Welcome to the wet nut house mate... It's allways nice to come back to the hobby. Sure you'll find lots of ideas and tips on here...
@Vis just did a nice LED system on his new tank....
Nothing to worry about @PappaBear... They are just melanophores - spots of dark colour... I'ts genetic.
Completely different ballasts... Maybe @DigiGram can give us the reasoning behind it...?
All snail species Blacklisted @doug.... No Assasin snails,sorry....
Basically there are very few macroparaites that are visible on a fish - Lernea and Argullus most common. Then there is "Black Spot Disease" -...
lol - now I see why you couldnt go for a tank longer than 1,3m and wider than 60...he,he - Nice going Candice - cant wait to see the finished tank..
Uhm.... Maybe @Laure , @Lowflyer or @Firefly can help.... Hey @farmer - Are those Guppies of yours moving with?
Uhm...floating as in something like Hornwort or other stem plants? Or floating as in Duckweed? Most "float on top" of water plants are...
Photo..... please...and i know you struggle with this. Might just be colour/melanophores though...
Welcome to the wet nut house mate...
Looks like emersed growth of Cryptocoryne parva... nice little Crypt - keeps small,submerged leaves will elongate a bit as the come out now,and be...
ML Algaeway must have a copper base to it then... If you do use it(and have a high pest snail count in your tank) - just watch the waterquality...
Prof has stated that he's done it in an earlier thread on this subject....
Disagree with Digigram a bit - sponge filters give EXCELLENT biofiltration(does zero mechanical though - gravel siphon does the trick though) -...
You're right Marius... he he - Back in the early 2000's I managed a small Koi shop in Constantia operating out of Ferndale Nursery. Been racking...
How are you liking the new lighting regime @Zoom? and dont think your plants melted as much as they are in a bit of transplant shock + adjusting...
Saw series advertised,read up about a couple of episodes...Seems (from what i read) that they focus on marine more...true? Massive tanks like...
Well.... poro colected his from me this afternoon (and confirmed that it will grow in low tech systems - tx Izak) - I'm covering all bases though...
Most likely moisture ... but open that grey box up and just replace the starter - these often go and it's a R2.50 repair... just make sure you buy...
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