Hello the tank is looking good. Thats an interesting red plant(cardinalis) in the background i dont see those very often. The red pink color is likely hard to achieve without proper lighting. You would likely need a higher end light, although what do i know? S repens carpets look really cool in...
Could always look into shop lights. Cheap and do the trick. Just make sure you get the right color and wattage. So your tank doesnt look really weird under the light. 6500k. What kind of planted tank are you going for? Higher tech with co2 or no co2?
Try a dosing calculator. Like rotala butterfly. First buy the specific dry fert you are after. Since you live in the US you could try green leaf aquariums dry ferts. On their website they break down every detail you would ever need to know about dry fert dosing. In your case likely...
In my experience green thread is nearly impossible to remove completely from your tank. All you can hope to do is control it. Keep letting your floating plants grow(looks like frogbit). Then remove as much as you can by hand. Then just try to scrub off hardscape. I have yet to find people who...
I keep my ro water in a 25 gallon container without aeration. It just sits there. No problems so far. I may get a heater and a air stone for it some day tho. Just been lazy and broke lately. Also i keep a pump at the bottom and shoot it straight into my tank right next to it. Takes like 3-10 min...
Dry fertilizer would be most cost affective and best for targeting specific nutrients. I.e since you have a decently stocked tank you wouldnt need to add much nitrates or phosphate. mostly just some extra potassium. All easy green and other liquid fetrilizers sold commercially are just dry...
Along with the egg white and fish flakes you could try adding spirulina powder to that mixture for extra protein along with mustard greens or collard greens and/or spinach. They likely just have to get used to eating certain foods because they have not encountered them in the wild. I have heard...
You could always just add a pothos or other house plant on the top. That way you still get some benefits of plants but not with all the hastle of sticking your hands in the water and trimming. Then carry on stacking rocks and wood.
If you do go acrylic make sure you have a nice flat base that touches the entire bottom of the tank. This will prevent any crazing. Which are a bunch of little micro cracks in the acryllic. I had one (50 gal) that started to craze on the bottom pretty badly because the surface it was on wasnt...
Cabomba grows really fast and tall. It might look nice with the contrasting leaves of a jungle val(some say the spiral vals are more hardy). Rotala grows tall. Ludwigia as well.
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