Dan Earl A
Member
Hi everyone, greetings from the Surrey Hills.
I'm returning to this hobby after what must be at least a 20+ year break. Back then, I don't recall the availability of equipment, substrates, fertilisers or certainly plants, so it's great to see how things have advanced. The knowledge of people such as those on this forum has also leapt forward so I'm hoping to get some good, constructive criticism and tips on improving my scape.
I've tried to do my research, read quite a bit on the topic and then dived in......I'm now one week in and things seem to be progressing reasonably well. I have a 55 litre Dennerle scapers tank, CO2 set-up, Twinstar 450SM and Oase 350. Our water here is very hard but so far I'm not noticing major issues, although I guess time will tell. The tank is still cycling and the ammonia is sitting around 1ppm at the moment, so some way of deciding on livestock.
Thanks for reading this and look forward to engaging more in what is a lovely hobby to be returning to!
Cheers
Phil
I'm returning to this hobby after what must be at least a 20+ year break. Back then, I don't recall the availability of equipment, substrates, fertilisers or certainly plants, so it's great to see how things have advanced. The knowledge of people such as those on this forum has also leapt forward so I'm hoping to get some good, constructive criticism and tips on improving my scape.
I've tried to do my research, read quite a bit on the topic and then dived in......I'm now one week in and things seem to be progressing reasonably well. I have a 55 litre Dennerle scapers tank, CO2 set-up, Twinstar 450SM and Oase 350. Our water here is very hard but so far I'm not noticing major issues, although I guess time will tell. The tank is still cycling and the ammonia is sitting around 1ppm at the moment, so some way of deciding on livestock.
Thanks for reading this and look forward to engaging more in what is a lovely hobby to be returning to!
Cheers
Phil