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  1. Streetwise
    Not addressing your specifics, but replacing your synthetic plants with real plants will be beneficial. I always recommend more live plants.
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    That new fish feeling:
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    I used a Co-Op plant bag for carbon in a canister for a turtle filter. Water flows right through it.
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    @Betsy, that sounds like a smooth solution.
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    No phone number for the Co-Op = sanity.
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    I am really enjoying the swimming behavior of Bloodfin Tetras.
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    I haven't tried MTS, but road construction works:
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    His technique is different than Diana Walstad's. I have found her book to be very helpful to my pursuit of the hobby.
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    I am just a hobbyist. I found a slice of the hobby that I really enjoy. Great advice @ChefConfit. Adding plants will also poke the substrate as you describe. My other generic advice is to add wood, and try to avoid smothering any of the organic substrate with large pieces of hardscape.
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    @Melissa Ann, I think that if you give this tank tons of plants, your inhabitants will be very happy.
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    Yes, you can go too deep. I would say that it is a normal phase of the learning curve if you are trying organic soil.
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    I use 1.5 inches of soil, and just enough cap. My cap recipe is an ongoing project.
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    Cheers @Rick M.. Let me be very specific that I am am only talking about what is available locally in Vermont.
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    I had to get creative with Nanos for my Askoll 20, and 16 gallon Bow, before Fluval came out with the 15" model, and I also recently went with window light for a pair of tanks. When I got the 15" models for those tanks, I used my spare Nanos on buckets and tubs. BTW, welcome to the forum! I hope that you find the community welcoming and helpful.
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    Preface: I have been using the term LFS for local fish store. I do not actually have any LFS, just pet stores with fish, so I am going to use LPS for local pet store. One of my LPS has told me that they have had problems with the resiliance of CPDs in the last few months. I am not an industry insider, so take this with a grain of salt.
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    @Patrick_G, I like that you are running your Fluval Plant Nano in the tall configuration in your first photo. I thought that my cat might enjoy watching the fish, but he likes watching the bubbles, and drinking tank water.
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    We have this community thread all about the Fluval lights and programming, which might be helpful to you:
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    You could consider adding the forum address.
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    I am an amateur with BBS. This is the salt I pulled out of storage from my marine days:
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    @Tamitha, I think you might need to add Plant Nerd to your resumé.
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    Someday Cory will be back on the road, and we will see more stuff like this:
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    I keep getting more out of Diana Walstad's book. Unfortunately, I cannot quote Figure XI-2, but it looks like a slice of my Apex graphs. She writes: “I measured CO2 levels in a tank (using a LaMotte test kit and the titrimetric method for free CO2) on 2 separate days. One day, the tank got continuous light from 7 AM (starting Time Point on graph) to 9 PM (the ‘14 hr’ Time Point). I made my last CO2 measurement at 8 PM, one hr before I turned off the tank lights. The next day, I monitored the tank again, except that I gave it a 4 hr afternoon siesta (turned off overhead lights from noon to 4 PM). I obtained a similar pattern with other tanks. With the Siesta Regimen, though, CO2 is regenerated when the lights are off. Indeed, Fig XI-2 shows that CO2 rebounds almost to pre-dawn levels. My explanation for the rapid CO2 rebound is that rampant plant photosynthesis precedes the 4 hr siesta. Morning photosynthesis oxygenates the water, and in turn, stimulates bacterial metabolism. Bacteria quickly (within minutes) respond favorably to oxygenation. Nothing else explains such rapid CO2 regeneration. The Siesta Regimen gives plants the long daylength they need and saves electricity. It provides light when plants have enough CO2 so that they can actually use the light. Finally, it reduces algae’s “afternoon advantage” over plants.” Excerpt From: Diana Louise Walstad. “Ecology of the Planted Aquarium.” Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/ecology-of-the-planted-aquarium/id661029773
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    @Robmiy, I believe that there are some programs in the thread for taller tanks with CO2. @Rhonda, if you choose the Fluval 3.0, I think that you will really enjoy it. Cheers
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    Hi @Dk127, we also discuss siestas here. Cheers @Brandy and @Daniel.
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