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is nice to hear other peoples stories, all the tanks i saw before i got into the planted tanks are the ones with floressent sculls and ships in them!!! i will Never look back and im in the process of making a malawi biotope, the only plant will be algae!!

there is room for an external, i have an arcadia arc pod 11W, and i was going with easy carbo and ferts! thanks for your reply i will look into your reccomendations. :D

I was looking on the internet for aquatic shops in the north west where i stumbled across TGM. i had a look at their website and decided to go have a look for myself. I was amazed by their tanks the size and they just looked so good i had to have one. i asked for some advice and was pointed in...

I have been looking around and have decided that i want a Nano planted tank for my desk. i was going to get an all one tank but thinking about it i have got a light. all i need is a tank and a filter. i think i will go with a moss onley tank with some shrimp from my main tank or i might get some...

I wish you luck in your fight against the algae. is a shame you have a nice looking tank there! I had the same problem but much worse, the fish could hardly even swim around the tank!! :oops: i just ripped it all out and started again with the tank below this still had some algae problems. i...

My water goes down the loo, i live in a 2nd floor apartment and dont have any plants. :( this is soon to change whn i finish the tile work in the kitchen and get some plants and herbs in there!! :D Matt

you could just use a pre mixed fert like Tropica Plant Nutrition + (PNT+) saves all the messing with dry salts (good if you are lazy like me :P ) i have 1.5 wpg and my plants grow well i am using co2 and PNT+ and some excell. Matt

the tank is only a 60L i just dont want to wash too much of the substrate around and have crypt problems again!!! Thanks for the replys Matt

Again thank you for replying i was realey worried about moveing my tank but am not so now the biggest problem is catching all the animals living in my tank, i can produce 50L of water in storage barrels so as soon as the tank lands in my new house. Matt :D

Excelent Thank you :D :D :D

draining it and transporting it empty i can do but can anyone help with the shrimp catching i like the idea of a trap thing but some more information (picks) would be verry helpfull, my harlequins wont be easy to catch they shoal well but hide if you go near the tank the ottos are easily fooled...

is a 60L i dont want to have to re scape the tank when i move it i just dont want the substrate to get washed around when i move the tank!! Lazy i know but i like the look of the tank as it is!! Matt

I am moveing house and i need to transport my planted tank to my new house which is about a mile away 2 mins drive, the tank has fish which hide when toy go near the tank and shrimp which are a pain to catch/ find is there a good way to transport the tank with the inhabitents and plants still in...

I have just planted my first tank (my verry first try all i grew was algie but im forgetting that :lol: ) and was after some of your tips on how to keep it healthy please post them anything is welcome!!! :D

i have added some coral sand to the tank which was recomended by the shop to increse the gh and stablise the ph.

i have been round to the local aquatics shop (on the road next to my house less than 5 min walk) and they have a water ph of about 5 and a gh of at most 40.

i have removed the plants from the tank to clean them up and remove dead leaves, the test kit is new only as old as the tank! the buffers change the coular of the test. i will get a diffrent kit and test again.

the wood has been cleaned in boiling water and returned to the tank.

i am using a nutrafin pH tester with a range of 4.5-9.0 and a ph adjust up by the same company. i have double checked i am doing this test correctly fill with 5ml of water to the line on the test tube and adding 4 drops of reagent. the plants were from the green machine and the first died (the...

just done a test on some cold fresh tap water and it has a ph value of 5.

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on the anubias the main stalk went what i can only describe as moldy. and the cryptocoryne is loosing its leaves but some of the stalks are braking down. i am using aqua safe to get rid of the chlorine in the water and after this has been added to the water it is reading at about 4 on the ph. i...

Re: bog wood killing plants i have a 60l tank with two filters one which came with the tank and a 600l/h external filter, temp is 26 deg, the light is a 25w t4 overhead light. the plant i have lost is aanubias the other plant suffering is a cryptocoryne. the plants which seem ok at the min are...

Re: bog wood killing plants the water supply to my house is asidic, the tank and filters are all new i have tryed large water changes but the plants are still dieing. only two of the plants are suffering with this there are two others that seem to be ok. i have good light but not enugh money to...

Re: bog wood killing plants i decided to check the ph of the water in the tank and is was quite acidic about ph4, i adjusted it up to about 7 but the level keeps dropping. i dont have co2 on the ank and i know this effects the ph. any ideas what i can do to keep the ph around neutral? thanks Matt

Re: bog wood killing plants the plants are 3 days old and in the correct water (recomended on lable) the same white fur is on the plants that have been effected by this

Re: bog wood killing plants some of my plants leaves are turning into green mush i dont want to waste £30 of plants because of a bit of wood, have done a 80% water change and have got the wood in boiling water in the sink.

Re: bog wood killing plants I will do. Thanks for the replies

Re: bog wood killing plants i have removed it just want to make sure it dont killl my other plants, dont have a pan big enough to fit it in so is in the bath in verry hot water

i have just had to remove my bogwood from my tank because it was covered in white fury mold and has killed my anubias, what can i do to stop the other plant dieing? thanks Matt

they are in a 30l atm so a 60 is a lot better, not sure if i will even put them in the tank yet got a friend with some discus who might take them on. just got a new filter system today is a 600l/h am running the new one and the one i have had running on my old tank at the same time. have put...

i have some rummy nose tetras some guppies and 2 quite big feather fin cats. this new tank is mainly to house the catfish in. think they would eat the shrimp

i dont have co2 (too expensive) can you recommend any algie eaters? does a high flow filter system help with algie, the filter i have is only small, the tank is a 60l.

how soon can i put my fish into the newly planted tank the filter has been on the old tank to get it going and the water in the new tank is slightly clowdy but getting clearer? will put some picks as soon as i have my camara working.