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First off Thank You! to the posters on this site and those experts so generous to offer their advice and experience. I set my planted tank up in the dead of a March MN winter, and I am so glad I did. Being of spreadsheet mentality (as my partner calls it) I built my planted tank list based on...

Thanks- would the Seachem root-tabs be sufficient?- I have some what I believe are 'red melon' swords, which are growing like crazy and are showing some really deep bronze-red coloration in the new growth.

Any special care needs for growing tiger lotus? My tank- 55g stand/T5-HO 108W/306 FVL/Semi Auto C02, w/ timed Powerhead connected to diffuser/ 76F Dosing with Flourish at instructed level, have dry macro ferts in route.

Can anyone give any insight, good or bad, in using Minneapolis water in their planted tanks? I know from previous experience that our water has ammonia in it right out of the tap- do I need to be concerned about inherent phosphate levels out of the tap as well?

thanks so much for this chart, a few posts back, very helpful, am printing it out for reference!

Good to Know! I will throw in an extra 6700k when I make the purchase so its on hand- thanks!

Great suggestions- thank you! The light I am looking at is a 2 bulb HO5 48" fixture that comes with 2 bulbs, one bulb is a 48W 650nm Pink Roseate, the other is a 48" 48W 6,000°K. So even with the 21" height of the standard 55gal, it sounds like this fixture would be appropriate? With this...

I will start by introducing my question- with- where I want to end up in this project. Any tactical help would be really really appreciated from you fellow experts. I have not bought a single thing, so I am starting fresh here with no limitations. I consider myself an 'intermediate' freshwater...