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Microsorum pteropus "Philippine"

I think there's a Philippine variety of the normal java fern. It looked similar but had hammered leaves

I might try put something together with a powerhead and old syphon from a power gravel cleaner which will have a wider opening than an inlet grill. Unfortunately i'm converting my tank over to sand but hopefully the wider intake will be ok. thanks

It's just easier on a larger tank rather than siphon into a bucket. I do a water change at the same time but its pumped from the filter outlet straight out the window.

Will the jbl one return water to the tank? The one i've found (called 45-70) looks like it empties to a bucket. Do you have a link? Thanks

ah ha, thanks. Appears i must have missed that one when looking earlier.:thumbup:

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a gravel cleaner that would work in my tank which is 60cm deep, however i want it to return the water to the tank. Ideally i'd like one that is air powered but i can't seem to find one that is long enough. There's the power gravel filters (pgr2000) but if i can find...

Great, thanks :( I think I'll need to look into a new diffuser. It's all just building up in the filter now

Hi Guys, I'm having some trouble with some of the stems on my plants melting. I have a large leafed (unidentified) crypt and my red tiger lotus that are having the issues. Both are growing near to each other in the tank on the left side. The other crypts don't really seem to be affected...

Lighting is T8, 4x 40W

Sorry, haven't been received notifications on this. Here's a quick update. The tank is still up and running, hasn't changed much in the way of planting. I've had to remove the Echinodorus uruguayensis as it was too big for the tank unfortunately. It's been replaced with some crypt balansae...

I agree. On a tank that size an air driven one probably wouldn't work if it's deep. You can get a power gravel cleaner which is more like a hob filter. It'll hang on the side and return the water to the tank.

You should be able to taste the difference, just a small sip. Or maybe feel the difference. Soap in soft water will also lather up better, if it's possible to test that.

Thanks for the comments guys! Substrate is ADA amazonia although it'll be around 2 years since it went in. Not hoovering it out probably helps a bit, but as I live in the fens it wouldn't surprise me if the water is laden with nutrients too. I did have a shoal of glowlight danios that I thought...

I did use co2 for the first 6 months which helped the plants to get established. Lights are 2 tubes for 10 hours, 2 for 7 hours. Water changes are roughly 40% every 2-3 week's.