Newbie at aquascaping, new tank... Help?

[xfactor6699]

Ok so here I have cut them and moved them to the corner....its cloudy because I stirred things up and bit and changed some of my water while I was in there...I have a liquid plant fertilizer...how often can I add that to the tank?

Looks good what kinda fert is it

 

[brandi17201]

Here is the fert I have

 

[xfactor6699]

Here is the fert I have

how often do u do pwc

 

[brandi17201]

I do it once a week

 

[xfactor6699]

I do it once a week

Add a half a cap after ur water changes

 

[brandi17201]

Ok will do, it says on the bottle one capfull but does not explain how often and I tried researching it and found nothing

 

[xfactor6699]

Ok will do, it says on the bottle one capfull but does not explain how often and I tried researching it and found nothing

Yeah how it works with mine is one cap full does 55g I do it with freah water it does better I think

 

[brandi17201]

Mine says one capfull for 10 gallons

 

[xfactor6699]

Mine says one capfull for 10 gallons

Yeah just do a cap full after a water change that will work great for u

 

[brandi17201]

Ok thanks....I am loving learning about all the plants and the do's and dont's...do you know if buying plants on ebay is a good idea?

 

[xfactor6699]

Ok thanks....I am loving learning about all the plants and the do's and dont's...do you know if buying plants on ebay is a good idea?

Go to aquabid.com

 

[brandi17201]

Thanks I registered to that site. Seems like a nice site but I can't find any grass for the bottom of my tank anywhere

 

[brandi17201]

Well all of a sudden my tiger barb has discoloration on its stripes...almost a green blue color...any idea what's up?

 

[Homedog98]

Well all of a sudden my tiger barb has discoloration on its stripes...almost a green blue color...any idea what's up?

Water parameters?

 

[brandi17201]

Someone told me its because alot of the gravel got stirred up....so I changed half of the water and added dechlorinator

 

[brandi17201]

I lost my test chart to see what my levels are so I have been trying to find a good chart online to go by...looks like my ph is between 6.5-7.00

 

[brandi17201]

Well my tank is looking so much better now...I picked out some plants today to put in my tank. I just have to order them and place them...stay tuned...

 

[picture_117]

Nice, I'm just getting started on planting to.

 

[brandi17201]

Thanks...and good luck I hope you don't have the algae problems I did at the beginning...I bought a plant and turns out it was not supposed to be aquatic and caused me to have lots of algae...

 

[picture_117]

Thanks! I have a crypt and two other mystery plants in my tank, I didn't have that problem with algae though, thankfully.