Recent content by mattb180

Light substrate, bright light and zero cover all go to make for scared fish. They may come round after a while when the scape grows in but you may struggle to see any relaxed behaviour from them in that sort of set up.

Hi, also from Northants! Welcome to the forum.

Tom this thread has been without an update for too long!

Lovely setup!

Just how I remember it. Dived there last Summer and got some similar videos. I was gutted about not seeing any turtles!

Interesting observation tonight - I regularly feed the fish in this tank with live daphia from the garden and tonight I fed as the surface skimmer was on which pulled a few daphnia in. A few hours later I see all the fish hovering around the surface skimmer and wonder what they are doing. Turns...

Here is a semi-decent picture I managed to get of one of the dominant male Emperors.

Thanks guys.

I tend to change anywhere between 25-50l a week with pure RO. I don't measure PH very often but the TDS varies from about 100-120ppm after a water change to 150-170ppm when I actually come to change it. Must be something in the tank buffering slightly, possibly the substrate? I have started to...

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Reasonably well, I get regular new growth. I recently had to cut back and rearrange all of the riparium plants. The peace lily got huge to the point that the pot it was in which was sitting on a small rock pile fell over under the weight! What is in there now is about a 3rd of it.

What do you feed them?

So a while ago I started a journal detailing the first incarnation of this tank. This is the second installment. Basic specs and info: Tank is 3ft x 3ft x1ft. Filtration: Single HOB filter and a surface skimmer. Substrate: Silica sand and plain black gravel Hardscape: Ivy branches, bog wood...

That is some going! How many do you have? What are your water parameters? My lfs has some in but i've heard they are quite difficult?

Thanks for the reply.