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  1. I am not sure if you are still interested in trying this, or if you have already tried this, but I ordered 25lbs of lapis lister sand and had it shipped all the way to NC because I loved the look of this sand(the sand was no longer cheap😅). This was my 29g that I setup. I had cO2 in these pics but absolutely no liquid ferts and only seachem root tabs underneath the sand. The dwarf sag carpeted and the planted flourished. I have to add a gh/kh supplement due to really soft water, but this tank was so simple and it was really rewarding.
  2. @Mmiller2001i do not have any right now but I will be sure to get some
  3. @Scapexghost I am using a finnex stingray 2, it is set on a timer. I had a bit of hair algae starting to develop(on the other side of the tank that doesn’t get natural sunlight) so I lowered the lighting period from 8 hours a day to 7 hours a day. Other than that, I deal with almost no algae on the glass or any other surfaces. I do slack on water changes, I used to go every two weeks but I have significantly increased my bioload in the tank in the last few months so I usually stay on top of quick water changes, just lowering the water level and filling it back up(no siphoning of detritus since there is none). It is filtered by a fluval 306. The tank readings I posted above are a day after water changes, so nitrates seem quite low. The tank is a South American(based) tank, stocking consists of: 5x sub adult Bolivian rams 4x skunk Corydoras 7x von rio tetras 1x ottocinculus Plants: Dwarf Sagittaria helanthium boliviarum christmas moss limnophila heterophylla
  4. Hello everyone, I have a few questions for anyone who is very well versed in aquatic horticulture and knows how to grow plants the best under various parameters. Continuously, I have tried and tried to grow plants to no avail. I can keep most plant species alive. I have little to no deficiencies detectable, yet the plants remain stagnant in their growth. After searching on online forums and YouTube for hours and hours over the course of a year, studying and trying new tactics, I still have little to no growth within all of my plants. The only plant I have had success with in anubias sp.. I have the readings of each: the water out of my tap, my tanks current water and tap water after 24hrs of gassing off posted down below. My tank is a 29g tank, inert substrate with aquarium coop root tabs throughout the tank that are replenished every month. I also dose easy green every other day and add 2 tsp of seachem equilibrium after each weekly 50% water change(hence my gh being a few degrees higher in my tank water). The plants look healthy, just little to no growth. The only other possible option I could think to be wrong is that there is some sort of cO2 deficiency in my water. I started injecting cO2 as of yesterday. Any input would be greatly appreciated! Out of the tap: -2° kh -4° gh -6.8-7 ph -0-5ppm nitrates Tank water: -6.5-6.6ph -2° kh -7° gh -5-10ppm nitrates 24hr tap water gassed off: -7-7.2 ph -2° kh -3° gh -0ppm nitrate
  5. Hello everyone, April 9th I received a shipment of 4 crypt tropica pots from Aquarium Coop, I also bought 5 more pots of crypt wendtii green from another seller the same day. Today is May 6th and only one crypt wendtii green has started to sprout new leaves upon all the crypts melting. My parameters are as follows: GH-3°, KH-2° and PH-6.4-6.7. I’m running an inert coarse sand with root tabs and a finnex stingray. Off of everyone’s experience, are the other crypts every going to sprout or has it been long enough to say they won’t? Can’t figure out how to upload a pic or I would, any insight is helpful!! There is also dwarf sag, jungle val and a red melon sword in the tank. Not seeing any any new growth out of the val or sword but the dwarf sag has sent out quite a few runners.
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