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  1. lorddaftwager

    Algae?

    Can anyone tell me what this stuff growing off of my java ferns is? Is there an animal that will eat it? Am I off balance somehow?
  2. lorddaftwager

    First planted tank, 3 months in.

    Hello everybody, I just wanted to check in an show some before and after photos of my 10 gallon planted tank. I wanted to thank anyone who chimed in with advice during the stressful first couple weeks. I'm pretty pumped on this thing. So far, so good.
  3. lorddaftwager

    Salad bar for amanos.

    I read a lot on amano shrimp before I bought two for my 10 gallon planted tank. Common wisdom says they are excellent for planted tanks as they eat dead plant matter and are constantly foraging and cleaning up. Well, the two I got immediately started feasting on my nymphoides, leaving them full...
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    Surface scum

    So after about two weeks of cycling my planted tank, there is a scum that has formed on the water surface. I've researched causes and solutions and was wondering about investing in a surface skimmer. My current filter is an internal corner filter with it's intake near the bottom of the tank and...
  5. lorddaftwager

    Rookie mistake

    So I spent 4-5 hours setting up and planting my 10 gallon. When it was about 3/4 full my large piece of driftwood floated up and ripped out a bunch of plants. It'll never be the same as I had originally intended. I had a meltdown. I found a good rock to weigh it down the next day and this pic...
  6. lorddaftwager

    New 10 gallon. First attempt at planted.

    Hello, I'm planning a 10 gallon aquascape/planted tank. I bought the 10 gallon dennerle scaper's tank and have been collecting hardscape, equipment etc as money allows. The light that the tank came with is an led 5 watt, 6500 kelvin, 500 lumen (1270 lux in 40cm of water. The filter is a corner...
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    Arrived today

    Check this guy out. Mexican dwarf crayfish. Arrived today after a week in transit. I thought for sure I was looking at a doa thanks to Canada post. He was happy and energetic and got to work immediately on a blanched pea. So far so good.
  8. lorddaftwager

    Member introduction

    Hello. I'm new. I loved keeping fish as a kid. Grew out of it in favor of skateboarding and girls. Recently my wife and I had our nieces for the weekend and they wanted to look for hamsters. After looking in few local pet stores, I was bitten by the aquarium bug again, and impulse-bought a 3.5...
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