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interesting that most of the greenery is moss, which is probably easier to put into scale. Very nice tanks. wish I had the skills to attempt something like this.

Will try that. Thx everyone

Just redone my tank and water is cloudy, so thinking of giving purigen a go. Looks like very small particles suspended in the water.

Hi all, has anyone tried purigen in the prefilter on an oase biotherm?

I ordered a jungle pack from AQ on Friday, it arrived today (Monday) as expected. Very well packaged, beautiful plants and plenty of them. Courier was good with updates and a 1 hour timeslot for delivery. Overall very impressed with the quality and service. I will definitely buy again and would...

Will try to get a photo tonight. Dim, 800x 35x 40. Free del, £99. Nice silicon work.

Thanks. I did look at them but the website advised only standard sizes. They are only 10 miles from me too

Not when i inquired, maybe holidays?. But its good they are doing custom sizea again. Still impressed with the Diversa

Tank arrived today, exactly as promised. Very well made, silicone work very neat and tidy. Impressed.

Thanks for all replies, much appreciated. After looking at their feedback(100%) on fleabay, I have decided to purchase a tank from them. Once it is delivered and tested I will report back on them. NACD are nothing to do with this company and are, in fact, still trading as NACD. Aquariums for...

Hi all. Does anyone know about diversa tanks. Am looking at getting one but know nothing about the company. Thanks

Already have grolux on the tank. I have ordered a daylight tube and will try the combination, Thanks.

Will try them, thanks for the reply

Hi all. I have a 120lyr fluval tank with 2x t8 18w bulbs, not very happy with the yellowish light they show in the tank, and was thinking of changing for t8 leds. I work on a limited budget and find that most of the tubes are £50 plus, which is a little out of my price range. I was wondering if...

Hi all, after a bit of advice. I currently use a small plastic syphon tube for cleaning my substrate, but I am not to happy with it, doesn't seem to be much suction really and the exit from the larger tube gets clogged easily. I have seen some battery powered ones on fleabay and just wondered if...

Mouth is too much underslung for Roach, and lower body is too flat.

Look like very small Barbel.?

Yes, I will be. Will be syphoning any bits of muck out of the moss everytime I do a water change.

And this is now.

This is where I am upto atm.

thanks, getting lots of help from Keith GH

Thanks Jacob, slightly different now. You can follow the progress in the Aquascaping section under critique please.

Bit more of a play. At the front left i will be having a moss carpet. Got loads of lush green moss in the garden that was removed from a drystone wall in the countryside. Aiming to get this done in the next 2 weeks. I will also be putting some moss on the wood and small bits on the stone.

Plenty of room for plants, looking to have it well planted with easy plants.

Perhaps i will try the rocks upright instead of sloping to the right too.

Yes, i see now. Will do this today and see how it looks. Thankyou for the help and patience with this.

Wood out and soaking now. I will be trying different configs when it sinks, but just for now what do you think of the rockwork.

Just watched the video. I tried gluing moss to wood a few years ago and it left white marks, why didn't I think about sprinkling some brown substrate over it. Funny how the obvious sometimes eludes us. Also, I never thought about cutting and gluing.

Think i am getting closer now

Moved the wood around and a larger stone in right hand corner.

How this

I can see that this would look better. Unfortunately the rock on the left is the largest I have and I wouldn't trust it to be stable if I raised it any more. I will be trying out your ideas this weekend when I have the time and will post another pic once it is done. Thankyou for your input, much...

Had a bit of a rescape, not a lot of difference, but more space to plant now. What do you think.

Thanks for the input. I see what you mean about the space behind the rocks on the left and also the wood. This was just a quick play tbh, so any suggestions will be taken into consideration. I don't need to have as much stone in there, so I could take a large piece out from the left side and try...

So this week I have been playing with the hardscape and have ended up with this. I began with a pair of the wifes tights and made a couple of gravel bags for the back corners. I then covered these "mounds" with about 20mm of John Innes no3, then 20/30 mm of gravel on top of that as a cap. The...

Just trying to post a pic and it worked.

Just had a read of that, looks like i will have to do a bit of o/t after all to pay for the wood for the tank. I will keep the elder wood and see how it dries out over the next few months. Thanks Darrel for the info.

