Recent content by Gikfish

Hey everyone. About one week ago I started preparing my 200ltr tank setup by buying some monte carlo and Cuba plants to do a dry start with since I'll buy a co2 tank later and I wanted my plants to anchor themselves to the substrate since I've heard that the specific one I'm using is flourite...

I'm looking to get a 200 litre aquarium to keep some easy-medium difficulty plants and maybe some easy carpet plants(mc)and I got recommended this tank Emotions PRO 100 - Ciano Will the filtration/lighting be enough or should I look for something else? Many thanks for any advice/recommendations!

Oh in no way I meant to say that the gh requirements are ''gospel'' Im just a little overwhelmed by the many different gh ranges of different fish species haha... ok so if ,say, I want a pearl gourami/gouramis as centerpiece fish which other schooling fish would you recommend?

Setting up a new tank right now and Im doing a little search for what fish I wanna keep in it... Since I always run into many problems regarding compatibility because of water hardness my water gh is about 10dgh and I want to definitely keep some red coral platies in there although I don't want...

The thing I'm most concerned with is the substrate change Im assuming Im gonna have to do sometime in the future and I'm a complete beginner in planted aquariums so it seems really hard right now... Unless I understood it wrong...

Sorry... Should have said dry *start* method

I'm starting a new tank and I'm planning to make a carpet out of Hemiamthus Callitrichoides... I heard online that the dry method is a good way to get a carpet going but I read that you need a nutrient rich soil to do it... Can adding some liquid fertilisers(spraying them maybe?) achieve the...

Thanks for your suggestion! Is there any way to harden the water myself though?

That seems like a nice stocking to me! Many thanks!

My ph is 7.0 temp is about 26 degrees celsius and I dont have an exact number on hardness but the water where i live is pretty soft

While im not a newbie in fishkeeping Ive never before got such a large aquarium(already planted and cycled) and so I dont know many things when it comes to the stocking options I may have... Ive already searched online for stocking ideas but I didnt see any mention of the 2 species I definetly...

As far as I read online they dont seem an easy starting point for me too... When I bought the fish 3 years ago I was told that they were perfect so I got a school of five since I was an absolute beginner then and didnt think of other stocking option. 2 of them died since and I thought I could...

ph is around 7.2 an I dont have an exact number for hardness but generally the water in my area isnt too hard and I use a water conditioner with my water changes every 2 weeks

Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!