First of all I'd just like to say what great forums these are! A lot of things I've been wondering have been answered just by reading around here.

My question is, what plants are these? (the tall ones, not the one in the pot)

also, they are turning yellow at the top, is this because of too much/too strong light? I have a 15w lamp on 10-12 hours a day.

Thanks in advance!

ps. I know the tank is terribly bare, I'm getting some more plants soon and the small java ferns I've got should grow a lot bigger as well.

Looks like Hygrophila lacustris (Blue Hygro)

Probably not enough light or nutrients. You'll need to add some fertiliser, but not one with phosphates in it. If you can't see what's in it or find the details of the ingredients, don't buy it.

you got enough axolotels

post some more pics i would be happy to see them

if u mean the tops are slightly lighter green by 'yellow'

then its probly just new growth, but otherwise it could be a light issue like

warren said.

and yea, those are cool axolotyls

is the dish where u feed them?

Cheers Newt

heheh yeap that's their feeding dish. Right now they're only being fed pellets but as they grow I'm planning on getting some guppies to breed & feed them 8)

Some more pics of my Axies are here: http://hummingbird.orcon.net.nz/Ax/

I'm getting another big tank tommorow to put some of them in so they won't be so cramped. Most of them are missing at least one limb, it's a good thing they'll grow back lol.

By the way, if anyone wants to buy some off me PM me, I won't have room for 25 adult Axolotls They're all about 6-10cm right now.

feed thew raw meat like ham thats what i use to feed mine on

but a piece on the end of a stick or something and put in it front of it and it will eat it off but if it falls off and they dont eat it take it out or it will make that water go all scummy

I've even had the pellets get covered in a clear fuzz when I left them in the tank overnight one time, so believe me I'm very careful to remove all excess food.

Here's a picture of one of the plants from the top, what do you guys think: just new growth or a light/nutrient deficiency?

Looks like nutrient deficiency to me. Maybe low in Manganese (Mn). It could be a number of minerals missing. Any general purpose fertiliser that contains no phosphates will do the trick. Check it has good Iron (Fe) levels as well as high Potassium (K) and Magnesium (Mg) levels. If it's not Manganese then it will most likely be Iron, Potassium or Magnesium deficiency or a combination. The fertiliser should have good trace element mix too.

Read this:

http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilize ... onlin.html

It will give some insight to what plants need to grow well.

Don't add too much fertiliser or boom, algae...

Well I bought 'Flourish' although it doesn't contain any Potassium the guy at the pet store said it was really good.

Flourish is really good. You'll probably need to supplement Potassium and Magnesium as Flourish doesn't have nearly enough of both.