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I just started my second aquarium and first "high tech" with CO2 injection, soil and lots of light. It's 5 days old now, the plants are already growing well and there is no algae yet. I am so proud of it and dying to show it off! It's an 80 liter tank with background filtration. The plants are...

Hey everyone, I'm curious to see how you start fertilising your tanks when using fresh aquasoil in those first few months. I've heard so many conflicting things so I'm intrigued. Reasons why are welcome too!

Hi there guys. So this is my first PROPER attempt at a big beautiful planted tank with lots of thought, buying all at once and everything IN the tank being new or clean and so far it’s going great. Fish are happy, plants seem happy, tests are coming back clear. Started off as a 100ltr...

Hi All I'm just after some verification that this algae is due to new tank syndrome and will go away of its own accord and also some advice on if it's lighting related (which i think it is). I have this dark brown algae in patches on my monte carlo and java moss. It seems to me to be more like...

Hey everyone, I'm new to the UKAPS community and hoping you can help me :D (and looking forward to sharing my knowledge too). I've read endless articles/videos/threads so I'll do my best to answer any common questions in the description so you have as much info as possible. I'd really like to...

I posted preciously but couldn't get a proper video. Now I have a clearer video of it, hope someone could help! Just some basic information, it's a new tank 14 days into the cycling, I don't use fish food or whatsoever, just plant it and let it cycle while doing regular water changes. This is...

Hey all, this is the 2nd week of cycling the tank with plants. I added the java moss by gluing it to the rocks about a week ago. So far, daily I turn on the lights for 6 hours, no CO2, fertilizer twice weekly. I noticed some white stuff on the java moss, anyone knows what is it?

Ive had my 4 gallon planted tank set up for about a week now and the bloom has gone down a little but my plants, substrate, and hardscape are completely covered in bacterial colonies. Most forums say to wait it out and it will eventually balance out. I ended up adding some ceramic pieces to my...

Hi im moving my shrimp to a 125l from a 27l and have been using an ro filter which was 25gpd I've now upgraded to 200gpd and wanted to check as I'm still new to using RO water it's reduces to 4 tds from 450 which I presume is fine as it's about 99% and waste is at 1:1.25 when I measured. Just...

Hi, so got a new tank set up on Tuesday of this week (one on the left of course) it's a 140 litre and I have a few plants in there about 7 separate plants some of the same spieces. I've added seachem stability to add Beneficia bacteria I'm wondering if I could add some fish this weekend? I'd...

Hi, Im in the process of buying a new 150cm long tank. My previous one was also that size, it was custom built with a sump which I was very happy with. Not sure whether to go down the sump route again for the new one or whether to use a canister filter. I like how everything is more accessible...

Hi all I will be starting a 200L planted tank in the next couple of weeks. After a break from the hobby I am excited to have another go at it. I didnt have much success with my planted tank before but I am looking forward to giving it another go when I get my new tank. Looks like a great site...

Hi folks, Nice to meet you all. I had a marine tank long time ago before the internet and I remembered how difficult it was to start and after two years there was a catastrophe and all fishes died. Then I abandoned the hobby. I didn't know about New Tank Syndrome or Old Tank Syndrome back...

I am planning to re-scape our tank but will need to have temporary accommodation for the fish (5 Endler's Guppy, 1 Danio, 5 Amano shrimp and 5 Nerite snails. I was already thinking of setting up a second tank and thought that this may be a good temporary home. I envisage it will take a couple...

I needed help carrying that up 3 flights of stairs it was super heavy. Its the biggest tank I've ever owned. I started off with a 60L then went up to 2 100L's and now I have graduated this. It was a mission just getting the wrapping off. It was hard getting the cardboard off aswell. This...

Hi, It seems that everyone agrees on this forum that testing the water is useless as the tests are not accurate enough, giving false readings. So, how do you when it is safe to add fish into a brand new set up tank? Sorry for what might seem like a stupid question, I'm new to this great...