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Aquascaping Experience

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Hardscape Challenge 2020 Winners

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General Planted Tank Discussions

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Would this tank design work?

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How to aquascape a nano aquarium

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High quality aquascapes and inspirational journals.
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Planted Tank Gallery

For showing off your planted tank and completed scapes
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Slackers Igwami

Specific Planted Tank Discussions

Aquascaping

Rock/wood/gravel/plant arrangement and composition
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Wookii
Techniques for retaining soil in island style aquascapes . . .

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Identifying algae and how to get rid of it
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Wolf6
Twinstar m3 / Chihiros Doctor - Do you recommend them?

Plant Help

All questions related to plants including care, choice and identification
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lilirose
Please help out a black thumb (water sprite not surviving with Amanos)

Aquarium Fert Dosing

All issues to do with fertilising a planted tank, where to source them, what they do and how to use them effectively
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lilirose
Why exactly do we dose EI on alternate days? . . .

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All the essentials about using CO2 and equipment effectively
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Expired fire extinguishers?

Substrates

Choosing a substrate and how to use it to get great plant growth
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Tetra Substrate
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Lighting

Questions about light types, levels and the best ways to light a planted tank
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Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

Filters, Filtration and Pumps

Everything about filters and pumps including flow and circulation
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Deano3
Safety concerns!!! Non Standard UK Plugs and Adapters!

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Discuss the parameters of your tank and tap water including GH, KH, pH, etc
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Can old tropica soil exposed to hard water raise the KH of soft water?

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All the information about fish for the planted tank
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23 liter unheated stocking ideas

Inverts

All your questions about snails, shrimp and any other invertebrate that you find in your tanks
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Raising Amano Larvae

El Natural & Low Tech

Method of growing great planted tanks using soil substrates and no-CO2
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Oldguy
The scientific background to the "Leaf Colour Chart"

General Forums

Ponds

All the out-of-doors parts of our hobby
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Oldguy
New Turtle Pond (UK)

Wabi-Kusa

Everything Wabi-Kusa related.
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rebel
Journal What to dooa with this.....

Emersed Growing

Discuss the various other methods of growing aquatic plants.
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RudeDogg1
DSM - which plants are not suitable?

Events

Organising get-togethers of members all over the country
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IAPLC 2020 TOP Entries Video

Where to buy ...

Great shops listed here, area by area
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castle
Shop with good hardscape selection in or near London

Photography

Share and discuss all aspects of photography here
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River life photos

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Anything non-plant related here (but keep it clean please!)
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X3NiTH
Cyanobacteria kill elephants

Fish Keeping Clubs/Societies

Forum dedicated at UK Fishkeeping Clubs and Societies
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New home for Goldfish

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Aqua Essentials

See the latest planted tank products etc. and ask questions to Aqua Essentials here
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Aquarium Gardens

Aquarium Gardens specialize online in planted tanks and are proud to offer the highest quality aquarium plants at great prices
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Feedback Amazing quality and service

Aquariums4Life

UK made aquariums and cabinets.
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Feedback Thank you

CO2Art

CO2 accessories including CO2 regulators, CO2 solenoid valves, pH controllers and CO2 reactors.
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Drop checker solution

Tropica

World's leading producer of tropical aquarium plants
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Tropica soil

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