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Hi all. I am looking for advice on the best hardy carpet plant for my Juwel Trigon 190. The reason I want a hardy and fast growing plant is due to the 6 inch Plec and the Silver dollar which also live in the tank. I have had many failures in the past with plants like Pogostemon Helferi - partly...

Hi all. I hoped to have sorted out my problem with brown algae after receiving some great advice from you all on this forum but unfortunately the algae is returning so i must be doing something wrong. Please can anyone offer more advice on how to remove this? Ok, tank setup - Juwel Trigon 190...

Hi. I have just bought a couple of pieces of wire mesh with Taxiphyllum Sp moss growing on it. My intention is to get this to grow up a root placed in my aquarium. Can anyone with experience in growing Taxiphyllum Sp advise me as to if it needs to be on the substrate or can the mesh be placed...

Hi all. I just wanted to let everyone know that I bought and installed a new Fluval 306 external filter for my Juwel trigon 190. The aquarium came new with a Bioflo 300 internal filter system which is ok but not, in my opinion, capable of coping with a planted tank and quite a few fish on its...

Hi there. I have a Juwel Trigon 190 which is about 6 months old. It has about 5 plants in it and a number of various fish. The water quality is spot on. There is an Aquagro hobby Co2 kit and I try to keep the lights on about 8 to 9 hours per day. Over the last few weeks there has been some...

Hi all. I recently started dosing my tank daily with Aqua Nourish ferts as instructed on the bottle for about a week. My Nitrate levels have now shot up to 60 to 80 ppm! I have stopped dosing for now but wondered if anyone else has experienced this or can advise if it is the ferts that have...

Hi all. I am a complete novice and have a 190ltr tank which is about 6 weeks old. When I set it up I first added a bag of aquatic compost followed by pea gravel. Do I still need to add ferts or is this dependant on the individual plants etc? There are about 6 plants including a couple of...

Hi all. My tanks is now about 5 weeks old and last night when watching the fish I noticed a tiny snail about the size of a bit of pea gravel!. Needless to say I soon lost sight of it. I guess it came from the plants. will it be harmful etc and should it be removed when i next spot it? Thanks Tim

Hi all. This is my new Juwel Trigin 190 tropical aquarium. It is my first attempt at both a tropical aquarium and using plants. The only exception to the real plants is the red plastic one which my wife insisted i put in to add some colour. If anyone out there can advise me as to a real...