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  1. mario

    No sweat jungle + walstad nano

    Hello everyone, I have recently redone my long neglected tank, a Superfish Scaper 90. My goal is to have a low energy, low maintenance tank that I can enjoy for a long time. After my previous tank failed spectacularly, choked in algae (DIY CO2, I know, I know...), I lowered the light (from 50%...
  2. mario

    Green filamentous algae

    Hello I am experiencing problems with what I think is green filamentous algae in this tank ; https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/lowish-or-highish.67640/post-683253 I did a big trim to improve circulation, tried to remove as much as possible of the algae manually and I was planning to reduced...
  3. mario

    What plant is this?

    The leaves are quite delicate and pale underneath. Thank you.
  4. mario

    HELP with cloudy water please

    Hello everyone, I have very cloudy water in my recently flooded tank (after a months DSM) Lowish or highish ? Now flooded!. The colour of the water is yellow-brownish, definitely not green. I have done large water changes, it gets better just after it and then worse again. I also removed the...
  5. mario

    Aquael Ultramax

    Hello, anybody has experience of this filter? Would you recommend it? EDIT just realised there are plenty of threads about it, I will read through them Mario
  6. mario

    Lowish or highish ? A summer meadow

    Hello everyone, My name is Mario and this is the journal of my return to the hobby after many years. First things first a full tank shot: Apologies for the clingfilm. It's a SuperFish scaper 90 tank with the light that comes with it. Substrate is gravel with a thin layer of topsoil over it...
  7. mario

    Which soil

    https://www.gardenhealth.com/new-horizon-all-plant-compost Would you use this under coarse sand? Or better a more classic John Innes? I am planning a 5 weeks DSM. Thank you
  8. mario

    Playsand

    Hello everyone. Is playsand (capping soil) really too fine for rooting or not? Thank you
  9. mario

    Advice please 🙂

    Hello everyone, I am planning my return to the hobby after a long break. I want to start from where I left, that is with a low(ish) tech tank (no CO2 injection) As a substrate I was thinking garden centre topsoil capped with play sand. Being the sand very fine can it be an obstacle to the roots...
  10. mario

    Little valley

    Hello everyone, this is my tank, been running for about three weeks now. Measures 60x40(h)x30(d) Light T8 15w x3, on for 8 hours Substrate John Innes 3 capped with fine sand Easycarbo 4ml daily at the moment, planning to wean it off gradually Microsorum Pteropus Hygrophila Corimbosa...
  11. mario

    have you seen this?

    I came across this blog and it blew me away! http://acalmtank.blogspot.co.uk/
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