Recent content by FishySwarz

I will, hope we haven't confuse lukerom

I feed the plants weekly, haven't committed to co2, something else I need to look into deeper and I wasn't aware of the RO mineral problem. Something else to fill my time

Do u mean the minerals for plants or fish? I think the rock I have increases the ph, it hovers around 6.8/7

Cheers for the link. I've cut my filter pad in half so one week one side gets the muck washed off (in dirty tank water) then the next week the other side does. As for testing, after initial cycle I do it bi weekly using a kit. The tap safe stuff I just don't use unless its for a new tank which I...

I'd treat the water before you put it in the tank when you do a change. Ideally your looking for 25% change a week while cycling. (2 x 15% works well). The media in your filter needs to buildup the friendly bacteria which will clean the gubins from the water. The problem with tap water is it can...

Hi all, I'm not an expert or a newb. Twenty years of freshwater/tropical tanks have lead me to a point where I can't get the size tank I want without making structural changes to the house and so I have gone completely the other way. Currently running a nano tropical and have now started to...

Looks great! I saw some of these today in my lfs and I am in the process of cleaning out the shed bound tank to put some in. One question - What's the plant you have there?

I used long tweezers at first then realised the fish were getting most of the worms. Now I chuck in a cube of frozen and by the time it defrosts, breaks up and sinks the frogs are out.

I have 3 in amongst loaches, shrimp etc and other than bloodworm they rarely look for food unless it floats past them. I think the bloodworm must smell the most as I was under the impression dwarf African frogs are nearly blind