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The thread has been very interesting to read. Thanks for all the useful information. I have been struggling with plants for a few years and have stupidly proceeded by trial and error rather that stuying the forum in more detail. This is the limited knowlenge I have gleaned from my own...

Jake Those are the only two I know round here. I think world of Water are best, but not cheap. I will let you know if I hear of anything else. BTW I get kit like aquariums from Rainbow Koi in Melksham, but they don't do tropical fish. Pumps, lights, etc from 'Sea of Green' in Swindon...

Hello Jake, I logged into the forum today and picked up your posting. I am from Swindon (Old Town) too. I have a couple of tanks in the house and another in the garage. I have had an outbuilding put up to hold a few more tanks later, but my daughter is using that for her art work for the...

The fish (Barbs) control them in my case. I watch them take the baby ones. They will nearly clear them out if hungry.

Thanks for your replies and advice. My apolgies for the delay in posting. The disease sorted itself out and I lost all the Platies. The red tailed shark has grown considerably and is mostly placid albeit a litlle 'playful' sometimes. Not shy. I introduced two pairs of Rosy Barbs that have...

So, it has been nearly a year since I set the tank up. All is fine but there have been problems along the way. The lighting has settled down to a 15w FloraGlo on for 11 hours a day. Cryptos have done very well as has Vallis. Have had thread algae but have kept it under control. I have a...

Thanks for the good advice, I will keep the lighting information in mind. I am not going to do any thing too sudden as I want the tank to settle into its own equilibrium. I will just monitor it carefully and experiment bit by bit over time. I know that any jungle undergrowth plants that have...

Thanks for the reply. Have a look at what I replied to Waterdrop. Also, you have given me some food for thought. It is a 15w fluorescent and I hoped this was giving me a 60w equiv. You will see the way my mind is working from the reply to Waterdrop. I am still curious about the temp in the...

Thanks very much for the reply. It is 60cm (not mm sorry), plus 30cm from front to back and 33cm water depth. There is no glass or clear plastic cover between the tube and the surface. It wasn't 6 months, but six weeks from set up to introducing the fish. (I was probably half asleep when I...

I joined this impressive forum today. Strictly speaking I am not new to the hobby, but it is many years since I used to breed them. The technolgy seems to have moved on a bit. I set up a 60mm secondhand Elite aquarium 6 weeks ago. I am using a combined heater/thermostat and a small internal...