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Beat that algae today

Salvinia natans is an easy floating plant that gently shades your aquarium, helping reduce the intensity of bright LED lighting. Ideal for tanks where the light feels a little too strong.

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Fertilisers for Healthier Plant Growth

Give your plants everything they need to grow well without pressurised CO2. Neutro Combo is a top seller for low-tech tanks, helping plants stay healthy, grow steadily and compete naturally with algae.

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Aquafleur Plants - and a video!!

January 04, 2012admin

We've been a big fan of Aquafleur plants for a long time now. Not only are they great value for money, but they're darn good growers of plants too. I...

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Need Aquarium Plants but can't decide which one's?

October 04, 2010admin

Sometimes it's tough deciding how many plants you need and sometimes you just can't decide which one's you want either. So we decided to come up with a solution.We're offering...

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Another lovely crypt for the planted aquarium

August 05, 2010admin

Crypts are truly lovely aquarium plants. They are undemanding, require little maintenance and are 'easy on the eye'. What's more is they come in many different styles and this particular...

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2 more new plants

January 28, 2010admin

Some more stunning plants have arrived from Aquafleur and as always the standard is high and the plants beautiful.Echindorus Red Flame - a stunning plant with lovely red leaves. Perfect...

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Brown Algae

December 28, 2009admin

We're often trouble shooting for people with algae worries so thought a quick summary of one we were recently asked about, Brown Algae.It's normally found within new aquariums where filters...

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C.O. (Swansea, GB)

Ordered the 120l aquarium kit for a new setup we’d bought my dad for his retirement and I was blown away by the variety and quality of the items provided.

Everything was in perfect condition on arrival and, despite sourcing the wood locally, everything just worked around it.

My dad is over the moon with how it came out and the aquarium looks like it’s been established for a while already.

Highly recommend and would definitely shop here again

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What a wonderful story — thank you so much for sharing this, Craig! Setting up an aquarium as a retirement gift is such a thoughtful idea, and it's brilliant to hear your dad is over the moon with how it came out. It's always great when everything comes together so well, especially when sourcing wood locally. We hope he gets many years of enjoyment from it — and we'd love to see a photo of the finished setup sometime!

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