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It seems I was wrong to think that plants wouldn't grow very well in an inert substrate such as just gravel or the likes. And they seem to do very well given the right lights and feeding regime. Something I am not yet accustomed to. I am on upward learning curve when it comes to a planted tank...

Looking at the pictures shown are very nice indeed and show that plants dont require an active substrate to grow but as George states that plants do better if the substrate is active. What I would like to know is how well would an aquascape in cat litter or quartz gravel fed by means of EI or...

So why use ADA or any other substrate product when cat litter or sand would suffice ??? Do these commercially designed products offer better plant health and growth ???

So why the need for commercially produced and designed substrates ???

But will leave it there to show how wrong i may have been in judgement about growing decent plants.

Ok. I do stand corrected in what i have just posted.....

Rubbish Quote or what ? I will profess I am not an expert in any manner of aquatic plant cultivation. I too have HAD plants grow in sand but did not do very well as maybe could have. I fed with liquid fertilizer once a week. I cannot see Crypts liking to grow in gravel very well either. Try...

So i am now led to believe i can put myself a beautiful "Dutch" style tank together with nothing more than local quarry gravel as long as i feed the water column. LOL

Sorry Troi. Maybe a little tautological, yes. It was in response mainly to why Jaap also believed in the original post. I was saying that it depends on the plant you want to keep. Most aquatic plants do require a nutrient rich substrate and the substrate to be of a certain grade particle so that...

I think i read somewhere that running co2 through the filter media can kill or harm the media. Not sure though. ATM, I am running my co2 with the glass diffuser attached through the internal filter chamber of a Juwel Bio3 between the media and the inlet of the pump. The diffuser breaks down the...

I believe that that statement is slightly incorrect and misleading. A substrate with a high CEC and is nutrient rich is what it is and most plants will feed from here as well as the water column. CEC is the ability of a particular material that has the ability to soak up and release nutrients...

Thanks Lee. I still have many problems with trying to keep the plants at there best but they do take a battering now and then. Still a long way to go mate.

Thought it about time to upload a couple of pics of my tank i took yesterday. Because of the nature of my boisterous fish (2 Pakistani Loach 5", 1 Zebra Loach 4", 1 Red Tail Black Shark 6" and 2 large brown Angels about 4", 3 rummy noses and 3 Octocinclus), trying to put a decent planted...

Still enjoying my easy aqua reg and FE. Although i did encounter a prob with the fe that it would not refill so have a loan fe at the minute. I believe most fluctuations are caused by simply an imbalance of working pressure, check valves and operating pressure of diffusion. My route from fe to...

To clean my glass diffuser i soak it overnight (or 12 hours) in a mix of approx. 1 part "thin bleach" to 10 part water. To wash it i use a 10ml syringe with air line and squirt clean warm to hot water through it leaving no trace of the chemical behind. Make sure you do this quite a few times and...

Good job then he dont breed discus. lol

Thumbs down for fish stock at telford branch with counts of 20+ dead on two visits whilst staff sat around chatting and drinking coffee. disgraceful. Plant selection there was ok if you was after some large swords but that was about it. Would I give them my business ? NO.

It seems like no one really knows. I just done some quick googling and found plenty of discussions about this and that but no mention of any way Takashi heats his tanks other than a stated temperature of 24 - 25 dC and a pH of 7 or just under. Personally, I think it depends on the size and...

Thanks dw

Love the height you got with the planting. Really nice mixture and colours look superb.

Many thanks Iain. May save me the whole trouble of completely stripping the tank out and steralising the gravel. And then that still leaves me with the Manado underneath. Will be looking for the product this weekend and will give it a go. Do you have any personal experience with Panacur as this...

Fish. Planaria it must be from the looks of some images on google. Now to get down to getting rid of them. Thanks windyboona

What a horrible way to advertise a thread hey ? Well what i mean really is this evening i came home from work and glazed into my aquarium. Mmm. this needs doing and that needs doing then i noticed something crawling or moving on the glass. And pretty quickly to for such a small critter. On...

Absolutely love the planted tank. I will get mine there one day. Thanks for sharing.

Aqua scaping seems to be the new fish keeping experience. Full of imagination and skill, not to mention the great new products deigned around this new hobby. Long live aqua scaping i say. A really nice looking scape Stu. Thanks

Thanks Ady for your reply. It would have been easier for me to have just been able to remove my post myself so that's not to be then. I will highlight any further posts i might need removing in the future and ask a mod as you say. Thanks

I recently uploaded a picture twice by accident. I was able to remove the duplicate pic only by replacing it with text. How can i remove this post of mine completely as the editing suite is not very clear in how to delete ? The post i made is in the planted Tank section under the recent heading...

I have just put together a FE and an UpAqua reg (like the one in the above vid). first off the working pressure gauge went right round to over its max pressure but eventually dropped back down to about the 2 bar mark. Its now operating about 2 to 2 1/2 bar. I believe on initial start up with...

I think my problem is trying to delete a post. Editing Is understandable. Thanks

Now i have learnt (not mastered) how to upload, I now need to know how to add text and delete. :mad:

Please remove THIS post. ok so pic gone but now to remove this text !!!! Many thanks

After a weekend clean i noticed 1 of my 2 Octos were behaving peculiarly and as i weren't happy with my rebuild, I decided to go in search of the missing fish. I did find him buried head first into the gravel with no sign of life. I don't like losing fish but its something we have to come to...

Its all DIY and using a fe or any pressurised cylinder should be treated with some modicum of respect. I have never before used any type of pressurised container before and just recently purchased a 2kg fe and an UpAqua reg. It went together easily albeit a few minor teething adjustments to set...

Thanks Alistair, London Dragon and Foxfish. Paulo my sharks a pussycat. lol. He does keep everyone in check though. at about 5" long, he is such a wonderful fish. Occasionally my 3" Zebra puts him in place by ghosting him (swimming side by side full contact), whilst the other two Botia chase...

That looks like fun. Good luck and enjoy. Mal

Hello. My name is Mal and i have been keeping fish for about 4 yrs now. My new tank is a Juwel Rio 180 semi planted and have still got some of my first fish which are 2 Pakistani Loach (4") and 1 Zebra loach (3"). I also have a RedTail Black Shark (5") and 2 Darkbrown Angels (4"). 2 Neons and 1...

I recently bought 25cm curved scissors from Aquarium HK for £5.80 inc free postage. Well happy with product and will purchase from them again.