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There's no yellow. Just darker green and then a lighter green. Sorry, my phones camera quality isn't the best haha.

Thanks! I found all the driftwood and rocks in the river right outside my house. Was a bit worried about adding it to the tank at first, but they turned out great!

Hey I did a little research and I've been seeing a lot of people saying that Excel and anacharis (Elodea) don't mix well and results in the plant melting and dying. That's a problem because I've got a lot of elodea and I don't want them to die.

Wait, excel helps with algae?! I didn't know that. Would it help prevent algae growth on Anubias leaves?

Okay. So how long should I wait before I should start to worry?

Would something like flourish excel be a good idea? Doesn't it have liquid carbon in it?

I just added some new plants into my established tank on Wednesday and today I've noticed my Anubias' leaves are beginning to turn clear and some of my Sagittaria leaves are fading away. I dosed the tank with Seachem Flourish and put root tabs in the gravel and they're under 144 watts in a 60...

I just purchased some Anubias, Java Fern, Elodia, and Sagittaria subulta. I have some Seachem Flourish, but is this enough to keep my plants healthy? If not what fertilizer(s) should I get?

Also, I have some Seachem Flourish liquid fertilizer. Will this give my plants the nutrients they need or should I get a different type?

I've considered those actually, but I'm afraid that either my Bichir, Featherfin Cat, or my SA cichlids might eat them... Are they pretty safe from predation with their shells and all?

So I just placed an order and got Anubias, Elodia, Java Fern, and Sagittaria. All of which I understand are very easy, simple plants to care for. One of by biggest concerns is the possibility of algae growth on my Anubias. How do I prevent this?

Ooh I really like the look of water wisteria. I'll replace the Vals with those. So will 108 watts on my 60 gallon be enough for wisteria, a sword, Anubias, and Java moss? Or should I also use the blue LED and the two 18 watt bulbs also?

Okay that makes sense. Another thing I had trouble with last time I had plants was getting my Anubias, Java fern, and Java moss to even anchor to the driftwood. I used black zip ties to secure them on and waited probably about a month or two and they never attached themselves.

How do I tell the difference between the plants dying and melting? Is there maybe an easier background plant that I could replace the Vals with?

I was thinking of buying two Anubias, an order of corkscrew vallisneria(comes in bunches of 12), one Amazon sword, and a green wendtii from aquariumplants.com. Does this sound like it would do well in my tank?

So I've had my 60 gallon tank for about a year now and I would really love to add some plants to it. In the past, I've tried plants with little success, but I'm going to take another stab at it and see what happens. I have a wave point lamp that holds two 54 watt HO t5 bulbs. So total, I have...

Any red flags? Am I doing something wrong?

I've had this particular tank for about a year now. It's a 60 gallon. I have a sand substrate and when I had plants, I used a liquid fertilizer as well as root tabs for the plants I put into the substrate. I have a 48" wave point light that uses 2 54watt HO t5 bulbs. I also have two 18" 17 watt...

I don't understand why all of my plants just die. What do you do to have the success that you do with your plants?

I used to have bucket loads of floating water lettuce, but I got rid of it because it demanded so much light and that resulted in algae problems. I would love to have live plants and have tried several times with no success [emoji53]. Any tips? I have tried even simple Anubias but they never...

I change my water on a weekly/ bi weekly basis and I have Purigen in my canister filter, but the nitrates still read ~40(+). My well water has nitrates in it already, so changing the water doesn't remove it.

Thanks for the reply. Could you maybe be a little more specific on how to lower my nitrate levels? What kind of "material" would I put into the HOB filter to remove it?

The fish that were infected did stop eating. I still have an electric blue Acara who hasn't eaten in days. My water parameters are pH: ~8.0 Ammonia: 0 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: ~40(+) My well water naturally has high nitrates in it and there really isn't anything I can do about it. The fish have...

So My uncle decided to surprise me and buy me a bought a German blue ram from PetCo about a week and a half ago and it died within about 3 days of him buying it. I wasn't too surprised about the ram's death ( I havnt had much luck with Rams), but I was surprised when my fish that have been...