[I only have a Nerite Snail but their are babies everywhere!]

I love ramshorn snails 🐌 they clean up everything!

[30 Gallon All-in-One]

Good luck with your angelfish!

[26 bowfront big enough for a Red Tail Shark?]

On 2/6/2022 at 6:29 PM, Fishman Jason said:

@Odd DuckI’m in!  My plan was to scrounge on this tank anyway. 
 

@Mydonkeyfishare you sure it wasn’t a rainbow shark?  I’ve never heard of a red tail that big!

They told me they fed beef heart 2 times a day and they were in a 1000 gallon so maybe that contributed to its size.

[26 bowfront big enough for a Red Tail Shark?]

I saw a red tailed shark at my local aquarium that was at least 8 in!

[nutrient deficiencies]

Newer plants will melt or change color when getting used to a new environment. I would test for hardness and just keep dosing ferts!

[Tank mates for shrimp]

I would add plants like pearlweed and  other stem plants for cover. Just get them cover! Love your scape!😁

I would also add more cherry barbs. They look soooo much better in big schools.😁

Idk why the pic is upside down 🙃

[What was/is your dream fish to keep? Have you been able to keep it at any point?]

My dream fish is a giant gourami buy i only have a 75 gallon

😁

[A Platy, but mostly Gourami question]

My three spot gourami is about 5.5 inches so i would recommend the 60😁

[1, 2 or 3 pea puffers fish in a 10 gallons?]

Pea puffers are cute little balls of rage and might fight each other so i would stick with one.

[Hornwort?]

 

On 1/28/2022 at 7:21 PM, Torrey said:

If you can get the WonderShell, or add some crushed coral, your hornwort will drop fewer needles. Hornwort really is a calcium hog.

It doesn't like to be planted, though.

If you want a background plan with similar needle like leaves, milfoil is a better bet. It roots like a stem plant, can be floated for a couple of weeks to develop a root system along the stem, and then planted 'horizontally' on the substrate. You will end up with a vertical branch of milfoil at each root node, creating a dramatic wall of milfoil along the back of your aquarium. 

I was really just looking for something that grows really fast and i actually think that the pearlweed i was going to put in my 5 gallon is to big for it so i think i will use that instead. Thanks!

[Mystery Snail Breeding]

I got a whole colony of bladder snails and a rams horn snail in some java fern once.😁

[Changing substrate]

I did the opposite thing by changing sand to gravel and i left the fish in and did it one section at a time but it would have been a lot easier to just scrap the tank and move the fish somewhere while i was working. If you really like the way sand looks and dont want gravel put a nutrient layer of gravel like stratum or aquasoil and put sand on top.

[co2 startup first time ever help?]

I also want to set up co2 on my 75 but i am waiting for the aquarium co op regualtor!😄

[Hornwort?]

On 1/27/2022 at 9:38 AM, bettta999 said:

horn wort that plant is almost bullet proof i have kept them perfectly in a buket with just water they dont need fertilizer but the fert sure help!!!

Do you think it would be good in the  background of a 75 gallon tank? 

[Hornwort?]

On 1/26/2022 at 4:07 PM, Torrey said:

@Mydonkeyfish what are your water parameters?

I have a pretty thorough explanation of what hornwort needs to grow well under "NAME THAT PLANT" 

If you have acidic water (<7 pH) it's not going to do well for you, and is actually more likely to *not* do well with CO2 (CO2 lowers pH, and hornwort responds by dropping needles. Milfoil is a similar plant that grows gangbusters, and can tolerate a lower pH with adequate nutrients).

Plants, like fish, have different requirements and for beginner plant keeping it is much easier to buy plants for the water / lighting / nutrients you have, than to try and change parameters of the water while also learning how to successfully grow plants.

If that resonates?

My water is at around 7.2 ph and is not very hard around 2-3 degrees. I have seachem products like acid buffer and equilibrium.

[If you could have any aquarium product or fish what would it be?]

I made this thread because my birthday is coming up soon!

[Hornwort?]

On 1/25/2022 at 7:08 PM, Kat_Rigel said:

I love hornwort and have it in all of my tanks. I think everyone has their one plant that they like as cover for fry and this one is mine. As long as you have enough nutrients in the water column, it will grow gang-buster. If not, then it sheds needles like a Christmas tree and can be a real pain. Depends on your setup, but I have found it quite useful. I am always taking extra and selling it to my LFS.

Is easy green enough for it or does.it like c02?

[Hornwort?]

I have been watching fish for thought and some other channels and have heard some bad things about hornwort but i am very impatient and need a plant that will grow very big and fast so i can feel accomplished. What are your thoughts on hornwort?

[Are these rocks safe?]

It was dirt

On 1/24/2022 at 6:24 PM, Wrencher_Scott said:

What is that black stuff? 

 

[Hair algae????]

If all hope is lost chuck in 10 amanos!😄

[Best Plant Soil?]

I use eco complete in my planted dwarf crayfish tank. I only have java fern and an amzon sword i am growing out for my 75. I love to use fluval stratum for carpeting plants like s repens but sometimes i just use regular sand with fluval stratum under iy as a nutreint layer!😁

[What is this on the wood?]

So amazing you could sell that stuff!

[Need help diagnosing my betta fish]

How old is it. I have seen older bettas get lethargic and very tired ad they get older

[puffer recommendation]

Pea puffer but dont put anything else in with it.😁

[Snails Oh My!😱]

I dont know how humane this is but i feed them to my dwarf crayfish and my giant danios eat the rly small ones. Its a great fish food!😁