Recent content by Sijansaur

I just got a timer and set it up on the rotating 4/4/4. I will see if all goes well and keep you updated. Should I still dose excel and continue feeding the tank with flakes every few days?

The timer I have toggles the night setting instead of just cycling it on the full bright setting. I have an old pin timer and I'm not sure why this happens. I add the excel to help with the growth of the other plants. I suppose I can cut back to maintenance for that and go buy a timer. You say...

I could try 4H photo periods on days that I'm home, however 3x/week I'm routinely gone for 16H straight and my light doesn't seem to function well with a timer. I'll look towards getting another one to try it out though. I've seen some posts saying I should be putting 5mL/10G to combat algae...

So, I'm currently dosing excel at the recommended dosage on the bottle, so roughly 2mL for the tank 3x weekly. The entire middle of the tank has small ludwigia after cutting all the decomp pieces that were reaching to my light. Tank is on for 6-8 hours daily, no off days. I use root tabs for my...

So I've had my tank planted and setup for about a month. I am confused because after what I believed was a normal cycling tank, I am now at a loss. I have a 20 gallon long, mid to heavily planted tank. My ammonia and Nitrite levels went from about 5ppm and 20ppm respectively down to 0.25ppm and...

I'm stoked that i'll be able to add fish in the next week or so. I'm thrilled my tank only took two weeks to almost completely cycle instead of 4-8.

So should I wait the week for the water change?

I plan on doing a 50% water change tomorrow or Monday. Would that be too much or is that about accurate?

So, I've had my tank setup for about 3 weeks, and have a good deal of Ludwigia plant stock (going low tech, simple fresh) as well as some Anubias, an Amazon sword, two Java ferns, Anacharis, and a few other random plants from an assorted batch. Now, I've been keeping up with checking my water...

Tank Update So I'm at a week with my plants and have mixed results. My anacharis stalks are dying back as expected while propagating new stems. Not sure if this is normal growth but it seems promising. I was given 3 assorted packages of plants and not sure what they honestly are. In the...

Update with pictures So it's been about a week and I've had a bit of die off, a sick plant, some weird propagations, and all around mixed luck. My ammonia levels have gone up, mainly due to the addition of 8 ghost shrimp, and now I'm hoping the plants deal with some balancing and reducing of...

Glofish gravel mixed with eco complete substrate. The gravel is seeded from an older tank though so it's a hodgepodge mixture but mainly the two I listed above.

Hey there everyone, I'm Chris from Homestead, Florida. I'm starting my journey with a freshwater, planted tank and finally decided to dive in today. I'm returning to the aquarium world after time spent in saltwater tanks as a child. As an adult, I decided to get a setup of my own and join the...

I would be getting most of my fish from them if possible. Not sure if they'll have the tetras I want and know they won't have the bristlenose pleco I want. We'll see.

Could I pick a new one up at petco or do you recommend I shop elsewhere for those? I want what's best.