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Looks great Rob P. How does it look with lights at 20%? Asking as I'm about to set up a similar sized tank, but CA Cichlid and only a few plants - A large lotus and a crypt or two. Reading through your previous posts Rob (and others too) about full 100% creating algae blooms I'm starting to...

Morning etc. I'm setting up a new Juwel Lido 120 low tech. Most of the aquascaping will be hardy plants that wont require much attention. However I'm planning on having the tank topless with a luminaire of my own design over it which will use a small amount of LED strip as a sunrise / sunset...

No, that's the odd thing. It's actually a smaller one. Not a lot but definately smaller than the two that are hassling it. I did a water change and dropped the temp just by a few degrees just in case it is a female in need of spawning.

Hi, I need help quick please. I've got 5 panda cory's in a 80L tank. Been in there for months (cant remember how long) and the tank is a few years old. Water parameters are all absolutely fine and have been consistent for a long time. There's also a school of tetra and a few ottos. All of a...

I'm the same. Play sand all the way. I just rinse it through thoroughly in a bucket before adding to the tank to get rid of the 'dust'. It's cheap from B&Q and great for use alone and as a cap. I have a 70L tank growing crypts, giant val, java fern and two variety of hygrophilia in nothing but...

Wow. I think that'd be massively overstocked. I consider my 70L heavily stocked with: 8 Cardinal Tetra 4 Head and Tail light tetra 4 Panda Cory 4 Otos As above I'd think about a lot more water!

Bottom dwellers / feeders, especially some types of corydoras will swim up and down the glass cleaning it. Usually this will occur after a water change which mimics the cooler water introduction within thier natural enviroments and kicks off spawning instincts. As AndyOx has also observed...

I expect you have them by now, and you should know that they're fine. I've got a group of Panda Corydora in my 65L planted with Val, Crypts, various Hygrophillia and more. Nothing has been affected by the cory's. If anything my Crypts have grown even more strongly after the cory's were in and...

Does anyone have an opinion on simply placing aldercones into the (internal - juwel rekord) filter to start creating more of a blackwater look and feel to a tank? Leaving them in until each weekly water change etc. Or would almond leaf teabags be better? I'm currently using an aldercone 'tea'...

Thanks for the info. As I'm dosing a 70L I think I'll got for the all-in-one. I hadn't come across the Aqua Essentials site, or Tropica products previously. As I'm using Easycarbo I'll go for the ProFito for now. When I move house at the end of the year I'll be looking into much bigger tanks /...

I slightly underdose with Easycarbo in a 65L tank with Water Wisteria, Crypts, Java fern, Amazon sword (to be replaced as it's not doing great) and Vallis and all are fine. Tank's been running for nine months, with the Vallis in for about one month. The Crypts have grown like mad, and since I've...

Very interesting article danmil. But..... I'm not dosing CO2. Rather I'm using Easycarbo to introduce Carbon into the water for the plants to take up. Seems to have done some excellent things for my plants, and has not affected my vallis at all (unlike so many people seem to say in the forums).

Just wondering if anyone has an opinion on seachem vs tetra fertilisers. Mostly in terms of the general ferts ie. Seachem flourish, Tetra plantamin. But also the Flourish Tabs against the Plant Crypto tabs. Regards.

My first tank (well, since my 6 year old goldfish phase). Had no real clue what I was doing so just read through web and had a crack. Expected a lot of trial and error but tank's been going for about 9 months and has gone from strength to strength I feel. Except for my Amazon swords which loses...