Recent content by Fran

I've kept a group before with rummys and the beckfords kept to themselves. Always sparring. Great fish.

I am thinking green neons, rummynose, Cory Adolfoi, Beckford pencil fish. But tbh, I just like the aesthetic of a black water tank.

Thank you for the replies. I will be adding katappa leaves for tannins and may use some red bush tea for colour also. I will have little or know plants at the beginning. Perhaps some Brazilian pennywort or eleocharis later on. My priority is the fish and I want to give them soft acidic water. I...

Hi all, I am about to set up a black water tank for tetras and Corys. My tap water is rock hard however. So, I'm going to use RO and remineralise with seachem replenish to get a nice low GH and seachem trace. Will my water then be ok for fish after cycling or would I need anything else? Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. I think I will try the eleocharis. I'm not to worried if it doesn't work though. Would just like some green in around the leaf litter. Will post some pics later.

Hi all, I am setting up a black water low light biotope style aquarium with leaf litter. It will also have fine sand and low light. Is there any small grass like plant that would survive or grow in my tank. I'm sure I have seen videos of biotopes with sprigs of grass in leaf litter and dark...

Hi all, I am setting up a black water tank and using RO water mixed with hard tap water to create a tank of about 100 TDS with pH around neutral or slightly acidic. My RO water is pH 6.8 and I mixed some tap water Ph7 and TDS 400 to get TDS 100. On putting this water in the tank the pH rose to...

Here is a water quality report for my area if anybody understands the metals content. Thanks for the replies so far. One website says 80 to 450 TDS is fine.

Hi all I am setting up a black water Amazon style tank but would like to keep Amanos. I am using RO water mied with my very hard tap water and aiming for TDS of around 80 to 100 with Ph of around 6.8 to 7. Will Amanos be okay in this water/ Thanks for replies.

Cheers. Done it

Hi all. I just switched around needle valves on my cylinder. Now the solenoid won't open. The cylinder gauge shows that there is pressure in the regulator at the moment. It it safe to unscrew the reg in this state?

Hi all, I am looking for a recommendation for a nice foreground plant for my low tech tank. I have a gravel substrate (unipac fiji course). I am thinking staurogyne repens or similar?

Thanks for replies. I have been doing a bit of research and reckon I could grow most stems with the help of flourish excel. But I now plan to use Cardimine lyrata as a feature pant along with mosses and bucepelandras. Hope to post some pics soon. Cheers.

Hi all, switching to a non co2 low light tank soon as have less time for maintenance nowadays. I will use my old ADA ammazonia and wish to plant a stem that will do well. Light will be provided by a 21w fluval aquasky. I will be using flourish excel. Would hygrophilia polysperma or bacopa...

Yhanks for the replies guys. It was a bit difficult as I was using stainless steel intakes and outlet pipes. I changed the inlet to an Eheim and poured water into the inlet hose with the taps on the filter closed. When I opened then the filter primed. I think I'll change to the Eheims as it...