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Thanks for the replies. I think I'll just start with root tabs and a water based fert and see how it goes. Floyd - Thanks for the offer but I dont know how well they'd handle an atlantic crossing.

Hey guys, I'm cycling a 120L tank at the moment and I'm planning on a low light plant setup. Lighting is a single 30W T8 (so about 1wpg) and I'd like to go with crypts, anubias and try out Vallis (spiralis perhaps) for the background. However the tank currently only has sand as the substrate...

Thats nice to know. :D Will keep to a lower ammonia dose as Tom suggests, maybe 8 drops twice a day. Hopefully that helps the bacteria that handle the nitrites as I've read ammonia can slow them down. Havent made any firm decisions on stocking yet. There's a lot of different gourami species I...

Thanks. No, its non-sudsing and unscented. I'll certainly be doing a water change to get nitrates down before the fish are added.

Yep...another cycling thread. Hopefully you arent sick of us all by now. :D Anyway, I've just set up a fairly well planted 120 litre aquarium and over the past few weeks I've been fishless cycling with household ammonia. After a fairly slow start ammonia is now being quickly dealt with and...