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Thank you, Will have a look this weekend coming!

Thank you will do, what is the best to use for feeding my plants and what Fert must i get?

yes you are 100% coorect it looks really bad! i will do that this afternoon, must i get another light for my tank?

Hi My plants are as follows 1.Vallisneria spiralis 2. Dwarf hygrophilia 3. Java fern 4. Amazon sword Tank size 4 foot, 100L tank. Lighting flo-glo brightens fish colour helps plant growth its a daro product 20W, thats all it says on the box, also what my LFS sold me for my plants! I hope...

HI All I got some beautiful plants about a week ago, on Friday last week, they started to go brown and look like they were going to die, so I went to the LFS to find out what I can buy for it, and he suggested a CO2 system, which would cost me about R4000 South African Rand, that’s about £360...

Well if you here then you are already taking the correct steps, have you added any fish yet? How many? I know you want to add some fish, but have you added any already? Also check your water often and to 50% water changes if anything changes. Good Luck

HI Welcome, :hi: first question, have you done a fishless cycle? Do you know what a fishless cycle is? Here's a link to the beginners resource centre. http://www.fishforum...esource-center/

Welcome, I'm also so to say NEW, here but the things I have learned here have made a world of difference. :hi:

Thank you for all the advice, I will keep an eye on it! :good:

It’s just the one plant he/she is taking a liking to, my light is Blue Actinic 460nn HO T5, my tank is a 100L tank, working on a bigger tank! :shifty: I have my light on for about 7 – 8 hours, i hope i got to all your questions!

HI RadaR Yes i have seen it, i just bought the plants on Sunday! i don’t remember the name of the plants but it’s got biggish leaves and a maroon rim on those leaves, I saw the Pleco sucking on the leaves and there is definitely damage to the leaves structure? As far as I know my water is...

that’s is exactly why i joined this awesome forum! :thanks:

HI raptorrex Thank you for the response, but the thing that really gets to me is my LFS told me that the fish i have will love the plants and noting will go wrong, so i when back this morning and he said pleco dont eat plants and that it must be that my light is bad, thats why my plants are...

Hi All over the weekend i stocked my tank with really nice plants, and all the fish really took a liking to it, but my pleco has some kind of plant fetish, he is eating them, making holes in the leaves, and its not like his hungry i feed him every day the algae tablets! :crazy: Has this...

HI All I have a 100L tank, and its just getting to small for me now, you can only have so many fish in it, what would be the best size to get? Regards

Thank you, man your tanks look so health, and the plants are beautiful. :cool: I need to do something like that, what kind of light should I get, at the moment I just have a marine blue light?

HI All I want to start putting all kinds of plants and wood in my aquarium, but i have no idea where to start, i read in some books, that some plants need to go at the back of the tank and some in the middle and some will be in front? Which ones are the best to use and would help my fish enjoy...

I am working towards getting a bigger tank, but need the money first to maintain. I will get there one day. :flex:

its .935mm (36.81 inches, lenght) by .335mm (13.19 inches, width) Depth ? but its a 100L tank!

HI Yes, I do! Lovely fish!

Thank you Man the Beginner's Resource Centre has a lot of great information, it just answered my next question, you guys rock! Regards :thumbs:

HI all Now that my 100L tank is settling down, and the fish look healthy and happy, and I have done my frequent water changes so that the ammonia level can lower, it seems everything is now stable. Now my question is, How often should one clean the tank and take water out, and add new water...

Hi Welcome, also a newbie here, I also just recently started at this forum, regarding the question, I bought books and read many articles on the above topic, according to the experts a gravid spot under the guppies belly start to get very big and rounded, she will in the last few hours...

Hi Update on tank and fish, all is going well! fish are happy, and there colors look like they becoming brighter, I think is a good thing. Thank you all for the help. Regards :thumbs:

Hi Athena Fish are fine today, no more casualties, I did a water change, checked all levels, all good! I use the Liquid testing kit, is it may be possible the 2 fish that died was sick in the pet shop I bought it from? Because the other fish look all happy and fine? ????

Hi Athena I did read the above, and checked everything before I put the fish in, but I guess I was just too hasty, and needed to wait. I guess we all have to start somewhere? thank you for the reply! Regards

Thank you all for the great advise, but it has not started well, :grr: i bought my first 10 fish yesterday, Neon’s and Guppies! this morning 2 died! What!?! i checked everything, PH, Ammonia, Nitrite, ect. 100%, etc. Help!!!! Thank you all for the great advise, but it has not started well...

HI All I just started my first tropical fish tank, it’s a 100liter tank, it’s now been running for 4 days without any fish in, now i must choose fish, any suggestions? does anyone know of really good tropical fish store in Centurion, South-Africa? :fish: ????