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Well… this is what a six year old planted tank looks like! Not quite what I started with but I guess six years is rather a long time, especially when this tank has had very little done to it since first setup. The echinodorus rose rapidly took over the tank and I don’t even mind. It...

Ah that's a pity, thanks for your advice guys. X-ray tetras look interesting and seem to be hard water tolerant, they might possibly be a good fit for my tank? Failing that, I think I'll try to get either CPDs or emerald rasbora depending on what my LFS has stocked, and maybe 1-3 patterned...

Ah yes, Seriously Fish is the website I used to rely on. It's been a few years since I last looked anything up so I'm a little rusty. Shame it's unusable right now. Thanks for the tip about emerald rasbora. That's also reminded me I used to keep a spreadsheet of potentially suitable fish...

Thanks essjay. Thought as much, although some sites tell me mollies are fine in a small (10 gallon) tank. But I'd forgotten they also like a bit of salt, so perhaps not the best fish for a planted tank. So this is a list of fish I've kept before in this tank and I know they work well...

Meh it's 2ft wide and not quite square, but deep enough to make 120L. It's a Juwel Lido. Thanks for the advice, I love the look of tiger barbs but I will try to find an alternative. Perhaps I can find a platy with black and white patterns for a similar look. Or perhaps a dalmation molly...

Tank size: 120L, 2 ft square Water: Very hard, alkaline Plants: heavily planted jungle style in soil substrate Cycled: 2 year old established tank Current inhabitants: 9 cherry barbs, 2-3 ancient Amano shrimp and a lot of pond snails. I would like to try a group of 6 tiger barbs in this tank...

  Thanks RCA!  I've replanted the crypt at the back of the tank to replace the red lotus which I think is finished.  The lotus was overshadowed by the salvinia which tends to collect in that corner of the tank and also I think the lotus is a bit more sensitive to lack of ferts than the other...

Six month update. The new cherry shrimp are doing much better than the previous lot, all the adults have grown huge (or at least bigger than I expected cherry shrimp to be!) and there are at least three shrimplets courtesy of the female who was carrying eggs when she arrived. I've not seen any...

Indeed, looking lovely!

  Thanks Charlie, I've been keeping an eye open for some unusual endlers for a while and grabbed these when I saw them for £5 each.  They're especially impressive when they colour up for a dominance display, which they can do at different times of the day.  So non-dominant males will normally be...

Thanks guys!     Not at all, the snails have been invaluable in helping to keep my tank clean.  They are also useful little helpers in the occasional unfortunate event of a dead shrimp or fish in the tank.  In a tank packed this densely with plants I've got no chance of finding and fishing out...

I added some fire red sakura shrimp a week ago, here's some pics