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March 28, 2019
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Planted Aquarium - Planted tanks make the best homes

Planted tanks make the best homes

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 04:31 PM PDT

Cycle done, so my betta upgraded tanks [UNS 90b]

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 04:40 PM PDT

My first aquarium. Started in January on a whim and we’re already planning a second!

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 04:04 PM PDT

My 75 gallon. Trimmings are available if interested

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 06:26 AM PDT

Video of my 75 planted money drop

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 05:15 PM PDT

This tank is basically at endgame. Just need the hairgrass to completely fill in.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 10:52 AM PDT

My 4 week old ADA 60p, first planted aquarium.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 04:17 PM PDT

Wicked contrast, top down shot of Ludwigia Peruensis and Ambulia.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 11:11 PM PDT

ROAST my scape !! (just kidding actually please tell me how to make it look better;-;)

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 02:29 PM PDT

First aquarium I've owned, two months in. (Pardon the fish water)

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 07:12 PM PDT

Decided to add 3 white cloud Minnows to the tank.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 08:21 PM PDT

My dining room window in the morning

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 12:14 PM PDT

3 day old 5 gallon shrimp tank.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 07:14 PM PDT

What is this creature??

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 03:52 PM PDT

Help. The Anubia has an erection.

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 11:49 AM PDT

5 Week Update, and I have questions

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 11:17 PM PDT

5 Week Update, and I have questions

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Hey Y'all

I'm 5 weeks in now, and still babying every little thing in the tank. I have a few questions that I was hoping this community could give me some advice on. I have been told by many people that I am the most patient person they know, but dear god this hobby is an epic test of patience. I am prepared to accept that the answer to most of these questions is 'You need to be patient and just wait.' but I thought I would ask any ways.

  1. Monte Carlo issues - Just about everything in the tank is growing pretty well except for the Monte Carlo. It's coming in, but most areas just look like large patches of wilted leaves. It may be brown algae on the leaves, but but i'm pretty sure a good amount of the leaves are wilted. Should I cut those sections out because they are blocking light to the healthier new growth? In searching for the answer to this I ran across a post saying that Monte Carlo will not benefit from dosing ferts in the water column, and really requires root tabs. I added some tonight so we'll see, but is this correct? How do you know when ferts in the soil are required over delivering them via the water?
  2. When I started the tank I did a short dry start, flooded the tank about a week after planting. After flooding I used a dose of SafeStart, and used SeaChem Stability up until a few days ago. I added a few shrimp at a week and a half, and fish at around two weeks. I test the water daily, and I have never seen any ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate...that is normal with using something like Stability.....right? I have read that sometimes it will take 45+ days to cycle, but I assume with this many fish pooping in here I would see a major spike if it wasn't cycled. The lack of nitrate seems a little odd I guess, but the could the plants be taking care of all of it?
  3. Random Shrimp Fatalities - I've lost about 5 shrimp in total, all but two at different times. The first two were after a water change, chalking that up to shock and I am being more careful with water changes now. Out of the other 3, I think 1 could have just been weak stock. The other two I was surprised by. The food i'm feeding does have copper sulfate as the very last ingredient on the list. I went looking for food without copper sulfate and I was advised by my LFS owner that as long as i'm doing my water changes I really don't need to worry about the tiny tiny amount of copper in the fish food. I know this is debated all over, but if I test for copper and get 0ppm then it isn't copper killing them, right?

Thanks reading, and for any advice you can give this newby.

Tank equipment and parameters:

30 Gal, Aqueon canister filter, heater at 72, 1 extra tiny powerhead, CO2 coming in via inline reactor 1 BPS, Planted Plus 24/7, 0.5" base layer of Eco-Complete with another 1"-1.5" Fluval Plant & Shrimp

0 NH3, 0 Nitrites, 0 Nitrates, 0 Copper,3~4 KH, 7 GH, stable at 7.4 PH,

Dosing Seachem comprehensive… 6-7ml 2 times per wk

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20 gallon long planting and layout suggestions? X-posted from r/Aquascape

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 08:39 PM PDT

Thinking of introducing asassin snails to kill bladder snails, will they hurt my rare racer nerites?

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 06:42 PM PDT

Thick S Repens

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 11:00 AM PDT

How I keep calm at work

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 08:42 AM PDT

What fertilizers do you use for your tank?

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 09:41 PM PDT

Currently I'm using Excel and was wondering what others I can use to supplement :))

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Need help with plants (pardon the food)

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 09:39 PM PDT

My new plant

Posted: 27 Mar 2019 08:07 AM PDT

Let's build a stunning 17 gallons planted aquarium together - 60P tutorial

Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:52 AM PDT

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