Recent content by Smithdog90

Yeah I think the soil could be an issue, found a small blob of it in a corner of the aquarium area so siphoned it out and does smell. I’ll look at replacing the soil and maybe just going with epiphytes in the top area of the tank and semi aquatic plants. Strange I tested today and the ammonia...

Alright thanks for the advice.

The substrate in the aquarium is aqua sand, the aquatic plants being various Anubias and Christmas moss. The terrestrial plants are planted in abg mix soil and are various Macgravia and fittonia. The soil is separated from the water by clay balls, so the water from the adapters at the top can...

I have added almond leaves and alder cones to try and reduce the ph, is this a suitable method?

I think the filter spec is upto 20 gal tank so should be plenty for this one. When I first started reading up on cycling the tank one article I read was saying it would take 2-4 weeks for the bacteria to flourish in the filter then it would be ok to start adding fish, which is basically what I...

I cycled the water through a external canister a for 4 weeks prior to putting fish in, but tbh I’ve only started to understand how complex it is getting the water parameters right… if that amount of ammonia at that PH is deadly does this mean the tank is still cycling? To answer your list in...

Cheers, yeah the top part of the tank is coming along nicely… but the aquarium part not so much unfortunately.

Hi can somebody help me with problem with some unions fish deaths. I have recently made a paludarium (picture shown in my profile) and introduced some Chili Raspora about 4 weeks after adding the water. After about a week they started disappearing about every other day and now there is none left...