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Just an update : I need your opinion on an id of the following plants : Any comments appreciated.

What about a wave maker of 3000 ltrs per hour for the carpet ... tank being 300 lts?

Malta :? Nothing to be woaahh about, I guess lol. We have only around 6 lfs in the island, but most of them can get you what you order from abroad : eg, the plants will be delivered from singapore.

The following is the list of plants I ordered today at my lfs: Bacopa australis Hemianthus micranthemoides Heteranthera zosterifolia Hygrophila polysperma Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig' Micranthemum umbrosum Echinodorus tenellus Fissidens fontanus Blyxa japonica Flame moss Glossostigma...

I've seen setups using ferti-soil before locally, and they got excellent result, almost better than flourite. It doesn't need to be covered nor washed, but it would have been much more expensive to make an approx 7 cms layer completely with it . To make a 2-3cm along the whole tank I used 5...

Hi vauxhallmark, Thanks for your detailed reply. The luminaire I talked about is already there. Since the tank is just under a gypsum partition, I fixed a normal outdoor lumainare taking 2 x 4ft fluorescent lamps just under it, being only 20cm above the tank. The arcadia 4x54w is already...

Hi Nick16, That wood is from Amtra (German Brand) classified as moor wood. The brand is imported by an lfs here in Malta, so I guess you have to find an importer in the UK. As for lighting etc, it's stated at the begining of the first post :wink:

Pics should be fixed by now :) Regarding the ph controller, you may be right, not so technical re: plants. I only bought it with the intention to sort of protect my livestock from a ph drop due to excessive co2.

Hi all, I'm kind of new here, but browsing around the forum .. found it pretty interesting, and decided to join. I must say I never kept plants before, except for java moss, which is found in all my killie tanks. The following are the specs for the planted I started working out : Tank...