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Thanks, I aclimatised them very slowly over the course of a day so they should be ok with that I also droped my temp from 26 degrees to 24 over a couple of days before i put them in ( my enlders should be fine with this). The fert says it contains 0.349% copper which is really what worried me as...

Hi I have just got some Anamo shrimp for my planted tank to help with aglea and because I love watching them wander around my tank, but I have also just started using Liquid Cardo and some weekly fertiliser listed in the title are these ok to use with shrimp?

Hi, Thanks for the replies. I thought it might be diatomes as there are some on the glass (you can just see them in the first picture) and some on the heater (that brown tint to it) and had hoped they would go away but its been like that for 6 weeks or so. I was thinking of getting some cherry...

Ok been a long time since i posted on here so a small update, my tank is going ok, but its not looking great at the moment, I have been neglecting it a little and needs a bit of a trim and a good clean out but this is what its like at the moment. The plants are a bit brown/yellow and I have...

Hi all, I seem to be having a bit of trouble with my plants they all seem to of gone a yellowy brown mostly round the edges of the leaves. This is a 27lt cube and i'm trying to keep it low tech and natural so I'm only doing a 20% water change once every 2 weeks. I'm presuming this is problem...

Hi just wondered if anyone has ever used Co2 tablets, a friend of mine has just got a tank and they came with it, I was sceptical about them as I dont was to kill everything in his tank without having some user feedback.

Hi Danny love the scape but you have very few plants in the substrate, I used cat litter for my first scape and planting in it was a nightmare. I love the colour but wouldn't use it again as its so light.

Definetly better with the slope and the largest stone will look fine when you have plants in there. Looking forward to seeing this develop, keep us updated.

I agree with the others and would go with some wood on the left with some plant/moss covering it. I would go with something the is fairly thick up towards the surface with a branch thats high up going diagnally down toward the plants on the right, you could then change the angle of the heater to...

Hi, I Like the setup but agree that the ones on the left look a little wrong, maybe try having the bigger middle one (second from the front) sticking forward and the back one vertical behind it for more height? I can't tell the scale but it lookings like you would need only carpetting plants or...

Whats the height of the tank? what light are you using? etc,etc? H or I - maybe Rotala Rotundifolia if you have have high light it goes red which might be quite nice with all the grean in forground and round the wood? G - Maybe Cyperus Helferi a nice long leaf plant? E - maybe Hemianthus...

One of the best emmersed tanks i've every seen is on this forum so check it out. http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21327

Erm i'm not sure of this but from what i understand is emmersed plants get there co2 from the air once they reach the surface.

If its not waterproof will tank evaporation effect it?

Hi i was wondering if its possible to to improve the lighting in my aquastart 320, here is the picture of the light unit sorry its hard to get a picture without the lights reflexing in it. The bulb is a PL11W mix Triphosphor 7.1k & Biolux 8k Fluorescent Tube that comes as standard. My...