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I think that most of these European YouTubers will say that most of their audience is American. So I would assume that the culture exist here and the more knowledge is spreading online the more people will join . I am only in my second tank and first time trying to use wood in scaping ( love it so far) . I already know that my hard scape is not strong enough but I am focusing on the plants now and try to do a jungle style with what I got. Part of the reason my hard scape is not as strong is because I did not have material available. I had to order things online not knowing what I will get .

Wow!!

True, patient and enjoying the process more than the goal is why I love this hobby . We work hard in America, running non stop that hobby is such a break from that @JoeQ in jersey, do you mostly get your plants online?

Hi there, I am addicted to aquascaping videos on YouTube. All of the channels I am watching are from Europe. The UK, Holland, France, Hungary, you know, the ones. These YouTubers keep saying that most of their audience is from the US. Where are the American aquascapes? Also, how come md fishtanks or MJ aquascaping and so on. can go down the road where they live and find a vast aquascaping store that will have all of the rocks, all of the wood, all of the lights, and co2 and then another room will have all of the hundreds of plants from Tropica fresh and ready Most American YouTubers are fish keepers who sometimes like to put some plants in the background to clean the water. I live in NYC. We have everything here, but we don't have that vast aquascape store. I still don't know if the water I have here is ideal (though I have had some success ) Where are the local experts? MD fish tank recently bought a Porche of his aqua escaping channel; just saying ... If someone wants to lift the glove . East coast please too!

Oh the bubbles in the picture are from an air stone I have on the opposite side of the co2

Thank you and yes the drop checker is using 4.0 dKH But the drop checker never showed this high level of co2 as the dennerle ... It's weird to me though that I would have such high level from one bubble a second for a few hours so I wonder if the dennerle test does not work on my water . I 6.4 Ph and moderate to high hardness. Out of the tap I get 25 and hardness goes higher on the tank due to rocks to about 75

Thank you! I have a new 20 gallon, 60 I'm tank, fluval nano light on 50% from 8 am - 5 pm So far I am doing one pump of easy green a day and keep nitrate on 50. Added a picture as a reference to the amount of plants right now

Hi there. I am new to co2; I have a 95g small kit. I got a drop checker. After researching more, I decided to leave the co2 yesterday for 8 hours on one bubble per second. After a few hours, the drop checker finally turned from blue to dark green; this morning, again, the drop checker was blue and, after a couple of hours, turned dark green. I thought I hit the sweet spot But then a package came in the mail from the aquarium co-op with the Dennerle co2 quick test. Right away, I tried it, and the result was bright yellow, like CO2 overkill I still don't have any fish in the tank. But I need a way to know CO2 levels or it goes in the garbage Thank you

correct the melting will happen , the ammonia spikes will not and to me this is helpful , I guess if not cycled media I could do the green aqua way for daily water changes for the first week , and every two days for the next two weeks

Only my experiences. But the first months with my first tank I got rotting melting plants and ammonia spikes that led to algae . If your tank can deal with ammonia ( maybe again its in my mind) less algae, you worry less about over-fertilization and so on

I have only two tanks so grain of salt but this is my two cents On the first one, I listened to the people telling me, " you don't need that." And it was a struggle; I eventually made it work, but it took a long time ( over a year) and constant problem-solving. Now it's stable and on autopilot. On my second one, I spent. I got the good light; I got the expensive aqua soil, and I spent a month planning hardscape, boiling wood, composition, shade spots, and light spots. I spent almost $300 on plants to start with. It's easier to plant in aqua soil; the plants look greener right from the start. Stem plants with a combination of slow-growing "low light " will save you from algae. Try to find a cycled media, even for just the plants. You do get what you pay for to an extant in this hobby and that is a good thing

Did you turn it off at night? Thank you

I got a similar model, 95g, not a fluval but another brand, but it worked all the same. At the local fish store I got it from, they suggested leaving it on a bubble for 6 seconds and forgetting about it. The drop checker does not even register CO2 ( which he warned me that would happen ). These systems are tough to adjust for the exact bubble count. It's a lot of tweaking each time which is why he suggested leaving it on a low bubble count. Does anyone have any experience with these things, and what is the best way to work with them? Thank you

I did the build this Saturday. Cleanest substrate I've ever used, not even a little cloudy. Clear waters right away. I did top the normal stratum with the new bio with the smaller grain. So far, I am super happy. Easy to plant in a way even with the micro-baby tears.

It's a micro sword and thank you so much. Now let's see what happens haha

The light is the fluval 3 nano light Thank you so much !!! I am aiming for tetras in this one or rasbora not sure yet which

1. hard scape 2. substrate 3. foreground and mid plants 4. stem plants 5. water 6. pray to the god of nature all plants are from aquarium co op thanks for all the help from this forum that got me here haha 60 cm 17 gallon rimless fluval nano light

Got it

Adding water after. What's the best way? Thank you

Hi all again (sorry for the daily questions, haha) So for my new build, I decided to go with the Fluval stratum, maybe with the new stratum bio on top. (Yes, the commercials work on me ) This will be my first time using it, and online, I see raving reviews alongside horror stories about water changed to mud. Any tips on how to work with it and keep everything clean will be appreciated! Thank you

No I got the other ones from a local store it was way smaller plant

Thank you will give it another try !

Thank you, but I have read that letting the plant die and re-grow takes a lot more energy from the plant as opposed to cutting and letting the new leaves grow under water. I have never tried it myself. My experience with not cutting was terrible, as mentioned above, but that could be because of many things, mainly because it was my first tank.

Whether to chop the leaves or not to chop is the question. I received my plants from the aquarium co-op, and boy, oh boy, they all look great—especially the crypts. My experience with crypts in my other 10 gallons tank is that they all melted and got lost. It's been two years, and I just now see a tiny leaf. The crypts I used in my old tank looked nothing like the ones I got today, but I don't want to risk it melting and taking years to come back. What's your experience with chopping or not chopping? Thank you!

It's a new tank! Yay finally. I will I am scape it this weekend