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Thanks all!
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Hope you are feeling better today, interesting you said about draining the pond to remove sludge, I tackled mine the other day before this cold snap, took all the plants out as they had become matted up together, but it stirred things up and the water still looks black now, not sure what to do as I have newts and all sorts of beetles in the sludge at the bottom.
500l - Africa river - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6873
2x200l - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7790
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230L 6ft - Shallow stream
Roma 125l - Holding fish
Qubiq 60 - Dwarf Spotted Danio
40l/25L - Black- bellied Limia/Pygmy Sunfish
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I did run a spare aquarium filter with a dash of RapiClear Flocculant
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425L SeaBray Elite aquarium - Rio Mamoré (Bolivia) theme
4 x Cupid Cichlids, 14 x Cory caudimaculatus, 11 x Cory sterbai 51 x Reed Tetra, 4 x Honeycomb Bristlenose (L519)

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The binder gunk has settled around the deep pocket and ledge, so will need to syphon that out at some point soon, but starting to grow back a bit now the weather is slightly warmer.

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17th February 2023

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1st April 2023

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Coming along nicely now 😁

Finally got a bird box and a bug hotel on its way, so will get them in today 😁
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Plenty of weeds, but kind of letting it do it’s thing 😁 the lobelia is starting to grow now as well as the phlox and creeping Jenny 👌

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We got bugs using the bug house 😁

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fr499y wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 18:52 pm We got bugs using the bug house 😁

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That’s a big bug. What is it?
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I actually have no idea!
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