Recent content by Justahamm

I actually do use a specialized plant substra. I have a few swords and crypt wendtii plants so I wanted to make sure they were fertilized correctly. I also have anubius, java fern, Pygmy chain sword, ludwigia reopas, and money wort. I originally had an idea for an aqua scape but I had to battle...

Hey you all. I have had my planted tank for almost a year now and I have only ever used root tabs and liquid fertz. They are not looking like I want them to. I have also tied a DIY co2 infuser and that has been futile. I've been reading bout adding phosphorous and other additives. My question is...

I think mine is a little more red than yours. I have pics now just need to upload them. I did another 50% pwc today. Good news i suppose, it hasn't gotten bigger.

I checked my parameters and they are: Nitrate 5 ppm Ph 7-7.5 Nitrite 0 I still haven't been able to catch a pic. But it sounds like what you and mamma of two had. It looks like a pimple or something by his mouth. Any one else have any ideas? I was looking through a book my grandma used when she...

I read your thread. Did your gourami make it? I just did a water change right before I started this thread and the last pwc was on sat. I still have to check my parameters.

I just got my dwarf gourami on Tuesday and now I've noticed a serious red growth with what look like white dead scales hanging down from his mouth. There's a silvery patch right beside the red spot. I took pics with my iPhone but I'm not going to subject you to the horrible quality. I'll post...

Cool thanks. I'll stay on top of it. The advice has been greatly appreciative.

5 white clouds 5 neon tetras Dwarf gourami 6 albino Corys Nerite snail Trapdoor snail Fully planted tank with t8 lights

I took your advice and bought four more Cory cats. I also went ahead and bought 4 more white clouds and neon tetras so that way I'd have 5 of each. I had larger schools but due to a recent battle with BBA I lost some. So now I'm thinking my tank might be overstocked. My filter is a cascade 150...

thats sage advice. and i usually do, but this morning i was reading the "whats your impulse buy?" thread and i think it stuck with me. Also another excuse is that i thought i saw SAE but they turned to be flying foxes. but i went to aqadvisor.com and figured out i can add four more. thanks for...

Today I bought a dwarf gourami and two albino Cory cats. I've never had Cory cats but I'm eager to do the research while they acclimate. They're in my 20 gal planted tank. So I hope they will do well. Any advice or just other stories please share. Thanks.

Oh yeah. I've got a pretty green the and thought I'd try my luck with an aquarium. This was the first time I saw these plants and laughed about as hard as I did when I saw the Lilly bulbs for sale at walmart. I'm just curious as to how an underwater plant can survive in a tube that has no water...

That's really good to know. I drove around to every pet store and lfs today looking for plants and could only find the plants in a tube at petsmart. So if I don't get plants through the forum I'll prob hit them up.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll try the root tabs I have and get the same light as before. Thanks again

I've seachem liquid fert but never the tabs. And ive always looked at the aquariumplants.com plants and fertz but was concerned bout quality.