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Hi, I set up a 120l tank about 7 weeks ago and let it cycle for 5 weeks with 3 corys in it. I went through good and bad phases with water quality, sometimes crystal clear at other times milky. After 5 weeks the tank seems to have settled and the nitrite reading was at a steady 0. I had two...

Hi, I desperately need your help pls. I have been struggling with my tank for almost six months now and I cannot get the simplest of plants to grow. I keep seeing other hobbiests tanks and get so enviuos and no matter how hard I try, I simply am not able to get my tank anywhere close to...

Over the past couple of weeks, my tank has been deteriorating quick, and I do not know why..... plant growth is weak and seems to be very slow, I am using EI, CO2 injection with a ph reading of 5.75 (3 to 4 bubbles per sec), LED lights on for 9hrs + 2 x T5's at the back for 5hrs .... I am...

I have ordered some Glosso which arrived today and to my surprise this is what I got...... to me this looks like anything but Glosso unless maybe this is cultivated emersed? The following is what I thought to be Glosso which got into the tank by mistake on some HC which I had purchased...

Here are some photos of my tank as it looks today. On my way to a perfect scape, I have invested heavily in equipment, LED lights fixures, pressurised CO2 etc. without, in my opinion, getting the desired results. I have tried many a different setup, usiing bog wood as now one time and using...

I have been trying for months to get my Christmas moss to attach itself to different surfaces to no avail. I tried bog wood, moor wood and pebbles with no luck. I tried using fishing line, sewing line and hair nets. None of the above worked. The moss grows nicely but, does not attach itself...

Hi, Would like your opinions on this one... A month ago I bought ten of these juvenile angels. I was told that they were Altums imported from Aquarium Glaser in Germany. Showed the photos to Heiko Bleher and his reply was: 'Heiko Bleher have nothing to do with P. altum. These are P. scalare...

Have been trying to grow cuba over the past three weeks. This is what was left of about five pots two weeks ago.... there is even less now. Plant just want grow and stays static till it finally gets dislodged. Poor leaves and colour. I have a spraybar pushing co2 right over it..... EI dosing...

Hi, I wonder whether anyone can give me some advice on a problem I have with my Hygrophila. Many a time I have tried to grow this plant without success (I know in most tanks this grows like a weed).... I am managing to hold on to this one specimen however It keeps loosing the bottom leaves and...

Hi, has anyone tried to grow HC in Volcanit substrate by Aqua Medic? Or maybe in similar sized grain substrate? I do not seem to be having luck with HC in Volcanit and am not certain whether part of the problem is the size of the grains (I think I have seen nice HC carpets in similar size...

Hi, Can anyone please give me some advice on growing Hygrophila Corymbosa and Java Fern? I have tried to grow these plants over and over again and whilst everyone states that these are some of the easiest plants to grow, mine loose their leaves within a week or so of purchase with the Java...

I am currently dosing CSM+B and EI. I have recently added some Rotala Macrandra and over the past three weeks I have seen the plant deteriorate although it has a TMC 14000K LED tile right on top of it with co2 addition etc. I keep reading that besides low temperature, co2, loads of ferts, high...

Hi, Couple of months ago I got hit by BBA after running a great planted tank for almost a year. No idea what caused it and after months of unsuccessful battles I decided to go unplanted since I had had enough. Since I had always wanted a white sand to reflect with my disucs, I also decided to...

Hi, can anyone help me with as to how I should mix my ferts? I simply am not convinced that my current dosing is right. I have a 350l tank, with 146W T5 Tubes on for 5hrs a day. I inject CO2 with an Aquatic Magic Tornado reactor. CO2 starts 3hrs before lights on and stops 1hr before lights out...

Hi, I got this rather shabby looking Java Fern from my LFS. It was beautiful when he first got but somehow it did not like the conditions at the shop and deteriorated over a number of weeks. Eventually it started throwing out new leaves however, as you can see from the pic, they are rather...

Hi, can anyone tell me what plant this is and also what is wrong with it. It has started to develop black spots on the leaves. The tank is currently also going through a BBA or BGA problem. Whilst there definitely is algae on the leaves, the black holes do not appear to be algae. I use the...

hi can anyone give me some good advise on how to successfully grow this plant? I have been given a nice clump but it never took off and it is now rather going drown the gutters....

Hi everyone. Need to see whether this is going to turn out into a journal. It all depends on the feedback I will be getting (if any) from you guys here. This is my new Juwel Trigon 350 which I set up about three weeks ago. I always imagined a planted discus tank and set about experimenting with...

Hi Everyone, What is the general view about using an Ozone Processor / Generator in a planted tank? Would you prefer to use a UV or do you think that both are just a waste of energy?