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gutted... I just set my one up... looking forward to adding some shrimps once its cycled - not gone for a planted tank - as busy with the main set up... but will no doubt switch it a little and make it more like how george explains in the vid.

Thanks Cegg, very useful link and food for though as well... learnt a fair bit reading that! I was planning on doing 15% water changes - and now the article suggest 50% wow every other day for the intial period. I've bookmarked the link so that i can refer to it. thanks again :thumbup:

thanks ceg, just checking as didn't want me plants to frizzle awayjust coz i didnt add a little liquid or something? just to confirm again, apart from regular pruning (as and when needed), and regular water checks and changes there is nothing "special" in need to do with regards to the plants...

Slight update... I've gone and set up the tank using low tech plants as recommended by plantedtanks.co.uk. I've used tetra plant substrate, covered with dorset pea gravel... Should I be adding something like C02 or liquid carbo or something? I'm manually switching the lights on and off...

Thanks Sam I replaced it with Sagittaria Subulata / Dwarf Sag x4 ... what do you think of the number of plants i'm planning on purchasing - too much / too little / about right? Thanks!

hi I hope you can help, i'm about to place an order with plantedtanks.co.uk as I am about to set up my fluval roma 125 (a little bit small, but thats the biggest that would fit! I've currently selected - I dont' want heavy planted tank, just a few to make it look and feel natural... I want...