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Planting trees in woods is largely a waste of time, trees are quite capable of growing by themselves (they've been doing it a long time), so if conditions are right they grow by themselves, if conditions aren't right (usually too little light) planted trees won't grow either.

No idea about Brighton or Hove, but try ringing round the firms that do fire training and/or install and service fire extinguishers. They'll often swap an empty for a full one for a small "ahem" cash transaction.

There should be 2 little rubber "nipples" that fit over each end of the impeller shaft. They either weren't in the pack with the impeller, or you didn't notice them. Without them the filter will be very noisy and won't work properly. Should be relatively easy to replace. A LFS will probably have...

I remember that Crypt affinis too from 40 years ago. Really easy to grow (no ferts and no CO2), beautiful looking. I wonder where it went ?

Hi Zak My Congos are very bold, they almost pull the food from my fingers and crowd to the front of the tank any time I go near. Cheers David

I've got a shoal of Congos, one of which has exactly the same condition, otherwise it seems fine, as does the one with the bent lower jaw ! They are great fish once they colour up.

I've used Sophisticat Pink, which absolutely stinks, but it fades and doesn't harm plants. I haven't dared try fish in with it whilst it is still smelly though !

In spite of looking like Piranha, my Columbians seemed slow, dozy and not very predatory. Not at all like my Congo Tetras, cute but utterly vicious ! D

I see. Worth asking if anyone on here has some to sell then ?

Hi. I live in Cumbria (very soft water) and it always dies on me too. However, after some CO2 and flow issues, I've upped them both, so I might waste another few quid on some. Sorry I can't help D

It looks rather a lot like Honeysuckle. I have no idea whether it is safe to use or not. With a bit of luck, Darrel will be along in a minute with a better answer !

Welcome Alex. Whereabouts in Ukraine are you from ? I only ask as I had a holiday there a few years ago, it was lovely. Don't worry about your English, it is a very friendly forum and most English speakers are aware how bad we are at anyone else's language ! David

We can teach he North Koreans a thing or two about sycophantic uncritical news reporting when we really try.

Whereabouts is it ? It looks like Beech as the dominant tree, but that doesn't say much as it has been planted all over. Really nice pics BTW.

I've been running now for more than 30 years. Always off-road (it seems daft to live in Cumbria and run on the road). I used to be reasonably good at it, but now I do it because it is still enjoyable and I've always done it.