Tlane

So update! The floss is coming in today, no local store had it so I had to order. But the plants came in before the floss and I decided to just do a water change and WOW. That made a world of difference. Here it is all planted! Still appreciate the suggestion for the floss, it’s WAY cheaper and I don’t have to buy those expensive replacement filters. 😉

So that’s what I have on it right now. It’s an marineland penguin 200. When I did have it on it just made it look like the particles were just flowing around with no chance to settle—because the flow is just crazy. It has a flow restrictor on the intake but even the lowest was crazy strong. I’m scared to kick it on and make it cloudy again lol. I attached a picture of the tank today, about 3 days in VS the first day I set it up.

I actually purchased 3 bags of this substrate for my 45 gallon. The bag says you don’t rinse it and the liquid inside is supposed to go in the tank. it has a fine layer at the bottom for the roots to absorb nutrients, that is supposed to settle under the top layer of gravel. Well I sent think tank up on Friday (1/21/22) and the water has only slightly improved. I was running the filter but we could see all the particles flying around and I don’t think that’s going to help them settle. So the filter has been off for 2-3 days and I’m just going to try and do a careful 80-90% water change when it fully settles. Any other suggestions for those of you who have used it before?