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In an effort to minimise the amount of equipment in my 100L cube, I replaced my CO2 diffusor with a Sera 500 CO2 reactor. I added this in the outlet pipework of my Eheim filter which is rated at around 450L/hour. I found that the rotors in the reactor slowed down and stopped almost immediately...

Here's a short video of our Four Foot Jungle Tank taken earlier this year (Spring). Since then we have had great success with the cryptocorynes which are even more lush than in this clip. CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO OPEN UP A 1 MINUTE VIDEO CLIP OF MY TANK

How big does Cryptocoryne wendtii get? I have several plants which I bought as this species which seem far larger than I expected. They look just like in the pictures but the largest just touches the surface of my 60cm deep tank. The actual leaf is 20-25cm long and 4-5cm wide on a 30-35cm...

Anyone had any experience with ordering CO2 from this firm? They come up on internet searches for cheap disposable bottles but I've had a disappointing time with them. Paid for a bottle two weeks ago and I haven't received it. Can't raise them on the 'phone and they won't respond to email...

I have an oldish (about 10 years) Dennerle regulator and have been using their 500g disposable cylinders. I bought what appeared to be an identical cylinder from Machine Mart - however the thread diameter is the same but appears finer than on the Dennerle original and will not fit. Does anyone...

I've wanted to upgrade the lighting in my Rena tank for a while but not found anything on the market which will fit under the lid. The tank comes with 2 bars with 2x30W T8 tubes on each. These are OK but don't really provide enough light at the lowest levels in the tank which is 60cm deep...

Can anyone tell me how long the resting periods for the commonly available Nymphaea species will be? I'm growing N.zenkeri which is going strong after 9 months and appears to have produced new offsets. N. stellata seems to grow very vigorously for a few months and then rest for a few months. I...

I have masses of Riccia in my tank so decided to thin it out. Rather than throw it away I put it in my spare tank which is currently fishless. Looked in this morning and saw at least three small fry - growing them on to see what they are. I expect they'll be either neon rainbows or emperor...

Over the past few years I have grown several Nymphaea species including N. zenkeri, N. stellata and N. micrantha. All three have grown well - mostly I have removed emergent leaves to keep them in the submerged form but I have occasionally let them produce aerial leaves and the odd flower. The...

I've been researching best species of loach to eat small snails which are damaging my Aponogeton leaves. I've had conflicting advice from several shops about how big different species will get and how aggressive they can be. I ended up finding the www.loaches.com site which I found very helpful...

I've been keeping and breeding fish for 35 years but have recently got very interested in planted tanks. I really like the jungle approach to aquascaping. This is my 75gal tank. Comments very welcome J