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I've also seen a floating lily pad decoration, and the leaf itself almost feels like a type of foam (it's very soft, not a worry for the betta)! Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

Alright, today my water is testing at 0 ppm ammonia, 5+ ppm nitrite, and 40 ppm nitrate!! Time for a water change! :O

Ding ding ding, my tap water has 10 ppm nitrate! Darn it, I don't know why I never checked for that. :( Oh well, back to the drawing board. Now I wish I didn't have those guppies! Anyway, thanks a bunch for all the help! I'd be lost without this place. :)

Well hopefully weird doesn't mean bad, in this case! D:

It just confused me how the tank has had ammonia and a fair amount of nitrate present since day 1, yet I haven't seen nitrite! Is the nitrite-to-nitrate process a relatively fast one, where I could've missed it if I didn't test the water at the right time?

Oh yes, I wasn't planning on adding ammonia at this point! :) But thanks, I'll look somewhere like that the next time I need it! How far along would you say the cycle is? Is it going good?

Hello, I've just finished week 1 of cycling my first tank using Seachem Stability. I haven't added any ammonia yet because I can't find any in my area (and yes, I know I can order it online :P). Ammonia has stayed at a steady .25 ppm, I haven't seen any nitrites yet, and nitrate has stayed at 10...

Okay, great! That was exactly what I needed to know, very helpful, thanks so much for the reply! :)

Okay great! I have a few already, when I see how they do then I'll know which ones do get more of!

Ah, I figured that would be the case! Oh well, I'll figure it out. :) Thanks a bunch for the help!

I also got a couple bags of small-grain black gravel to mix in with the FloraMax, would that help with getting the plants rooted down?

By that, I'll assume that it's junk for all you high-tech aquarists, but for my low-tech purposes it should be fine. :)

Hello, I searched through the forums to look for a thread that would answer my question, but I didn't find any. So I'm wondering what the general consensus is for FloraMax substrate for planted tanks...I'm afraid it's not a good one, but I'm still curious! :) I'm starting a low-tech low-light...

Yes that's an awesome video, thanks! And thanks for the fertilizer recommendations, I will most definitely put them on my shopping list. :)

It doesn't specify a type of vallisnerias, but it does say Echinodorus ozelot. I sure hope the moneywort works out, it's one of my favorites on the list! Anyway, thanks very much for being so helpful! It's greatly appreciated! :D