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A weed is something that grows where you do not want it. Any plant can be called a weed. Myriophyllum spicatum is not classed as an invasive (what I think you mean) species here. It cannot survive in the wild. It must have aquarium conditions and temperatures much higher than are natural...

Okay, so here is a list of what I have ordered. Would you think that any of these require the substrate tabs you mention? If so I will order them so they'll be here when I'm ready to put the plants in this weekend. Marsilea hirsuta Vallisneria spiralis Echinodorus tellenus Myriophyllum spicatum...

I have another question. I'll be ordering my plants next week and they're all fine gravel plants. Do I need anything under the gravel?

I can't have Phildendron in the house anyway. I have cats, and the eldest is terrible for trying to eat my houseplants, so I always have to make sure that anything I have is safe should he decide to have a nibble. I was actually thinking more along the lines of a pond plant of some kind...

Interesting. Would it be possible to use an external plant to remove some of the nitrates? Perhaps one that could be trailed over the side of the tank with just roots in the water? I wouldn't be aversed to trying something like that, any maintenance of the aquarium/plants is going to be...

I only plan to have guppies, maybe some shrimp at a later date, but that's not certain. Pygmy chain sword was one of the plants LFS and I talked about, but in the end he suggested to go with the Sagittaria because it tolerates a slightly higher pH level so would probably grow better. I might...

Well this would explain why I've found it impossible to get the nitrates down below 20ppm. I just read the full water quality report for my area and 20ppm is the minimum, 26ppm is the maximum that they've tested. So at 20ppm, my aquarium water is the same as what's coming out of the tap.

I took a walk to LFS today and had a long chat with my friend there, he suggests three plants that would work well in my aquarium. Myriophyllum spicatum, Vallisneria spiralis, and Sagittaria subulata, which should all do well with the pH and hardness and all have medium light requirements (he...

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll see if LFS has them. It doesn't matter if they need cutting back or anything like that, I'm a gardener by trade so I will be fine with it and if there's any to be taken out I'll add them to my green compost. I seem to remember that I have an aquatic gardening...

It's Celsius; I'm a UK lass and we don't really use Fahrenheit here. But yes, I use cold water, although using warm wouldn't be a problem, I was just unsure of whether it would be okay. I think guppies would suit me fine, LFS doesn't have that big of a range but I would prefer to go to them...

You are absolutely right! I do not want to breed the guppies! This might change in the future but since I am just starting out I think I will err on the side of caution and go for all males. Would five or six be okay? This might seem like a silly question, but when doing water changes, how do I...

I have a newly (fishless) cycled tank and wonder how many fish I can safely put in it. Capacity: 85 litres Water params: stable for the last week. Ammonia - 0 Nitrites - 0 Nitrates - 20ppm pH - 7.4 I'm not sure about the exact readings for hardness, as I've not tested, but the water company...