Elmojon

You should also try planting as densely as you can. One monte carlo pot will not get you much coverage. I would try and get at least 4 to 6 pots, and then break them down into a bunch of smaller groups.

I did a full rescape of my 20 gallon. I was having a serious cyanobacteria problem that I could not seem to get rid of. I tried blacking out the tank, and using fritz maracyn, but it always seemed to come back. I scraped the driftwood I was using, the substrate, and the few plants I had left. I've been planning this rescape for a while and started collecting the pieces of dragon stones I wanted to use. I'm using Seachem aquavitro substrate soil. I currently have some hair grass, reineckii, hygrophila, and one more I can't remember the name of. I'll be keeping a close eye on things since I removed all of my previous substrate. In case I get another bacteria issue I'll try treating it before it gets out of hand.

Little month old tank I set up. Just recently got these harlequin rasboras. Really fun fish, and they love attention. They're always swimming in the foreground.

Little update. Nothing much going on. Fishies just being fishies. Back wall of tank is a little dirty. Did a water test and we're at 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia, and 20 to 40 ppm nitrates. The Java fern is sprouting some new leaves. Will these fall off and grow large like the original plant? The vallisneria has some leaves that look great and some not so great. There is something right next to it that looks like a new plant growing. I can't tell if it's a new plant or it's part of the original plant. Most of my dwarf hair grass unrooted and got stuck in my filter. I might order more crypts. The Java moss lost a lot of its green color. Anyone know what's happening here? Im getting some strange colors on this part of the driftwood.

And here's a quick video of the corys eating. The tetras like to steal their food sometimes and swim around with it. It's pretty hilarious to see them fumbling around with it.

Hey everybody. Little update. I picked up a few plants. 😁. We got a patch of java moss, some dwarf hair grass, and a vallisneria. My anubias nana didn't do so well. I think maybe too much light. There was also another big change. Swapped my substrate and took out one of the pieces of driftwood. Took out my neon gravel and I'm trying eco complete. Here's everything planted. I have some root tabs under the dwarf hair grass and shoved one into the vallisneria pot. We'll see how things grow. I'd love to have a nice carpet one day. Maybe will have to experiment with co2 but we'll see. It's all a learning experience for me.

Ha! That's what I thought, but I went with what was labeled on the plants when they arrived. I thought my "Java fern" looked smaller than everyone else's. I guess I should rearrange things and plant that crypt into the substrate.

Hello everyone. Just wanted to post an update and see if I can get some feedback. It's been about a week and a half since I added the plants. I'm trying not to think about it too much. I know the plants usually get worse when you first introduce them to a new tank, but maybe there is something I can do to improve them. These first three photos are of the anubias nana. Some yellowing of the leaves. This is the Java fern. I just placed its roots in a small hole of the drift wood. I'm hoping it eventually grows down and gets a better grip. Then we have a crypt lutea. It arrived with the brown leaves covered in pods. Maybe they'll release and grow some more lutea. I put two root tabs under the crypt lutea. And I did two pumps of easy green when I first added the plants and I did two pumps of easy green two days ago when I did a water change. I have a 12 watt fluval aqua sky light that runs on it's pro preset which runs 12 hours on and 12 hours off.

Did a small water change today when I got home from work. Had 1ppm ammonia, 0.25 nitrite, and 5.0 nitrates. I'm hoping that means the cycling is happening as it should.

I guess I'm worried about removing a big chunk of beneficial bacteria. What do you think?

I really want to change the gravel but I feel like I'll do more harm than good. Maybe one day I'll get a bigger tank and I'll definitely do things different.

Hi Co Op team. I'd like to share what I've been up to and document the journey. I've been watching a ton of aquarium coop videos (other videos as well). Although I've been learning a lot, I've definitely made many mistakes along the way. I started my fish tank like most people do by going to Petco and getting somethings for some fish to call home. Prior to getting some fish I had it decorated and running for two weeks. After that I went ahead and picked up three red eye tetras to help along with the cycling process. After a few days I picked up two more to at least make it a small school of five. I fell in love with corydoras after watching a bunch of videos. I went to a local fish shop and saw these guys. Emerald green corys. Water parameters in the tank seemed good so I picked up six of these guys. After a few days I wanted to change up their scenery so I bought some driftwood. This is where things started to get a little scary for me. I really wish I had more patience when doing things, but I was feeling so excited and couldn't control myself. I feel terrible because I'm sure I put these guys through a ton of stress. I went to bed and hoped they would adjust and like their new home upgrades. Well the next day when I woke up my water looked like this. 😳 Full of tannins from the driftwood. Not only that but when I tested the water I had a huge ammonia spike. I did a big water change and continued to monitor water. I felt pretty bad about things, I was worried for my poor little fish. Stressed from decor change, big ammonia spike, and stress from a big water change. I continued to monitor water conditions and had to do some more water changes over the next few days to keep lowering the ammonia. Then I decided I wanted to add some live plants to the mix. Ordered a few things from Aquarium Coop. Some Anubias Nana Java Fern. I think I'm going to have to relocate this one. It's pretty high up and I think it's going to get too much light. Cryptocoryne Lutea. I placed two root tabs near it under the substrate. Another anubias nanaI still have two fake plants in there. I'm going to wait a week before removing them just in case they're holding some beneficial bacteria.

Hi everybody. My name is Albert. I recently got my first fish tank. A 20 gallon tall. I started off with an easy fish to help my get things cycled. I have 5 red eye tetras. I'd like to eventually get some corydoras and maybe a koi betta. Pretty basic setup. 20 gallon, eheim heater, air pump with bubble stone, penguin 150 filter. I feel like I might have over filtered, the stream of water coming out seems a bit strong.