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Diddymen

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hello 🙂

I'm Diddymen (Dale), I've just joined and I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions shortly.

I've kept tropical fish since I was a kid in the 80's ....and how things have changed!!. I had a break for a good 10yrs, only getting back into fish keeping about 6yrs ago when I had a house extension where I could finally make room for a tank.

It was a marine tank (aqua one 900) that I used as a fresh water tropical set up ....and it worked pretty well, I had average success with plants & fish, but about 5 months ago I traded up to a bigger tank (2nd hand). Its a 6ft aqua oak (one of the maidenhead aquatic ones 350ltr ish?) ....and came with everything...including fish, and it makes a lovely focal point in the lounge.

so the setup......

tank (already described), aquamanta 1500 filter with UV, digital heater, air pump, Lights - LED Fluval fresh and plant (the big one) it did have T5's .....but I wanted the LED's 😀, and a JBL Co2 system with solenoid (currently using the 500 disposable bottles) & JBL spiral diffuser - this is my first tank with CO2!

Its quite heavily stocked with fish, and I'm hoping to really up my game with plants on this tank (probably still not in the same league as some on here)

I'll try to up load some pics later
 
and here's how it looks now

IMG_20180123_202801.jpg

so, onto the bad stuff that I'll need some help on...

I'm cultivating a few different species of algae, not an out break as such, but it is a nuisance and has coated a few plants
the java fern in particular, and I don't think it's really grown much in the last few months.
the dwarf grass hasn't spread much
.....and the other plants haven't grown much either, and one species (cant remember) got so leggy and covered in fine green algae that I chopped it do and it didnt grow back 🙁
I spent another £20 on stem plants a vallis at the weekend

.....and there's only one bottle of wine in the wine rack 😱

on the plus side, the anubias & nana? pear nicely
the fish are happy, dwarf rainbows & diamond tetras regularly spawn :thumbup:
 
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