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70 litres is a decent size to start with. My TOTM entry is 75 litres though the dimensions may be different. I have to agree that a single 2 dimensional picture isn't anything to judge a tank from. Mine has several pieces of wood all set out to give alleyways and dead end streets as it were so...

Substrate is a 2 stage thing. First off the AF Lavasoil is sort of crumbly pieces that forms the base. it acts as a really good medium for beneficial bacteria to build up, and as it's neither round or too small can be moved around to shape the tank bottom. For instance, my ongoing new nano tank...

Finger sticking good eh? What it has done though is remove the fingerprints so that i can't unlock my phone by touch. I have to key in the security code. I think you'll have been using the normal liquid gle for that though. The gel isn't quite as bad and takes a while to fully set. I use the...

Ah, I don't have it switched on. I'll do that right away. I spent a good amount of time supergluing moss to another bit of wood in a new tank. Superglue but not the runny stuff. Use the tacky stuff. Also don't be fooled into buying expensive stuff like Gorilla glue. It's all cyanoacrylate just...

If the fish are just disappearing they are being eaten. If they're floating then I'd put it down to the water. RO is pure to the point of it having no mineral content whatsoever and rainwater is also largely devoid of minerals. If you're just dumping them in without addition of trace elements...

I've done sand, I've done gravel and neither really worked for me. I prefer a carpet of low growing stuff such as mini hairgrass and baby tears. It looks far better and it's better for soaking up the fish detritus to feed the plants too. Some heavily planted tanks don't get water changes as the...

Anubias are good, as are the others. I have Xmas moss in an ordinary tank, no CO2 and it's grown really well. I prefer it to Java Moss which hasn't developed well at all. My biggest problem with my low tech tank was algae. Probably overfeeding of course but I was pretty sick of it until I...

I have a Ciano too but I think it's 28 ltr, ah, I see it on Google images, a Ciano Aqua 30. I have Emerald Rasboras and Black Carbon Rili shrimp in it. It's also aquascaped a bit, though with a lid on it doesn't look anywhere near as nice. My initial scape venture though was with my current...

I think I'll give it a miss to start with. I have a new light coming, a Chihiros A361 that I think will be great for growth and with addition of fertiliser I guess everythng will work well. If not then I have a spare CO2 kit to make my own inexpensively

Most gravel and sand is free of nutrients, and most aqua soil is full of nutrients and will have some effect on water parameters, mostly by lowering the pH. So even though soil can be great for the plants themselves, even those on low light levels, whether or not a black soil is good for you, is...

Bristol is JUST a bit far away. Tell you what....next time I'm over in the shop I'll take a few photos of their equally small tanks. You'll be amazed at them. Most of the nano tanks, and I mean NANO, are shrimp homes or for a handful of Chili Rasboras. Most of them are planted high at the rear...

Wow. What size tank is this in? My own Porkfish is no big prblem as it fits in a 50 gallon tank

First off, the shop is fan-bloody-tastic. Both Nicole and James are so spontaneously generous and helpful and won't sell fish just for the sake of it. They know my own tapwater is really hard (well was, as it changed a fortnight ago) so when I asked about certain shrimp I was told NO. They won't...

I backed out of installing RO myself due to both cost and having to have all my houses water being filtered. I built a 100ltr rain barrel system instead but I guess that's not an option for you. Most aquarium/fish shops sell RO water pretty cheaply, and then of course there's the ASDA/Tesco and...

Thanks Jitsz. I really enjoy the aquascape thing. I started with the tank in this months Tank Of The Month entry in March. It's really matured nicely now. This nano tank is inspired by one I saw at Horizon Aquatics, perhaps one of, if not The, best aquascape shops in the UK. Picture of their...

It's all a waiting game isn't it ADB? That's the part when I might just get impatient. Having just completed my last aquascape job and offered it as my TOTM I thought a nice Nano one would be good. Perhaps there'll be a competition for nanos sometime soon.

A new nano tank, the Waterbox 6 being set up with plants in a dry planting situation. It has 2 pieces of granite glued to together to glue onto the wooden hardscape and prevent it from floating. The base is made up of AF Lava Soil topped off with Tropica Soil for plants. The rear left is piled...

You mean Ron De Santis? Yep, pretty nasty alright

I think actual members aren't targetted with ads. Most sites just throw them at guest visitors who don't log in.

Nuts to you.......

I tend to use Opera as my browser, On laptops and desktops and tablets it has a built in ad stopper. Not sure if it has on a mobile phone but it's worth checking out.

Done it. You've just been reported

Changing substrate is sometimes what people need. I had ugly black sharp substrate in a long tank some time ago that was really awful I put a divider into the tank just above the substrate and took out an replaced each side one at a time with a 4 week gap between it. Saved the biological...

I totally get that as I have a similar situation here.

Funny enough but I also struggled with water wisteria. No matter what I did they all seemd to just disappear in a few weeks. The shrimp were seen eating the dead leaves though so at least served some purpose. Anyway, I did a look around and found this. My latest attempt is still hanging on...

Well done Labs. You have certainly helped me this time. I received 5 bottles or re-agent today. I wonder how many other people will have the same problem, how many will be notified or what their Product Development Meeting will do to give a long term answer. I think every retailer of the kits...

Bit of a story here: I was in British Honduras (Now called Belize) many years ago while in the army. Our camp was out in the jungle around 30 miles from Belize City. We had a dog on camp that was always in the NAAFI scrounging booze from us. When we went to Belize itself on a weekend boozing...

And my favoutite cheese has holes in it. Not recommended for a tank though. As for the question, and as an afterthought to my own setting up in the hobby, I think it's always best to go with whatever fish you like in the size and other attributes, that suit your local water supply. The amount...