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My tank has been fertilised by the E.I method for a good few months now. I am achieving a nice lime green on my drop checker, all my water, filtration and light parameters are good. However, I cannot for the life of me get good Valois growth, in fact it seems to be breaking down. My anubias is...

Hello! Where can I find a local Aquarists society/club (preferably for planted aquariums) as I feel it would be great to meet up and trouble shoot, share success or failures and try to build the hobby. I find it really helpful to read info on this forum but sometimes it's a bit overwhelming and...

My aquarium has now been dosed to the EI principles (thanks to a forum moderator for the advice)for a week now, CO2 is showing a lime green on my drop checker, my lights are on for 8 hours a day and they are an arcadia stretch LED at 35watts (i have no idea what Kelvins or lumens this equals but...

Hello! My Anubias seem to be going dark at the edges and some are going pale in the middle. I also have an issue with some type of algae(?) growing on my crypts leaves. My tank is 19 inchs deep 39 inch long. lighting is supplied by one arcadia stretch LED (35w) and ferts are does every day (IE...

Im thinking of changing my internal fluval filter to an external filter. the problem is there are so many external filters on the market that its really hard to choose, my tank is approx 150 litres and contains rummy nose tetras and a couple of rainbow fish and quite heavily planted..... Any...

Does anyone know where i can get my FE refilled in the kent area, or alternate to this where i can buy a cheap one from. many thanks :)

What are peoples thoughts on trimming vallis? ive read on various websites about trimming the tops if it grows too long, mine currently is curling round my tank at the top.

Where has the whiteroom gone? are all the pics integrated with the rest of the forum now?

Does anyone know if kribs and large rainbow fish will get on with Amano shrimps or will they end up as shrimp cocktail?

Here is a pic of my 6 gallon nano, its doing great at the moment , it has just neons and cherry shrimps with loads of javav moss. i love it

hi guys, How do i upload pics from "my pictures" on my p.c onto here? ta.

I have recently upgraded my aquarium to a "high tech" fire extinguisher set up and the plants are visibly healthier but there is one thing which bothers me... I have never seen any of the plants "pearl", does this matter too much as the plants are doing well?. Below is a list of what i have in...

Hey, Does anyone know where i can get some Bolbitis? ive looked everywhere and cant find it, none of the online aquatic plant suppliers have any in stock, does anyone know of any shops that have any in their area? cheers guys

ive just been reading some posts (and james planted tank page) and i was wondering if i could use flourish excel to add carbon to my tank rather than the c02 (fermentation) method i am using now, i seem to have got a little over whelmed with black staghorn and brush algae. although not too...

Having just got back from holiday in malta for a week i was excited about making sure my tanks were ok and to see if there had been any changes (its amazing what happens to plant life in a week ) well there was a change alright!! i now have (at last count) 120 tiny snails all over my tank, they...

I have started dosing my planted tanks with ferropol liquid fertiliser, but the bottle doesnt say how often I should be dosing, how long do you thing until I start seeing obvious results?. My tanks are both low tech with yeast co2. The plants I have are doing well but I want to see more growth...

Hi guys, So what do you reckon?... im about to purchase a c02 kit and i just wanted a few opinions, ive saved the money and im going to buy myself some kit, im quite experienced in fishkeeping but fairly new to c02. I like the look of the small Amano c02 kits. or what about a Dennerle? my...

Hi guys, So what do you reckon?... im about to purchase a c02 kit and i just wanted a few opinions, ive saved the money and im going to buy myself some kit, im quite experienced in fishkeeping but fairly new to c02. I like the look of the small Amano c02 kits. or what about a Dennerle? my...

hi guys, does anyone know of any aquatic/plants societies /clubs in the kent region? i would love to go to one to increase my knowledge. Also i really want a good book about setting up a planted tank/aquascape, ive seen some of the ones by ADA are they good? im after something REALLY indepth to...