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Ah yep cool, i have bought plants from them before. Thanks for the heads up. Yeah hollywood seem pretty good, alot better than animates.

Im thinking about some corys too, who did you get them from if you dont mind me asking, i normally shop at hollywood fish farms up here in auckland but if you have a good supplier im always interested in good fish.

@Byron I cant find the number but on their website they say the sources they draw from are a mix of Soft to Moderately hard.

@Byron I dont know that number but can go get a test kit over the weekend and check.

I was thinking of putting 2 honey gourami's in later on to see if they will breed as far as additional stocking goes. My PH is around 8 though, maybe i should be looking at cherry barbs or glowlight danios for that level (any other suggestions for a small schooling fish with a bit of colour, i...

Time to start stocking my 150l tank https://www.fishforums.net/threads/190ltr-and-150ltr-builds.478267/ I'd like to try either Ember Tetras or Lambchop Rasbora (Rasbora Espei) Are there any specific things to watch out for in either? I'd be looking at a school of 15 and 6 corys down the bottom.

Almost ready to put some fish in it.

Found a old picture of the original tank, the wife thought it would be nice to do with our daughter hence the fake plants and jelly fish that she chose from the shop. I was still trying to weigh down the driftwood i had bought. Daughters interest faded (she is only 2.5yrs old) so i took over...

PS Note to self - Since adding the Ramshorn snails they have taken care of the little bit of algae i had. Lights are currently on low for 11 hours and not getting any green algae on the glass.

Hi all, I have just purchased a 2nd hand 150ltr build which im going to try my hand at aqua scaping with (low tech.) It came with a heap of Anubis which will be good (have currently move it to my main tank which is a 190ltr) Its got a Ehiem filter which is a bit small for it so i have ordered...

Thanks, i realised that the sand would have slowly filtered down around the gravel just wasnt sure if there was any other benefits, i'll have a play around with the sand it came with over xmas and if i dont like how dark it is get some playground sand.

Thanks for the reply, is one of his videos on his setups (skip to 5 mins 30 and you can see him putting bigger gravel underneath, im wondering if that is just a easier way to raise the back? Oh and i meant playground sand not pool sand sorry, i dont want anything too white. I'm trying to go...

Hi Everyone, I have just purchased a 2nd hand tank to have a bit of a play around with aquascaping. It has come full of used black sand. I have been watching youtube vids from MD and i see that he puts gravel under his sand for all his builds. Since im going to pull this apart and put some...

Yep thats the one, its as hardy as the bigger ones i think.

Cheers, just checked and i had been watching his auction for some but it finished last week, will keep a eye out for his next one.

Looking good, where did you get that much Java fern for that cheap if you don't mind me asking. (just picked up a 2nd tank yesterday that i want to plant out.)

Looks great, i wish i could find driftwood like that up here on Auckland beaches haha. I'll be following with interest

Thanks for all the advise, yes the tank is in the living room so i dont think the wife would be too happy about blocking all the windows off. Somehow i have managed to keep snails out of the tank so i'm think of trying some ramshorn to see if they will help me keep on top of the algae on the...

PH is about 7.8

I have the Sunlight one. The photos are of the 3 different options for intensity for the light (and one without the light on for comparison.)

Thanks for that, I have https://aquaone.com.au/2015-04-16-04-47-04/reflectors-2/item/3998-59015 for lighting and leave it on for 11 hours a day. I'll try reducing the hours, how long to do recommend? I recently got some floating plants (water wisteria) which are starting to spread. I'll get a...

My nitrates are always very low 0-5, the tank is very lightly stocked. I havent checked the pH recently, i'll do that when i get home.

Hi All, My Java ferns are starting to melt. The first one has gone and produced a heap of little ones but i'd like to try and save my other one. The leaves are starting to have dark spots like below on them. Any ideas? Yes there is algae in the tank on another piece of driftwood but i can't see...