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you can plant tiger lotus as deep as you like, not sure about the other though as Ive never kept it.

going to be quite fun to start over. My tank is in one hell of a state.. ive not been able to keep the hair algae under very good control for some reason. The plants are struggling even with good EI and solid co2. Theres alot of gas trapped under the current sand substrate, which I hold...

I must admit Id like to leave it uncovered as it should look very nice. If I run into terrible problems by leaving it uncovered then its no big deal to add gravel afterwards if I have to. Save me a few quid in gravel too! Ill give it a test. I wasnt planning on putting anything under it though.

thats a great article :) good job. would you gravel over the aquasoil Ed? I seem to be finding different schools of thought on this.

I burn a 2kg cylinder in 2 months on the tank in my sig. moderate but not high surface agitation. So Id suggest at least a 5kg for a 400lt, mainly because high change frequencies can produce too much variation in co2.. when they run out, you charge it, replace it.. the settings are all out and...

I have the same issues James with java moss not liking my hardish water. it grows, but incredibly slowly. Ive also read recently, in PFK I think it was, that Oto's will eat java fern.. although I cant say ive seen mine doing that, and even if they were appearing to, it would be hard to tell if...

we dont use PTFE on diving cylinders either for the same reasons, the o-ring should take care of it, if it doesnt, replace the oring! In fact, I replace the oring on every extinguisher change. bear in mind, there are 3 different versions of the same co2 'standard' connector, some fit snuggly...

nice work :) to keep the handles open, you can also put the pin back in, in the open position holes. Although Ive found very occasionally some extinguishers dont have them.

seriusly good work mate :) stickied as requested by George :)