Hi all. I have a queery about wood for my aquarium. Been gardening this weekend and cut down quite a large bush that was blocking light from my living room. Trimmed it all down to fit in sacks for the tip and found the twigs and small branches to be quite similar to finger wood. After a bit of...

Well, one week in and its doing ok. Stored in small clear plastic food containers, no heat, no ferts, just cold tap water. Not sure what it is but i will see how long it lasts.

I found some terrestrial moss growing on the pavements round the car park at work. Thought i would try to grow it submerged. so i scraped a lump up and put it into 2 tubs with tapwater. It seems to be doing ok, it is pearling a lot, so give it a few weeks to see how it goes, could be a cheap...

Got 50gm of java moss in a pot trying to grow it on and also found some moss in the yard at work, now in tubs to see if it will live submerged.

Thanks for that Darrel. I know a couple of local ponds that i might just go and have a look at and try a few different things with anything i can find.

Thanks for the quick response.

Hi all. I will be setting up a low tech Walstad tank in the very near future, but in the meantime i want to start growing on some moss and am at a loss as to which one i should use. I would like a fast grower that is easy to propogate. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks. Chris.

They get worse as they get older, and much more expensive.

Your pictures are not showing on my pc.

Marble is a cross between a red and brown, base colour is red/orange with brown blotches. Super red is just red.

Ok, so i got 15kg of woodstone and 3 large pieces of bogwood, too much for my tank really, but some will come in handy for the next tank!!. Also picked up 10 kg of potting grit from the garden centre, lime free and washed for 4.99. I will be using this in the wifes tights (i will get her to wash...

Had a bit of a rethink about the slate and i may go with woodstone insted. Are there any issues that anyone knows of with this stone?

I am afraid my beloved MX5 needs to be parked where the pond is. We only moved here in oct last year and the pond was leaking then, so it would need a complete redoing to get it up and running again. The filter is also in a sorry state.

i was actually thinking of a few pieces standing up. I may get a grinder on it and try to make tall, chunky pieces. Plenty of time to think about it anyway, still got the kitchen/dining room/ conservatory floors to tile before i dare start on the tank. Thanks for all the replies and advice upto...

Anyone have any idea how to break the slate into smaller pieces?, should i just cover it with something and knock the hell out of it with a large hammer or maybe get my sds hammer drill out?

Its what i have to hand and if i use this then i can spend more money on plants and other stuff. I will probably tear it down after a year and try something a little more difficult, but just for now i want to get used to keeping the plants alive and getting them to grow, but the tank will be in...

Thanks Tim. I did think i was aiming a bit high, but i had to ask. So, jungle it is then. I have a pond in the garden which is going to be filled in(new parking area for my mx5). There are some large pieces of green lakeland slate around it and i was thinking of breaking them into smaller bits...

Hi all. Been a member here for about 5 years, but due to circumstances, not been able to do a tank until now. Just moved into a new house and doing that up at the moment, so i should be ready to begin doing the tank in a couple of months. In the meantime it will be questions and researching. Due...

I rescaped my tank over the last 2 days following Troi's method after reading about it on this forum and Troi's blog. Tested the water perams this morning and everything is just right, so put some fish in and will keep my eye on them over the next few days. My filter is mature, gravel was from...

I will be starting the tank rescape in the new year. I will post pics as it progresses( with the new camera i am getting for xmas). I will be using John Innes no 3 as my substrate with a capping of approx 3cm of unipac limpopo black( which i already have). I am still researching the plants, but...

I have superglue at work(freeby).It is cyanoacrylate adhesive by Homeline, medium viscosity. It is used at work for gluing plastics together. Does anyone know if this would be ok to use in the aquarium. There is no further info on the bottle or the packaging it comes in except for the usual...

No my wallet aint crying, its always laughing, just dont have the time to mess about with all this tachnical stuff, like i said, i was going to abandon it anyway. Thats the way i am going Mitchell, low tech, very.

Tank is rio180. In the new year i am changing it to a cory tank. I am going to use pond plant compost as a base substrate capped with approx 4/5 cm os Unipac limpopo black sand, grains about 2/3 mm. i have 2 38w t8's running the length of the tank. I want it to be really low tech, as my work...

Thanks for that Nayr. I have a small aquagro co2 starter kit running in the tank, but i was looking at getting rid of it, maybe better to keep it then?

