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To be honest, i haven't had a tank that size before, however i think these would be ok: http://www.aquariumgardens.co.uk/beamswork-v4-hi-lumen-48-52x22-planted-aquarium-led-light-unit-6500k-721-p.asp...

Mort, to be honest you are probably right. However the ultimate goal i guess would be to get it to work so that were i to go away for a weekend or even a week, that it would feed during that hiatus. When i previously had pipefish i was always worried when i went away that i would come back to a...

Experimentation needed!

Also the diagram is both excellent and awful at the same time ;)

Marcel, every now and again I am reminded that I am not nearly as clever as I would like to think! I think that sounds very workable and in theory cheaper and safer (with regard to dead live food in tubes) than the pump idea I had. I need to test this before putting into action, but I think it...

Why would you bury them? I don't buy them much but aren't you meant to unwrap and discard them? I feel I may have been doing it wrong all along :(

Marcel, now you are whetting my appetite! I am sitting with bated breath....

Good point, hadn't thought about that, guess it wouldn't be a massive issue if you were flushing them regularly, like every day....

Sorry to hear that. Good news that you found it, rather than the leak getting out of hand and ruining any other furniture/floor.

I just wondered if anyone has ever attempted to use the pumps many of you use for auto-dosing to auto-dose live food? I have seen a few reef guys online do this using chillers and all sorts of potentially unnecessary steps, but figured a bucket of daphnia, paramecium, copepods, etc with the...

Martin, may i say before you change it that i love the look of your tank/scape.

I am with Mort, i wouldn't buy the types of ornaments we are talking about, and although pressured by my two girls (4 & 7) for a frozen ornament, wont give in. Although the purchase of such ornaments does not necessarily correspond with poor fish & plant care. Considering what site we are on...

surely Stir Crazy...

Roy, looks great, i agree with Marcel though HOB with a fern or lily or some such?

Iain - good luck! I found these at home: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151878837856?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Do you want them as i have no idea what i would ever use them for and less idea why i bought them! I am not trying to sell them to you, just give them away...

Fred, I noticed nobody was really commenting yesterday and meant to write something but clean forgot, now i feel guilty. I for one love the journal and the style in which you write it. To be honest as with many of the journals on here as a reader i feel i am getting to know not just your pond...

Roy, Actually Ebay has the Ciano 40 also for around the £30 delivered mark...

Roy, Shirley Aquatics do the Ciano 80 and they deliver, it is £46.99, not sure re delivery costs: http://www.shirleyaquatics.co.uk/aquarium-supplies/ciano-tartarium-80-white/jkaa168

I have 3 LDA001 or L169 (they are the same it seems) in my planted tank and they are lovely wood eating little beauties that don't appear to go near my plants at all. http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=158 I put in some wood that I pre-drilled with a tunnel and they are...

Just a heads up, i have 10 or so Hara Jerdoni's and they are not especially a bottom dweller. They are always zooming around everywhere and are always frightening the Scarlet Badis when they dash past! They are really lovely fish and my favorite as they look so odd and are generally completely...

They love courgette, i hang mine in the side of the tank with one of those clips.

The pictures are a little small, but i can barely see the wood so i 'wood' say it is fine...

There you go, Mick comes in and shows i know nothing, one right, not sure if i am pleased or depressed!

top right maybe cardamine lyrata, second from right on the bottom row looks like an anubias petite/bonsai, and maybe second from left on the bottom is an ammania bonsai? To be honest it could be the photo but they don't look in great condition... The reddish one wont be a crypt i wouldnt have...

I reckon a Macrobrachium, the photo is great though so someone should know definitively? Edvet if you are on facebook post it to the Macrobrachium page if the identity is still in doubt: "The MacrobrachRoom"

Welcome, great tanks. I am loving the last one, really catches the eye.

could also be a garra of some sort?

Looks like the fish you see advertised as the Chinese sucking loach maybe? Also are there are a couple of different species in there?

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As long as I can swing it past the Mrs then absolutely...

Don't be disheartened, I don't think it is a bad start at all. As said above pick something you like and go from there. Also, it is your tank so ultimately it is you who have to look at it everyday. I think the wood has the potential to look amazing as it has character about it. If you are...

I think it depends on the reason and the layout. If you love redmoor or manzanita for the scape but need or want some different woods for Plecs or other wood grazers then you can contrive to have the showy pieces at the front of the scape with the alternative types behind, that way you wouldn't...

Where?

I have two filters on my 200, a Fluval 406 and a APS 2000EF. The inflows are opposite back corners and both are full(ish) length spray bar outlets ,pointed up and forward. Very similar to Ian's diagram but without the co2 or inline heater. I also have a sponge air driven filter hidden in there...

no worries, if you can cancel then do so, happy to send. Otherwise report back with your findings!

James, I have the Pico hanging around, I can send to you if you like and you can try it out? You may have more success than me....

I had the Hydor Pico, it continually got debris stuck and had to be cleaned very regularly. I had it about half way up the tank wall tucked behind some wood and therefore if you had it higher the debris may not have been an issue so much. It also mangled several fish weirdly, including a...

That makes much more sense.

http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/bugs-you-might-encounter-in-your-aquarium.35994/#post-390760 Try that link Paolo tells you how, then Kirk shows you how he did it

Hydra, can be harmful to fry/shrimp, i think there is a thread on here somewhere which shows how to get rid.

Hey, think that looks amazing! Really natural and unspoilt. Where is the tank/stand from? I like the dimensions.

