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Yeah you got it. The goal is to get the PH to drop one point from when CO2 comes on to when the lights come on. To do that, you can adjust how much CO2 you’re injecting and how long before you have the lights turn on (between 1-3 hours after having the CO2 come on). How long is your lighting...

Sorry I should have asked—are you injecting via a DIY method or a pressurized CO2 system? Do you have a regulator with a solenoid? If you’re using a pressurized system, 1-3 hours of the CO2 coming on your PH should drop 1 full point. So if right before your CO2 comes on your PH measures 7...

That is around 1ppm-2ppm of ammonia, 0.25ppm is still pretty yellow. If you’re getting ammonia, the tank isn’t cycled or something is causing an ammonia spike in the tank (dead fish or some decaying material). I would highly recommend doing daily water changes while you’re reading ammonia or...

The best way to make sure you’re injecting the right amount of CO2 is to determine your KH first. If it is between 1-10, then you want to shoot for a PH drop of 1 between when CO2 comes on and 1-3 hours after injection starting. Buy a PH meter, like this one: pH Meter, Dr.meter Upgraded 0.01...

Thanks, Vish, for the kind words!! Still getting the tank where I want it lol, but it’s definitely come far. I actually might drop the KH in my tank to around 1-2 with some HCL also. Talked to Burr/Joe about it and he gave me some tips. Maybe not even worth it for this tank, but I’m curious as...

Hey guys! Been a while so definitely is time for an update. Here are some of the major things that have changed since my last post: -Took down the Aquaclear 110 and sponge filter, so now the Oase Biomaster is the only filter on the tank. Maintenance has been really easy so far. -Set up a...

If you change the substrate you will almost definitely affect the cycle. So if you want to change it, I would do what Mattgirl suggested and change the substrate in between one of the water changes while 50 percent of the water or a bit more is drained out. Then I would do a pinch of fish food...

Sorry for your loss. Is the tank not already cycled? If he just passed yesterday then you should be totally fine with doing a 100 percent water change and then adding a few fish immediately. I would keep an eye on the ammonia and watch for a spike just in case, but as long as you don’t...

Just in case you’re unsure of which Maracyn to go with — I would go with Maracyn 2 if you have a choice because it treats gram negative bacterial illnesses which are what most bacterial illnesses are.

Generally the rule of thumb is you can keep soft water fish in harder water fine but you can’t keep hard water fish in soft water.

There are tons of other plecos that you could have in there with them as well that don’t get to the massive size that common plecos do. You just have to make sure that the type of Pleco is mainly herbivorous because some plecos are more carnivorous. One specific type of herbivorous Pleco that...

Sorry you’re dealing with this! This is my general food rotation—it’s slightly different for my top dwelling fish and my bottom dwellers though (lately I’ve been only feeding once a day because I was worried I was overfeeding): Mon, Wed, Fri: I feed a frozen food three times a week which...

Just to argue devil’s advocate—APT Complete is a more complete fertilizer than Florin Multi, as APT Complete provides nitrogen and phosphorus while Florin does not. Some of the best planted tankers on the planted tank forum believe based on what they’ve seen in their tanks that there seems to...

Thanks guys!

Hey Guys, I had two questions: 1) can anyone recommend a good flexible cleaning brush for 16/12mm lily pipes and canister tubes and 2) how often do you clean the actual canister tubing? Thanks!

Typically that is how a lot of cichlids spar with each other (mouth to mouth). I’d keep a close eye on them.

I would definitely keep using the Tropica fertilizer. When to start fertilizing is a topic where people take different approaches, but I’m in the camp of people that believe you should fertilize the water from day 1 of planting. You want to help the plants grow and get established as quickly as...

Okay, as long as it’s growing horizontally and spreading runners that is a good sign. Enjoy your vacation!

Yeah of course!! Glad to help. I’m sure you’ll be very happy with the results from the Thrive C. What light are you using by chance? If you want the Monte Carlo to carpet, you’ll need a pretty decent light.

No problem! First, you’ll want to plant the stems each individually with a little bit of space between them to give them room to grow side shoots and fill in healthily. Then you want to let it grow to the water level before giving it its first trim. Once it’s grown out, you’ll want to trim it...