Recent content by paramsethi

I went to home depot today..but they don't have Quickrete Play Sand :(..they just have ashgrove play sand... I tried for pool filter sand as well..but no luck with tht too..i guess its coz of off season.. :( So my tank is empty for almost 3 weeks nw and i really wanted to start planting now... I...

hey I saw this 40lb soil on homedepot website. Is this the one you got from home depot? "40 lb. Top Soil" They have mentioned this under their Garden section and people have mentioned that its really great for plants.. Correction: Lots of people mentioned its more of pine chips than sand...

I guess i spent way too much on buying 30lb gravel :(.I bought it for 28 bucks and still the tank does not have that natural feel to it.. I will try buying 20-25lbs bag of sand from walmart (hopefully they have it in their outdoor garden section..)..will go this weekend..

hi everyone.. i have bought 30lb of aqua fin gravel (white pea-sized) from my lfs for 30G tank... now I am thinking i have spent too much on buying gravel from the lfs :(..but still the gravel layer on my tank does not look to be sufficient...and also i need li'l finer substrate for my plants...

thanks for the reply. I have set up my aquarium in living room of my house, which is very bright and has lots of windows in it. But sunlight never falls directly on my tank. I have bought the Marineland 29G LED tank setup. And at least they have mentioned in the manuals and tank box, that the...

Hi everyone, thanks for having me. I am a newbie to fish keeping hobby. I have bought a 30 g tank 2 weeks ago and currently its under going fishless cycling. I am planning to keep tropical fishes with plants to give it a natural look and provide better environment for the fishes. I will be...

hi everyone, I am newbie to this hobby and just bought 30g tank 2 weeks ago. Tank is under fishless cycling for two weeks now and water is cloudy for past one week (after lots of research) i figured out its a bacteria bloom and should be gone in 1-2 weeks of time for fishless cycling. I am...

needed plants for my 30G tank hey I just bought my first aquarium 2 weeks back and I am looking forward to make it a planted tank. I am thinking of putting hairgrass/microswords, amazon plants, anarchis, riccia, christmas moss in my tank.. Please let me know when next time you will trim :)...