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I've just watched the most recent youtube video by Aquarium design group, 'small aquarium strategies' and the associated live stream. One thing most notable from the video is they often stepped down the filter outlet size to increase flow, in the livesteam video Jeff Senske mention many well...

Hi thinking of using either excel or easycarbo as a preventative to algae, however I have some riccaridia in the tank and have read it can be toxic to liverworts as it is to algae. Is this true or has anybody successfully used glutaraldehyde with riccardia?

Hi, I had managed to pick up what I hoped would be 3 pairs of Dario dario now I know the males are easy to sex but females are less easy especially when young. Of the there possible females I picked up one is definitely male, one is fingers crossed a definite female the third is more difficult...

Hi people, just received some plants and one was some Tropica 1-2 grow xmas moss, tied them down to a few bits of rock etc and have now noticed a few pieces with algae amongst them, not great when one of the main selling points of the 1-2 grow pots are them being algae free, moss looks in good...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a Twinstar light and then a S2 pro controller to help dim/programme the light however when it arrived it didn't work zero signs of life, so I'm considering buying a Nicrew dimmer instead see below...

Hi all, I've been out of the planted tanks scene for a number of years now having concentrated on marine tank, however I have decided to get a new freshwater tank, I currently have a 45cm cube being built, I am struggling to decide on the best lighting option for the tank. Plant wise it will be...

Whilst surfing came across this moss, has any one used it the looks very interesting form the small photo. http://www.aquashrimps.co.uk/products/Cuba-Moss.html

Over christmas I visited my uncle and he had a tank he didn't need so I was more thank happy to take it off his hands. As I was never planning this tank its gonna be set up as cheaply as possible, helps when you seem to be permanently skint. So far all I've spent is £5.80 on the rocks and £24...

For a scape I'm in the process of making I planned on using Microsorum 'narrow', I brought three pots of the web. When they arrived they looked larger than expected. I already had a tiny amount I'm a tank I used to keep some Betta coccina in, their leaves are less than 1cm wide and the...

I'm setting up a new tank and have a choice of filter to use either the eheim professional II 2026 or a eheim 2227 'wet and dry'. I'm sure the 2227 should be the better filter but am a little unsure as to whether the filter suited to a planted tank setup using CO2. If anyone has any knowledge of...

Well I recently took delivery of my new tank, built by Aquariumsltd, which I have to say I was extremely pleased with it when it arrived. I was brought into the hobby purely because of fish but since the whole planted tank scene has taken off I've always wanted a real nice planted tank, and It...

I'm planning a new scape where Fissidens will be heavily involved, I was just thinking what the difference was between F. fontanus and F. nobilis. I've managed to get my hands on some fontanus, does anyone know anywhere I can find F. nobilis?

I'm currently having a tank built and should be ready this or next week, so I'm just compiling my plant list I have most sorted but I'm stuck on wether to choose V. nana or V. spiralis 'tiger'. I prefer the look of nana but the tank is 20" (50cm) tall and I'd like the leaves to run across the...

Well my camera arrived today, its a canon 1000d which I think is the most basic slr they sell. Any how thses are a couple of pic I took of some of my gobies I'm not sure wether to be happy with them, I have no knowledge of slr so it was all done on auto. These are the kind of photos I'd like...

Hi I'm new to slr cameras, I've just purchases a Canon 1000d mainly for photographing my fish and tanks. I have zero knowledge of slr camaras and equiptment and would just like a few pointers for the correct equiptment I'll need to get some good shot. I've read that lenses and flashes are as...

Has anybody used this diffuser - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CO2-Carbon-Dioxide-Diffuser-Dispenser-Aquarium-fish_W0QQitemZ110416020543QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Fish?hash=item19b54ec43f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1686%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 Or anyone have an...

I reciently aquired some wild type betta (betta coccina) they are currently in an tank with some standard aquarium gravel and a little play sand. The fish require a ph of 4-6 and dh ideally of 0-4. I use a shoddy ro unit (gives a dh of 2-4) and have added some oak and catappa leaves but the ph...

Brought this plant from a lfs, at the weekend. Since then its grown a couple of inches and started growing more horizontaly, also the new growth is a orange/red colour that fades to yellow/green as apposed the original green. Its also started putting out a few side shoots Heres a pick - I'm...

Help with my EI dosing regime I've been trying to work out what dosage I should start with for my new tank. The tank is about 45l in volume but holds 40l of water, with substrate hardscaping etc. Lighting will be 2 x 36w compact t5 is this too much? Should I use just 1? I’ll obviously aim...

I'm thinking of buying a Eheim Liberty filter for my 42L tank. Has anyone used them before or has anyone got an opinion of them? Regards.

For a new tank i am planning i am considering using one of these plants, but what are the differences between the two?

I have decided to return to planted tanks after concentrating on my apisto tank for the past 6+ months. I visited a old friend a couple of weeks back and whilst there noticed in his beautiful 4ft planted tank a group or Dario dario (Scarlet Badis) and immediate fell back in love with this fish...

Hi, I am planning a south American biotope aquarium with Apistogrammas tetras etc, I will not be using many plants but I am planing on having a large Echinodorus in one part of the tank with its leaves comming right out the tank. I would like to know if any one knows of any that would be...

Here a a couple of photos of some emersed Plagiomnium i brought from Aquatic magic a couple of months ago I tied it to a piece of wood in my 50g tank but all the growth below the water stayed a nasty dark green and didn't put on any growth i have now removed this, but there were a couple of...