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Thought I’d share my 20L profile tank that is home to my betta Keke! Now 5 months established and it has gone wild.

No CO2! Clean up crew is 1 mystery snail. Only requires top ups - tank is fully stable and self sustaining. No algae issues even by the window.

Counting my blessings (swipe to see it back in May)

Heyy guys …my place has an avg temp around 35C … so my guess is that my aquarium would be around 28-30 (when i start one)
Been reading and doing some research about what plants i can grow … but everything i want(Anubias, Buce, Hygrophilla pinatifida, some varieties of moss)grows well around 24C

soo i wanna know the aquarium temp and what plants you guys are able to grow

My most simple scape I have made and probably my favorite. Additionally, it is the lowest maintenance of all my tanks.

Stocked with only Celestial Pearl Danios, Pumpkin Neocaridina Shrimp and Ramshorn snails.

I have had quite a few types of moss in my tanks and these two I'm not sure which ones they could be, since they popped up on their own. The possible types are flame moss, weeping moss, java moss, or peacock moss. It's definitely not hooker moss, snowflake moss, or giant willow moss.

I'm inclined to say the first one is weeping and the second either flame or peacock? I know I had peacock moss in that tank at one point but it melted away.

Did I mess up by planting this Anubis on my driftwood? It looked like it was going to sit much lower in the tank but once I put it in there it looks much higher and the leaves are almost out of the water. (Sorry for the cloudy pic- i just placed it)

I feel like the co2 from the diffuser is going straight up and not reaching where it has to, what should i do? should i change the filter/filter location? if so, i'd have to move my light forwards - would that affect my stem plants? I feel like the water is near stagnant towards the right side of my tank as well.

From Texas what’s the best quality plants you’ve received trying to start a planted tank with Monte Carlo

New to CO2 and want to start using it for the first time, is this a good system and what would you change on it? Thank you all so much

Just got this tank and have a few plants but looking for some suggestions for what kind plants I can add. I want to add more fish, shrimps and guys. But no idea where to go or what can make it look good and full of life

Is there any aquarium plant that can be grown submersed that looks like the emersed form of Rotala but underwater. I love both forms of Rotala but I especially love those little round leaves that they have above water and I want to find a plant that I can grow underwater that looks similar. Colorful and rounded leaves. Any ideas welcome.

Honestly I probably would have found one by now but it’s worth asking. Sometimes u guys give me the best ideas.

Does anyone know where I could find a Chihiros Heater Pro in size 16/22 mm - 5/8 in size with a US plug? I can't find one available.

Came with iron weights, does that mean it can’t be planted?

Edit: The paragraph that was here was supposed to be deleted, instead I was going to ask for plant recs if anyone had any suggestions, especially emersed plants. The back section is only 4in tall at max.

My problem: Ive had this tank for over a year now and I can just NOT seem to get any plants I put in here to grow. They all stay so tiny and get overrun with hairstring algae and diatoms

Specs:
40 gallon tank with driftwood and slate
Substrate is seachem flourite black
- Limnophila Sessiliflora
- Bacopa
- Java Fern
- Pearlweed
- Christmas moss
- Floaters are Hornwort and Duckweed
- Potted Pothos hanging on edge of tank

Tank is only stocked with ramshorns and neocaridina currently but I want to get fish

- Photo period is exactly 6 hours daily
- Has a heater but its unplugged and currently not in use so tank is around 68-70F
- Amm and Nitrite are both 0
- Nitrates are less than 20ppm
- dGH is about 7-8
- dKH is about 4-5

I dose weekly with 2 pumps of APT complete. I used to include Seachem Flourish (not excel) in weekly dosing but stopped due to algae issues

This tank went through a lot of recurring problems with hairstring algae growing just everywhere (plants, driftwood, on the glass and filtration). I reduced the photo period from 8 to 6 hours and stopped dosing with any kind of ferts. This seems to have helped but now I cant get the plants to grow still.

This tank also used to have Water Sprite and Ludwigia but both died and could not survive the algae. I have a few sprigs left im trying to propogate in my shrimp breeder. I replaced both with the Limnophila about 4 months ago but its had very little growth in that time.

Any advice is appreciated that doesnt involve CO2.

Im wondering partially if maybe I need more substrate? Like if there isnt enough for roots to hold? Or if I should be using more root tabs? Or if maybe what I need is fish to increase nitrate levels. Im scared to start dosing higher with the APT or Flourish/increase the photo period back to 8 hours because of the algae. I have Excel on hand because I used it to try and kill the algae, but it just made the issue rebound worse. Its also not shrimp safe in higher doses so I can only use it very sparingly.

I have a 20 gallon freshwater tank that has lots of plants, a large piece of driftwood, aqua soil capped with sand and a sponge filter. I had a hang on back filter but recently replaced it with a sponge because the water current was too strong for my shrimps and pygmy spotted rasboras. I saved the filter cartridge and shoved it behind the sponge filter to help keep the bacteria going.

I was using bottled spring water but recently switched to using well water from the sink. At first I was having a problem with nitrites and nitrates but the pH seemed fine. The last few days the pH keeps crashing down to 6 and I assume lower. The nitrites nitrates and ammonia are all reading 0. Today I added some aragonite substrate in a mesh bag to try and bring the pH back up but I don't understand what is happening. We have lost 2/8 cherry shrimp but the rest seem like they're on the brink.

I read not to use any sort of "pH up" additives. What should I do? There were a few Indian almond leaves in there but I took them out. The well water has 0 nitrites and nitrates and a relatively high pH. I've added conditioner. I was adding extra bottled bacteria to try and speed up the sponge filter getting established. The nitrites were .25 and the nitrates were 5 but all of a sudden they're all 0 with the super low pH.

Any ideas?? Did I crash my whole tank? I'm rather new to this and I just don't understand what is happening. The tank was fully cycled before I changed the filter to sponge.

I'm just so worried and don't want to lose anymore of my creatures.

Is this some kind of algae or is this early stages of melt on my leaves?

Various anubias, African water fern, and moneywort. Still trying to overcome consistent diatoms on some anubias leaves but overall going well 5 months in!

Hi everyone,

Still relatively new to this and I'm currently dealing with a tough algae outbreak in my planted tank and could use some advice on how to get it under control.

Tank & Lighting Details:

- Tank Volume: 58 gal, 100 cm x 40 cm x 53 cm height.

- Light: Chihiros WRGB II 90 cm, currently running at 70% intensity on blue and red, green is at 50%

- Photoperiod: 6 hours

- CO2: Injected via inline (2bps, not sure if my drop checker is correctly placed).

- Filtration: Fluval 307.

-Fertilizer: Azoo Plant Premium

The Problem:

As you can see in the photos, there's a heavy growth of algae tangled all over my java ferns, mosses, and hardscape, along with some algae on lower-light plants like Anubias.

I recently lowered the light intensity to 70%, but the hair algae is still persisting and suffocating some of my slower-growing plants.

Current Livestock:

- Cardinal tetra, black neon tetra, otocinclus, cherry shrimp, rainbow fish and pearl gouramis.

Thanks in advance!

Is there anyone that would be willing to sit on a phone call (teams etc) and answer some questions I have about how to setup a successful zero tech tank I have everything in the post and will be starting on Saturday but am a bit unsure of a few things and it's hard to get definitive answers researching online, I'm based in the UK for time reference, im doing a walsad/father fish hybrid

Plants, shrimp and fish are all growing well.