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So I woke up today and looked in my tank. Didn't notice anything too strange so went about my normal business. Looked casually back at it a little later and saw that there were tiny little things moving near the surface. I moved closer only to find out that my danios have had a litter (?) of...

I don't mean to triple post, but hasn't really been a lot of activity. I discovered that the brown powder on the ferns was simply left over matter from the driftwood. It wiped right off. I already denetted one of my ferns however, revealing a couple of individual ferns which I spread out, taking...

So I've had this java fern for a while, just chilling hooked up to my driftwood. But as of lately, it's been starting to get a brown powder (that's the best word I can use to describe it) on it. The weird thing is, it's only on the front of the leaves, never the backsides and it's been spawning...

Alright so I got home today, tested the pH (hasn't really gone up by much, I'll give it another few days, but if it doesn't pick up at all I might either have to hunt for ammonia or attempt to cycle with fish) when I got home today. But as I went to free the java ferns from the net that holds...

Alright I'll give that a shot. Thanks.

No, I left them in the net, I thought it just kind of was supposed to hold them together and I didn't bury them into my substrate (which is sand so that would be double bad due to low water flow from my understanding). The one that seems to be doing pretty bad is tucked into a crevice in my...

My lightbulb is a 8000K full daylight spectrum bulb (that's what it's labeled as at least). And I personally didn't add any fertilizers, and I'm not sure if it counts, but my ferns came with their bases (rhyzhomes, correct?) inside of a clump of what seems to be decomposing plant materials with...

I'll be honest, I have no idea what ferts are and the extent I know about my light is it's a fluorescent bulb. I assume I can check it somewhere on the bulb (though the compartment for it is probably fogged up from being on the tank right now)?

Alright, I'm back. About a week or so ago I added fish food to the fish tank to get the cycling going being I couldn't seem to come into ammonia quickly enough for my taste, which was probably immature and stupid of me, but it's too late now. Anyway, today I got the API Freshwater Master's and...

Alright thanks, I'll come back when I gather up the supplies.

Try this for some brief info: Aquatic Plants for Freshwater Aquariums: Java Fern Aquatic Plant

We don't have ACE out here. Just Home Depot and Lowes. We don't have many things out here on the Island. ACE, Jack in the Box, Arby's, Red Robin, Carls Jr., Pizza Hut are all things we see commercials for, but can't actually shop at. My father claims to have some at his job, he's a mechanic. I...

I just used a piece of paper to measure (Can't find my ruler). Seems like it's about 24 inches long and 14 inches high from the front (glass only), and it extends about 12 inches back. These are rough estimates.

It's longer than it is tall, but it's not narrow. So I'm not 100% sure. I linked the tank in the original post I believe, and I have some pictures in my gallery.

Well I'd rather not endanger my fish due to my inexperience, besides, who doesn't want less work when possible? I'll have to out, most likely tomorrow, to pick up the pure ammonia. Anything else I should know about after the cycling, or any ideas for the showpiece fish I mentioned earlier?