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Here is the latest shot of this tank. Most stems have reaches the surface. Will have to be trimmed soon.

hey just wanted to share with you all my new ADA Mini-M. Its approx 5.5 gallons. I broke down a smaller tank and transferred plants and fish over to this. It has been up since early January. Fauna 3 Male black bar endler's Colony of Sakura RCS 1 Amano Shrimp 2 Oto cats Flora Rotala...

Hornwort grows like a weed but it's great for the initial stages of a dirt tank. I think it's one of the main reasons why I dont have an algae bloom in my ten gallon. It's dirted as well but the dirt has seeped through the Eco-complete cap and is all over the top of it. :( slowly siphoning it...

Thanks. Not sure why the pic is so crappy. Anyway. Check out my YouTube channel. I regularly do updates on my tanks. http://www.youtube.com/user/frrok1?feature=guide

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Wow. Ok. Good to know... Thanks!

lol!! I didn't really soak it for too long. I did soak and let it dry like 3 times and let it sit for a week. I think some of the gas is being trapped cuz of the Eco complete I have has cap. It has smaller grain sizes that settles underneath the larger ones. And I think that's compacting the...

Some updates to this tank. Having some issues with plant growth but it's starting to fill in a bit. I think my substrate has gone anaerobic. I see bubbles coming up and it smells like sulfur. Anyway. Hoping it goes away on its own. I really don't want to tear down this tank...

The cambomba looks awesome. That's just what you needed to fill that space. More plant mass will do you some good. I want to use it in my next tank. Going to try a all South American species tank.

Dude. You were totally right. After doing some more research I found out that our water is def soft! I haven't tested cuz I dint have a gh/kh test kit but I went in NYC.gov and just googled it. I think this is why some of my plants aren't doing that great. Oh well. Got to add some crushed coral...

More updates. Java fern " Philippine" was added to my wood. The dwarf hairgrass is not doing all the great. Thinking if pulling it all up. I started a little emersed setup in a glass bowl that inhale outside I'm daylight. It will probably do better with more c02. It struggling in this tank...

Did you test your water? I live in Rockaway and my water is def not soft. I would say it's pretty neutral in ph. 7.0 ish or so. I haven't tested GH, tho. Maybe slightly acidic. It's hard to tell by the color on the test kit. Anyways. You could always add some crushed coral to the dirt to make...

I ordered thru them and was not happy with the way my plants looked. Most of the leaves were melted on the hygro.completely died. I was able to salvage the crypts, sag and floating plants thankfully. Ideally you want to put healthy plants in a new tank because they need to adjust to your...

Thank you! I used miracle grow organic choice potting mix. Not much trouble when planting. I did it pretty quick with tweezers. If a little comes up it just settles down in a little bit anyway. It's important to have a good cap in a dirt tank to keep the dirt down.

Pic of new plants close up. Forgot to Mention that I also adde a black background. :) thx for looking.