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On 7/9/2022 at 10:08 PM, Patrick_G said:
All great, and easy plants. Your tank is going to look great. Good choices!
Thank! I think I’m done purchasing plants for a bit. Well see how well I do with these and then go from there! But I’m super excited now!
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On 7/9/2022 at 9:59 PM, Patrick_G said:
Woot! That’s exciting, what kind of plants did you order?
Well… lemme tell ya aaaaallll about it! I got Anubias Barteri, Water Sprite, Dwarf Aquarium Lily, Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus (man, that’s a mouthful)!
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I did it! I bought (more) plants to replace some of the plastic ones in my tank. Plus the Easy Green liquid fertilizer, root tabs, ACO heater, a spare sponge filter and…. a Murphy sticker!!!
Almost everything I have learned over the last year about freshwater fishkeeping I have learned from watching ACO YouTube videos. From how to cycle a tank, good beginner stocking options, to easy beginner plants! It seemed only fair to repay all that knowledge given to me for free with making my purchases from ACO.
I am so excited now! Aquarium Co Op - you’ve just created a new monster! Thank you!
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On 7/9/2022 at 9:11 PM, Cinnebuns said:
Nice work! I did the same. Started with all fake and slowly replaced with live. Now I think I have too many different species going on because I kept saying "oh I wanna try that!" Haha. Welcome to the world of aquatic plants!
Thanks! Yeah, I can see myself getting sucked into the rabbit hole of Live plants!😂
On 7/9/2022 at 9:26 PM, John Henry said:Luv the school of pandas checking out the new live plant. Are those juveniles, they look so inquisitive?
I believe they are juveniles. I got them from Aqua Huna. They are a very entertaining bunch. They are my favorite tank occupants so far! They get the zoomies first thing in the morning, then again in the afternoon. Crazy little catfish!
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On 7/9/2022 at 8:43 PM, BradfordAquatics said:
Nice! Its already looking better!
Thank you! I’m still learning the “live” plant thing!
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On 7/9/2022 at 8:11 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
I had part plastic and part live for a while. Cost-wise I wanted to space out my purchases. I bought Easy Green with the plants. Your sword is going to want some root tabs; swords are heavy feeders.
Thank you for that info! I’ve been trying to figure out what type of plant it is and what it needs. All I found out was it was an Argentine Sword… but that was it, couldn’t really find any care info. I’ll have to buy some root tabs now!
I am spacing out the live plants as well for cost reasons (there’s already over $600 into this tank already lol). But I’m not in a rush. I got nuttin but time!
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On 7/9/2022 at 8:04 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
Very nice! And the plants will help keep the water quality good for the fish.
I think after I add more that they’ll help, but it doesn’t look like I made much of an impact with the 3 I added 😂
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On 7/8/2022 at 7:58 PM, PineSong said:
Casper was a handsome fellow and a memory garden is such a nice tribute. It's never easy when we lose a beloved pet; I hope you take comfort knowing he had the good life with you!
Thank you for this. He did have a good life, but he made mine so much better. He really was my best friend and I miss him so much, but I have his garden to remind me of all the memories we had. He is so dearly missed.
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I spent my rainy Florida evening glueing rhizomes to rocks 😂
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I did it! I exchanged a few of my fake aquarium plants for live!!! Java Fern, Anubias Coffeefolia and Argentine Sword (I’m not sure about the latter, we’ll see how it goes)
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Not all of the beautiful, artistically scaped tanks you see on YouTube are successful. A lot of them end up failing and we rarely (if ever) get to see that side. You watch the build, see the awesome result… and then you never see it again because it probably failed. Makes me feel better about my attempts (and failures) at scaping.
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I’ll join! I have 6 Pandas in my 29g. They are the most entertaining little buggers!
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On 7/8/2022 at 1:19 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
I think you watch a couple Coop newbie planted tank videos, pick some easy fast growing plants as well as some slower rhizome plants and you go for it. A 29 g is a great tank for learning with plants.
With some root tabs we can turn that gravel into an excellent planted tank substrate. Get an all around fertilizer like Easy Green, dose per package instructions and see what works in your water. Speaking of that what’s your parameters? pH, gh, kh, nitrates?
I’ve been watching a few. I think I’ll look into the Anubias soon. It seems the most forgiving. My parameters are pH 7 and nitrates are currently at 5ppm last I checked on Monday (I did a 20% water change last Sunday). I don’t have gh or kh readings as I just learned those were a thing.
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On 7/8/2022 at 2:12 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
I see some anubias in your future.
