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Welcome! For a start I wouldn't believe the Nitrate test as the results are notoriously inaccurate. Secondly looking at the contents of your fertilizer it doesn't appear to contain any Nitrate or Phosphate which are two of the Macro salts required for healthy plant growth AQUADIP Plant Food+. I...

Hi, I'm no expert but I would imagine this becomes more of a problem the smaller the tank volume but the simple way round it is to just trim one or two plant species per week (depending on size of the tank) rather than decimating all of the plants in one foul swoop. This has always worked for me...

You're soon going to need a bigger cupboard!

Looking at your next post with the Coral Reds I suppose they could be Pencil Fish but I noticed a lack of the Adipose Fin 🤷‍♀️

Looks good my friend, what Rasboras are they please?

As @hypnogogia says above, not to trust your Nitrate test and dose full Macro, I see no mention of Potassium here. Being high tech I would also up your water changes to at least 50%/week slightly more would be better, a couple of back to back changes would be a good to begin with and while doing...

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At least your membrane will have a good lifespan.

They take a bit of trial and error to get going but once running on song I don't think you'll look back.

I suspect flow and distribution to be the main culprit here, have these problems arisen since reverting back to using the duck bill outlet? Could also be due to the plants growing in restricting flow. Looking at that BBA I would imagine there's a build up of organics too, I assume you are...

I was just wondering if you ever find the time to sit down?

It would not be difficult to overdose CO2 in a 30l aquarium, as already mentioned take it very slowly and only make small incremental adjustments when you are at home for the day to keep an eye on proceedings. I personally don't think you need to be dosing towards the higher end of the scale...

Hi, As well as a deficiency there appears to be quite a lot of detritus built up on the leaves. For starters I would get in there and trim off any dead or decaying plant matter, have a good hand waft about/manual swirling of the plants and then water change ensuring any detritus on the substrate...

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Are you going to be using pressurized or one of the home brew methods?

Could you not clear a small space for it at the front, from your photos it's a lovely little plant that would be worth it?

As all of the above have said, I just have Crypts and Buce (with a tiny bit of Anubias and Coral/Phoenix moss) and in tank maintenance consists of removing the odd dying outer leaf, occasionally pulling up a Crypt runner to stop to stop it from taking over, having a waft about/turkey baste...

I'm sure there would be similar branded with the same function thermostats available to you, a little Google work should do the trick. I'm not sure without researching again (getting old) but I think there's a basic model which has one socket and variable high/low temp setting, but the one I...

Morning, How is your Hobbit doing, I've just been talking about it in another thread, I struggle with it but need to find out why? Cheers!

I've tried again, I split the pot into three, put one in high tech which has practically disappeared and two in a small low tech which seem to be just about holding on at the moment, I can only assume (probably wrongly) that they need high light and lots of CO2. I would imagine it would fare a...

How is the Hobbit faring?

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Cynics! :rolleyes:

Hi, My personal take on it is to fertilize from day one just as the photoperiod commences. It will take the best part of a couple of weeks for the plants to show noticeable signs of growth (from initial planting) and I can't really see the point of stressing them out all over again by vastly...

Yes, also looking forward to seeing some more photos!

How long has it/they been growing in your tank? Mine grew as a large rosette but it was planted singularly it also developed a reddish tinge. I had to brutally attack it as a mother plant in the end as there were plantlets appearing all over a 90 x 55cm footprint I think it would have taken over...

Yes, be a lot easier to identify in a few of weeks when they have transitioned and are actively growing, not that I will be able to tell then either. Good to see you back!

Looking good, the plant above I believe is Hygrophila Polysperma 'Rosanervig'.

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Welcome and I look forward to seeing your endeavors!

I put one in my tank at start up but could not tell as to whether it made any difference or not, and similar to what @hypnogogia experienced above, I think it took 3 or 4 months to disappear from view.

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Welcome, and I look forward to seeing this!

Tank looks nice though!

Consider setting up a biotype aquarium where the the fish and plants come from the same (or close by) location, this will help for fish Seriously Fish — Feeling fishy? and the Tropica website for plants.

https://www.jbl.de/en/products/detail/7319/jbl-proflora-direct?country=us#6334100 I've got one of these (16/22mm) but never used it, but I'm sure @Zeus. used to use them at high velocity so I would think they are half decent. If I do ever get around to using mine I'm going to strip it down and...

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Way to go!

Personally I wouldn't, Gold tetras are capable of growing over 2" (5.5cm) and as such would at least require a tank of 60cm length, longer would be better. https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hemigrammus-rodwayi/

If you're only changing 4l in a 30l tank I can't see any problem going with 50/50 straight away, You're only replacing 2l of tap for RO, it will take quite a while to reach equilibrium but that's OK.

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AquaSys 315?

Nice to see floating plants on a Iwagumi, good for the fish, good for the ecosystem, can be temporarily removed for photographs and basically just looks so much better/natural. To me anyway.

Any commercial glass cleaner, microfibre cloths are the key, just lightly spray onto the cloth to avoid overspraying into the tank, JBL amongst others sell non toxic cleaner with the same characteristics.... https://www.jbl.de/?mod=products&func=detail&id=8775&country=us&lang=en#6460000

Welcome and I look forward to seeing what you produce!

Welcome and look forward to seeing the advancement of your aquarium!

North American Rainbow and Red Shiners, Bitterling if you prefer something slightly more local.

I'm no expert but I wouldn't put Flourish Excel in with the Macros, I don't know the possibilities of potential reactions just instinct tells me. Potassium Sorbate is cheap enough.

