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There is some plants with a little nibble out of here and there but adds to it being more natural and if I have to replace a few plants here and there it's no big issue or expense no like when I had a emperor angel in my old reef tank one night it decided to decimate my SPS [emoji85] that was an...
Beginning of December visited and LFS and always wanted some common carp however the lad at the shop didn't know the difference between carp and tench so ended up with 2 carp and a tench sadly the tench was very thin and not looking it's best but have since been feeding very heavy and it's...
Having neglected the tank for a month decided today was the day [emoji85]
I got the scissors out and a bit more [emoji23]
Looking spangly again
I popped into a new LFS and always wanted some carp and purchased 3 very small common carp however on returning home and floating the fish I...
I got mine locally in the UK but I see you are in Greece so it's a case of looking on the internet to see where its available in your area
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I use the Ista CO2 setup the diffuser is directly under my FX5 intake so it gets infused into the water well and I have Oliver knott nature soil as the substrate and I dose Ei
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In marine people tend not to add alage to the display tank due to how it can take over a tank. I use to grow chaeto in my sump and only time I put any in my tank was when I was thinning it out and gave the tangs in there a treat they would inhale it so was also a good natural food for them...
Thanks it's getting there and growing out well
The difference 6 days make
26 October
1st November
Seems I'm more green fingered then I thought also been managing to keep household plants alive as well [emoji23] by now I would of normally killed them even treated myself to a Bonsai tree...
Yes it is shocking in a marine it was a battle to keep 0 nitrates and here I am trying to keep some in the water [emoji23] totally different ball game
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Strange thing is if I test water from the tap i get a nitrate reading so presume the plants are using it and yes they all look healthy so will just leave it be
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Things are still growing away at a very rapid rate and looking healthy and currently no sign of any algae
I also cant seem to get any nitrate reading I've upped the Ei dose and been feeding heavy so looks like the plants are just munching through it.
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I didn't like the odd piece of wood over to the left so had to move that looks much better now I think also altered the angle of powerheads so valis now sits up instead of being blown to one side
200L waterchange done , filter floss replaced sit and enjoy for remainder of the day
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Nice big 50% waterchange done today a little tidy up be rude not to take some pics
Taken on the 16th
Taken today 4 days later the growth [emoji50]
Them red plants I find absolutely stunning
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The other half needing to do some walking today so perfect excuse to go for a walk round LFS see what I did there [emoji6][emoji23] there was a gap in the middle of tank that annoyed me so picked up a plant for there and some faster growing ones for rear to help consume the nutrients ect also...
Why do they do it no need for it is there you ask advice and get sold that [emoji85]
Will that happily just live in a plant pot the other will be happy another plant she can have in a pot [emoji23][emoji23]
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Been advised this plant is not aquatic can you confirm this if so will be taking it back to LFS
You can see it in centre of tank at back
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Upped the lighting over the tank now have 4 x 54W T5's booming down made a big difference no shaded areas now and one the plants is looking stunning has changed a lot since it went in here a few picture
The purigen working well looking down all 6ft
This plant is stunning
Meet the 3...
Popped to LFS today and treated the tank to a few more plants and some Cardinals hopefully the plants will carpet nicely.
CO2 still spot on and Green and checked PH seeing around 6.6 and out the tap its 7.6. The CO2 as it exits the diffuser is sucked strait up by the intake on the pump and no...
A little update have had a bit of a re-scape and changed a few plants around and have now added CO2 so will be interesting to see what happens with growth and the plants now
Looks a bit different now
CO2 working away underneath
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I do love taking pictures cant believe how well it's starting to look just needs to be on a larger scale [emoji848] everything is just looking so vibrant and who does not love a cory
I must be doing something right
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An upto date picture the grass at bottom a little yellow I put this down to me reducing lighting for the algae bloom I had but the lights have now been ramped up again so will see how they go.
Its filling out nicely
And christ do snails get about [emoji23][emoji85]
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Some the plants are growing like weeds I've added a few more so I think I'm now fully planted currently looking into CO2
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Having had a marine tank for a few years and closed that down decided to have a go at a planted tank I'm open to advice and criticism as I'm new to this here is a picture all be it a bit cloudy having stired it up a bit adding some more plants
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