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  1. Water nymph
    Thanks so much, Ken.
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    Thanks s1_. I'll look for the video.
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    We have really hard water. We add about RO/DI water to our hard water in our holding container. The RO/DI filters water so slowly that we have to do it ahead of time. Between our 135, 60, and two 10 gallon aquariums the container water gets used/replaced every 2 to 3 weeks. Thank you. 🙂
  4. Water nymph
    We have a 45-gallon container for storing water in, for water changes. Should we pump air into the water?
  5. Water nymph
    Are there any businesses that sell male only nerite snails (No female nerites)? We know some people don't mind nerite snail eggs all over their aquariums, but we're not. Been there - Done that. 🙂
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    Thanks! 🙂
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    That's a great idea! Thanks.
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    We're not worried about them hatching in our aquarium since we don't have brackish water. It's the white eggs all over the dark colored wood in our tank we don't like. If there is a fish, frog, etc., that could eat the eggs, but leaves the nerite snails alone, it would be great. 🙂
  9. Water nymph
    Are there any freshwater aquarium animals that eat nerite snail eggs? Edited to add: We don't have brackish water, so we're not worried about them hatching. It's the white eggs all over the dark wood in our aquarium that's an eyesore.
  10. Water nymph
    Thank you. Great idea. Lovely discus!!
  11. Water nymph
    Thank you. 🙂
  12. Water nymph
    Darn, it's too bad we bought a second bag of media. We started the tank on Dec 17, so I keep expecting to see changes. I won't be so concerned now. Thanks! We are careful when following directions for the API tests.
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    Thanks for your reply. This is a brand new 135-gal tank so when we purchased the first plants we purchased a small bag of media from the aquarium shop’s established tanks, and a week later purchased a larger bag of their established media along with more plants. We’ve been doing frequent H2O parameter checks using API master test kit the entire time, and we’ve now started adding fish. All fish have remained healthy. Minnows ate the white fungus on wood. Algae is growing on the tank walls – as expected. We’ve made no water changes yet. Does the following mean the plants and bacteria are keeping everything in balance? Our pH has not changed, at all, since we started the tank - it’s still 7.6. Ammonia was 0.25 the first two times we tested, but has remained O-ppm for the last 10 tests. Nitrite tested at 0.25ppm the first 2 times, but it’s been O-ppm several times since then. We’ve never had a Nitrate positive test since we started the tank.
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    I'll check it out. Thanks!
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    Thank you.
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    In one of Cory’s videos, there’s an automatic fish feeder on an aquarium. He mentioned it when it dumped fish food into the aquarium. I can’t find one on the store site. Anyone know the brand or model of that auto feeder?
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    Thanks! We'll add fish gradually and test water parameters too.
  18. Water nymph
    Got it! Thanks so much!!! Our plants started growing soon after planting them. We kept waiting to see changes in the water parameters, but nothing's really changed.
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    We like that and would have done the same thing too, but this is our first tank in 7 yrs. We have plants in the tank and we also purchased a bag of media from the local aquarium store. This is media directly from their established aquariums.
  20. Water nymph
    Per the video Mattyice posted below, since our plants are indeed growing, my husband and I don't need to worry about testing ammonia/nitrites/nitrates, before we start slowly introducing fish to the aquarium.
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    Ah ha! So since our plants are growing we don't need to worry about testing ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates as proof that the tank has cycled, before we start adding fish. (In the past we did fish cycling.)
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    Thanks JettsPapa! Regarding this: ""Maybe someone else addressed this question, but I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "I wonder if the tank will plant cycle." Can you please clarify that."" I know Cory said if plants are growing the tank has probably cycled. Do you also measure ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates to double-check it's cycled?
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    Thank you all for the great responses and tips!!! (This is my first time on the forum and I'm trying to figure out how to respond to each of you individually.)
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    Hello Everyone, We had fresh/saltwater aquariums for a great many years, but none in the last 7 yrs. We've started a freshwater tank. Regarding plant cycling a new tank, I see photos of super heavily planted aquariums. For cycling purposes what constitutes a planted tank? A certain number of plants per a certain number of water gallons? The reason for the questions is that we don’t want to carpet our tank and we don’t want it so heavily planted that we can’t see the hardscaping or fish, thus I wonder if the tank will plant cycle. It’s a 6-foot, 135-gal.
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