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Then you should of said "Why are you such a half-wit? Why don't you go and do some research on how people breed fish?" :lol:

If your going to have a tank as cool as that, stuff T5 and go for Metal Halides :happy1:

Any chance it could be L. hippuroides?

Thanks Rabbit Wow all those species are really cool! What are all the species of whiptails that we have in NZ?

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So Hemiloricaria is no longer valid?

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Wow what an awesome tank Yeah I definately think it is the lighting that is causing the problems. Maybe you could try and fit 4x T5HO tubes on top of the tank? If you do decide to, just get the Aqua One tubes - they are cheap and your plants will be fine with the spectrum. I would go for 2x Sunlight (6,700K I think) and 2x Tropical (15,000K. These are the pink tubes). Good luck

For 110L 28 watts of light is not sufficient. You should aim for at least 80 watts of light. If you're really wanting to get serious with plants then 200watts would be great. You'd need to dose more ferts but it would be worth it. A couple of bottles of DIY CO2 would probably be needed if you wanted to go for a higher-tech setup though. I'm supprised that the star grass is doing well, but the Crypts and Blue Hygro can tolerate low lighting levels though, so that doen't supprise me that they're fine. Java Fern and Ambulia should be fine in a low-light setup also; so I'm not sure what's going wrong there. I'm sure others who are experienced should be able to give you some advice about that problem though. Soft water is GOOD. Plants do best in soft water. A pH of 5-7 is ideal for growing plants. How soft is the tap water? What is "Nutrifin Plant Stuff"? If is is fertiliser, it probably should be dosed at least every three days, but more often is better. My tank is 150L with 100watts of light and I dose Flourish Excel every day or every second day. I should also really be using Flourish Comprehensive too but I can't be bothered to buy any :lol: I don't think you should bother with the baking soda. Maybe that's the problem?

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Wow those are awesome fish I agree with Ryan; the male does look a bit deformed. That female is spectacular though Pics of your fish too the-obstacle? :bounce:

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Well, IMO plants do best under a higher spectrum tube. The bulk of the lighting on Phoenix44's tank are 4xT5HO PowerGlos (18,000K), and Jennifer uses these on her tank as well, and surely you've seen how well the plants are doing? :-? I wouldn't bother growing plants with any lighting that's under 6,500K. What tubes did you get? The sunlight ones, the tropical ones or a combo of both?

Pics of Cockatoo PLEEEEEASE :bounce:

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