Whitecloud09's 20g long aquarium journal

[Whitecloud09]

So I ordered Amazon sword. Anubias hastifolia, a new plant on ACs page, and micro sword. Oh yeah and Val. And planting tweezers and more root tabs. Lots of ands lol.So Q @Tony s, do I add root tabs and fertilizer BEFORE ADDING PLANTS. Or add after? Thanks 

Edited Monday at 04:48 PM by Whitecloud09
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[Tony s]

Add root tabs just after planting. Using the tweezers. Much easier that way. You don’t even disturb the new plants

[Whitecloud09]

On 6/24/2024 at 3:40 PM, Tony s said:

Add root tabs just after planting. Using the tweezers. Much easier that way. You don’t even disturb the new plants

Thx. ANd add liquid ferts aswell correct? Thank you @Tony s

[Tony s]

Right 

[Whitecloud09]

Ok, sand coming today, will add using the water bottle method. And adding lots more. It's a 10-pound bag, so should make the sand thicker for plant

 

On 6/24/2024 at 5:15 PM, Tony s said:

Right 

thx

[Whitecloud09]

The water bottle method……..didn’t work lol. Because I made a mistake. Cleaned water before adding to bottle and then when I used the funnel, it got really clogged. And I didn’t get anything in there. So I just got a plastic bowl (if you don’t want cloudy water do not attempt 🙃) and put clean sand in, put bowl in very very slowly. But when I poured even as slow as I did, there was some serious cloudiness 😐. It got down there and it worked but the cloudiness, oh yeah it was cloudy. Ok I need to stop using the word cloudy 🤣. Anyway the water is u know cloudy but it worked! Here is a picture. And comparison of when the tank was setup, vs now. 

before adding more sand. 

And after. 

Edited Tuesday at 09:26 PM by Whitecloud09

[Whitecloud09]

Plants came! Here is pictures! I put rot tabs in, about 5 across the tank, around the plants. But sadly overnight, the root tabs came out (only 2) and are scattered around. Hopefully there will be no spikes in water quality numbers right? @Tony s, the ammonia nitrite and ph are the same. I feel like it is just sitting the same and will forever. Should I add more bacteria? Ok actually I should be patient. Patience for me…..is tough lol. But I guess that is apart of cycling. Nvr mind lol

[Tony s]

On 6/27/2024 at 12:54 PM, Whitecloud09 said:

Plants came! Here is pictures! I put rot tabs in, about 5 across the tank, around the plants. But sadly overnight, the root tabs came out (only 2) and are scattered around. Hopefully there will be no spikes in water quality numbers right? @Tony s, the ammonia nitrite and ph are the same. I feel like it is just sitting the same and will forever. Should I add more bacteria? Ok actually I should be patient. Patience for me…..is tough lol. But I guess that is apart of cycling. Nvr mind lol

Root tab floats are annoying. Just shove deeper at an angle. Then withdraw tweezers at same angle. Should work fine 

[Whitecloud09]

Sand is lighter too, so yeah, kinda annoying for sure. 

On 6/27/2024 at 1:12 PM, Tony s said:

Root tab floats are annoying. Just shove deeper at an angle. Then withdraw tweezers at same angle. Should work fine 

Thanks @Tony s.