Good morning! Couple of questions regarding the use of rocks in your aquarium. If you wish to maintain a low pH, how do you know a rock you...
I'll try again tonight!:fisheye: still a work in progress. got a spong filter in the one corner which will leave as soon as my sump is up and...
My tank is blackwater with nice wood (some plants which I will get rid of except for the Java ferns). Just a word of advice: Its a nightmare to...
@wrenhy - yes, it is normal. If you wish driftwood not to tinge your water you have to re-do the wood-in-boiling-water for quite a few times over...
Like firemanmuzz said: water conditions to different..... not even talking hardness your pH difference is immense: 5.5 -6.5 for krib and...
Sorry not to be "natural", but if humans did not get other mutations through selective breeding, no one would be keeping dogs or cats either.......
Hi I have a yellowish slime growing on my driftwood (just on the lighter coloured drifwood), and on some of my plants. Slime is the best way for...
The sump is 100cm x 50cm x 50cm. Don't know how many tanks yet. Start of with 2 and monitor my nitrate levels and see how many from there.......
@Immy I feel kind of silly now..... basically 5min after posting I thought to myself: Just put valves in each pipe, close/open untill flow...
Hi guys I am getting my sump this week and want to link it to a couple of tanks, not only one. My plan is to pump the water from the sump to...
I know you wont believe me, but that is exactly what I was thinking..... doesn't however help me with the issue of fitting it tightly without...
Hi all I am currently in the process of getting a decent "groot" sump, but it might still be some time and I have a 3ft tank just standing...
@TankMaster Low tech meaning no co2 and no special substrate, but will give fertilizer. 30W light on a 3foot 50cm high tank. Have some swords...
Hi guys Please advise on plant species which will be easy to maintain. It will be low light low tech (just to give plants in my breeding tanks). PB
What cichlids do you have @halfway?
If I understand the technicalities correctly, if 2 identical setups (regarding size and bio-load), have different filtration, the better...
What about Siporax?
Hi all I am currently busy setting up my new sump, and would like advise on the best media to use (or combination) for biological filtration, as...
@Vez I am running 1 very "flou" 30W, not a T5..... I think I can lick that bulb, although I am not going to try it....
Hi all As the Cape Tonians are aware its been less cool of late..... My tank's temperature has now crept to the 30 degree mark with the heater...
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