Jaeroo
Aquarium Advice Activist
Okay right now I currently have a 10g heavily planted high tech tank. It has some type of dark fluorite (I think seachem). Currently no fertilizers, co2 system, root tabs or any of that jazz but the plants are doing very well (I'm planning to get a co2 system soon). I don't understand fertilizers or root tabs (I mean the name obviously explains itself but...). Are they a substitute for something or is it an eventual NEED for every planted tank?
My new setup is a 20g long and I was wondering, is a dirted tank or a substrate tank (ex: ecocomplete) the better option in the long run as far as cost and maintenance? I'm only 15 and money doesn't come easy for me right now. I'm planning to retire my 10g and move everything as far as plants goes to the 20. There are so many options I've researched and my mind is going a zillion miles an hour . I just want the best for my fish, plants, and wallet. Please respond if you can help me out! Thanks!
P.S. I heard that you don't need to change filter media like ever because of BB that colonizes on it. It mentioned that you only need to rinse the media to get all the crap off and then just pop it back into the filter. Is this common to do? I have a aqueon penguin 100 filter and was wondering what I should do with it as far as maintenance goes?
Here is my setup now (My brother has inadequate lighting in his tank so he put his giant rock with baby tears on top of my driftwood so it looks kind of dumb.) Note: I'm not going for looks here, I just want to keep the plants alive so I can aquascape them into my 20g long. If the Image doesn't show up it will be in my album "Tanks" on my profile so please check it out! )I'm still not sure how to put pics on threads)
My new setup is a 20g long and I was wondering, is a dirted tank or a substrate tank (ex: ecocomplete) the better option in the long run as far as cost and maintenance? I'm only 15 and money doesn't come easy for me right now. I'm planning to retire my 10g and move everything as far as plants goes to the 20. There are so many options I've researched and my mind is going a zillion miles an hour . I just want the best for my fish, plants, and wallet. Please respond if you can help me out! Thanks!
P.S. I heard that you don't need to change filter media like ever because of BB that colonizes on it. It mentioned that you only need to rinse the media to get all the crap off and then just pop it back into the filter. Is this common to do? I have a aqueon penguin 100 filter and was wondering what I should do with it as far as maintenance goes?
Here is my setup now (My brother has inadequate lighting in his tank so he put his giant rock with baby tears on top of my driftwood so it looks kind of dumb.) Note: I'm not going for looks here, I just want to keep the plants alive so I can aquascape them into my 20g long. If the Image doesn't show up it will be in my album "Tanks" on my profile so please check it out! )I'm still not sure how to put pics on threads)