Recent content by marthin

Not technically new but has been salty for almost 2 decades. Came back to planted with a medium size tank... love the jungle style and lots of books and spaces CO2 injection with radion xr30 light (non point in buying lights if you have something that may work) 8 female guppies, 3 panda cory...

short version, changing jobs and the as we are renting at the moment, the owners sprang a surprise return to the UK. It left us to change our plans for the immediate future till we get jobs, etc fully sorted and know our longterm settlement plans. A smaller tank is easier to deal with till we...

This jungle is now closed, plants are up for sale and some are in the holding tank. Many thanks for all the input and comments guys, many tanks.

There you go nayr88, they are posted

Goodness gracious.. how on earth did it happen. Removing the plants from the tank, I now have a bucket off excess plants..

Marthin's the name (yipeeeeeee!!!!!25) My pygmy swords went nuts, got some lilaenopsis (cant spell this), cryptocorine, some big swords, some stems. (dont ask me the names) just threw away half a bucket of trimmings, that was 2 weeks after the last trimmings and my CO2 was not running.

thanks guys, I'm sure I'll hit 25 soon and will then post.

Hi guys/girls what does one do with excess plants? Due to a very unplanned house move, I will be rescaping and most likely go smaller. That leave LOTS of plants. What to do?

got home tonight and found the sparkling gouramis spawning.. was well exciting!!! yipee

Re: Ben's 90cm un-named re-scape - The beginnings BL)*£)*$ brilliant.. cant wait to see this one growing

Very nice. Liking the jungle overgrown style. It will look so much different in a week or so, keep the pics coming.

Thanks Faizal. It's very simple really.. dont assume you know anything, try everything and if all else fails, realize that nature will find a balance now matter what. And a good sense of humour always help. Many thanks for the compliment

Thanks guys. yes, incredibly lucky here. Just checked and still have quite a few babies under the leave, with daddy (I pressume) guarding. As I have 3 sparkles, I assume I have at least 1 of each sex, but guessing, I think there are two males as the biggest one was flashing yesterday to the...

quick update. cleaned the tank yesterday, turning into a mega jungle with fish, both fry and adults everywhere. Latest surprise is to find my sparkling gourami has spawned.. About 1 inch from the front window.. very convenient, will try and get some pics. Well chuffed

Re: New journal [short term] ISLAND UPDATED 1/4/2011 Have to say that its looking awesome. totally natural look to it.