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Very interesting. I don't feed them much, they eat afwuchs and whatever else is on the floor. Sometimes I drop a shrimp pellet in for them.

Hello everyone, I've had my amanos for about 1 year now and they all turned purplish within a month. They are still purple and their behavior hasn't changed at all (except that they started hiding more once I introduced guppies and endlers, who don't harm the shrimp). I'm just curious as to why...

Yes, this makes perfect sense, although the only problem is that my pipes (just my house and maybe the block idk) raise the pH of the water. Most of the neighborhood has a pH of 7.0-7.4, while mine is 8.2. So I could drip acclimate if you do that with plants?

Oh ok, cool. I hope that these plants could survive in my higher pH.

The Italian vals, once established, are very fast growing IME. You really shouldn't need many, maybe like 5-7 plants for the 44 inches.

Interesting. My anubias has not grown at all, and I have had them since like March. I think I'm doing something wrong... they haven't attached to the rock yet either. I used super glue to attach them but it didn't attach. Cool, that's good to know. What is your pH?

My java moss did well, and the anubias that I've had just doesn't grow and the java fern that I tried all died in a few days. The reason I stopped the java moss was because of an algae bloom and the algae did really well in the java moss.

I tried java fern, and it all died. I'll have to look into pearl weed and ludwigia, so thanks for the advice!

Thanks so much, that really helps.

Hey everyone! After the unfortunate demise of my betta fish, I now want to use his old tank as a new low tech tank. I have a high pH (8.0) and I’m not a master with plants (in fact most of my plants inevitably die) so I am wondering what plants I should use/how to integrate them. Any tips would...

Oh ok, thank you

I am first going to try reducing the use of the liquid ferts, starting by cutting it off entirely. If that worsens the problem, then at least I know the solution is that I don't have enough nutrients for the plants to consume. If I reach that point, I'll start using more ferts and keep the...

Ok, thank you. This helps. I usually do a large 60-70% water change when I do do it. I am wanting to start doing more water changes with the same size (60-70%) to see if that helps the overall general health of the tank. Along with this, I am going to feed less and lower the amount of light. On...

Endler or guppy-endler cross breed fry. Amano Shrimp legs. Male endler-guppy cross Male Japan Blue Endler Male Japan Blue Gold Double Sword Guppy

I have extra-deep substrate that has anoxic zones where anaerobic bacteria thrive. These bacteria consume the nitrates and convert them into nitrogen gas bubbles. I believe my tap water has nitrates in it. If I remember correctly, it is 5 or 10ppm. My fertilizer has nitrates in it- but I am...

My nitrates are always at 0 due to my denitrification process. If I were to guess, my phosphates are probably high, although I'd have to test them to find out. So I don't believe the nitrates are the culprit of the algae. If you have anymore info, I'd love to hear! Thanks

I will probably look into quickly-growing plants if these many other options fail. When I very first set up the tank, I had duckweed and hornwort. They all died within the first few months. In fact, almost every single plant I have ever gotten has died... it is very confusing. The plants that...

Ok, I will do so. I will give any updates if this works or needs a little extra help. Thanks so much!

OK, thank you. If I reduce the ferts, should I reduce the number of fish as well? Or instead of that, buy some easy-to-grow, fast-growing plants? Or both?

Thank you so much. For your first point, I have been thinking about the same thing. I am always worried that they'll not attain enough food. Is there a way to tell if I am feeding enough? I do use a vacuum to clean the substrate, a lot of stuff comes up. I will consider the lighting break if...