I have had several aquariums through out the years and I currently have a 29 gallon community tank. I purchased and setup a 55 gallon aquarium over the weekend. I planted it and I am worried my plants are not doing well.
I used floramaxx for the substrate and topped it off with gravel (I keep Cory cats and was worried about it being sharp). I planted the tank 2 days ago with root tabs under each plant. I have the filter running and the heater on and the light on a timer for 11 hours a day. I am using an Aqueon t5 48 inch dual light.
There are no fish in the tank and I am picking up ammonia to start cycling tonight. I noticed the edges of the plants getting brown and there are several "scratches" on some of the leaves. I have low light plants like Amazon sword, java fern, and anubias nana. I am wondering if this is normal since they were from petsmart and petco in those plastic containers? Or is there something I should be doing different?
I am also worried about cycling with ammonia and live plants but I have read on here that it should be fine.
Any advice at all is appreciated!
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I used floramaxx for the substrate and topped it off with gravel (I keep Cory cats and was worried about it being sharp). I planted the tank 2 days ago with root tabs under each plant. I have the filter running and the heater on and the light on a timer for 11 hours a day. I am using an Aqueon t5 48 inch dual light.
There are no fish in the tank and I am picking up ammonia to start cycling tonight. I noticed the edges of the plants getting brown and there are several "scratches" on some of the leaves. I have low light plants like Amazon sword, java fern, and anubias nana. I am wondering if this is normal since they were from petsmart and petco in those plastic containers? Or is there something I should be doing different?
I am also worried about cycling with ammonia and live plants but I have read on here that it should be fine.
Any advice at all is appreciated!
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