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Hey experts on planted tanks and dry ferts. I have bought and mixed together my first macro and micro set of ferts from green leaf aquariums. I want to shoe you my notes of what to mix in and how i did it. I used the rotala butterfly website to try to find out what amount of each fertilizer to...

Hello. I am womdering if anyone has done any modifications with fluval's ribbed hosing? Specifically with the FX series of hoses as i know they are slightly larger the then their other canister models. I am wanting to add a CO2 diffuser within the hose an possibly a UV unit. But the final hosing...

So i see discriptions on lighting and plants and they say, medium to high light. Or low light. Well how much light is too much light? And what is a good way to measure it? Would investing in a PAR meter br a good idea or us that over kill? Does anyone have any good guidance or infirmation or a...

I know there are alot of forums about ich. But none of them are referenced to fish in planted tanks with shrimp. I am just now starting to see fish with the sure sign of ich forming on there bodies and wondering what to do to nip it in the but. I have a quarinteen tank cycling. But it is only a...

Hi. I have a newly set up aquarium that is 75gal that is fully planted with new plants and driftwood and rock. I am wondering what type of algae is this? I am still trying to figure out perfect lighting, ferts and co2 to inject. I have no fish in the tank since i am still cycling it so trying to...

Hi i have a few questions im hoping someone has some good advice. I am looking for a lighter color sand like substrate that can be used for discus. I dont want the nature sand that can be bought at the petstore because that stuff is way too fine and gets disturbed super easy. I want something...

Hello i have a 75g tank. Standard size. 48" long 18" wide and 18" deep that i want to do a planted tank. I am going to do a base layer of 3" and have a build up or a "hill" in one corner of 6" build up max. I want to have a carpet plant on the lower side of the tank with a build up of taller...

Hello. I recently bought a 150g long and i am working to grt it set up. Freaking expensive to buy everything all at once! Anyways i would ultimately like to have a ghost knife fish as the star of the tank but wouldnt mind having others that grt to a decent size. So thr knife wont eat them. I...

So I have a question that I am stumped on because I have never seen this in all my years of FW fish keeping. Recently I have noticed little 'specs' on the underside of my aquarium glass lids. When I looked closely at them I realized they were bugs. Lots of little bugs that you wouldn't think...

So is this saying true when it comes to plants and ferts? "Less is more"? I have a heavily planted tank 75g. And I am struggling with brown algae growing EVERYWHERE! I talked to a few people who are good with planted tanks but wanted to ask this community. Could too much fertilizers cause a...

My Java fern is showing some unknown to me signs of a deficiency or disease. Does anyone know what this is and how to treat it? Thanks in advance

Hi. So I am planning to get a new filter for a 75g heavily planted tank. The filter I am looking at is the fluval 406 filter. This filter seems nice because it has 4 media baskets that are divided. So a total of 8 individual baskets you can use. So I can use alot of different types of media if...

Hi everyone. So I have been trying at a planted tank for about 2 months now and because of several problems that I have and research I'm doing, it is coming to my attention that I need a CO2 injection system. So does anyone have any advice for what brand or size of canister of CO2 I should...

So after alot of research, planning and thinking of what to get I finally decided on a plant back from live aquaria. The plants I got when I opened the package were in good condition and packaged well. It took me 5 hours to clean and prepare the plants for my tank. I have placed the plants in...

Does anyone have hornwort in there tank? Is it worth keeping? I know it can grow extremely fast and can be a pain to have to constantly have to trim it down. I also read that it can't be planted in the substrate? Is this correct? What are your thoughts on this plant? Thanks in advance

Does anyone use RO water for there tanks? What do you use to bring your kH back up without causing your pH to sky rocket? I have equilibrium as well as acid and alkaline buffer and been trying to find a good balance to be consistent with. I'm just wanting to keep a nutural pH with kH of around...

So I'm building my first planted 75g tank. I already have fish in mind and plants that I want to plant. I have flourite black sand substrate and some pieces of driftwood to tie some ferns and Anubis down. The fish I want are German blue and electric blue ram cichlids. A pair of each. My...

Hello. I have a few questions to anyone with experience in the live plants area. I am trying to set up a 75g tank and I'm wondering how to proceed. First question is airstones/bubblers. Can/should they be in a live planted tank? Yes? No? Why or why not? Or does it matter one way or another...

Hello all. I'm new to this forum and wondering if anyone could help me understand a few things about pH, gH, and kH. I am going to be using RO water in a 75g tank and need to add back in alkaline in order to buffer pH and stabilize it. But I want to keep ram cichlids and possibly discus. So I...

Hello all. I'm new to this forum and wondering if anyone could help me understand a few things about pH, gH, and kH. I am going to be using RO water in a 75g tank and need to add back in alkaline in order to buffer pH and stabilize it. But I want to keep ram cichlids and possibly discus. So I...