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Aquarium Fertilizers

You still have the medium light package? $30 shipped? Very interested so pm me.

What to know what you want for plants? Shoot me a pm with details.

Haha.

Very nice lush plants. Are you going to add a carpet? HC? Glosso?

To a previous posting, I thought the golden rule was 1:1.6! ;) Aquatic Eden: The Golden Rule of Aquascaping - Freshwater Planted Aquarium Blog Supposedly how Takashi Amano does all of his tanks but I have looked at a few and questioned if the rule was utilized.

That castle is really cool. I've never seen that large of one. Nice tank.

Thanks for reminding me to go buy more GBRs. :)

Nice start to the tank.

Definitely colorful. I am biased to real plants but I'm sure you're fish will enjoy the surroundings. :)

First thing I would suggest would be doing large water changes to get rid of that ammonia. 1ppm can be very toxic to your fish. Do large (50%+) water changes a couple times a day until you have that ammonia gone. Do you use a dechlorinator during your water changes such as Prime? If not I...

A 4 degree temperature swing can cause a significant amount of stress to your fish. What heater do you have?

Alaris is dead on in stating you need a master test kit. It's essential to have water parameters in order to possibly diagnose an issue with your tank. Ammonia, nitrates, nitrites all can help determine an issue. The first thing almost anyone on here will ask for when someone has a problem is...

I buy supplies from drsfostersmith.com and bigalsonline.com. I buy fish and inverts from aquabid.com and liveaquaria.com. I buy plants from aquariumplants.com and classified on this forum and another forum (I won't mention which ;) ).

^^ My fish never mind either. Like Joy said I'd also recommend using Prime during each water change. You can even double (I think even triple...at work so can't see the bottle) the dose for a little while to help detoxify the ammonia but stay religious on the major water changes (75%+). I also...