Recent content by Matt Warner

I agree with Darrel. I love the simplicity of the eheim classic filters. They are just a bucket with a pump and thats it! No fancy gadgets and they are easy to clean and maintain and go on forever!

I'm a fan of Cabomba myself. I have some in my current tank. It grows really quick even without co2 and you have a nice bushy effect in no time. Before you know it you are replanting the tops often to form a new plant. If you're after a jungle look cheap you can't go wrong with some vallis. I...

Just be patient with it. It will grow in time and won't all come together overnight. I nearly gave up on my tank recently as all the plants were looking a bit crap and were melting. I was trying to go low tech and not add any co2 or liquid carbon but my lighting wouldnt allow for me to do this...

Thanks for the reply. It was just the one fish, all others were fine and still fine this morning. I never actually touched the food with my hands. I just put the frozen cube in my fish net and defrosted them in the tank then released the krill. Could it be that they weren't defrosted properly...

Hi all. I fed my fish earlier some krill which were quite big. I came back to the tank 10 minutes later to find one of my harlequin rasboras floating upside down and then pointing downwards. It then died shortly after and its colour totally faded like fish do when they die. Do you think that it...

When I was running co2 on my 125l tank I was running the co2 at 2bps to get the drop checker to go green. In your tank you would need 3 or 4 bps to get enough co2

That carpet looks really nice. What are the specs of your tank and what fertilisation are you using?

I had the same filter and was also disappointed with flow rate. I love my Eheim 2215. Its an old workhorse and its got gimmicks and the flow is constantly good even when I haven't cleaned it for a while. Its also very easy to clean and virtually silent.

Definately ease off on the amount you feed the fish. You could also try adding liquid carbon to your tank which should help get rid of the algae that you have.

I have an eheim classic 2215 filter and I'm very pleased with it. Even when its not been cleaned for ages it dodoesn't really lose much flow at all. I had a tetra external filter before and it would lose most of its flow within a month!

Looks awesome I've always had a soft spot for blackwater tanks

Looking great and plants look like they are growing really well. Are you adding co2 or are you using liquid carbon?

James D. Do you mind if I ask what the reason is for doing 50% water changes twice a week in a non co2 tank?

Hi Alastair, I've just been having a good read of your journal and its looking really good. Wish I had the room for such a big project! Sorry to hear about your crypt melt. Why do you think they melted. My crypts seem to grow really well and then a few leaves just melt for no apparent reason...

The plants will do the cycling for you if you have enough. I've never had a single fish loss by adding them straight away to a planted tank. The plants will use up any ammonia from the fish as food.