Wybe99

I’m bringing home a 30 gallon tank on Tuesday and I want to order plants and get it started off on the right foot. My other tanks have a random assortment of plants, but I want this tank to be cohesive and look really nice. Any suggestions for plants on each section of the tank? I plan having a pair of apostogrammas and some other community fish. and if I can order it all from the coop that would be fantastic, since I have to get other items as well. thank you!

Thank you for the advice! I’ll look into those cichlids and coral/ aragonite and see how that affects the parameters. My old house always had a higher pH with hard water so this stumped me lol appreciate the help!

Any advice for how to balance pH and hardness? I have low pH, lower than 6.4 on the Coop test strips, but very high hardness, close to 300 PPM. I don’t think most of the fish are affected, but I have a tank of guppies and black neons that always seem to be struggling. The posted image is from that tank. I have Indian Almond leaves in my two beta tanks, not sure if that will help these guys as well? I appreciate the help!

I just picked up these Endlers from my local fish store! But they were not labeled at all so I’m not sure what kind they are? They are pretty small, red and black in color, and have lyre tails. If anyone has an idea on what kind they are let me know! -sorry for the poor picture quality-