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I keep hearing mixed things about carbon and planted tanks some say it's bad it takes out your ferts and such and some say they have been running it for years with no problem.
Type in substrate calculator in search and I think it's on planted tanks website you type in your tanks dimensions and it will tell you how many pounds
You can buy the tabs online. They sell them at petco/petsmart the best thing I have used is flourish excel by seachem it's a liquid c02 and you will see a difference in a week or less
I have bought straight fluorite in the past and it's a dirty mess I don't care how many times you wash it it leaves dust clouds in your tank until it settles on the bottom and your fish stir it back up
Sorry I don't know why that sent ha but anyway Amazon sword. Water sprite and any type of Anubias plant there hardy and cheap as for the light I got a zoomed t5ho for 45$ new at petco by my house It was originally 130$ so I couldn't pass up the deal. I know it's not the top of the line but it...
I use pure eco-complete it has everything you need in it and it also has fluorite but it can be pricey I got mine for about 20$ a bag and needed six for my 75 gallon planted but it's well worth it dirt was just to messy even when it was capped with sand/gravel if you like to move plants around I...
Sorry I forgot to add I use liquid ferts monthly because the eco complete has it in it already and I don't want to over do it some people say the ferts don't last long in it but it's a porous gravel meant to hold and lock them in...best of luck
I'm not a pro but I run 2 bulb 6700k t5ho with just eco complete about 2.5" deep on a 75 gallon and my plants are doing fine so should yours I wouldn't worry. If I was you I would get a bottle if seachem flourish excel it's liquid c02 you will see a difference in a week or less I did. I also...
I just started to add fish so I don't have to many at all just a few snails, ghost/cherry shrimp and scissors tails my tank is only 2 months old. So is duck weed good or bad and how big does it get?
So I just bought a aquatop canister filter 400 with uv for 90$ it's rated for 125 gal and I have a 75 so it's a 3 stage filter sucks water from bottom top, this is how it came but I mixed the baskets up and now I'm lost and don't know if it's right..the bottom filter is course sponge then a fine...