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Now I was so paranoid when I bought him that I made sure he was only with tetras so he wasn't on the menu! This was over a year ago , 1 by 1 the tetras would disappear no dead body anywhere ! You can see where this is goin ! Well it turns out he's quite the preditor when i cought him the other...

Re: Aquarium rescape help Thank you Jack , is nice to know the truth to be able to gauge how much maintainance is req'd , I really like the look of it tho so I can see more questions bieng asked! So I re scaped the tank yesterday mainly just hard scape I left one amazon sword in there and two...

The substrate was an jbl one

Or fissidens!

I'm thinking a riccia carpet or some lilleaopsis ? Any thoughts? Also I would like to keep some tall plants in the tank an I understand if I trim the crypts whilst in the tank they release a form of poison for shrimp? Cheers

Re: Aquarium rescape help Hi antipofish thanks ,sorry here is the current spec : rena xp1 filter , rena inline heater , tank is 65ltr 60x30x45 ish cm substrate is John innes potting soil covered with 2mm gravel , I have some more substrate to add I know it's a really good quality one but no...

This is my tank at the moment but due to work I have let it slide abit , I have just bought a t5ho light 4 & 24w and all gear for co2 . I would like some help with set up , plant advice etc my aim is to try and grow a carpet of something and mainly keep shrimp. latest pic

sorry i meant 180ltr tank its rated over 700 ltr per hr i am using excel at the mo and dosing 1ml daily regards stuart

my tank is 60ltr , i have a rena external pump rated up to 180ltr and lighting is 1x 15w 6500k t8 and 1x 15w sunlight t8 on for about 8hrs a day? plants are small crypts of some sort , amazon swords , dwarf grass name unsure & Hygrophilia difforms , so not realy anything to difficult for set up...

yes matty , brown marks on leaves and some leaves lost the green and just look like pale skeletons! but they did grow . Im only a few days in but hopefully your right. cheers stuart

Hi , apologies if this is a dumb question but have just starting using a ready mix fertiliser from the above and wondered how the general plant growth will improve from previously using seachem flourish which reading the ingredients i presume its micro nutrients not macro which i believe the...

I have a 65ltr tank with a filter rated up to 180ltr so im guessing i can stock the tank more than the 1cm per ltr rule? at the mo i have 9 cardinal tetras which i want to keep as they have been with us from the start , i would like to add to them and also some other fish that are colourful and...

cheers Troi for the advice . Update , plants are growing much better now , just starting to get a small amount of hail algae in tank not sure weather to cut back on ferts or carry on and let the plants out do the algae either way looking alot better now .

Cheers mlgt i thought this may be the case so no harm to try under the tree now !

After having star moss in my tank for a few weeks and nothing really happening i did a bit of research on it turs out not really an aquatic plant ? true or false so i took it out and put i around the base of my bonsai tree on the window ledge maybe this is the right place for it!!!

Interesting Stuworral , no i didnt know that could well be me killing the vallis....oh . would you suggest removal on next water change? and on a plus hopefully that would be a positive with the flourish excel so i can set more surface agitation. cheers stuart

Update - not really much of a low tech any more adding liquid co (excel) and seachem flourish ferts lighting upgraded to arcadia dual controller 1 15w sunlight lamp & 1 x 6500k glo light lamp . Possibly going to re name Valley of death :lol: :lol: not too successful at the moment plants...

cheers Troi thats good to know but ive basically just bombarded you with questions in my other post !!! sorry ! cheers stuart

Cheers to you both for you responses i have been looking all over the net and both of your replies have come up on other forums and as much as the paper towel is a good method it just seems like a quick fix and to nail the source would be brilliant , i dont realy want to add a skimmer and as i...

cheers matty only time will tell now ! is it best to remove partially dying plants or just wait it out ? cheers stuart

I know i said i would go with the reflector and i did but i also walked away with a dual controller and have removed the old ballast & light form the tank and i am running 2 x 15w lamps now in a 60 ltr tank, with reflectors, one is a sunlight t8 and the other i 6500k t8 lamp what is my rough wpg...

Hi , i may have asked this before but im trying to grow a planted aquaria an i was under the impression not to disturb the surface to much because of gas exchange , but i think i have a protein film on water surface how do i clear it? cheers stuart

cheers chris dont worry about any apologies at all . any advise is welcomed gladly this is my first tank and i can see many learning curves !! im going to alter the timer for the lights then and see if this makes any difference . cheers stuart

cheers all , also when is best to dose before the lights are on or in the evening ? plus i am running the lights on 5hrs off 4hrs and bk on for 5hrs so there is a siesta is this right or wrong? cheers stuart

cheers chris & tom for you reply's i should have been more specific the one is a comprehensive supplement so with the supplement i would only be dosing 1ml per week and the excel 1ml a day ? is that correct? cheers stuart

cheers for the reply's i think i will go with the reflector then and see how it goes . cheers stuart

cheers for the reply Matty , so which out of the two options would be best overall or would both be best? cheers stuart

cheers Paul , so in all honesty it would be better to get the kit and double the lighting witch would still only give me just over 2wpg cheers stuart

Hi my question is what would be the best dosing program for both these in my 60ltr tank and would the water chemistry be ok with a 25% weekly water change? How well would these work in general for planted aquariums ? cheers stuart

I have a very low lit tank 60ltrs only 15w t8 6500k bulb and i stumbled across an advert for arcadia lamp reflectors which says it doubles the output of your light ??? i have already lined the whole lid with aluminium reflective tape would it make any difference getting one ? or should i just...

cheers hitch looks like a good product i have just been reading the label on a bottle of nutrafin plant gro i had in a cupbourd and it has hardly any of the stuff in it as the one in your link?? im guessing its useless ?

Cheers all for the responses i will do some research on the plants i may have more success with , i thought my lighting situation was low cos its a 65ltr tank so i guessed about 60ltrs allowing for displacement etc and cos of this i have access to a high grade aluminium reflective tape so i have...

Hi Ollie im sorry i have bo idea what thier names apart from the amazon swords which are ok at the min and some dwarf grass plant which is fairing second best the other was a very ligh red plant that is now in the bin due to melting in to nothing . its a 60 ltr tank with a 15w t8 bulb think that...

Hi , I seem to be struggling at the moment i was'nt happy with the set up so i re arranged the tank and added more plants but most are dying does anyone know what i can do as this is my second attempt at live plants ???? cheers stuart

hi Brenmuk i have just read that link it way very helpful cheers . I have received some small water lettuce today so i have added them to the tank. will they be helpful or hinder by shading the other plants ??? and I have noticed some tine pest snails in the tank now there white with some...

cheers thingymajig , i have already started in the EL Natural section !!!!!

hi quick pic .

hi , i am new here but have been lurking for ages !! i have started a low tech EL NATURAL tank after looking at this site and reading Diana Walstad's book although i dont under stand it fully i think its pointed me in the right direction im using: 12 gal tank 15w cool white bulb 6700k on 5hrs...

Hello to everyone i have been reading artical's on this site for age's now ant thought it only be polite to introduce myself as i have many questions :D i have started a low tech tank and would like some help. regards Stuart