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IMO cardinals always did it for me, but I recently bought 6 diamond tetras - they are just beautiful, especialy when I have the lights dimmed late at night. It probably depends on what your lighting level is like and also the colour of the main planting

Thanks to all for your replies. I have read all the suggested articles and found them very interesting and informative. However, this does not answer my initial question. I realise I do not need to use R.O. water, I realise I need some Po4 for plant growth, that is why I intend to use 50/50...

Hi ,every-one, This is my first post on this site, so please excuse any bad form etc. My problem is this: I was always wondering why I couldn't grow decent plants in my tank-only plenty of algae. I recently started seriously investigating why this was happening and came to the conclusion it is...

Hi every-one, my name is Steve and i live in Essex-home of really bad water supply! I've been keeping fish for about three years now but am only just beginning to take it seriously it was surfing the net that started it, so many fatastic pictures of tanks i couldn't help but get hooked. I've...