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55 gallon planted

55g planted community tank

I'm 3yr experience on planted tanks. There are few things that help plants thrive. Lighting Co2 And fertilizer tabs I would focus on lighting first then use excel flourish which is fine for crustaceans And if u have a lot of plants buy a c02 kit for your tAnk which is about 80$ for a decent...

The are amano shrimp very low maintenance Sent from my H1611 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Chinese algae eaters or snails or japanese algae water shrimp I use all three for my 120g but u will still have to Clean it just helps maintain. Also if u want to be lazy about it use a algae remover and vacuum up the dead algae and scrap glass Sent from my H1611 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

You can get a Molly

And what substrate do u have?

I have a few planted tanks I had some issues also when I first started but co2 is the best way to go u can buy a cheap one from fluval for 40$ and buy some fert tabs and put underneath fern to help grow and your lighting should be fine but if you want better go with led lights

What are your water parameters like

Check your water parameters

Just a nuisance you can by algae eaters to help take care of it and if they aren't eating enough u can buy some algae wafers

Hmm... Can you take a picture of your tank so i can see what it looks like

Reverse osmosis deionized water u can buy at a fish store or install one at home it's good water for frsshwater

29 and just get a basic set up set and upgrade as u go that way it gives time to learn about being a fish keeper

Test your water from where your getting it and let me know you get