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I was browsing my LFS today, looking for a slightly larger fish to be a centrepiece. I have. A 330l planted tank mainly populated with smaller fish, so I need one that is friendly, won't eat small fish, won't dig up or eat plants, and looks great. The chap in the shop suggested some kind of...

I have 4 clumps of this hygro. Its growing well, after about 6 weeks, but mainly upwards in a single stem. What's the best way of pruning this? Will it get bushier if pruned? Do I prune just above a set of leaves and plants the top bit deep down so the next set of leaves are just above the...

I have posted this in my journal thread too, but it's urgent so thought I would post here too... Apologies for the double posting Did some pruning tonight and took the opportunity to clean the eheim 2180. took out the impeller, cleaned that, sprayed with eheim maintenance spray, replaced...

I planted my tank about 2 weeks ago with a carpet of glosso and HC. I am running a 330l tank, with 2x54W T5. Have CO2 injection, currently via diffuser but moving to external reactor when I get the plumbing working without large flow reduction. Drop checker is lime green albeit about a foot...

Can anyone help here? I have a Koralia 2800lph powerhead and would like to be able to control the flow on it (pretty aggressive as is). Can I just plug it into a cheapo ebay-sourced electric fan controller (300W, 240V) and then into the plug socket, and adjust it by twiddling the knob like a...

I live just outside London, where the water is chalky, to say the least. My house came with a fitted mains water softener, essentially ion-exchange swapping calcium and Mg for sodium using salt tablets. I don't have a test kit as such, apart from the one that came with the softener, which...

I have recently bought this luminaire and it comes with 4 "tropical" T5 bulbs. Not sure if these are supplied by arcadia or the retailer. Does anyone have experience of these bulbs (assuming they are arcadia supplied)? Or does it not really matter unless you are into finessing things?

Hello, about to select foreground carpeting plants and just looking to get the benefit of people's experience on the pitfalls to watch for for the different options. As far as I can gather, almost all problems relating to growing carpeting plants relate to CO2 and more specifically poor flow...

My Xmas pressie this year was the opportunity to upgrade the current 60l planted tank to a new 120-H optiwhite.  Some step up but am very excited about it, though probably not as much as the fish! I've learned a lot from the expertise on this forum and the many excellent and inspiring tank...

I have a canon 350D, with various lenses, but currently I have no macro lens.  Been meaning to get one, especially with tank photography in mind. I'm considering the canon 100mm macro, for about 400 quid, and the 100mm L IS, which is going for about 740 quid, though potentially more like...

I am considering buying the aquamedic am1000 in line CO2 reactor for use with my new eheim 2180 filter. I'd prefer to avoid mist in the tank from an atomiser etc. However I do have a concern about flow reduction and fitting it to the pipes. As far as I can tell from the various sales sites...

All, I'm looking to buy a T5 luminaire for my new 120x45x60 tank which I'll be setting up in the new year. It will be a high tech planted tank. I'm currently thinking of the Arcadia OT2 120cm with 4x54w T5. I may not use all 4 bulbs much but the future proofing is good, plus the flexbility...

I just got "permission" for the OH to upgrade my current 60l (I say my- it was the kids really!!!) to a 120-H (120x45x60).  Its not arrived yet, but I thought I'd indulge myself thinking about what to put in it, and there's nothing better than advice from experts! I intend to have a hi-tech...

Hello, I have a 60L tank, well filtered with 2 internal filters, currently stocked with 3 platies and 4 zebra danios, plus multiple snails. I was planning on adding 4 small cories, maybe panda cories to this list (plus maybe some cherry shrimp). I think this would be a decent stock level...

Looking for the benefit of your experiences!!! I have a 60L tank currently cycling. the intention is to eventually have 3 platys and maybe 4-5 small corys, plus a few cherry shrimp and maybe some danios/tetras if the filters/bacteria can handle it (aqadviser tool seems to think so). It was a...