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Looks very good. Very balanced :-) Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Here was two ideas. Firstly, as you mentioned, needles should prevent overdosing of acid, exactly because they require more pressure. I'm sure that ONE needle should be enough, at the soda side - but I used two just to drain all acid (small needle works better - it is not a big deal of course...

Thank you all for a good words! The tiny floating plants are just a duckweed ;) between aponogeton's floating flowers

Hi! Yes, "Mineralisation" should be correct word, sorry my english :) I'm not sure about water changes, if you suggest to pour out old water. It may be turning process faster, but with an poured water you will washed out many of useful minerals. But what about some cycles of draining and...

by the way. If you have some problems with a stability of DIY CO2 soda reactor, try this scheme. In my experience, I had constant pressure's growing in the original chinese system. With these change, I have absolutely stable system. The last loading (acide 300g+400ml of water; soda 400g+minimal...

Not only. With a good light and CO2 your plants will need much more food, so you will need to add macro (N+P+K) and, probably, micro (at least Fe) fertilizers.

Looking for these green guys, but no one sture have them on sale :(

I think that you make a big mistake with this soil. Soil usage is a legal practice, and nothing wrong with it, in general. Many Russian aquarist using it for many years, especially who living in a small towns without a good specialised stores. The better soil should be from a deciduous tree...

Hello friends! Just want to share some advices about the CO2 reactor with a backing soda / citric acid. This reactor based on the classical "Kipp's apparatus" was initially developed by the group of Russian aquarist and modified by Russian aquarist SLAVKA. Some time ago, chinese manufacturers...

The scheme of an improved CO2 acid/doda reactor

Click on the picture for details :) And this is a full visual story. This is a really very new tank, not a well established - about one month old and the proper lighting was late for about two weeks.

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it's a mix of a native and exotic plants. Exotics: Hygrophila difformis Nymphaea sp. red Aponogeton undulatus (?) Microsorum windelov Microsorum pteropus Bolbitis heteroclita (not a true aquatic... but looks growing) Bolbitis sp. Rotala wallichii Java fern Anubis nana Hemianthus...

Hello! My name is Alex. I'm old-shool aquarist from Belarus, who recently relocated into the USA, NYC. I'm ichthyologist and herpetologist by education, but I'm worked for years in graphic design and photography. Now I'm professional creative photographer who going back into the old-passion...

Planted tank with shrimps, native and exotic plants. Started July, 11, 2015