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Weekend... traveled far outside of the city to find some rocks. This is what I bought. I think shape wise, they more resemble what is natural in the rift lake, which would be smooth rocks. They threw in the sand for free plus a bag of tiny rocks with dirt etc. Once algae grows on them, I think...

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hi, I'm in Shanghai, China, and i'd like a Lake Malawi biotope tank filled with mbuna as a gift for my Brother. He's coming back in 3 weeks, so time is short! Key things: i'd like it to be as close to the natural environment in Lake Malawi as possible, biotope. That is of course impossible...

Hi, went out to a local place and got some more Chinese 'dragon stone', this time many much much smaller pieces. Unfortunately I don't have the tank in this apartment, so i just made a quick arrangement on my balcony. Any suggestions about rock placement? I know there are rule of thirds etc...

hi, i need some advice about aqua-scaping a tank for lake Malawi cichlids. I'm big into biotopes, but here is what I have so far in the photo attatched. I don't know what kind of stone it is, anyone know? Can't really find granite here, i live in Shanghai China. Also i'm not sure about the...

Here's some pics with a few plants, plus a short shaky youtube video. I'll still be adding almond leaves, maybe some kind of moss for the drift wood and also a kessil A150W Amazon Sun light. If anyone has any suggestions to improve the tank i'm open to ideas, it's a work in progress. Should...

Might as well post a couple of pics now that the water isn't murky with sand. Joeysdiscus, I kind of like the idea you have about keeping only half the tank lit up. It's hard to find almond leaves here lol, i'll try. The light might have to change since i'll have a few plants on the left side...

Ok here's a pic of it in the tank, i was very rushed for time, so the water is still murky with sand. I'll be lowering the vertical piece of wood a bit. Then there will be leaves etc on the sand etc. The floating plants look alot better in rl than in photos, the roots really do glow. The lamp...

picked up a few plants, floating Limnobium laevigatum and some Anubias, here's some pics, the anubias is easy to attach to driftwood. They also gave me some Pistia stratiotes for free, but they told me the roots won't grow to more than like 3cm. Not sure if i'll go for the anubias, it isn't...

I wish i had a 90cm long oven :dance: I need some plants in this biotope. I'd rather not have to make a layer of soil in certain places, so I'd like to attach some plants to the driftwood, and perhaps a few floating plants. If anyone knows of any plants/moss (ideally native to south american...

Cheers, what I can do is rinse it in the shower, then fill the tank with tap water to let it soak, drain the tank, repeat a few times. Don't have any container big enough to put it into boiling water. The bottom piece of driftwood is actually mostly hollow underneath, i think that makes a nice...

Ok, today I went out to a fish/flower market in Shanghai. I only went there initially to get 2 big bags of ada nile sand, but they had mountains of drift wood, and other types. I picked up a few pieces and put them together on my table. How does it look? This is just made up of three pieces of...

I've found ADA La Plata sand, looks quite nice, will have to see if I can find some pics of aquariums using it.

One pair of cichlids, some corydoras and some tetras. A bit wary of tap water lol, since i'm in China. The cichlids might be 'blue rams' which like really soft water.

hi, i'm going to make a 40g amazon river biotope tank. So far I only have the tank (90cm x 40 x 40). Today I traveled 30km each way to an actual factory (where they make the tanks) to pick one up. The build quality is flawless, although I was a big disappointed to find several tiny air bubbles...

hey, got a new 90*40*40 fish tank, after looking at it at home under bright light, noticed about 5 tiny air bubbles, about 1/4mm in diameter that are trapped inside the 10mm glass. Has it on both of the main facades. Quite visible under bright light. Is that an issue, structural integrity...

The green tubing was completely coated on the inside with algae, sediment etc. Especially on the intake side. The main reason for the change however was i'm going to get 'lilly pipes' and simply they look better with clear tubing that green'. The 'troublesome' tubing does not have a brand...

I had a healthy tank, 15 cardinal tetras, 4 siamese algae eaters, and around 10 shrimp of different variaties. Yesterday I swapped out my eheim classic green tubing for some clear tubing (it was advertised as PVC and aqaurium safe). Skip forward 12 hours, the lights come on and the shrimp are...

hey, i replaced the green tubing of my eheim classic (was getting very gunked up on the inner walls) with a clear tubing of the same size made out of PVC. The PVC has a strong plastic smell. The shop I bought it from said safe for aquarium use, but I'm asking here to be sure. I have some...

hi, my diy co2 was pretty much off for a couple of days, and a thick hair like algae started to smother the hair grass in my tank. Even the saimese algae eaters couldn't get rid of it. I used my fingers to pull it off, and out of the tank it looks like a very strong, darkish green type of...

Would be nice to get one of these vortexes on the go:

I'm in china, so 'should' be easy to find. I did a search on the biggest shopping site here for fluval but it only showed filters, does this: have a specific brand/product name i can search for?

Thanks, i'll post more pics in around a week or two. Having regular pics also lets me see how/if the plants are spreading. Also haven't had a single fish/shrimp die (except a few on the first night in the tank, I guess the first night is the 'test'). Ammonia levels are zero, i think there's a...