Recent content by Bendover

Love that plec! Agree with Joshua about sticking some plants in, if you're getting more wood you could get some with a nice Java growing off it, the wood would have already been well soaked so shouldn't stain the water

Quite simple really just push them into the gravel! If you've bought bunch plants they tend to come with a plastic binder thingy, (sorry don't know the technical term), around the base and this should be firmly pushed into the gravel, you'll want to cover then roots completely. You might want to...

It depends on what you like really. I'd stick with the gravel for now as sand can be a bit too much like hard work and is of more benefit to certain fish than plants. Plants come in 4 main types bunch, single plants, bulbs and floating plants. As a general rule plant shorter plants at the front...

Moving water helps with the wonderfully termed "gaseous exchange" - allowing oxygen to be absorbed. Not essential as such depending on fish volume but looks cool. You could attach a spray bar to the outlet and point it towards the surface as this produces the same result. Good luck with your new...