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Hello,
We have had our aquarium for a little over a month now and I am trying to understand how to take care of the plants that we have.
Here are some details on the aquarium:
- 10 gallon tank
- 15 W T8 bulb, on a timer for 10hr a day
- three guppies
- two smallish Anubias, one of which sprouted something that the guppies pecked at until it fell off
- one relatively large Java Fern, which has some blackened leaves and a couple leaves with something growing off the tip
- substrate is some sort of black sand
We had some snails that started showing up on their own, so I was picking them out as I saw them. We weren't too bothered by them, I just didn't want things to get out of hand.
We picked up an API test kit and here are the test results I recorded so far:
Nov 21 (after a 20% water change)
pH low: 7.6
pH high: 7.4
Ammonia: <0.25 ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Nov 23
Ammonia: <0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Nov 25
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Dec 2
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: ~5ppm
Performed 20% water change this morning.
The Anubias seem to be growing week, I notice some new leaves and one seems to be growing it's roots. I am a bit worried about the fern as almost all of the leaves are blackened to some degree. We are not bothered by the cosmetics of some blackened leaves, I just want to do what I can keep the plants and fish healthy.
Thanks!
We have had our aquarium for a little over a month now and I am trying to understand how to take care of the plants that we have.
Here are some details on the aquarium:
- 10 gallon tank
- 15 W T8 bulb, on a timer for 10hr a day
- three guppies
- two smallish Anubias, one of which sprouted something that the guppies pecked at until it fell off
- one relatively large Java Fern, which has some blackened leaves and a couple leaves with something growing off the tip
- substrate is some sort of black sand
We had some snails that started showing up on their own, so I was picking them out as I saw them. We weren't too bothered by them, I just didn't want things to get out of hand.
We picked up an API test kit and here are the test results I recorded so far:
Nov 21 (after a 20% water change)
pH low: 7.6
pH high: 7.4
Ammonia: <0.25 ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Nov 23
Ammonia: <0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Nov 25
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: <5ppm
Dec 2
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: ~5ppm
Performed 20% water change this morning.
The Anubias seem to be growing week, I notice some new leaves and one seems to be growing it's roots. I am a bit worried about the fern as almost all of the leaves are blackened to some degree. We are not bothered by the cosmetics of some blackened leaves, I just want to do what I can keep the plants and fish healthy.
Thanks!