my new planted rio125 - Page 2

telboy · #11 05-09-2008, 09:51 PM

cheers for kind comments folks... pete ive sent ya 3 or 4 pms did ya get em?

curviceps · #12 05-15-2008, 03:44 PM

Looking great!

Fry Lover · #13 05-15-2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by telboy

cheers for kind comments folks... pete ive sent ya 3 or 4 pms did ya get em?

how about some nasty comments Uncle, want any? LOL

all banter of course

George · #14 05-15-2008, 07:06 PM

Lovely uncle tel, very tropical looking if that makes any sense

keith · #15 05-18-2008, 01:36 PM

looking good telboy, has it been set up long mate.

duncan.j.m.g · #16 06-02-2008, 09:16 PM

looking good mate better than when i stripped it lol oh by the way have a beer or get a trypod lol the dts set in lol (only joking ) throw these malawis in ther mate soon destroy ya plants lol when do ya want em lol wanna empty me 4 footer for me tropheus bembas lol

telboy · #17 06-02-2008, 09:25 PM

hopefully friday mate

Fishie-Fingers · #18 06-02-2008, 09:48 PM

That is one beautiful setup! I definately know who to tap up for advice with my plants now!! LOL
Can i ask telboy? what are your water readings, PH, KH all that stuff? would like a comparison against the water I have to work with.

Fry Lover · #19 06-02-2008, 09:57 PM

Terence, how are the 3 "spikey" plants doing, the bright green ones, left, centre and right of tank, are they thinning at all in the leaves or wasting away mate?

telboy · #20 06-02-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishie-Fingers

That is one beautiful setup! I definately know who to tap up for advice with my plants now!! LOL
Can i ask telboy? what are your water readings, PH, KH all that stuff? would like a comparison against the water I have to work with.

all i have is 2" kids sand/ gravel mix substrate...x3 24W T5s[1 attinic blue + 2white] lights on 10 Hrs a day [8 for white,2 for blue] get the plants in right places n leave em there, dont keep moving em...live stock=adult male guppies + some guppy/endler fry from lex + 3 small corys, just the right amount for the size of tank...i do 1 weekly waterchange of 25% [i use dechlorinater for this tank]once a month syphon the substrate, once a quarter clean out fluval 405 external [which has only alfagrog as a filter media]i also have a small pre filter sponge on the intake pipe which gets cleaned when i do a W/C...i dont use CO2 or fertilizer...i dont test the water, but if i did id worry more bout nitrates/nitrites/ammonia/phosphate...get plants + fish that will live in ya tapwater and ya wont go far wrong, too much faffing can cause stress to the fish + yaself, which can put ya off fish keeping...