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I've bought plants from plantedtanks.co.uk three times before through their forum. First time the plants were great. Second time a little dodgy and third time every one arrived dead. I had similar responses from customer support on the third time and had to go trough the Paypal resolution...

I recommend neons over cardinals: at 50 mm SL they will barely have enough space to turn around… but also I have never seen them reach their full adult size in a tank that small. Why not add a few more Corys and Otos and go for 12-15 smaller tetras? Then all three species would be better off...

To me, both species are equally beautiful and it is a tough decision. I wanted one of the Asian biotope stockings, so I chose D. margaritatus over Boraras spp. and other dwarf Danio because I wanted biotope stocking (minus the predators), so went for what was available. I bought the D...

Larger water changes will affect the parameters more than smaller ones. That is both why they are good and bad.

Pots normally have a 5 cm diameter and the carpeting plants will normally be around 5 cm in diameter. Then, it is up to you regarding into how many sections you want to split each pot. I am very lazy, so I generally split the pot into about 4 for ease of planting. I have seen some people split...

I stocked a similar tank with 15 D. margaritatus successfully, and I think that that is a pretty good number of them to have. I started with 10 and added 5 later on because 10 felt like too few. If it is the only species, I would even have considered up to 20 individuals. I did start off by...

I have never heard of companies that offer to do this, why do you not want to move your tank yourself? I have moved house with tanks five times so far without any problems, two of the times were when moving country. The main cost is time on the day, but that's not a problem if you are well...

Horticultural sand is usually lime free so that it does not alter the pH of the soil. Apart from that, it is no different than any other sand. In this case, it is abrasive compared to just soil, as Darren says, but all sand is abrasive in itself just because it is hard. Look at it this way, any...

The goldfish should eat that algae, as they quite like their greens, but you may get a very thin layer left over.

If you don't mind, I am quite curious, in which was is it against everything you learnt? On the method, I attempted to try it a few times, but always ended up with everything covered in soil! I mean, I even tried draining and refilling the bowl with an airline. In general, I found her book to...

I was quite surprised to see that as well, as it does look like bog standard sand, or maybe it was a copy/paste error on their part.

Click on the link to the product and look at the description. The third paragraph states:

For some reason, that is screaming "sharp sand" at me (which is also known as grus), which is basically rougher grained sand than play sand. In fact, I would say that sharp sand is better than the stuff you are looking at because the sand that you are looked at is dyed. So, I recommend that you...

Can you post a photo of the "dirt" on the plant leaves? Is your filtration (not flow) suitable for your tank size? Do you use a polishing sponge in your filter? Do you replace it regularly?

As far as I am aware, diatoms are related to ammonia, not how new the setup is. They most often show up in new setups because the filter is not fully cycled, so there is some trace ammonia in the water. Think back, do you do any particularly vicious cleaning of the filter on a regular basis...

I was planning to just watch this one, but can't resist joining in now… Kris, I would personally only consider bowls starting from 30 cm in diameter because I do believe that even shrimp need a reasonable amount of room to live in. I actually have a bowl that is around 30-40 cm has cherry...

Cucumber tends to go off quickly, so I prefer to use courgette as it lasts for longer. Another thing that you can do is grow algae on stones in another tank or outside and move them to the display tank for the Otos. I imagine that it might increase the risk of an alagae outbreak, but it should...

What foods are you feeding them? Does it always happen with the same food or with different foods? Since I have little experience with CO2, I cannot comment on it from that point of view. Unless CO2 does have some effect on this, it is extremely unlikely. I suspect that the fish would need to...

I personally prefer to use noodles/bioballs. There are often few or no differences between the different brands. I also like having a sponge "pre-filter" so that I do not need to clean out the main filter as often.

If we are thinking about the same species (Clithon corona), then they are safe and are unlikely to breed for you.