Ok thanks for that Jon. I have some java in the tank already, but it doesnt seem to be doing anything at all. Does the Xmas moss grow onto wood/stone.

Can anyone tell me a quick growing moss, which will grow onto items in the aquarium. for a low teck, low light aquarium. I am looking at tying the moss to wood and rock. Thanks for any info on this. Chris.

There are 6 for sale on ebay now. £40 start price, about 4" it says. I think these are very cheap. I see them in most shops at around £15/19 these days. If only i had the room.

Thats decided me now. I am going to try this way of getting a nicely planted tank, rather than a nice tank for 2 weeks then lots of melting plants. Thanks for all your help and to anyone else who has contributed to this thread. I have learned some invaluable things here. I will keep posted how...

Well, Troi, thats got me thinking again about something that never crossed my mind. Just a couple of questions. Do the 2 that you mentioned come in ready to use packs or do you have to mix yourself with other components. Do you have to make any alterations to your cleaning schedule, ie:- 40%...

Ok,looks like i am going to have to put some time aside and try this method. Thanks for the info and measurements (saved me a headache trying to work it all out). I do have a small Aquagrow Co2 injection system, but have never used it. Would this be a better route to go down for the time i have...

As stated in my original post, i dont really have the time to start mixing all these different chemicals and working out how much of each i will need. Are there any ready prepared liquid ferts on the market that will do the job for me, i know they may work out more expensive in the long run, but...

Thanks Morgan. What are "macro and micro bottles"?. I am now thinking, after reading some other threads, about just using the cat litter. It will also save me a lot of money. Thanks to all who replied.

Thanks for that spyder. i may get rid of the shrimp.

Hi all. I am in the process of setting up a 180ltr cory tank. I want a very lowtech setup, but am at a loss as to which plants to use and which way to use ferts. I was thinking about some amazon swords and straight/spiral vallis for the background, possibly some smaller broadleaved plants for...

Thanks for the replies. You have been very helpful and i will take a look at some other articles on here. Once again Thanks. Chris.

The bubbles were just floating in the water, but have now disappeared, so no problem there anymore. Dont know if i will be using the co2 as i am planning on a sparsly planted tank, more rockwork and swimming space than plants, if you see what i mean. I have already taken the juwel filter out. I...

Thanks for the reply. This is my 1st attempt at a planted aquarium and i am still feeling my way around. I bought a rio180 at the weekend and set it up with sand and water and my filter(Haillea 1300lph ext). Just waiting for everything to settle at the moment. Been running for 1 day now and...

Mine has just arrived. Tried it out in the sink and it seems to be ok. I know what you mean about the spraybar.

Thanks for the reply. I will be researching your suggestions more. Thanks. Chris.

Hi all. Can anyone give me advice on which plants would be best suited to a fast flow tank. Cheers. Chris.

Thanks for your quick reply,George. Looks like this is what i will be using then. Cheers. Chris.

Hi all. Just bought a Hailea HF300 biofilter, 1300lph. Anyone got any experience with these?

Hi all. I am thinking of using some Unipac Aquasand Limpopo Black as my substrate. It is supposed to be for planted tanks, but i cant find any other info on it. Has anyone used it or know if it will be ok for my aquarium. I will be using CO2 in there too. Thanks Chris.

Thought i would have a go at a DIY Co2 system with a bubble counter. I took a few pics to show how i did it. I used a 2ltr juice bottle, some silicone tubing, a check valve, Silicone sealer and a small plastic tub. First i drilled 3x5mm holes, 1 in the juice bottle lid, 2 in the tub lid. I...

Just been reading your journal "iwagumi". Very interesting and i can see that it takes time to get the best aquascaping for your project. I dont intend to get the tank up and running before Xmas, but will be buying one in the next month. I have already purchased a 1300lph filter and want to get...

Thanks for that Bob. Think i will probably try the high tech way, not sure which plants to use yet, but i want anice balance, tall at the back of the tank, medium in the middle and small, carpet like at the front with a small unplanted area too. Is this a viable way to do it with fish in the...

Hi everyone. Joined the forum last week but have only just had the time to post. My name is Chris and i live in Preston Lancs. My partner , Maggie and me are just in the process of finishing the refurbishment of our flat. We have decided to have a fish tank in the living room and we are looking...