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100% the first fish is a thick-lipped gourami (or trichogaster labiosa) and the second one is a flame dwarf gourami (or trichogaster lalius). It's hard to tell the gender of the second exactly from the pic, but it's probably a male. Most dwarf gouramis sold are males.

Unfortunately I have no clue. I would love to get my hands on a PAR meter though.

FTS after another week of progress: I cut a good amount of the Anubias off of the front of the wood and took out the Java Fern. Replaced the Java with hygrophila pinnatifida, which is yet another new plant for me. I’ve read that it can grow like crazy with CO2, but it’s looked so beautiful...

Here’s how the tank is looking after the major replanting this week: I ended up pulling out the Limnophila hippuridoides, Pogostemon Stellatus octopus, and Limnophila green wavy. Pretty much all the plants came emersed, so they’ll have to convert over the next couple weeks. Here is a close...

Yeah that’s algae. I would definitely not have the lighting for more than 6 hours if you’re getting nuisance algae. Most established tanks’ lighting periods are 7-10 hours, as more than 10 hours you start to see significant diminishing returns on plant growth and are pretty much just promoting...

Oh awesome, sorry about that, I see you do have aquasoil. I have Fluval stratum in one of my tanks too, nice choice. I know that some people do breaks in light periods like you do, but most of the people I’ve followed don’t so I’ve never tried it, so I can’t speak to that method from...

Okay cool, PAR is the best measurement there is for a light’s intensity. Typically you want around 50 PAR at the substrate to grow a carpet. I personally wouldn’t go beyond 6 hours of lighting if you are having any nuisance algae issues. Assuming the Fluval light is programmable, for viewing...

What light are you using? The smaller you can break up the pieces of Monte Carlo when planting, the faster it will carpet. Ideally you’d break it up into small pieces, and then plant in a grid pattern with about a half an inch in between each bit.

Nope, no issues. It’s completely silent. You’ve heard about people having issues with the 350 model? I have heard of issues with the 600, but the issues may even be resolved now. I did a lot of research on canisters before I bought mine, and my top 3 came down to Oase, Fluval, and Aquael, so...

I haven’t done the dry start method, but after doing 4 planted tanks in the future if I were to do one I would go with the dark start. That would be a good way of greatly lowering the chance of algae getting out of control in the beginning while the tank is getting established. You may need to...

You definitely do not want to skimp on the regulator. Buying a quality regulator is really important for consistent CO2 injection. Inconsistent CO2 is a major cause of algae, and the cheaper regulators also can be hard to adjust precisely which can lead to gassing livestock—speaking from...

I have had a female bristlenose pleco and a L147 Pleco together in my 40g breeder for almost 1.5 years now no issues at all!

Much appreciated!

Heyo! Been too long since an update. A lot has changed in the last two months as one might expect. I think I did see a benefit from lowering the KH to 1-2, but I decided against continuing playing mad scientist on this tank for the livestock's sake and living with the 6.5 KH as it's not like...

Beautiful betta! I offer up Nebula as a name option :p.

6 weeks is a good ballpark once it’s fully carpeted. A bit more often while you’re getting it to fill in though.

I actually forgot that I’ve also grown s. Repens—also a sturdy carpet and easier to maintain than hairgrass.

So far I've only carpeted with MC also and dwarf hair grass. Dwarf hair grass definitely develops a solid sturdy root structure, and in my experience never peeled off the substrate like MC is prone to do. The only thing about dwarf hairgrass is that it can be a bit more difficult to maintain I...

Thank you so much! Glad you’ve enjoyed it :).