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I went to my LFS and they had a tank with some shrimp in labeled as "Orange Shrimp". I purchased 7 of them as there were 30 dead ones so I felt I would rescue them from this shrimp hell hole. Anyway, they were indeed orange, a pastel shade of carrot orange. Since I have had them in the tank for...

How many people here do this? I am fed up with the billions of tiny bubbles floating about and making the water misty. I have read a couple of people doing it, is there any proven long term affect on the filter or filter performance?

Hello, might as well start a Journal. It has been a rather fast learning curve and have probably made 90% of the mistakes everyone has made that is new to aquascaping. It has been fun and have had a lot of help (thanks to Richard at Aqua essentials) and I think I am beginning to get to grips...

I purchased some Amano shrimps recently, I didn't really pay much attention to the ones that had been selected by the LFS. I placed them in the tank and while maintaining the plants I found this little bugger. Why is it so blue? Is it an Amano?

I thinking about ripping out my Juwel internal filter and replacing it with a JBL e1500. On the specifications it says "in- and outlet: 16/22 mm" what does this mean? My interpretation is that the inlet has a diameter of 16mm while the output is 22mm? If this is the case then I am assuming it...

I have 125 litre tank (juwel rio) and I am running pressurised CO2. Currently I have the powerheads set up as follows, the CO2 bubbles get sucked into the 200LH power head. The 650LH one is at the rear of the tank in the corner and pointed at an angle downwards. Would it be better like this?

Hi peeps, Just a quick question, what is the name of the bright green plant in this video. The one on the left-mid-corner of the aquarium and occupying the majority of the space mid water centre and right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DzjqVxU ... ature=fvwp thanks :) (gah helps if I link...

Hi Peeps Long time lurker, first time post A quick question, really. How is it that many of the photo's here, elsewhere and in the magazine have planted aquariums that are insanely green. While being relatively new (2-3 months) I am finding it hard to achieve that 'super green' look. I have...