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What is the ideal water turn round per hour in a community tank?

Again, only my opinion, but that depends on whether you are going to plant and how you want it to look. I went from about 2 inches at the front rising to 4-5 inches at the back. A lot of people say that algae shows up on sand, and I agree with that. But as it is the first and most noticeable...

Thanks for the responses guys. So been as I am increasing my planting and my fish are generally low waste producers, is it worth me leaving it 10 days and doing daily checks to see what happens. I am also curious to know at what time my nitrates start to rise so that in the future If I can't get...

Thanks guys, if I am in a high light situation, will flourish excel do the trick or will I need CO2 injection. I know excel is only 40% as efficient as gas CO2 but I don't want to go down that route.

Hi, I am pretty sure I have one male and four females. When the eggs are laid the pair take turns fanning them. The second lot of eggs are gone, so i assume another unsuccessful attempt. I will try to get some pics on for verification

I have read somewhere that a surface film could be a precursor to a bacterial bloom, is there any truth in this?

Ok, please forgive my ignorance if this sounds like a stupid question. If all ammonia and nitrIte are zero, and nitrates are continuously below 10, and pH & GH remain unchanged and the fish are all great then why should I be doing a water change. I currently do approx 15% water change a week...

When you say power head, do you mean an internal filter or something like a korelia?

Well my opinion will bring a lot of opposing views but I can only tell you what worked for me. I have read that ideally the phosphate levels in your tank should be about 0.2ppm but my tap water contained a very high level of 4ppm, so I dosed a phosphate remover. In two days all the algae was...

Thanks for the advice. Figures are in my signature, but in summary tanks size is 200 litres with 1000 lph combined filtering

Really, mine must be over the moon with happiness then. It is quite satisfying as the tank has been running less than two months, but they see,ed to go at it as soon as they went in. Do you think I should return the other three females?

I am considering buying an additional internal filter for two reasons, 1. I am conscious that my stocking level may be too high2. I have a dead spot in one corner of the tank. This does however make cleaning easier as all the crud builds up here I currently have an Aquael unifilter 750 flowing...

Thanks Gilli, thing is they spawned again yesterday, in the same place as before so assume things didn't go well first time round. How often do they potentially spawn, I wasn't expecting a repeat performance so soon after the first lot

I had the same issue. My wood was soaked in hot water for 3 weeks, and has now been in my tank for nearly two months. I tried carbon and Purigen and neither really helped, so I will stick to the tried and tested method of water changes, which is now making a difference

I may have thrown you a curve ball there. It is ROTALA NANJESHAN, it will get quite tall if left alone. However, I snip the tops off and replant to keep it at a size I like. It was growing under T5 light and ferts alone and it was struggling a bit, but since I started adding Flourish Excel it...

I am considering buying an additional internal filter for two reasons, 1. I am conscious that my stocking level may be too high2. I have a dead spot in one corner of the tank. This does however make cleaning easier as all the crud builds up here I currently have an Aquael unifilter 750 flowing...

Just to gauge what size we are talking about, this image is from the my tank before heavy planting. These two pieces cost £15 each and there were alot of lumps far bigger and more intricate than these ">

I would say P@H are ok if you want small pieces, they don't seem to any decent sized chunks, Downtown do small to mahoosive for a very good price. Depends what you want, but worth a look if you want some big chunks, or intricate pieces. They also do Mopani

I appreciate it is a bit of a hike, but Downtown in Grantham has an Aquatic Centre that seems to sell bogwood much cheaper than anywhere else I've seen. I was very tempted to buy 90cm long 50cm high full width piece for my tank because it was only 60 quid, but ended up getting two smaller bits...

Hi Stacey, it's just arrived and it looks great, thanks

IMO its no different to letting your fish breed in a community tank and letting nature take its course, but I can understand conflicting opinions on this.

I have white sand in my aquarium which got one small patch of light green when I had an algae issue but this disappeared when I sorted out the root cause of the algae. I cannot remember how much I used to fill it with though, but the plants seem to thrive on it though

Although I am a newbie to this, wouldn't planting the tank affectively accommodate the required number without overstocking issues. I agree that the plec would still be a no no though. Please correct me if I am wrong, I am still learning.

My corys love simple algae wafers

Just found a plant called limnophila aromatica which is really nice. Has anyone got experience of this or eustralis stellata

Has anyone out there got any ideas. As a point of interest, a got a shoal of diamond head tetras yesterday and the Colombians appear to enjoy his new edition tremendously

I have got some hygrophila angustifolia in my tank already but would like to plant the back two thirds with something bushy (similar in mass to Eustralis), so Vallisneria isn't really an option. Any other ideas?

Thanks Stacey, wouldn't matter anyways as I'm off for 6 weeks following surgery for rugby injury. Gives me loads of time to play with the tank

Hi all. I originally set up my tank two months ago and foolishly put Cabomba Carolina in the background. This at a rate of an inch a day which I don't have an issue with as I prune them weekly. What I don't like is the brown shoots that emerge frm all areas of the stem as it grows. Therefore...

I have three gourami in total , 1 male and 2 female. When the male first nested, the female (only 1 at the time) spawned the same day. Now i have two females in the tank, he continually upkeeps one nest and the feamles do not spawn. The current nest has been in there for two weeks now, but...

I also use Blue LED strips, but they come in a range of colours and costs. I have put a link below for the ones purchased for my 100cm wide tank, these were a three set but you can buy singles and doubles. I am really pleased with them, they give give a soft bluish light which allows you see...

Thanks for helping out guys. Still knew to all this and learning quick

So basically do what i am doing now but with more care precision, am I right. And is there any advantage with using a smaller diameter opening at the end of the gravel vac to get more flow and suction

Hi all, I want to increase the planting in 200 litre tank but can not get my head around how I would clean the substrate if most of the available floor space is heavily planted. Can someone give me some pointers on how this is achieved effectively. Thanks

Payment sent, thanks Stacey

Hi, can I take 2 portions off your hands please, it's difficult to find good quality moss. How do you want me to pay?

Just been trawling the net and I found the below information, so I think that they are the same fish with different names. latin name: Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis Common name: Columbian tetra Family: Characidae Continent of origin: South America Country: Ecuador, Colombia,

Can anyone tell me the difference between these two types of tetra, or are they the same fish with different names. I have what I thought were Colombian tetras until I saw Ecuadorian tetras today.

Thanks for all your suggestions, I have just purchased 20 Diamond Head Neons to complete my stocking. They look magnificent in my tank and I am really pleased. Thanks again.