Morning, In your circumstances I also wouldn't be daunted by (and I have done it myself several times in the past) draining the tank into a large receptacle (I use these Red Gorilla Polyethylene Tub Black 75Ltr - Screwfix) put fish and plants in and run the filter/heater, completely replace the...

The only problem I can see is your gravel looks quite large diameter so anything smaller will eventually slip through leaving your existing back on top. The only possibility I can think of at the moment is a covering such as jbl ProScape Volcano Mineral 9L although I have not seen it in the...

Looks like a JBL one which I use.

How long do you think it might be before this reaches fruition?

Good morning Mitchabbots, Hey my friend, I'm not trying to sell you anything or advise you to do this or that, you can do whatever you want, I was just merely trying explain a little bit about flow and the dynamics of water in an aquarium the same as yours. No two aquarium systems are ever the...

I'm with Darrel, a very thin sprinkling of sand on the bottom, it doesn't matter if some gets sucked up during maintenance, occasionally just add a bit more.

On the plus side, more room for plants! ;)

This might sound crazy but on my AquaSys 230 I'm running a 1200XLT full blast (through a lily pipe), a Nero 3 running at 15% during CO2 period and 1% when off and a 2000l/h Eheim Compact+ running a closed loop CO2 reactor which is timed to activate 30 minutes before and after the CO2 period...

I'll second that!

The Screwcumber of course! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266444267997?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338757644&toolid=20006&customid=9b0f42b6b323e4070023cc9d1da4f70e

Keep us posted as to whether any of the Crypts start sprouting, I've lost plenty before now only to see them appear six months later after thinning out a patch of real estate.

What about the Planeria?

Good advice above and I also think that it is beneficial to take some time acclimating these initially fragile fish, your LFS may be using the same tapwater but I can well imagine it containing a lot of other compounds that are raising the TDS. I also think they stand more of a chance being kept...

A man of my own heart. I enjoy trimming an odd spent/unwanted leaf off of an odd Crypt now and again but two hours of trimming, removing trimmings and replanting per week is a thing of the past for me, that is after initial start-up and the gradual replacement of most of the stem plants.

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I watched the George Farmer video from their headquarters last night about the update of Tropica's display Aquaria for the Interzoo exhibition and was surprised to learn of the amount that even they have trouble with of which I think all were TC.

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Do you have any full tank shots you could upload?

Looks good to me, I can't help feeling all the Aquasoil will end on one level like mine has though.

What are you going to replace it with?

Have you got a full tank shot to get an idea of scale and what is the green on the right hand pane in the second photo?

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I would have thought that is a pretty good survival ratio, especially as the fish are doing the hard work for you?

Welcome to the world of stem plants! Tank is looking really nice with good clean plant growth :thumbup:

I'm afraid I don't mate, certainly not for a 100l tank and you would be locking yourself into a system that requires you to pay £46.99 + P&P for a replacement 800g cylinder. Sure you can get adaptors/find cheaper alternatives but you might as well begin with a decent Regulator and work backwards...

Hi, I personally have got a lot of time for Colombo and their offerings but I wouldn't use the kit you have linked purely because of the price and the fact that the bottles are single use. (Again I personally think) you would better off using for example, Strideways Pro CO2 Regulator + 2kg co2...

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...and in the evening with a beer?

A lot of people struggle to get certain species of TC plants growing including myself. They can be a bit hit and miss.

Nice beginning, look forward to see it growing in. Makes so much sense to have a journal for a whole bunch of reasons!

I certainly wouldn't doubt that!

OK mate, that's gone beyond my understanding and looks like a job for creators, I'm sure Zeus or Hanuman will be along presently.

Have you then looked in the drop down menu title 'Which one'? As you can see the CLONE WEEKLY TARGET VALUES has already been populated for ADA Brighty, there should be all the other commercial fertz in there too.

What @Hanuman said, Just look at all the values for the different brands in the 'Do you want to clone a fertilizer' drop down box to get an idea of the contents of these fertilizers. If you are new to this, EI Dosing mid is a good starting point or just clone your favourite commercial brand.

I personally think they are beneficial for a month or so at start-up purely as a source of oxygen until the plants get going, Aquarium Gardens, Green Aqua and the like use them, but they are most definitely not needed.

Yes, one week is not enough time for everything to get back on track even if just one element has been missing so give it at least a couple more weeks and look out for any improvement. Your tank appears from the photos to be bright enough but if you think it's dim try increasing the intensity by...

That's very good for a first attempt, learning to grow the plants is the biggest leap forward you can make and it appears you are well on your way. Cheers!

EEK! Phew!

HI, I would give it a few more weeks of using your complete fert first and note the results before making any other changes as you appear to have everything else covered. Are you doing plenty of water changes?

I think it is has been widely known for a time along with the male mouthbrooding for the case of the congener Sphaericthys Vaillanti, so it would all make sense.

Hi, If you have got access to Excel and you want to learn about fert regimes I can't recommend anything better than to familiarise yourself with the IFC Aquarium Fertilizer Calculator it looks a tad daunting at first but if I can learn it anyone can. You can set your targets and find out the...

Spectacular Ady, as are all of your endeavors!

Hi Michael, I was just wondering if it might be worth putting the existing substrate (Eco Complete) that you intend to reuse into mesh bags to avoid it making an appearance later on, we all like moving plants around especially at start-up. I've got lumps of white/grey pumice from the Power Sand...