking together a few low-maintenance 'storage crate planters' together and leaving them outside and placing a few of my spare trimmings in there to see how things get on! :) hoping to grow one full of HC or glosso!

I use natural sunlight though legytt, isnt that the strongest you can get? However it is on the windowsill so is probably getting that effect from trying to grow towards the window...

Yeah you can mate, quite easily, but i've found it grows almost like a stem plant in my propagators, let's see what the others say.

Got my shipment of plants in the other day, the utricularia Livida looks fricking awesome and with flowers! I'm glad I bought it, I might keep it in the cling film cover it came in, and just conceal the cling film in the tank to keep the nutritious substrate separate from the nutrient-hating...

Does this mean, in terms of fish more sensitive to nitrate, i.e marine fish and corals etc (sorry, unrelated topic) are they more sensitive to the conversion of ammonia to nitrite to nitrate?

Hello mate, just wanted to add that i do not trust nitrate test kits much, I usually rely more on observing the health of both fish and plants. Just my opinion! Hope everything pans out :)

Haha it is pretty cool! Doesnt seem to be much light getting into there though :P I couldn't imagine you'd be able to do much with it either!

Okay i'll just pop out and take some pictures now :)

hello mate, me and my dad built a pond some 12 years ago, i was around 5 at the time and my dad has now passed and i cannot remember how he built it, but it is raised roughly 3ft and built in a corner. It has what i can only describe as wooden 'fencing' around the edges, and i know we dug a hole...

Exactly the same happened to me tom- a day or so after adding my beckfordi pencils, they began spawning! Never saw any fry though, probably got eaten. But since theres only four fish in your tank, which is massive, you should see some survivors! They are absolutely awesome looking fish, very...

I've done things like this numerous amounts of times before. What I did (if fish are moved too) is- -grabbed a bucket, and then i bagged the fish up (allow plenty of space for the fish so the water doesn't foul too quickly, 1 part water to 2 parts air for good oxygen supply) -Put the filter...

Beautiful mate. Absolutely beautiful. You decided what fish are going in yet?

Haha alright man cheers! Don't worry about it haha! I had a feeling it was one of those plants... E. Parvula is labelled 'easy' by tropica, yet i've never completely agreed with that statement haha.

Oh damn thats awesome! I just can't seem to get mine to either live or grow, it just dies back. Any tips? :P :L

Hahaha i kind of like it! Can just imagine something massive like an arowana or something poking it's head out of the darkness! This is looking sweet regardless! What plant is that floating on the top? Thats not eleocharis is it?

Cheers man! That was the sort of look i was hoping for! Hopefully it will look even better further down the line :D

alright cheers guys! I'll trim them back and see how it goes :) Hopefully they will take hold!

Update time! The other week I bought three Juncus Spiralis to be added to my tank. There are also now 18 ember tetra. I also added a betta today from work that I could NOT resist- he's a beautiful bluey-black and orange colour. Sorry for the crap photo of him- I think i may buy a better camera...

Ah man thats unlucky. Raindrops landing in the tank would have made a brilliant effect! Fair enough haha, wouldn't say the weather was 'unfortunate' though!

Very interested! Please keep us updated!

I bought a fighter for my tank today too! Handsome blue chap you've got there :)

I've been looking for those but couldn't find them anywhere! Mind i think they would be too big for my tank though. They will look great in yours though pal. Tom- i've had a little idea niggling in the back of my head in terms of the sun roof lighting- Wouldn't it be awesome if, instead of...

alright thank you guys!

The other day i got two ex-display fluval specs really cheap at work (£35 for the two) with all the bits and bobs. However, one of the specs has the light transformer missing. I thought i'd take them anyway as i was saving over £100 on them. I cannot find any transformers for the fluval spec...

I have been keeping an eye on this thread, probably one of my favourite tanks! So natural looking. What type is that fern growing on the emersed twigs?

I made something new for my tank last week, it is a little 'root' feature for the emersed portion that i hope to get some nice pilea involucrata growing on with some nice mosses. I also added an orchid to it- Haraella Retrocalla. Here is a step by step on how i made it- First- i cut off a piece...

this is looking brilliant mate. Very nicely grown in.

I can't i'm afraid mate, however my first thought was monoselenium tenerum when you mentioned a 'lighter' moss. And yeah, stay away from riccia mate, its a nightmare! x_x

This looks great mate, i really like the look of the sand. Maybe some more HC or glosso growing in and around the rocks to soften the contrast? Also, stick some moss on those emersed twigs!

That looks freakin' awesome man! Very ingenious way of suspending the light too ;) haha!

No problem pal keep us updated :)

Echinodorus tenellus springs to mind....

Looking sweet mate look forwards to it growing in.

That looks MUCH better mate, looks tidier.

I have a question- are either micros or macros more important?

Great article mate! just went out and grabbed some pleurocarps from the garden for my moss wall, and am now removing the clump of acrocarp moss i put in there a while back- was wondering why it wasnt doing great! Cheers again!

Bristlenoses arent the most 'plant-friendly' fish in the world, large, hungry, and clumsy, meaning plants can easily be eaten and uprooted. have you considered setting up a seperate tank for them or anything?

Trimming the stems often will result in compact, bushy growth, therefore looking a little more organised.

