Recent content by Tawls

Here is a updated picture of my tank, everything's growing so fast !!

Thanks for all the advice everyone, after a one hour Drip acclimation , they took to the new tank just fine. Now a day later they are going strong

Far as the second tank, I was just in the process of planting it and initial set up, with no plans to add fish until I had cycled the tank, when I had to use it as a emergency tank for the new additions who started acting dead. It was put them there or watch them die. I check and log water...

It has the ammonium from the tap water , that's after prime is used , umm in the planted tank I need nitrates for the plants yes?

Thanks, will try that tomorrow and see how it goes !

The ph has been pretty steady since I added the plants and fired up the co2. What gets me is, neon tetras are usually the first ones to show any negative effects in tank water quality In my experience , but they have been doing great. Not one loss.

No I am not, learned that lesson longtime ago, it is moderately planted and have been injecting co2

Hello, something that's bothering me and not sure what's going on. Have tried to add fish to my planted tank over the last week and each time it's the same. All but 3 of my current stock have came from petco, 5 halrequin rasbora, 5neon tetra. 3 cherry barbs . My 3 pepperd Cory's came from a...

29 gallon, would say moderately planted. Using a in tank diffuser, 2 hours or so after the lights come on most of the plants are already bubbling .

Most of the posts I have read say the paintball ones can last up to 6/7 months when you use one with a shut off valve on a timer. Mine has been running for 2 weeks now at 2bps and still showing the same pressure as when I first hooked it up

Well I just started with a co2 system myself, most of the regulators I looked at are around 90$, some come with bubble counters some don't. Mine uses a paintball gun co2 cylinder, around 20 $. Add in the silicone co2 proof tubing . And your choice of diffuser , inside the tank...

Well right now I am using flourish comp 2x a week, along with root tabs that I got from aquariumplants.com where I got my plants . Still reading up on a lot of posts here with the DIY ferts . Already I have seen over 2 inches of growth from the Mayaca fluviatilis, and near 1/2 inch...

It's very addicting , and there is so much information, and help available here on the forums. It makes the leap into plants exciting

Thanks, the small plants in front of the driftwood are Cryptocoryne, Parva. The tall ones in the back of the tank is Corkscrew Vallisneria . The ones behind the driftwood and in front of the Corkscrew are Cryptocoryne, Undulatus on the outside with a Cryptocoryne, Wendtii, Bronze in the middle...

Thanks, can't wait to see the plants grow and really fill out the tank!