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Hi Ry. Nice to see another Aussie on these forums. I'm living in Melbourne. I'm new to aquariums and have been trying to get my set up as best as a beginner like me could so I hope everything goes alright. We'll find out soon enough I guess. No doubt I'll be posting more questions as stuff...

Yeah from what I've read on several forums, people who have used the Aqua-Glo bulbs find that it works really well for the plants and seems to bring out the colour of the fish better too. I just set up my tank earlier and am happy with the way the lights look, slightly purplish as you mentioned...

I just rang up the lfs and they said that it was neither fluorite or laterite, they said it was iron enriched gravel which releases nutrients slowly or something like that and they said that 3:1 ratio of regular gravel:iron enriched gravel would be fine so I will go with that and see how things...

Thanks for your reply rich311k. I am a university student and don't want to spend much more than I already have so it would be best to make use of the stuff that i have already purchased. But I guess I will take some of the normal gravel back to the lfs and get more fluorite so that I can get a...

Thanks for your reply malkore. I'm not sure if the iron based gravel is Fluorite or Laterite. It didn't come in a package, just from the lfs and it was unlabelled and all I know that it was called iron based gravel. However, they told me to mix it with normal gravel so maybe it is Fluorite. What...

Hi , I am new at aquariums and have a few questions so please bear with me. I just got a 24" x 12" x 12" tank (which works out to 14G or so) with Nutrafin natural CO2 system and reflector lights with 2x20w 18,000K (Aqua-Glo) tubes. I am planning on a planted tank and my lfs sold me 3kg of iron...