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I kept them in the bag for 15-20 minutes, they are my favourite up to now The money is running out haha, im happy....for now

Thanks Byron! :) Loads of shrimp and snails, seems to be fewer snails than a few week ago though.

I got another 3 Kuhli loaches this afternoon and a couple more plants to make them feel comfitable Ooh and some crystal red shrimp :)

Weekly gravel cleaning it is then! :) I have 50-55 plants in the tank and they all need a very good trim so i'll be extra careful not to damage any roots. Thanks :)

That's good, i still need to have a good read through your project thread when i have a full afternoon spare 😉 Can't remember if i've already mentioned this but i got a couple of Kuhli loaches last weekend, i'll be getting a few more as i understand these should be in a larger group. Makes...

I'll do a big water change on Sunday, cleaning the gravel is good fun only done it a couple of times, if there are to many nutrients would you advise not to use plant fertiliser for a couple of weeks? I do water changes weekly, should cleaning the gravel be done weekly to? Interesting with the...

Thank you, i will start by reducing down to 11 hours and then 10 if that doesn't help, i put plant fertilizer in once a week after a water change. 52ml for a 520L tank. :)

Me and my girlfriend have been trying for awhile to catch them i have several nets, they are fast. Will keep trying. Some good news though found two shrimplets, they are tiny, going off the video i've just watched i'd say they're a couple of weeks old they have colour but not much. How are...

The lights are on a 12 hour timer from 9am to 9pm. Most of the plants look healthy and are growing fast, i have CO2 in the tank, this is just a small canistor which i manually put in daily. Could it be lack of CO2 from not being home possibly?

This is it after taking it out. :nerd:

After coming home from being away for a few days i have noticed this growth on some of the plants, looks like two different types, i have seen it before but this has grown really fast, none of this was hear on Sunday. I can only assume maybe the plants are getting to much light maybe? I've...

So, i've just got back home i've been out the house since 5am Monday due to work, literally half the fish in the tank are missing there fins, the cardinals are looking very white, the Serpae tetras are very fast, i'm really struggling the catch them, i've tried putting food in the nets i have 3...

Thanks Byron. Would of helped if the guy selling me the fish understood more about the species, i'll do some more research.

Yeah i read that recently, i think the tank is big enough for another few Kuhli loaches. :) Glad you guys are liking the tank, i still need to upload photos of my 5ft tank.

Is there really any benefit of additional Serpae? I've noticed the Serpae have a very unusual twitchy movement.

Ok thanks, Hopefully everything is still alive when i get back home tomorrow evening. I wont add anything else for a few weeks other than a few plants from my other tank.

That looks good, i keep picturing how i want my tank to look but it's not as easy as you would think.

How come it wont make a difference? The only difference is the filter? I waited a week i thought this would be enough time to establish the filter? Thanks, the water should have cleared up by the time i get home on Wednesday i'll take some more photos.

The tank is 5ft wide, 520L, i can't remember the height and depth. I have 50-55 plants there's a lot of hiding places, the fry have been able to hide.

I have cardinals, guppies, guppie fry, plecs, shrimp and glowlight tetras as well as these, would you advise that i buy more or to separate these? i have just set up a second tank for guppie fry, shrimp and kuhli loaches, was told when i bought them that they are a community fish.

So i bought myself a second tank last week, i put the water during my weekly water change from my main tank in this tank to speed up the cycling process. Initially the purpose of having a second tank was to put guppie fry in and to then separate the males from the females. But today i finally...

I will keep an eye on them, they seem ok at the moment, i didn't know they were aggressive!

So i bought 2 Serpae tetras today, they both swam straight to the other fish which we believe is a red phantom 🧐 ;) The 3 of them seem happy together, should we go with 2 serpae tetras and a red phantom or 3 serpae tetras? :lol:

They are really cool, i love purple. Trying to find some purple shrimp, they exist but i've never seen them before haha.

Blue velvit shrimp are a nice colour, my local garden centre finally has some in so i might buy some more, have your vampire crabs arrived? I don't know much about them i have only seen photos are they easy to look after, is it a complete different tank set up for them?

Lets see some photos :)

No i didn't wash the cucumber, i will do next time and i'll take it out on the same day. I've had a glowlight tetra die to :oops:

Thats a big cherry shrimp. Have your blue shrimp arrived yet? I have red cherry, blue velvit and yellow shrimp

I have my lights on a 12 hour timer 9am-9pm, i use CO2 and my plants grow very well.

So earlier tonight, maybe 3 hours ago i took the cucumber out of the tank which i put in on Tuesday, it mushed in to many pieces most of which i managed to get out, however i've since had a blue velvit shrimp die and the other blue velvit shrimp doesn't seem to happy, maybe just coinsidence, or...

You never told me this Wills when you recommended a FX6 to me not so long ago! :huh: :lol: Mines been fine for a whole months now, i've regulated the flow as it's powerful even on my 520L tank.

Thanks everyone! :D I'll have a read on serriously fish