I think as with most things on ebay some suppliers are good, some beyond awful! I have bought lots of plants from there over the years and most have been decent. The most obvious issue is that lots of the plants come from the far east and as such have been treated in copper based medications...

like that :)

Wood looks good, rocks i am not convinced? I think the rocks should either be part of the central wood island and reaching out, or not in there at all? Better minds than mine will come along and advise i am sure

Quite like them both, i feel the rocks in both are fairly deliberately placed (if you know what i mean) but guess that would soften with the planting etc..If you made me choose i would go the last photo but move the left most rock to the right (creating a space on the left) and all rocks...

Mantis, there are some people who claim assassins eat shrimp or shrimplets, I have even seen a video of one eating a blue bolt! However no one ever has a video of the shrimp being caught by the snail so one assumes mostly the shrimp is dead or dying and the assassin takes advantage. I do...

Mike, It usually involves PayPal but to be honest don't worry, happy to post out on Monday, last time I posted snails it cost me less than £1 so I think I can manage it. PM me your address for Monday.

Mike, let me box them up and see what the postage is, no charge for the snails! Pm me your address.

That many Trumpets will keep reproducing ahead of the rate of being eaten I would imagine...Basically anywhere between 5-10 assassin's is probably fine as they will reproduce slowly and gradually inhibit and then reduce the Trumpet population. I can probably send you that many if you want?

Definitely a mixture of the two, some are bold and slide around all day looking for mischief, some hide and you only notice when you see the substrate moving etc.. As a rule though, they are much more outgoing in daylight than Trumpets.

They do reproduce but not nearly as quick as Ramshorn or any of the other pest snails. I started with 4 in a Fluval 19l tank and have about 15-20 after a year...

Had a look, had a think, then decided to go just with redmoor! There is a bit of bogwood out of sight, but just one type of wood on view. Still need to plant some more and put some more river stones, then put in the second filter and powerhead (with hydor external), and obviously remove the...

Will do my best tomorrow!

+1 for having the tank on its own. I bought the filter separately but don't think it is that great to be honest, just about does the job and to be honest you could get a second hand Eheim or similar for cheaper/same price which would do a much better job. In terms of lights i use the arcadia...

Looking good, i would maybe take the middle rear stone and move it in front of the right piece of wood? Or simply add another smaller stone there as it looks a little naked? However i am not necessarily the right person to judge, i am never happy with my creations!

Kirk, I have the 511 with heater. Had about a year and quite like it. It is quiet, and can sit beside the tank. Mine sits beside a 64l P@H tank and does a decent job. My tank is overly planted and has some 'big wood' and therefore the flow doesn't really work but that is my fault rather than...

Looks good, not too sure about the rock plonked in the middle but otherwise it looks good. People often use airline and connectors on the surface to limit and control the floaters, i haven't used it before but you might want to try that?

Good luck with the new setup, will be good to see it planted and settled. One point, i might relocate the extension lead a bit higher (and maybe on the right inside of the cabinet) to avoid any problems should there be a leak, but that might just be me.

I know what you mean and I think initially it may look slightly odd, but I would be hoping that once it had grown in it may be less noticeable and/or add a pleasing rather than jarring sense of colours/textures. Suspect it may be a "suck it and see" type of situation. A little worried that I...

Just a quick one, I have Redmoor, Mopani and Bogwood ready for a new aquascape and wondered how people felt about using a variety of different woods in one scape? Are there any reasons other than personal choice why not to do it? Thanks

Can only speak from experience and have had a bowfront tank and all square/rectangle tanks and neither seemed any stronger/weaker than any other? In theory my mind says if it is all one piece of glass with no silicon (ie rounded) it would be stronger as the glass is probably equally strong all...

Andy, i second Martin, can we have a full frontal (as it were), think we need it to fully appreciate such a lovely tank?

Nick - :clap: looks pretty amazing for your first go! Loving the clowns, very underrated fish in my humble opinion. How do you find that filter? I have the same one on my dennerle scapers tank and I am unconvinced... Don't worry about your English, it is already better than mine half the time.;)

I'll take it...whatever it is, feel i could do with reps and wraps, do they prefer soft or hard water?

Epiplatys annulatus or Clown killifish, they are beautiful and fun to watch. Very rarely venture to far away from the surface. Although if you have a lot of water movement up top then maybe not such a good mix... http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/epiplatys-annulatus/

Sorry for 3 seperate responses, kept thinking i should put more, straight after pressing submit! http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/iriatherina-werneri/

Iriatherina werneri

Threadfin Rainbow?

Thanks Mike, if i need to give it up you will be my first port of call, i will only charge you a 50% handling fee...

I know, i got it from a member on here and it looks, well amazing, but in practice i think i am going to end up nuking whatever i put in it. I do like the whole floater idea to keep the penetration minimal so maybe that is the way to go. I am thinking finger roots and a small group of Diapteron...

Lovely fish and nice looking tank. I have this tank but haven't ventured setting it up yet, worried about he Solar light...

Love the stumps!

Albino Cory eggs?

Mike, just convince my sister to let you get: http://www.thegreenmachineonline.com/shop/aquatics/aquariums-stands/optiwhite-aquariums/all-optiwhite-glass-aquarium-140x45x60cm-12mm-gla And...

Interesting, I didn't know that. I can however confirm I bought seven which were well hidden with Kitty Tetras which look rather similar when dashing around avoiding the net! Definitely Hastatus, very cool little fish.

:thumbup:Well that looks pretty amazing!

Just bought some from ADC in London, they can order them in if you ask...

Hi all, first post but been a lurker for a while. Just thought i would share a few pictures of the 'Amano Shrimp' recently purchased from P@H. Not an expert by any means, but i thought these looked more like Macrobrachium Lanchesteri, can anyone confirm? Thanks, Mark