Since setting my aquarium up a few months ago, I have begun to enjoy very good results with growing a range of plants. This is due to the help and advice from members of this forum, Thanks folks, and from various other web sites with an enormous amount of usefull information about how to keep a tropical fish aquarium. My tank is a 36" tank, which is lit by 3 X 30" 25 watt fluorescent tubes. The gravel in the tank is 2-3mm, under which I have used a layer of Latterite for plant fertilizatioun. Liquid fertilizer is added to the water at each partial water change (currently 20% once a week).I have opted to use a CO2 system which cost 18 pounds, but I have found this wasn't putting enough CO2 into the tank, so I then tried the home brew method of sugar and yeast and this is working brilliantly! The ph, Kh/Gh, and Fe are monitored frequently to ensure that the amount of CO2 in the water is correct, and that the Ph doesnt become too acid. The CO2 seems to be fairly steady at around 15ppm which apparently is ideal. All the plants in the aquarium seem to be growing well (with the exeption of one which is a Cryptocoryne Lingua. Apparently this is a slow growing plant, that doesn't like being moved. I could do with some advice from Rose on how to save this. The rest of the plants are bubbling out oxygen all day and rapidy building up strength. The plants consist of
Ambulia aquatica, Red ammannia, Anubia nana, Aponogeton crispus, Cardamine lyrata, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Crypt nevilli, Crypt lingua, Diplis diandra, Echinodorus Tennellus, Four leaf clover, Java fern, Java moss, Hair grass, Red Myriophyllum, Vallis corkscrew, Hygrophila polysperma, Rotala rotundifolia. The fish in the aquarium are 2 X Angels, 20 Cardinal Tetras and 3 Ottocinclus which keep any algae at bay, Thanks to William for the advice on these, theyre brill.
I am aware that the tank is very young yet, and I don't think it will be free from problems (far from it), so any help and advice on how to keep everything ticking over will be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile I am going to sit and enjoy!! :grin:
Photos to follow if I find out how to do send it! Help! :but:
Ambulia aquatica, Red ammannia, Anubia nana, Aponogeton crispus, Cardamine lyrata, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Crypt nevilli, Crypt lingua, Diplis diandra, Echinodorus Tennellus, Four leaf clover, Java fern, Java moss, Hair grass, Red Myriophyllum, Vallis corkscrew, Hygrophila polysperma, Rotala rotundifolia. The fish in the aquarium are
2 X Angels, 20 Cardinal Tetras and 3 Ottocinclus which keep any algae at bay, Thanks to William for the advice on these, theyre brill. I am aware that the tank is very young yet, and I don't think it will be free from problems (far from it), so any help and advice on how to keep everything ticking over will be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile I am going to sit and enjoy!! :grin:
Photos to follow if I find out how to do send it! Help! :but:
And as you mentioned absolutely fabulous on all but the greenspot algae on the glass. I have 2 in my 36" tank and no algae what so ever! I also have 1/2 dozen cardinals which are also fabulous like you 
? Any plans for "Anatbantoibs" or your basic "Cichlid" ? We'll even stretch to "Killifish" 