I got a 100x100cm for around 25 quid so thats an extremely good price, i'd go for it mate. And parotet, i think the winter lighting should be fine. I grew a 30x60cm tray of lilaeopsis brasilensis through winter by the windowsill just fine. What i have noticed, though, is too wet conditions and...

This is looking awesome mate, how often do your orchids flower? truly beautiful. Also in regards to xaxim, i've no experience with it, but i use hygrolon and it does stay wet all the time. Climbers root onto it very well, mosses grow onto it well too. Only downside to it, it does not look very...

Yup, my girlfriend is much better at taking pictures than me! Sorry it's so picture heavy, she took a lot of pictures. haha! As you can see, it's surviving from it's nutrient deficiency quite well. An old classic- the venus fly trap! Cheeky little ember tetra!

I didnt even notice that iain, are you going to be planting the walls too!?

Excellent mate, just when i thought it couldnt get much better.

Bear with me guys i've only a week of college left, then i'll have more of a play around with the tank and take some decent pictures. Been experiencing problems with nutrient deficiency, but seems to be sorting itself out now after a dosage of EI. I will do another dosage after my next water...

You finally got to put it up then! Looks good mate growing in nicely :)

oh ma gawd oh ma gawd oh ma gawd how do you make everything look amazing dude!? is that natural sunlight!? Frickin' awesome man. Looking forwards to this!

Okay i shall do that, thanks! As for the humidity- i know people which have kept peppermint in these kinds of setups and they have been fine, as for the oregano- i'm surprised it's doing so well. This is sort of an experiment, and i chucked a couple of plants in, and the oregano seems to be...

oh sorry mate! completely new to this ya know. haha. Micro mix- Fe: 8.2% Mn: 1.82% zn: 1.16% B: 1.05% Cu: 0.23% Mo: 0.15% Thank you i will begin doing that. I doubt it is humidity because the main plants affected are oregano and black peppermint, which can be grown in the garden, and i have a...

It is aquariumplantfood mate. Oh i see mate, wouldnt algae issues arise if i dosed too much? So for example, start with dosage 3x per week, wait for up to 6 days to see any signs of healthy growth. If healthy growth is present, then decrease to say 2.5x per week, and then so on? Am i right here?

Ermm i dosed the recommended 10ml per 50 litres EI micro and macro, and its a 300 litre. I've been told to do once a week because its low tech.

Its not getting any better... only the floaters. Any help guys?

Some pictures- You can see the yellow on top in comparison to the rest of the plant- Brown blotches Not too bad on this one, this is the fastest growing of the lot.

That was a very interesting table darrel, thanks for sharing. Dosed EI ferts yesterday, the floaters put out new plants every day and the newer ones seem good now, all green. :) The new leaves on the emergent seem a slight bit greener now but have a significant brown blotches on them.... the...

Yup i have them to hand, i'll dose them today. My floaters are not very close to the light, my light is just under 2 feet above the surface of the water. The emergents, the tallest are probably around 6-10inches or so from the light. It seems to be the 'faster' growing plants that suffer. I...

ok i'll try and get a picture up tomorrow night, however I dosed some seachem flourish comprehensive as i was waiting for my ei salts to dissolve in the solution overnight, and the plants look much better today, however i shouldnt expect to see a change that quickly. We'll see how it goes. Does...

Awesome, so the guidelines say dose 3x per week 10ml every 50 litres or something like that, should i dose 10ml every 50litres once a week? And should I dose micros too? How do 10 percent water changes work? Surely that removes nutrients from the water column? I normally do around 10-30...

Hi, I have a problem with some of my plants in my tank. It is a low-tech tank. Everything that has access to the substrate, is growing perfectly because of the JINo3. However, most of the plants that do not have access, for example amazon frogbit and riparium plants (that use the water column...

This is looking awesome! Nice one! good luck with the move too.

Off topic, but i saw this yesterday, and bought an echinodorus today :D It looks great mate. :)

Yes Tom! Looking forwards to this!

looking good mate!

Thank you! And yeah I may try a 6,500k tube alongside a 10,000k. Just have to have a play. My girlfriend said she will take some pictures on her nikon d3200 and edit them. So all's good! :P Added some more plants today, and really need to sort out the lighting as they are growing above the...

Haha i will mate, i'll get my girlfriend to help me out, she's got a better camera and she takes a photography a-level! haha. Im cr*p at photography! Also what do you think of what i said in accordance to upgrading to T5's if you dont mind mate?

I use a nikon coolpix, not the best camera in the world but theres a setting on there that makes it more vivid. Should I turn that down?

Thank you tim i appreciate it! Yes I do, Tillandsia Usenoides (spanish moss) and Tillandsia Ionantha :) Give a lovely pink colour, and has small purple flowers when in bloom. I'm trying to think whether i can induce it to bloom. Not the first person that has said that, lol! They are T8...

Picture-heavy update now! These pictures were taken on sunday, when I added a further 4 honey gourami and 6 pencilfishes. Everything has been absolutely fine! Even with no filter! I even came home on monday to find my pencilfishes breeding! It was a surprise! They were displaying like mad and...

Thats a brilliant first attempt mate, you also seem to have a knack for hardscaping and a real attention to detail. Nice one pal :)

Update time! The tank is getting onto around 6 weeks old now, and i am pretty darn happy with how things are getting on. Everything is growing steadily, but really well. I have also decided not to keep chocolate gourami. The pH was fine, but my gH and kH were just too high, even with the use of...