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    Plants: holes and spots

    Ancistrus, yes a pair, plus some young. I suppose it's possible and it's the fry doing it. Lighting, two Aquasky 33w, so yes they could be lowered and as for BBA, it has had that from week four kept in check by an SAE ever since.
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    Plants: holes and spots

    Hi all, My new low tech set up has going for some three months and growth with all plant species is good. Recently I've noticing Crypts with holes. Dosing is daily using Easy-life Profito and Ferro, I'm thinking maybe a potassium deficiency?
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    Black Ruby Barbs... how much!?

    That would be the retailer, Maidenhead in Maidstone.
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    Black Ruby Barbs... how much!?

    Purchased some this afternoon, they around 3.5 cm in length for £3.00 per Barb although I did have drive 25 miles for them. Locally no one seems to have any available in stock and like all of you, normally they are everywhere, even a humble pet shop with a few tropical tanks. At the price I was...
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    Black Ruby Barbs... how much!?

    I have just been quoted £10 per barb and was told well they are quite rare, the retailer is the main aquatic dealer in the UK. I know these barbs are on the Red List at IUCN as their habitat is under threat from deforestation in Sri Lanka but £10 per fish bred for the pet trade more than likely...
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    Green Shallows... 80g/300L rimless frag/shallow

    Great looking aquarium.
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    Scarlet Fighting Badis

    Check out Rachel O'Leary's species spotlight on Scarlet badis, AKA ''Dario dario'' on Youtube.
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    External - options

    I've read that too, but never heard of anyone complaining of lack of growth in their plants nor greater use of gas on this type of set up.
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    External - options

    Sump filters work well with CO2 injection. Many like to use an inline CO2 set up installed above the return pump, giving more CO2 time to dissolve before returning to the main aquarium. Other benefits are much more room for bio media, removes equipment from tank and place in sump IE; heaters...
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    External - options

    I'd be thinking sump, so much easier to hide equipment that way. I did use to know someone who ran a 600 lt planted discus aquarium with a Eheim classic style filter with a single 300w heater in a old inline glass heater housing on the filter which ran very well for many years and discus do like...
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    Separating substrates

    I would be a bit dubious about what that plastic product could leach unwanted chemicals into the water column. I have seen some aquarists use clear acrylic siliconed to the bottom of the aquarium but this can be hard to come by in small quantities and somewhat expensive. I have used slate in...
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    Red tail black shark

    Tiger barbs are fine in planted aquarium and don't do any damage in my experience and mixed with Harlequin Rasboras would look great in a planted 300 lt. Labeo Bicolor, great while young until they get to sub adult. My shark, years ago grow to six inches and terrorised the inmates of my 55...
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    Looking for boraras micros (EU)

    I've just had a look around the net and no one seems to have any in stock. I do wonder if they maybe seasonal, in which case you'll have to place an order and wait for these fish to be imported from the far east.
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    My wabis

    Little gems, fantastic.
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    Fish for Planted Nano?

    Endlers, don't forget about the family planing issue. I'd suggest a bachelor pad might be a good idea!
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