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  1. On 8/21/2021 at 4:58 AM, Guppysnail said:

    Some how I didn't see this post, but this might be the we try.

     

    You are a genius! Sorry to but in this thread but I struggle with heavy metals in tap water. I ordered it as soon as I seen your post. (I’m a hippy from a much older generation peace love and flower power)

     

  2. On 8/20/2021 at 10:55 PM, s1_ said:

    Thank you for the links, but do I need more than than the one filter? What are the other filters in your system doing and will this keep the water hard?

     

    I use several filters to break the chloramine up and remove chlorine and ammonia.

    I have an auto water change system that is controlled with a sprinkler timer and solenoid valves. 

    The filter that does the bulk of the work is catalytic carbon and kdf85. I use the 20"x4.5" big blue type.

    https://amzn.to/2Ug5gWi 

    https://amzn.to/3z5Otol

     

  3. On 8/20/2021 at 8:46 PM, Colu said:

    He were looking into filters but the problems are we need it to remove chloramine and my dad is cheap so he doesn't want to pay a lot for a filtering system that can. If fact he is so cheap all of fish are feeder goldfish because they were the right price.

     

    You could use something like this designed for ponds 

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  4. I ended drilling holes and i am still getting air pockets but with the holes it releases as needed. This is a pic from under my tank, the 2 bigger circles are the easy planters and the smaller one is a decoration. from the top you can not see any discolored sand and if i move anything with this black sand I can stir it up and the discoloration goes away pretty fast. The parts that look like cracks are roots. I am not really sure what is going on but my fish and plants are doing great.

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  5. No livestock in the tank atm, I am just trying to get the plants established. I am using fertilizer and a few days after putting in the first dose there was some algae building up on the glass and other stuff. I cleaned it out that day and reduced my light from 10 hours to 8 hours and the algae I didn't get seams to be going away. I am wondering if I should break up the Monte Carlo to help it spread around the tank?

  6. I set up this 10 gallon tank a week ago, I used potting soil under the gravel. My nitrates and nitrites are really high because of the soil and the duckweed has been doing really good. I do want to add shrimp when I get everything right and the plants are have taken hold. My question is should I do a water change now to get the nitrates down or just wait it out and let the plants take care of it?

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  7. 3 hours ago, Andy's Fish Den said:

    sounds like you're getting gas bubbles building up in the substrate and they happen to come up under the easy planter. Could be because there isn't water flow over the substrate in the area where the planter is located. If it was me, I would drill a small hole or tow in an area that isn't too noticeable and then even put it toward the back.

    The gas build up is what I was thinking the sand under them is a grayish/black also when I lift them up to get the air pocket up. I do move and mix the sand and the color goes away really quickly. 

  8. Nope, usually do about 50-70 percent water changes. My blood parrots do dig and throw sand around the planters a lot, though. I was thinking it might have to do with ammonia pockets that can build up in sand.

    2 hours ago, Cory said:

    Are you doing 100% water changes? I'm not sure how air is getting under them?

     

  9. I have 3 easy planters in my aquarium for about a month now with cripts in them. I put root tabs in the little pot like Cory showed in one of his videos, and I have a sand substrate. Every time I do a water change there is a pocket of air that builds up under the planters. Even had it build up enough once to flip one of the plants over, I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it happen. The pocket of air smalls bad too. Should I drill a small hole so that won't build up?

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