Recent content by mattwhite

No it wasn’t that one, I have that one in now

I no longer have any, stupidly I took it out when I replanted a couple of years ago. I really wish I’d kept some.

Hi Many moons ago when I first set up my tropical tank I bought a job lot of plants from eBay. Most of those plants are now gone as my tank has been set up for over 16 years. I remember I had some crypts in the tank which really thrived, they grow quickly and self propagated. They grew in...

OK mate. thanks for trying.

The light is a aecadia day glo or something like that, just a basic one I think, been in the tank for about 6 months now. It is around 23 inches long and 18watts. looking down on the tank I would say it is around 50% planted. It has a Juwel Standard Internal filter.

SuperColey My crypts have been in the tank for 2 years now and have grown from tiny cuttings to really nice plants. A lot of the older leaves do get covered in the algae and eventually I have to cut them back. I think I tried the tank without the co2 system a while ago and the plants started...

Hi All I have a Jewel Rekord 80 Aquarium which has been up and running for narly 2 1/2 years. It contains community fish and I have it planted it with crypts and valis. I have a nutrafin C02 unit and my lighting is a single jewel tube which is on for approx 8 hrs aday. My problem is that I...

HI Johan My last nitrate reading was 40ppm. My co2 is constantly on, with the nutrafin system you have no way of turning it off or on. matt

Hi All I have a Jewel Rekord 80 Aquarium which has been up and running for narly 2 1/2 years. It contains community fish and I have it planted it with crypts and valis. I have a nutrafin C02 unit and my lighting is a single jewel tube which is on for approx 8 hrs aday. My problem is that I...

Hi all, Its been ages since I posted on this site so I hope everyone is doing ok. i hope you all had a good christmas. My 80litre community aquarium is exactly one year old today. I cant beleive a year has passed already. Over the last few days there has been streams of bubbles coming from...

I have some Hygrophillia Polysperma growing ain the back right corner of my 80l tank. I really like this plant as it grows well and the fish love hiding in its leaves. The only problem i have with this plant is that it seems to get too leggy very quickly. When this happens i prune the largest...

Thanks for the advice. I will take it on board it is a lot to think about.

I am thinking about setting up a discus tank. It will be my second aquarium, the first being a community set up which I have had for six months. The thing is my girlfriemd and I are expecting our first baby in july and being a dad is going to take up most of my time. Before i commit to getting...

I am thinking about setting up a discus tank. It will be my second aquarium, the first being a community set up which I have had for six months. The thing is my girlfriemd and I are expecting our first baby in july and being a dad is going to take up most of my time. Before i commit to getting...

A while ago i read a thread on here about cleaning juwel tanks. It gave step by step instructions about how to clean inside thefilter box and dismantle the pump to clean it. Does anyone know where this thread is because I can't seem to find it again? TA