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Aquarium Advice Freak
Well basically I've done a lot more research and experienced a lot over the past month in a half or so with my 26bf. It's moderately planted with regular gravel, terrible lights, and dosing ferts but as of lately I've been kind of discouraged and too frustrated to even bother.
So, I decided that I'm going to just tear down the tank and restart with a fresh start and hope to succeed more so with plants as the past month or so my plants have shown little to any progress (even my water wisteria).
I already ordered a new lighting fixture and I decided to go with Coralife Aqualight T5 Dual fixture and according to the general light calculator, My depth is 13in with the substrate in I expect 10 and a half or 11in so that should be atleast medium lighting.
I'm also thinking of ordering flourite black sand or eco complete. I've read a little and am leaning towards flourite more but give me your opinion on the two guys. I want to tear down the tank and put in two bags of one the new substrates cause i know it will only benefit my goal of a heavily planted tank. will that completely restart my cycle? Or should I mix only like one bag throughout my black gravel I have now? Help me out guys, Thanks.
So, I decided that I'm going to just tear down the tank and restart with a fresh start and hope to succeed more so with plants as the past month or so my plants have shown little to any progress (even my water wisteria).
I already ordered a new lighting fixture and I decided to go with Coralife Aqualight T5 Dual fixture and according to the general light calculator, My depth is 13in with the substrate in I expect 10 and a half or 11in so that should be atleast medium lighting.
I'm also thinking of ordering flourite black sand or eco complete. I've read a little and am leaning towards flourite more but give me your opinion on the two guys. I want to tear down the tank and put in two bags of one the new substrates cause i know it will only benefit my goal of a heavily planted tank. will that completely restart my cycle? Or should I mix only like one bag throughout my black gravel I have now? Help me out guys, Thanks.