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If I was you, I'd ignore the guy at the lfs and get it. Also, pick up a small peice of driftwood (your pleco will thank you!) and see if you can get some Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) they will help to keep the sand aerated. I had black sand in all of my tanks not so long ago, I loved it...

I'd recommend a external canister filter. The Rena Xp line is quite good, i've used them in my smaller tanks, and i use Eheim Professional in my larger tank. I used to have a undergravel filter in my very first tank - i thought it worked well, the water seemed clean enough, however when i had...

Hi guys & girls, At the moment I have a 160L / 42 US GAL / 36" x 15" x 18" (w x d x h) tank... current in mates & paramters are: 2 BN Plecos 3 Ottos 6 Glow Light Tetra 6 Penguin Tetra 1 Gold Gourami 1 Red Tail Banded Rainbow Fish Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, NitrAtes steady around 20ppm, PCW every...

Oh blimey, I'd always thought of them as peacful fish... Thanks for the advice! Think I'll go with 1 of the larger Gourami's, to start with and build from there cories kuhli and ottos sounds like a great plan - i love them all!

Ah ok cool... Are they territorial with each other or other species? would the 2 Golds squabble, or would they just bother the blue dwarfs?

Ok, I've got a near empty 45 Gal tank. Only occupants are 2 Bristle nose plecos. It's planted, with Co2 injection. 2 Filters, Rena XP 2 & Ehim pro II 2026 (i think) eco complete as the substrate. Tap water is ~7ph and slightly hard. I can't decide what to fill it with! I've got a few good...

Hi all, I've just made a spray bar which is now creating a nice slow but constant flow in all area's of the tank. While doing some rearranging i sturred up a load of dust etc and realised that it actually took quite a while to clear. At the moment the filter intake is placed in the back...

I've just got a pressurised system, bought the whole lot as a kit as finding individual parts was a bit of a head ache and could find a decent site for the UK... However it turned up & i had it plumbed in and bubbling within 5 mins, was so simple! I'd love to see pics of how you've got yours...

Hi, i just wanted to share this site with a few of you, specifically ppl in the UK... You may already know about it, but i've been buying a lot of my stuff of the net for a while now and never heard or seen it before. And have been strugling to find the stuff i want. So was chuffed when i...

looks like hornwort planted to me?? I think i'd advise goin for the dry ferts too, although seachem are great buying dry ferts will last you loads and loads and loads longer! Plus if you ever decide to upgrade to a higher light tank you'll be more acustommed to dosing dry ferts and you'll...

I'm not seeing the chart either... just a broken image link icon?

7Enigma, I've actually just been reading your post about using a PH as a reactor... Interesting stuff! Esp about the rate at which Co2 dissolves... I must admit I don't fancy having all the little bubbles floating about my tank. At the top of this spiral ladder thing there is a small outlet...

Hi, i'm pressurised. At the moment i'm using a spiral ladder passive diffuser, mainly because that's what came with the set i bought. it's about ten inches long. I was going to build a inline reactor but i thought i'd see how this went first. I use the fluval 304 with those corrigated tubes...

Hey, This is a great post... This was exactly what i was looking for a couple weeks ago! Wish i had seen it back then... but anyway... great idea for a topic, wow 6 x 65w!! Thats a lot of light :D love your aquascape, thanks for sharing!