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Thanks for all the great replies. I read some things online but I dont always trust random blog posts.

So I used to have a snail problem, this was 3 years ago around this time. I was going to use live plants and had a few to start. I wound up not having the money at the time to support them and get the correct lights so I gave them to a friend...

Ok first Ill start off with my set up.... I didnt plan on using plants at first, so intead of buying a PC to start off with I had a normal strip. I have a 29g tank and now have 3 20w lights up, one aqualife, one floralife and the other is a 6500k daylight So I figure 60w roughly 2wpg...

I monitor the water with a thermometer at the source when i am using the python to put water back into my tank, my tank is a little over 80F and i try to match the tap up to it as best as I can. The seeded is from an establish tank, one going for about a year, a friend was about to change her...

Update on my tank and levels after testing last night it seems my ammonia is .25, nitrites are <.25 and nitrates are at 10 i tested my tank PH and it is at 7.6 I have read a decent bit about PH and I dont want to chemically alter it So is this a good region to be? I have now...

Well I have 3 fish left....2 femle mollies and a yellow whitecloud. They are swimming around with each other, and look in general good shape. I am keeping up with my 30-40% PWC daily to help these little ones out. If i were to lose them all I would not re-stock it and do that to another set...

Ok well it seems this was doomed, the fish ar just getting sick. I have upped to 40% water changes every day this week, but they are slowly dieing. I checked my levels and the ammonia looks to be between .25 and .5 on the chart, nitrites still at .25 and nitrates at 10. What I am...

ok thanks Mal, I would only get the eco stuff if the light didnt help and started to put lots of plants in the tank. So far everything seems to be going ok, and the light should be in soon, time to go plant shopping

Yeah I fell into the boat of the LFS telling me to cycle with some hardy fish. I didnt find these forums till that day, so I didnt have a lot of advice besides random websites to guide me before here. So now I am stuck in a fishy cycle, but having a PYTHON has helped with the changes...

ok i checked my tap water for ammonia it showed 0 so i think i am ok there, nitrares ill test tomorrow. I did a 25% water change tonight and put GENESIS in with it. Thanks everyone for their help! once i get this thing up and running, and some plants in here ill take some pics and show...

hmm but I could do it in steps right? say 1/5 of the gravel every few days?

well my tests came out like this.... ammonia is at .5 nitrites are at .25 nitrates are at 10 it seems like things are starting to develop, but still a high amount of ammonia Any ideas? i am going to start doing more water changes, i did buy a python, going to use it tonight.

Microbe Lift Special Blend is the additive they told me could help when I got the tank. As for taking them back, when I told them some have died they said they cant risk taking some back. So they kinda screwed me there it seems. I guess I will stick to the PWL and I am getting my kit...

Ok so I have had everything set up for about 2 weeks now with the basic set up plan from this website. (i have another post on lighting that has had some helpful replies) but now I am looking at th stocking. With additives and some plants already in the tank for roughly 3 days the LFS said...

after looking it seems this plant is low-med light this is what it looks like.... Green Hygro Hygrophila polysperma wow that makes me feel dumb lol I should have done more research before I posted. I am doing as much research as I can while I go on all of this, starting small and not a...

Hi everyone, I have been reading in these forums the past few weeks while setting up my new tank. I have had small 10 gallons before, and before I jumped into anything bigger I went with a 29. I have some small fish and a few low light plants in there to help along a light stocked cycle...