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Kaya Be nice I'm new here

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Hi all,

my name's Grace and I am just about to set up my first tank :D after growing envy of my friend's tanks I decided I wanted some of those cute little buggers for myself.

I was going to start with a few RCS and trying to grow some nice mosses.

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Robert Shrimp Breeder

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Wooo another girl! Welcome to SKF, we'll look forward to your progress and helping you along the way.

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Welcome to SKF. Very exciting indeed. The more you post, the more the forum opens up. Do share pics and ask questions etc. got a great bunch of members here.

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Kaya Be nice I'm new here

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thanks, this forum seems so friendly, I'm looking forward to learning more from everyone.

I'll post some pics when my tank is set up :)

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has anyone here successfully grown moss on ceramic? I was thinking a small sculpture with moss attached could be a nice aesthetic addition to a tank whilst providing more hiding spots, but someone suggested it may leach into the water

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Post a picture and we'll have a better understanding. If you are referring to a ceramic ornament with a painted coat then it should be safe Just be sure you haven't cleaned it before with any cleaning products.

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Post a picture and we'll have a better understanding. If you are referring to a ceramic ornament with a painted coat then it should be safe Just be sure you haven't cleaned it before with any cleaning products.

I was thinking of making it at the studio on my uni campus so it would be fired and glazed. I'll give it a go and post the pics if it works, I just didn't want to waste the resources if someone could tell me it definitely won't work.

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Welcome to the forum grace, we love pics so can't wait to see your pics, hope you enjoy the forum as much as we do :victorious:

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Hello and welcome to SKF ENJOY!

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Welcome to SKF, you'll get used to Squiggle, he's a pictures sort of dude ;-)

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Hi Grace welcome to SKF great to have another female on the forum we can gang up on the guys when they use all the big words and abbreviations we have never heard of . It's a whole new language we need to learn and a whole lot of fun learning. Hope you enjoy our forum

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Didn't take you long to become a premium member Grace :)

I'm sure you will find everyone on here very helpful and able to answer any questions Amanda or I can't :P

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:P I wanted more access to the forum... lol I can see how you accumulated so many tanks

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