Mmiller2001

Looks amazing, both plants and fish. I’m pretty sure I’m giving up on my AWF, it just gets lost in the other plants and keeping it smaller in front seems like a pain.

Um why? You’re over thinking this. I’m doubting this. Fish aren’t stupid, they would swim away. Think about any body of water and I bet the temperature varies significantly at various depths. I doubt any fish dies be cause they swam deeper and water temperature changed by 7 or 8 degrees.

I think it looks fine, it’s just the light making it look yellow.

Looks like the light, hard to tell.

It doesn’t and I dose my tank immediately after water changes.

Salzmanni Colorata S. Repens Myrio sp Guyano AR mini Lobelia Cardinalis Hygro Corymbosa mini just a few there.

Used a better camera here. I really need to practice more with it. Again, I have plants in random places trying to work certain areas at a time. So disregard the obvious issues.

I agree with @Tony shere, unless you are wanting to go down the rabbit hole, doing more frequent water change will keep you plenty stable. If you do want to increase KH, using K2CO3 (potassium carbonate) is the way to go in planted tanks.

I would first ask, why do you want to raise KH?

There’s a Facebook group called CO2 Supplemented Tanks I would join, even if not using CO2. Tom Barr is a group member for example. There’s another forum I could PM to you, some top Dutch and Garden Style people are there as well as Yugang, who developed a horizontal reactor that I use. My favorite aquarist, Dutch competition and Garden style winners are there (I keep a journal there as well). I really like both because people will do writes ups about their tanks, listing parameters and more importantly, their maintenance practices and such.

Made a few changes but may have also killed my dwarf lilly. Added a Crypt and moved a few things around. Nothing too special as of yet. Received a cool plant and is a bit more challenging to work with. Will see how it goes, Rotala Tulunadensis.

My old Chihiros had legs, had to buy a hanging kit. They have adjustable intensity.

Watts per gallon is dead with the advent of led, you’ll just have to adjust and find your sweet spot.

Now the headache begins, you will try to convince people why they should spend more (on lights), and an onslaught will tell them they are wasting their money. You and I will continue to know the truth!

You don't know, until you know! Gratz!

It’s all wound up in a ball where it’s attached.

Need to detach it and open up the rhizome or it’s going to get damaged.

Good solid growth this week. It's looking like the GDA has lost.

Yes and no, 3:1 seems to be the sweet spot in my case. I've tried 4:1 and 2:1. 4:1 was better than 2:1 (my experience)

A good majority of the plants we have access to prefer, or do better in softer water with low to no Karbonate Hardness. Don't take this as plants need what I'm saying, there are plenty of amazing tanks with super high GH. I'm saying things get easier and stubborn plants get easier in softer water.

That’s pretty high for some plants. At least in relation to the tanks I follow. Softer water makes plant growth a bit easier and will open up a path to more difficult plants by making them easier. If that makes sense.

I keep mine at 8, but 10 would be fine. I’d try to lower that calcium though.

Couldn’t hurt to try it

I’m not sure of how good they are but could be used for a range.

New growth should look better as it comes in. A month or 2 to see the overall picture.