New member says hi

[Carol]

Hello to you all , not a new fishkeeper ,just some one who shoved plants in a tank ,they grew or they died…the fish were always more important.
We recently threw in the towel with marines which I had kept since the 70’s , no way could I get the results with SPS corals with LED lights that I had got with Halide and T5.
We have cut down on the tanks and now only have a 4x2x2 plus sump that houses Discus ,Corydorus and scatterfish, and the recently revamped 6x2x2 plus 5 foot sump which is around 800 litres.
So I am here to learn a bit more about keeping plants happy in the new reincarnation of the six footer.

 

[sparkyweasel]

Welcome!

 

[BdubB]

Welcome!

 

[G H Nelson]

Welcome to the UKaps!!

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Welcome to UKAPS @Carol

 

[foxfish]

Hi and welcome, I have not heard of scatterfish?

 

[NatalieHurrell]

Hi and welcome.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I have not heard of scatterfish?

I was wondering as well, "dither fish" maybe?

cheers Darrel

 

[Carol]

Hi all,

I was wondering as well, "dither fish" maybe?

cheers Darrel

Scatterfish are any small schooling fish like Cardinals or Harlequins, they tend to make fish like Discus feel safer.

 

[jwiel]

Hello to you all , not a new fishkeeper ,just some one who shoved plants in a tank ,they grew or they died…the fish were always more important.
We recently threw in the towel with marines which I had kept since the 70’s , no way could I get the results with SPS corals with LED lights that I had got with Halide and T5.
We have cut down on the tanks and now only have a 4x2x2 plus sump that houses Discus ,Corydorus and scatterfish, and the recently revamped 6x2x2 plus 5 foot sump which is around 800 litres.
So I am here to learn a bit more about keeping plants happy in the new reincarnation of the six footer.

welcome.

 

[hypnogogia]

Hello, welcome. Metal halides certainly were the bees knees, also for plants.