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Are you sure? Check again. It sounds like it by your description. How old is this tank?

It is a nice idea but I suppose you still have to clean the glass sometime.

That and a lot of misinformation :roll:

Are you really serious? Have you tried to check tanks around? Most tanks on this website use EI. Are they not as good as those on competitions? What wins competitions is the ability to make nice aquascapes. Not the brand of ferts that one uses. We can have vibrant planted tanks, lots of healthy...

Ferts are ferts. They are all made up of the same stuff. Some have fancy labels, other do not. There is no magical ingredients on ADA, Tropicas, Elos, Seachems, and other ferts. EI is a method. There are more. You could do EI with any brand. Although this may become quite expensive with some...

Hi Victor. Ok I think that proves the point. Is there any chance that the common nitrifying bacteria can replaced by functionally similar bacteria with a lower temp tolerance? This often happens in natural communities. "Temporal functional redundancy". Will try to check this myself... Still...

I really do not think bacteria are that sensitive!!! Otherwise, what would be of cold freshwater keepers? They also run filters with bacteria etc... What about pond filters? I have had no problems running my tanks at lower temps. Actually, I think that plants grow a lot better but this is just...

I had 1 nerite snail and it was fantastic. Never laid eggs some people regret about :) I also freshwater limpets (Ferrissia sp.) which were introduced untintentionally (perhaps with some plants). I like them as well. They are really tiny (3-4 mm max) and the population seems stable (not that...

Hi, I seldom heat my nano tanks (unless I have some fish that requires it). The tank is in the attic (not sure this is the correct word) so the temperature fluctuates with the season quite a lot between 12 C during winter to 22 C in summer. I have maintained a variety of aquatic plants, red...

I'd personally do a blackout prior to filling in the tank. this is rather easy without water, has minimal impact on plants but is highly efficient against BGA. Just my two pence. GM

I think they are generally safe. Make sure amonia is within safe levels for them - I am assuming it is a new set-up. GM

I got one of these as well as. It is small and sharp, perfect for a nano IMO. Mine was quite cheap. Bought it in a shopping centre (Sainsbury's portuguese equivalent). They are "water resistant" (inox) so really nice scissors. cheers, GM

see this website by James http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/EI.htm GM

Hy guys, just found this article online about the factors that may induce red leaves. http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda%20ch ... leaves.pdf Any comments? cheers, GM

Another option would be to kick-off with high light and then, when the plants fill in, slowly reduce light to keep maintenance within reasonable levels. cheers, GM

Connection freezed and this was the result. :sick: How can one delete redundant posts?

Hey, Light is the primary driver of plant growth. If you want to avoid the maintenance required by a high light high tech system simply reduce your lightning levels. I believe you could reduce your light by half and still maintain those species provided that you have CO2. I have nice and...

Placebo also works... sometimes!!! GM

That's a very irresponsible attitude BTW. Invasive species are amongst the worst threats for biodiversity worldwide. GM

Selling cat for rabit is as old as humankind. It's up to the individual to make their mind about these products and stuff. The climate change though... It's on top of the day among the scientific community. In fact, the scientific community is not discussing whether it's a fact or a myth...

Careful there. Our perception of temperature may lead to inaccuracies. You could feel that the water is warmer just because air temperature is lower. The reverse is also true. If you keep your hands in ice for a couple of minutes then open the hot tap water, it feels like burning. After a while...

What a shame. Best marine ecology dedicated symposium in the world!!! I did my masters and phd at the UoP so it will be good to come back for the symposium. Regarding the topic, varying temperatures may be important to trigger some species' reproduction. But that is usually associated with...

Hi, Fred is right. Temperature stratification only occurs with depth and only in non-mixed body of waters. And you do not need large bodies of water. You can easily measure it in 30 cm deep rock pools which become stratified during the low tide. I've done this myself. Obviously, if changes in...

Hey, plants are sold online and sometimes they come from areas really far away from destination. They don't get any light, nutrients or anything during that time. If correctly taken care of all plants have energetic reserves which enables them to survive during unfavourable conditions. A few...

I usually run the lights on for 8 hours from 16h - 24h. G

This street is amazing. Just check it on google maps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 7,,0,19.35 cheers, GM