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Hi all, I'm planning a large tank, 6.5ft long x 26wide x 20.5high. I'll be building a huge foam raft with substrate in troughs to plant tall emersed plants into. Inside the tank will be nothing but anubias on large pieces of wood. What I'm struggling with is the choice of bulbs. I want LED and...

Hi all, So who uses who and any good or bad reports to offer please? PM me if they're bad. Cheers :-)

Hi All, Just considering a new large tank and would like to know the downsides of using Opti White glass. Does it scratch easier? A urging else to worry about? Etc? Big thanks Gavin

Hi all, I dose MgSo4 Trace Kh2Po4 KNO3 I've ran out of KNO3. I've just done my water change and could have sworn I have another bag of this! So my question, would the plants (all slow growers) do ok with the other ingredients until about Thursday???? Thanks Gavin

Hi all, My friend has a secondhand FX5 filter that makes a horrible mechanical noise. It runs and looks to be working ok but the noise is too much and after a chat with someone at Fluval he purchased a new impeller unit. But, with the new impeller fitted the noise is still there. Any...

Hi All, I know alot of Plecos find these plants too tasty to resist, but has anyone experience of a fancy pleco that didn't eat the swords???? Thanks Gavin

Hi all, I've done well with RCS and kept Amanos. So what cool looking shrimp does y'all recommend for me to try next in my small planted cube tank??? And has anyone got stock to sell??? Thanks Gavin

This has been a very enjoyable project started end of feb. If I'm honest, there's been more thought gone into the tank and raft design than the plants. It really has been just a case of trying whatever I liked the look of from pond, house, garden and aquatic plants. A little read up and then...

I've had breeding cherry shrimp for a long time in 2 tanks, and always understood them to give birth to tiny baby shrimp. So, what are these things!?!? Anyone seen this before???

Hi all I'm feeling a tad disgruntled. Have any of you really regretted the plants you've purchased or been given by other members? I've had quite a few great plants and been happy with most, but today I received some moss and a windelov fern, that really disappointed me. I'd received a nano...

I just got one of those cube tanks from Pets at Home for fathers day :-) Anyone have any suggestions or plants to sell or throw my way??? Cheers Gavin

Hi all Can anyone recommend a floating plant for tanks with a strong current and rippled water surface? Ideally I'd like long trailing roots and leaves that don't grow to high above the water line, as it's a tank with a hood. I have 2 tanks im considering this for. A large high tech medium...

Hi all, My wife is setting up a shrimp tank at room temperature and in one of those kids tanks with an orange lid and no lights. It will be in our kitchen so it should stay warm enough and have light in the room most of the day. What plants could we use that will do ok???? Cheers Gavin

Hi all, I just thought I'd let you all know the best deal I've managed to find on Fire Extinguishers in my area. £20 for a bottle if you bring an old FE with you. Either 2kg or 5kg. They're both the same price :-) Cheers Gavin 'Berkshire extinguisher services' Paul Griffin tel:-...

Hi, I've always wondered how the ageing of bulbs affected their performance, brightness and in turn our plants. I have read that they should be replaced every 6 months or so, but this seems extreme. What do others feel? Thanks Gavin

Sorry to be such a tight sod here guys, but I was made redundant at the end of January and spending of any precious cash on the fishtanks is a big no no in our house at the moment. On anything to be honest! The second a new job is secured I'll be topping up on all ferts, fish food and most...

Hi, I've gathered so much information from many folk here and from trawling through and reading everyone elses tank threads, well I thought it's about time I showed how my own is doing. It's been running now since April last year and after alot of stress with algae etc I've now been running it...

Hi all, I was looking to add this to a continuous thread I'm sure was on here somewhere!?!? Anyway, my 7 year old daughters tank has always been a very healthy, low tech planted tank and we've talked about re scaping it for a long time now. So even though we were very happy with it as is, we...

Hi all My 2kg Fire extinguisher has just ran out. Rather than turn the lights off totally until I get more, would dimming them down to one tube and using a daily good dose of Easycarbo be ok? I dose EI and the tank is a 720litre. Does a 2kg FE lasting 1 month sound reasonable? And yes I...

Hi all I've been using dry salts for some time now, and recently I've given a pre mixed bag a try. This obviously simplifies the job of fertilising even further, which is great. I never make a solution, I simply spoon it in dry. Lately I've noticed a dusty film on the water surface, and I'm...

Hi all, I have a tank that is planted fairly heavily now, with anubias, ferns, crypts and some apogoneston and crinum. I have CO2 injection and I dose dry salts mix. Things are going ok but if it's at all possible I'd like more oxygen in the water. I know that plants produce it, but in the past...

Hi all, Can anyone suggest a shop in London or Berkshire that hold dry ferts please? Cheers Gavin

Hi, Is there a known way of encouraging new shoots from a long leafless anubias Rhyzome? I have leaves at either end but nothing in the middle and it looks Pretty poor so if I could get a few leaves to sprout in the middle I'd be a happy fella Cheers Gavin

Hi, I'm aware that having too much surface agitation in a Co2 injected tank is bad and understand the reason, but on a low tech tank is there an advantage to having an airstone, Venturi or excessive surface agitation? I.e over oxygenating. The reason I ask this is, of the 3 tanks in my house, my...

Hi all In my 5ft tank which has been running with CO2 for about 6 weeks, but running without since April this year, I have noticed brown on the leaves here and there. Any ideas why? Thanks Gavin

Hi all, Where do you all go to source unusual plants???? I'm after 1 or 2 plants that seem really tough to get hold of, and I'm feeling very disheartened by the lack of positivity I'm faced with when talking to various shops Thanks Gavin

Hi all, Really feeling like I'm throwing myself off the high-dive here but I've been thinking about this for some time now, and thought you guys must have some good pointers for me :-) Is humidity an absolute must? The plants I want to use will be mounted on wood so various anubias are the way...

Hi, Has anyone ever compared the two above pumps? I see the Hydor one mentioned here alot so it's obviously a very highly thought of piece of kit. I have a Newave 5500 and I'm looking to buy a pump not as powerful as this one to fit to the sidewall of my 5x2x2.5 and sway the leaves in the...

Hi all, Well, ive had my CO2 up and running for 3 to 4 weeks now and dosing dry ferts for 2 to 3 weeks. I gradually accustomed my fish to CO2 and have more than double the plants in the tank now too. After an initial week of half dosing EI, following advised amounts on the james' planted...

Hi all, I know anubias are written as the plants that fare best in low light, but are there some that handle high or intense light better than others, without the algae creeping in on hence damaged leaves? I have an area in my tank where the wood is quite high and it's a possibility that...

Hi all Has anyone purchased this before? From what i read there's often confusion between names, but the actual Azfelii has reddy stems and is very tall with long slender, green leaves, pointed at each end. Does anyone know where these can be purchased and am I missing something or mistaken...

Hi, Firstly, please excuse the ignornance, I'm reading as many related threads as I can but just can't help wondering how to decide all the following points when setting up CO2 injection:- I realise I will need a large bottle, as my tank is 5x2x2.5 and probably holds around 540litres after...

Hi all, I'm fairly new to this and have gotten into fish species that most folk wouldn't dream of putting in a planted tank. But after much research I set up my 5ft x 2ft x 2.5ft high tank and used onion plants, java fern and anubias only. The fish I have are:- 6 x Myleus Schomburgkii - black...