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The plant on the right could very well be Nesaea sp. 'Red', a very difficult plant to keep looking good. It's hard to tell because the pic is a little blurry, but the color is spot on for Nesaea. It needs as much light as you can give it, CO2, and good trace/Fe fertilization, otherwise it will...
Fissidens moss would also be an interesting foreground in a tank like yours. It doesn't need much light, grows slowly, and can easily be sandwiched between two pieces of plastic mesh for use in a foreground. You can see some pictures here.
Very sharp looking setup. It's going to look nice.
I might move the large sword plant on the left in from the edge a little bit because it is going to need a little more growing room down the line.
Soft substrates and non-cloudy substrates seem to be mutually exclusive categories. ADA's Aquasoil substrate is very soft - you can smash it in your fingers - but is also very cloudy if disturbed. Eco-Complete does not cloud much but is significantly harder, although not nearly as hard and...
I have a friend who swears that it works wonders in the short term but that it can create a great deal of skimmate so you should check your skimmers at least daily.
MichaelsLilGray - I would definitely not recommend it for any FW purpose as it would likely create a massive bacterial bloom that...
Is your fixture a VHO (very high output) fixture? In order to use VHO bulbs you need a fixture/ballast that will drive them, otherwise they won't even fire. Unfortunately, if you have a regular/NO (normal output) fluorescent fixture, you can't simply crank it up to higher output by putting...
It sounds like you've done a great job of selecting hardware for your planted tank. Your lighting and CO2 supplementation should allow you to grow just about anything you're interested in keeping.
Two great resources for dwarf aquarium shrimp are Petshrimp.com and ShrimpFanatics.com. Arizona...
I'm with Gene, Malaysian trumpet snails seem to be completely harmless to plants. Nerite snails (Neritina reclivata) have also worked very well for me in providing janitorial services without causing any plant damage.
I don't have any experience with Dennerle's product line but I can tell you that HC does best in fine-grained substrates. Even inert sand works well for HC as long as you provide the water column with the proper nutrient levels/CO2/etc. Mineral rich substrates are not a requirement for HC and...
RO water is basically pure water: pH ~7.0, KH 0, GH 0, TDS ~0. It has no buffering capacity so its pH is easy to alter and is subject to large fluctuations. For best use it needs to be remineralized by adding carbonates for KH, and other salts (sulfates, chlorides, etc.) for GH, bringing each...
From your description of the bulb and the color and shape of the plant's leaves it would appear to be a variety of Nuphar, likely Nuphar japonicum, a pond lily native to Japan that has been introduced to the waters of the southeastern United States. It is a very colorful plant and can get very...