Recent content by GJF

Just thought I would provide a picture of my newest addition!

Thank you everyone!

Hi guys, just a quick question really, my LFS advertises what appear to me to be Bolivian Rams as ‘Royal Rams’. Can anyone advise if a royal ram is simply a trade name for the Bolivian Ram, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus? I’ve also found that Bolivian Rams are considered good community cichlids...

Thank you both for your replies, I take it seachem flourish excel is to be avoided?

thank you for your reply, the light is the standard one which came with my Roma 125, I believe it is a 10 watt light. I've attached some pictures of the full tank. Thanks!

hi all, Over the last couple of weeks I have been having some problem with either staghorn or blackbeard algae growing on my amazon swords and dwarf hairgrass. I'm just looking for some help in identifying exactly what the algae is, and some tips in how to combat it. My tank is 125 litres, and...

My apologies, I meant to say that I am using tetra aquasafe as my dechlorinator, not tetra safestart. The green water was dealt with by way of heavy daily water changes and gravel vacuuming for a week, lowering the amount of light the tank is exposed to and reduced amounts of feeding. This...

Tank has been set up for approximately 6 months, when doing weekly water changes I take out approximately 50 percent, and dechlorinate the new water with tetra safestart. Ammonia and nitrite are 0ppm and Nitrates are 10ppm. I add 5ml of seachem flourish excel twice weekly. The tank is...