Recent content by AgilityIG

Thanks - I'll put them around my swords and crypts. I don't have CO2 or strong light, so should be fine that way.

I bought some Seachem Flourish Tabs for my plants. I want to make sure I use them correctly. The box says to place them every six inches. I have a couple Amazon Swords, Moneywort, a few crypts, some anubias - should I just place them between the plants under the sand so that multiple plants will...

Gotcha... thanks for clarifying. I'll have to look at our HD this weekend and see what they have.

Can you buy these locally or do you generally get them online? If so, where is the best place?

Thanks!! Did you have to alter your hoods at all to use the lights from Home Depot? My lights are 15 watts - I'm not comfortable enough with electricity to do too much changing. ;)

Thanks - good to know. I really like the little crypt. It came in a container and was a bit rootbound (it was the only one they had, but looked great), so I split it into three parts and spread it out. The Anubias is actually behind the middle piece of driftwood - the one on the right is...

Thanks!! I am so used to my "outside" plants that come with tags that tell me how big the plant will be. I am afraid that my tank will need some re-arranging as the plants grow and spread. LOL.

I have a 50 gallon tank that I am trying to turn into a planted tank. I just hated the fake look of my tank and loved the look of a tank with real plants. This is the before: And this is what I have so far: I have gotten a few plants here and there - hopefully I have chosen plants that...

My 50 gallon tank is a four foot tank. I'm on a misson tomorrow to see what I can find for lighting. mfdrookie - is the shoplight something you mounted to the tank or is it hung over the tank? do you have a pic?

I have twelve Corys in my tank and they school together. The first six I bought were Black Sail Corys and they all hang together. A couple weeks ago, I bought six Emerald Green Corys that were pretty young (about an inch long a quite a bit smaller than my older Corys). The Emerald Greens hooked...

I am trying to wrap my mind around the lighting thing - I am NOT good with electricity. I just can't seem to "get it". I have a 50 gallon tank and I want to start with some easy low light plants. I just bought some java moss, anubias and moneywort. The tank has two 24 inch hoods (I think the...

Good idea - I'll try that next time. I love my Python - it just saves me TONS of time.

Thanks - I am hopefully getting more plants this week and was not sure how I was going to clean around them if they got thick.

This is probably a stupid question with an obvious answer... I just put a couple plants in my 50 gal yesterday and plan on getting several more this week. I did a pwc and was thinking... how do you all clean amongst the plants (especially the gorgeous heavily planted tanks I see) without...

I got three plants today. I got Java Moss - the guy that owns the LFS is so funny - he said he has not bought Java Moss in eighteen years - it just grows like crazy. I have a nice little handful that I split in to two chunks and attached to my driftwood. I also got an Anubias and a Moneywort (?)...