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Had a good clear out. I'm hoping them crypts are going to keep doing there thing and not melt on me continually. Turned the light down again, 11W lowered the co2 and reduced the dosing a little. My fishes are very grateful. Going to try to keep this going long term, let the crypts mature and...

Its another water change day, and a little bit of pruning. Having to prune more often than I hoped. Some stuff is obviously very quick so have to keep on top of that, It looks like chaos but I do have a plan in mind, so some pruning is necessary. Before, getting very choked. 07032011 027 by...

It was rubbish, and I broke the outlet which didn't help. :oops: I brought a new filter to replace the ecco, got 2215 classic. The outflow was so high with the lilly pipes, like a jet. Then I broke it anyway. So I had to go with spraybars. But I reckon the spraybars work much better. Not...

Re: 120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody. Great capture dude. I love that.

What you have is loads! That's plenty of light. You don't need massive lighting. All that rubbish about small tanks needing more. Its not true. I've tried from 9 wpg to 0.7 wpg over 10 gallons, best performance so far in two years of experiments was 2 wpg, 20 W single source over 10 gallons...

I'm not too worried about producing great scapes just yet. After a year of killing plants i'm just relieved to be able to grow stuff again. It certainly brightens up my room. Sorry to spam but i'm loving me new camera so much. 07032011 460 by metalcatfish, on Flickr 07032011 441 by...

DSCN0141 by metalcatfish, on Flickr DSCN0094 by metalcatfish, on Flickr DSCN0092 by metalcatfish, on Flickr Playing with mah new toy.

Cheers mate, Looks like its my computer then, well it is 13 years old. Thanks jason

Hi all, Hoping for some advice. Have a new camera but cant seem to transfer hd video from camera to computer. I get a stuttering, faltering vid! Its fine in lower definition. My camera is a Nikon P300. Do I need to use the HDMI connection to transfer files of this type or is it that my ageing...

Some new plants :D Trying hairgrass for the third time. First time I grew Glosso, no problem, Hc no problem. Bloody hairgrass. Third time lucky I guess. That really is egeria in the left hand corner! Trying out my new Nikon P300. Happy days. Looks like I need some practice. Laters dudes.

start dosing straight away, and keep up the water changes, daily if possible for the first week or two, then reduce them to every other day, then weekly, But as often as you like( just remember to dose after changing the water, or you could start running lean). Reduce your lighting for the first...

Ahh, Never done Riccia. I get where your coming from about the hardscape. More hardscape means less plants as well! Keep it updated dude, I want to see how it all comes together. Cheers jason

Like the plant selection, :D very pretty. Not sure about the stuff tied up on the LH side. Could you tie that to root or bit of wood or something? Have you grown d Diandra before? Not tried it for a long while, it kept dying on me. I think Ive killed more plants than agent orange! :lol...

Thanks for that. There are no holes in the leaf surface, are you referring to the puckering on the leaves? Some sand has collected in that puckering, But no holes. The leaves seem solid enough but the edges on one or two are slightly browning. Cheers for the info. Ill have to write it down cos...

Thanks for that. I thought so, but not really good with that kind of thing...(I forget what it was I planted). Cheers mate :D

Thanks Matty. Yeah whats the point if you cant enjoy it? I get annoyed sometimes when I cant work things out. Ive only been doing this hobby for just over 2 years. The first year was great, the last 12 months have been rubbish. Everything I tried Failed. Just got to keep trying. Thats, why I'm...

Well, having taken clives advice, I'm lowering the light by half, Ive finally found a co2 level that the fish are comfortable with using this setup with the diffuser on the filter inlet. So, I dont want to start increasing it again. There are some plants showing deficiencies in co2 so back to...

Thanks for the rapid response, much appreciated. Yep, its got plenty of co2. Maxxed to the limit, dare not use anymore. So ill half the light and see how it is in a months time. Would you expect this type of damage to repair itself? Cheers mate. :thumbup:

Hi, I'm hoping that someone can identify this plant, and tell me what its deficient in. Leaves are distorted, some new growth seems to be yellowing/ dying, the leaves seem over textured if you know what I mean. I hope the picture describes it better than my woeful description. Thanks. You can...

Hi, Well, i'm no aquascaper as the following pics will no doubt testify. I like to chuck in as much as I can then see how it develops over time. I'm on a pretty tight budget at the moment so no fancy tanks or equipment. Tank is an unknown float glass with horrible black sealant. 50W 30H 30D...

Hi, Im new here. Well kind of new, been a guest for a long while. Im new to the hobby as well so my knowledge is haphazard, but I would like to share my experience with BGA. For about 12 months or so over a year ago I started in the hobby, and everything went fine. No problems, couldnt see what...