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I dirted my tank about a week ago and my new plants arrive tomorrow in the mail. I just noticed about a dozen light, pale green bugs resting on the surface. I think they might be aphids. I'm not sure how this happened! I was so careful and baked my soil and sterilized all my decor and gravel...

It's been roughly a week later and I've noticed about 10 green little bugs at the surface on my water. I swear I saw one swim from the bottom of the substrate to the surface. They are a pale green color and i'm worried they may be aphids. Has anyone else experienced this with a newly dirted...

You can make Java moss trees with drift wood! You can also make a moss wall and moss carpet using that plastic grid canvas found at the craft store. You can sew pieces of moss to the grid and it will begin to grow along it horizontally instead of all over the place. This is like a herpes plant...

One thing to note, really take your time measuring Flourish Excel because you can overdose easily and melt your plants. Also, there are a lot of videos on youtube explaining how to make affordable CO2 systems! Some people have made them in under 30 dollars.

Dustin's Fish Tanks on Youtube has a video of him incorporating "wild" plants into his aquarium. Look up Dustin Fish tanks "Ghetto aquarium" video. He talks about using very diluted bleach to help clean wild plants. I think it would be risky introducing them right away into a tank with fish if...

Dirted Tank Tannins VS Jungle Val? Hi All, I've just started my 10gal dirted tank 3 days ago. I followed Dustin's Fish tanks blog, making sure to bake my dirt and cap well with pea-gravel. I know brown tea like water from tannins released by the bark in Miracle-gro Organic choice potting soil...