Recent content by Cthulhu

For your reactor, just build a Cerges reactor, and connect it on the way from the sump to the main tank. There is no loss of CO2 with a cerges reactor, it's much better than any other option.

It looks really nice! I am curious to see how much it will cost. By the way, oldpunk78 who wrote this review is one of those who sell regulators.

There are some people on The Planted Tank forum who assemble and sell regulators, you will get better quality for much cheaper that what can be bought in stores. I bought a dual stage 2 years ago for 320$, same quality regulator but with a better needle valve than what GLA sells for 500$. For...

I bought these 3 as female dwarf gouramis. But now I really am not sure... Their color was much duller in the shop. But now in my main tank they are a bright metallic blue that seems much too blue for females. Still, if they were all males, I would have expected some fighting while they were...

I think the hardscape could use some work. I never tried iwagumi, but I feel there is something wrong with your scape... One of the principles of iwagumi is that there should be a master rock, one that is bigger than the others and stand out more. You have 2 big rocks that share the attention...

Raise GH to at least 5.

Cut the roots. Tie the plant to the wood with brown cotton sewing thread. Or a rubber band. Or anything else. The roots witll regros and hold the plant firmly in place, then you can remove the thread.

I currently have 6 rummynose tetras and 12 kuhli loach. I just give more food than the rummynose can eat, the extra falls to the bottom and the loaches can eat it.

I almost only feed frozen food. Bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp

I have Flourite Black Sand and I absolutely love it. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't love it... except when you just got it and you have to rinse it... and have to keep rinsing it again because it is cloudy as hell... and it's still not rinsed enough and you have to do it again and it's...

You don't add anything directly to the tank. You add it to the new water before you pour it into the tank. So the quantities you use are relative to the amount of new water you prepare, not the size of your tank. Here is my suggestion, which should put you a bit over 2KH and 6GH. Quantities are...

I would still try to cut away the soft parts and keep what seems healthy, and attach it to wood or rock. Plants can come back to life from almost nothing if they have good conditions, so fertilizers, Excel and good lighting would give it better chances.

Dose Flourish potassium Or order some potassium sulfate and make some for about 1/20 the price. 1.4tbsp potassium sulfate + 500ml of water = Flourish potassium

From my experience anubias require potassium

Do you keep medication so you are ready to deal with problems when they happen? If so what do you keep? I currently have 3 rummynose tetras (which used to be 6) in quarantine. It is possibly columnaris that killed the 3, I couldn't confirm. I have no medication to deal with it, and I don't know...