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Serenity now...... Insanity later... Your tanks look fantastic.

On ukaps no-one can hear you scream. Do not do that again.

I'm a sucker for roots and epiphytes.

Looks epic already

This little tank wouldn't be out of place in anyone's home / collection. Fantastic. Do you feed the plants at all, or is it fish waste fertilisers?

Youre going to need flourish nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium due to your use of excel, which will drive plant growth. Without n.p.k, your plants will start to suffer from nutrient deficiencies.

Plants take a few days to settle and start rooting, you don't want to bombard them with light during the first weeks- that's a recipe for algae and poor nutrition.

That's a very long photoperiod. Too long for a new setup. Suggest cutting down to 6 - 8 hours. Especially if your ferts don't contain n.p.k, because the eco complete does not have any of the 3 most important nutrients for green plants.

Spectacular.

A good start I'd like to see a little more height in the centre

Hydor make 200 and 300 watt heaters. So 200 watt will be fine. If you can find them

The rocks seem squashed under the wood, that's all.

Looks good so far I'd like to see the rock work take a more prominent role

You must be yolking!

My otos refuse veg until it falls apart. Picky buggers

I like the rocks as they are Good work

Have a good Christmas Alastair Looking forward to your close up and detail shots. Those roots ...... Off the hook

Perfection.

Microdevario are a gorgeous fish All mine did was fight and scare my boraras

The one on pfk forum looks better ;-)

Cowabunga! I do enjoy your shallow tanks

:snaphappy:

I'll get a tea going whilst waiting for pictures. Your loyal subjects await!

He's lost it

You're are a master of understatement: small. Looks excellent already

It hi It highlights how one mineral or metal can have a direct impact on the uptake of others.

Air might be getting in via the filter intake? Mine does this if the plastic pipes are not located fully. Or if I'm using co2

Hastatus are easily identified by the tail marking and lack of horizontal stripe. I have no idea what they can be confused with. But that's because I only research the fish I like- beyond pygmy corys , I'm clueless

How about Cory hastatus _!?! Very rare around my part of the uk

What are the evaporation and air moisture like on such a tank? Do you run a dehumidifier?

Love it! Would be perfect for a group of my little fish.

Good luck!

http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/aqua-fisch-2006-biotope-5/ Not much info out there!

Have you checked seriously fish profiles?

Which Cory's are you wanting? I do love my pygmaeus. Wonderful little things and very tactile with each other. Subscribed.

I doubt ceg tests. If he did, I doubt your home test kit would be sympatico. Stop measuring with the test kit, use your eyes and experience gained so far and add full ei dosage.

So you don't have to plant through the mesh? The roots find their own way? Tank looks excellent. Loving the clean space on the left against the wood and plants on the right. Asymmetry works.

highly unlikely

Move the wood away from the glass on the left. Create more interest in the wall of stone at the front.

For me, aquascaping is a winter thing- can't get out in the garden and have more time to use on aquariums.

Really enjoying this mountainous layout. Its open yet full of detail. Great plant health. Its bloody awesome!

I like that . Simple but very nice

as soon as my erythrmicron fry are out of my q tank , my chili's will be going in for some breeding. cant wait to try them in ro water

That's looking rather good, open yet busy enough to keep fish interested

This is very nice. Its different. But so is small pox :)

Ian, it looks terrific

that's too funny

Starting small. ;) gotcha

Never seen micros or neavus in the flesh.

You got the newly described red micros. nice. Lets see em!

^^ thanks Tom. So you run a filter in the sane manner as a normal tank? I get males dancing at the girls at about 150 tds, I have been reluctant to soften any further than 90 tds. It twists my melon man.

I find this tank very Interesting You are using equilibrium with ro, with a incredibly low kh. How is your filter coping. . Is it really this simple?

that's fantastic I am jealous.

Danio and devario website

indeed, they hybridise in the wild so there is overlap in populations. I've never heard of cpds In inle, but definitely erythromicron In the surrounding water ways .

wild caught can be stubborn. My corydoras pygmaeus freak out, even after 2 years of ' training'

M Most fish can be trained. I always gently tap on the glass when feeding. My boraras immediately go to the surface. Do the same with the goldies and koi in the pond. Its a 20 year habit.

Paro identifying seems to be a minefield.

lee, when will you know for certain which species you have?

no, danio erythromicron are from inle.

Alastairs tank may be the last reserve for these fish. Now mostly confined to ditches. We truly are a plague on this planet.

Yep, water changes are now a must.

Oh No! That's a real conundrum. how about filling the filter up with floss overnight and binning it in t' morning?

Luckily, in 3 years and dozens of shops, I have never seen a paro. I've seen chocos twice.

oooooh Yes. Tom, another must follow journal. These paros are in danger of becoming irresistible. I assume there is a lot of fuss about type locations and pure species?

Is that a maculatus in the picture? If so, those paros are tiny!

Filamentosus is a beauty

Looks really nice. Yeah. Nice

some lovely pictures of yours on seriously fish , tom Just reading about P. Alfredi , its pretty depressing something so beautiful is about to be wiped out.

I bet they are loving your water.

That's great lee My brigittae males do the wiggle dance, but I've yet to see any spawning.

not really, unless you know with certainty that chloramine is not in the tap water.

I simply must say how enjoyable this jungle is ian. Especially when its done this well

gah! Simoni are on my list can't remember where tom got his from

its not screwing around - water changed are essential! :woot: A bucket, add dechlorinator, fill up with water- its best not to use freezing water, and away you go.

The perks of a fishless tank : yellow dc

Anything going wrong with plants at this stage will be co2 related. As I have found,- knowing the path and walking the path are two different things. . Getting flow spot on is the issue.

lovely picutres, its good to see some very nice biotopes here

Looks like co2 is not reaching the carpeting plants.

Ooh , I can see this being very nice.

Pinnatifida is already in emersed form. Looks smashing.

There's a lot to enjoy, layers of activity.

This rail is made up of components sold separately?

Of course mate. Give em time to settle. Funny thing is, my local has a batch of cpds, and their colouring is remarkable considering their temporary lfs housing. Im gonna grab some. Never seen any looking so colourful at a shop before. All the best with your new additions chap.

Would enjoy a picture of your cpds en masse

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Impressive candle set-up

matrix 'green'

indeed. We probably loose the majority of fish taken from the wild. I wonder what the figure is- 90% death rate?

That rockwork is exquisite

It illustrates the quality of your hardscape

It looks incredible already.

Albino!

Is that the iaplc winner ?

That's a wonderful looking shallow tank.

That's unfathomable and quite disturbing

Your pictures are moody. Probably need to listen to old pink Floyd whilst looking at your journal

How are you maintaining your water kh etc? Looking forward to some photos

That's crammed. I like it

Must have WiFi in the kitchen