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sorry for the very late response. didn't get a notification you had posted. yes potting soil does have its issues. it will drop your ph due to the decomposing material and it puts off a good bit of toxic gasses like ammonia. if managed right its not an issue. dirted tanks can also be messy and...

first off chances are you didn't actually receive dwarf hairgrass seeds. sorry to say but many aquatic seeds aren't actually what they are sold as. if you did happen to get true seeds then off to the second issue. this is one reason i will not do a dry start method. you plant and everything...

Ty :thumb: I can't thank you enough. :kiss:

It is possible. The original image showed the yellow/gold on the tail being a lot more dull gold.

You should be fine keeping him in 3 gallons for that time. As for the snails it would really depend on how much food is available but it being only a 3 gallon and as long as you aren't overfeeding the betta then they shouldn't go crazy. If you are seeing any food the betta doesn't eat then...

I don't recommend UV sterilizers. There is always a cause to algae and the solution isn't to spend money on a fancy sterilizer. Raise your lights off of the tank and keep you light cycle at 5-6 hours. Also getting more plants will help.

3 gallons is a little small for betta but can work as long as you keep up on maintance. I prefer 10 gallon tanks as they give more then enough room. Since this is a 3 gallon daily or every other day do a 50% water change. I like ramshorn snails but many don't because if you give them enough food...

A warningfor you here. Don't siphon water by mouth if you are. Blue green algae can be harmful or deadly if you happen to ingest any.

Blue green algae and staghorn algae. Increase water flow, more or larger water changes, add more plants and wait for them to establish. They will out compete the algae.

latest betta additions. the orange and white one has a bit of fin damage that is healing up now. got him from a pet store in florida while visiting my sister. the other 2 i ordered off ebay from 2 different sellers. i have another coming in the next day or 2.

water lettuce and jungle val are now in. i think i need to black out the back or something. any ideas?

A few months ago I picked up a 25 gallon cube and stand from my LFS. I had planned on doing a tall planted rock scape in it but less then a month later my LFS finally got the chocolate gouramis I had on order so this has become their new home. The gouramis lived in a 10 gallon blackwater tank...

time again to get rid of dwarf water lettuce... sigh... starting to get tired of this stuff lol. pay shipping and I will load a box up for you.

I have a few plants for sale out of my 40 gallon long "dutch" tank. $35 shipped. I DO KEEP RAMSHORN SNAILS! I do guarantee against DOA so if you receive dead plants please send pictures within 2 hours of delivery time and I will replace them or refund you. Limnophila heterophylla 10 stems...

personally i would go with led floodlights. super cheap and anything 50w and above will definitely get you good par at the substrate. only downsides are they may not be as aesthetically pleasing and sometimes they will die on you at random. i have bought 3 50w floodlights and had 1 die on me in...

it has been quite awhile since i posted about this tank. a few things have changed so here is an update for everyone. this tank still isn't where i want it and this is largely due to my habitat of costantly trimming and selling plants. so i had issues with the diy co2 system i had setup. i would...

This is very cool. Nice to see you keeping less common pets. We also only have the common grey roly polys.

In would agree get rid of the platy too small of a tank.

Update. This tank is moving right along and doing wonderful. Algae started to set in again so I switched the lighting over to a shop light with 32w 6500k bulbs and turned off the 5000k screw in led lights I was using. This took right good care of the algae and the tank really started to take...

Stem and root section makes it look like it would be some type of crypt but I can't say I have seen a crypt species with leaves that look like that. Crypt lutes maybe?

I decided to start a small grow out bin of some locally collected plants(minus the AR variegate) to see how they would do. Well... they have gone absolutely mad! The growth on these things are insane! And they are even in a shaded area only getting full sun for about 4 hours! I would like to...

oh my! sorry to hear this. no telling why it happened. probably was just a bad piece of glass and finally succumbed to the pressure of the water. that or maybe your cats possibly knocked something into it. either way it sucks.

Honestly I don't use a par meter. I watch the plants. The plants growth will tell you everything you need to know. I know for someone new or newer to planted tanks this may seem difficult but its a better way to understand what's going on with your plants then any par meter could ever signify...

I have only had 1 female drop eggs and this was after I attempted to breed it then moved it out of the tank. No clue why it did it but my guess is that she held the eggs for to long. Again this is just a guess.

a par meter is very useful and would be the best way to figure out how much light you actually have at the substrate. 3 planted+ sounds like alot to me. i would think 2 would put you in the upper medium-high light range. with par i think its 30 par is low light, 50-70 is medium light and 70-100...