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Hi there I'm no expert but I read that as a rule of thumb if a plant can stand up out of water then it's probably not a true aquatic plant,also I always remove all the foam as this normally rots the stems & roots.check out this eBay site seller:last-trading-post, they sell good quality aquatic...

I have a ph on my tap water of between 8.2-8.4 which is quite high, the fish adapt to the high ph but the plants suffer badly.I tested api ph down on my tap water & it went down to 8.0 I left the bucket overnight & it bounced back to 8.4 due to the buffers in the water.if this happened in the...

If your unsure if the ph reading from the waterlife kit is accurate or not then test some bottled water & see how close it gets to the ph on the label of the bottle this should give you an indication as to wether the kit is reasonably accurate or not.

Hi there, I'm fairly new to aquariums & was looking to do this as well.A good web site to look at is plantgeek, google them they will list all plants,grass effect,foreground, background what substrate,what lighting, care difficulty etc.

£250 for plants! They do look good though, I never realised how expensive they could be.you have a great setup, its given me some inspiration.the RO system seems straight forward I'll probably invest in one of those straight away.Thanks for the advice.

Hi jondamon, your aquarium looks great that's the kind of setup I'm looking for, the plants you have look really good ,thanks for the advice about the ro kit, if I get the bigger aquarium I think I'll have to go that way, have you ever used them? Are they a pain to setup?

Hi Andrew/perry, thanks for the welcome, never been on a forum before in my life but having browsed through some of the threads it seems like a place to get some good advise.trying to talk the better half into getting a 200L aquarium since the one we have is technically my sons & I think he's...

Hi guys just a clear up on prime, not only does it deal with chlorine it also deals with chloramine thats why i use it.When prime deals with chloramine it turns the amonia from this into a non toxic state, after 24 hours the amonia will then become toxic to the fish again, the reason for dosing...

Hi Timothy, im new to aquariums so i could be wrong but just read the post on how you do your water changes , as i understand it water treated with prime is only effective for 24 hours, i let the water stand for 24 hours & put the prime in about an hour before i do my water change.

Hi all, bought my son a 54L aquarium back in feb. for his birthday and got hooked on the hobby straight away. We have a cycled tank with 13 fish, 4 x Zebra Danio( unfortunately we lost one), 5 x glowlight tetra, 3 x Harlequin Rasboras & 1 x Guppy. Having a problem with high nitrates at the...