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New year new project. We finally moved out of grizzly London back in January to the not yet sunny Kent coast. We're just renting for now but this is the first proper garden I have had apart from the old allotment, for over 20 years, and it needs a water feature. After deciding probably not best...

Hi all, my allotment pond has been going for about a month now, nothing fancy just a preformed liner about 750L. Water is a mix 50/50 rainwater and Eau de Thames. The pond has 6 baskets with following marginals: Caltha palustris x6 Alisma plantago x6 Butomus umbellatus x6 Cardamine pratensis...

At the moment I am running my CO2 on manual, as it sits next to my computer, so each morning I undo main valve on cylinder expecting same flow as previous day, but it never is. I have to manually readjust the needle valve to get countable bubbles, best I get after opening the valve is s steady...

Its a bit of a crap photo, but does anyone what this is? Thought they might be Copella but they don't match any of the nine species I checked. Plus those barbels! Cheers

Hi After 18 months of non co2 in my two cubes, I am considering adding CO2 to the 40cm cube. I have been running them as softwater tanks with a KH of 0.5 (approx. 10ppm KH Test ) and a pH of 6-6.5. What parameters would I need to move to, to provide a more stable environment? A bit worried...

Hi Instead of binning my cuttings from my tanks I now put them in the polytunnel "pond" (just an old water tank), I thought this was a Rotala Macrandra Green but looks very different now its been outside for a few weeks. cheers

Not sure if this has been posted before, but my jaw dropped looking at this gorgeous aquarium full set can be found here http://aquascaping.floraquatic.com/2014/12/une-plongee-dans-la-nature-par-takashi-amano/

Just got back from a couple of weeks in Thailand,and thought I'd post a few pics from JJ market ( Chatuchak). It's heartbreaking just how cheap so many things are over there, but a few surprisingly expensive things as well. Bucephelandras are really expensive,about 5-10x what I pay here, and...

I am not happy with the flow in my 40cm cube, it's an aquanano, so has three compartments at the back, and I have added an extra pump outlet about 10cm above substrate level. I use a 650L per hour pump at low level, at first I just allowed the pump to work as normal, so flow was directed...

Yes it's another blackwater Asian Cube!! This is the tank I snuck into the back room when my girlfriend was away on holiday. My intention was to set up a softwater Junglist looking tank. So I wanted a big sort of tree in it, that would sort of look like one of those big buttressed figs you get...

My girlfriend just got back from visiting her family in Thailand and she brought me back as requested a big bag of catappa leaves from the tree near her house, her family couldn't believe how us stupid farangs (foreigners) actually pay good money for leaves to put in our tanks, and a surprise...

Went to Crews Hill yesterday to pick up some plants for my upcoming tank, but while I was there I had a look in Wildwoods pool plants section, and was a bit gobsmacked to see them selling these below, including Lilaeopsis and hydrocotyle nova zealandia. Pretty big pots too, about 5x that you...

I was thinking of cutting a few corners building a stand, by using one of these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30205632/#/80205644 There's no top so would have to make one, and its ever so slightly short front to back at 37 cm so would have to centre the top. Would it work do you...

Hi I bought 10 of these little fellas last week for my 30cm cube, seller didn't know what they were called and she just called mini shrimp. They were almost completely see through when I got them as well, but now seem to be coloring up a little. Anyone any ideas? Could they be C. babaulti...

So, a month has passed since I persuaded my GF we should have a small tank in the living room, that one an aquanano 30 is now done, and the GF likes it, so unbeknowns to her I snuck in another aquanano 40 into the back bedroom. Now, she is off on her annual trip back home to visit the family in...

Thought I should make some sort of effort to follow the progress of my AquaNano 30. I've had lots of different fish over the years but 10 years ago I had what I thought was the perfect tank! It had Licorice gouramis, Chocoltate gouramis, Psueudomugil gertrudae and a shoal of Boraras. 10 years...

Hi bought this yesterday for my little cube as it was labelled C. costata, one of the crypts on my South East Asian list, but having serious doubts it's even a Crypt??

Hi all Looking for suggestions for my upcoming 30 litre blackwater? cube, plants must be from south east Asia, so far Ive got Pogostemon helferi. Many thanks

A few people seem to recommend John Innes No. 3 for a base layer, but was wondering if using John Innes No.2 with a few extra slow release granules would work just as well? Reason I'm asking is it's the only one I can get cheaply and conveniently 13L for £2.50. Cheers

I've had an enforced extended hiatus from my beloved fishy friends, but have decided to come back into the fold once more. I think I will be keeping things small this time around, and the boom in planted and scaped aquariums has peaked my interest, so here I am! Cheers Rod