PSO is a GREAT and easy plant. Bacopa Caroliniana as well seems to be tolerant to my mistakes. The plant you have in the back, middle is actually a version of bacopa, so that's an easy one to one replacement and you can get your feet wet with plants!
I’ll have to look into those! Thank you!
On 7/7/2022 at 10:55 PM, Patrick_G said:😁 I know where you’re coming from. It’s hard to invest time and money into plants in the tank or the garden and then have them not thrive or die. It took me years to get to the point in my horticulture hobby where I was ok with some plants just not working for me. I still like to experiment with new plants but I tend to stick to the ones that grow best for me.
Yes. It’s a bit intimidating- especially when you hear how others tried and everything fief 😂. That would be my luck. But I think I’ll try Anubias as others have suggested and go from w!
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I think I’m just afraid of killing the plants 😂. I really don’t know why it’s such a scary thing for me!
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This is “Casper’s Garden”. It’s a memorial garden planted with white flowering plants in remembrance of my dog who passed away in May. He was the bestest friend. We made a lot of memories over the last 13 years and and for such a tiny little guy, he sure did have a very large piece of my heart. He was my cuddle buddy, sounding board, my TV buddy, silent supporter, mini personal heater and most lovable little friend. There will never be a time that I won’t miss him.
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I grow a lot of roses here in Central FL. Black spot is a fungus whose spores will lie dormant on decaying leaves and dead wood. It can spread to healthy leaves by splashing water. That’s why it’s import to make sure you dispose of clippings and prunings and take care to water at ground level and not splash leaves when watering. Watering in the morning is a good idea just in case water does get on the leaves, it has time to dry during the day. If you notice black spot beginning on a leaf, remove it as soon as possible and dispose of it elsewhere to help keep it from spreading to the rest of the plant
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This is my very new 29g Community tank. It’s home to 16 Cardinal Tetra, 6 Panda Corydoras, 5 Nerite Snails and will eventually feature a short fin Betta and some Ghost Shrimp. Right now, it’s scaped with artificial plants as I was too intimidated by live plants. I will eventually change over to live slowly (remove an artificial plant and replace with live one at a time), but for now I’m quite proud of it! What do you think?
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I’m no plant expert as I have yet to delve into the world of live plants, but I think your scape looks awesome as it is!
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On 7/7/2022 at 5:15 PM, sairving said:
@FLFishChik$4 for Neon tetras? That ends of being a chunk of change when your trying to get a school of them.
Exactly! $100 for a school of 25 fish! Adds up quick. I ended up going with Cardinal Tetra from Aqua Huna.
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On 7/7/2022 at 9:41 AM, sairving said:
In my area, pygmy corys have been out of stock for months. They've come back in stock a few times over the last two months but the price has gone from $5 a fish to $10 a fish. I can't justify spending that much money to get a small group.
My lfs had trouble getting some species of common nano fish since the pandemic started
Neon Tetra and Cherry Shrimp did that here. Couldn't get them for a little while, then when they showed back up, Neon Tetra are now $4.00 each and Cherry Shrimp are $5.00 each (!?!?). I purchased both from Aqua Huna (Cardinal Tetra were cheaper from them than LFS who wanted $5 each for them) at a much better price.
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On 7/7/2022 at 8:55 AM, Fish Folk said:
I haven’t heard that, but it may be true. I thought I saw a number of them in our LFS a few weeks ago. Mostly imported from FL to our locals shops, these shrimp multiply pretty well.
If you’re interested in considering something _similar_ that _is_ available, check out this “snowball shrimp” for sale by AquaHuna…
https://aquahuna.com/collections/freshwater-shrimps/products/snowball-shrimp
I've seen those on Aqua Huna website! I purchased Blue and Cherry shrimp a few weeks ago and saw those. I live in FL, but maybe the Ghost Shrimp are being reserved for Out of State shops? IDK... it's a bit strange that we can't seem to find them here lately.
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I’ve been trying for weeks to find Ghost Shrimp in my area but everyone is saying “they are so difficult to get” right now. Normally, they are available everywhere. Anyone know why they are so difficult to come by?
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On 7/4/2022 at 1:40 AM, dan12boy said:
Hello, glad to have you join. I'd love to see a photo of your tank and to know your stocking ideas so far!
Here you go!
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My First ACO Purchase (Yay!)
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I know! But.. I’m gonna try really, really hard (ok, maybe not that hard) to be patient and edit to see what happens with the plants I already purchased!