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Flyfisha I actually have a 20 gallon tank that's been running for about 4 years now. I've used floss in it the whole time but it does clog up rather fast. But boy does it make the water clear! I've never ever had any cloudy water issues for any reason. So I guess it's just weather I want to be...

Flyfisha I appreciate all the feedback! The reason it's so high was actually so the water couldn't bypass the sponge in anyway. But I never thought of the clogging aspect and all that so I do appreciate that very much! And oh jeez I never thought about algae growing in the filter cause it's see...

I didn't like how the job filters was pushing my floating plants under the surface. So I came up with this little thing! It wasn't fully my idea, I'm sure other people have seen similar concepts. But I don't think I've seen anyone do this! Though I'd share :)

Thanks so much I appreciate that!

Little update for the journal! The passed week I have got myself a new light and filter. Neither of them needed to be changed, I just have an addiction now I had to do my 1st trimming session (day 15) the hydro tripartita and the alternanthera reineckii are growing like crazy! This new...

How hard is your water? Cause reading this made me wonder about our different water chemistries. I know my tap water has about 300-350 tds and if anything gets wet around here even just once there's always calcium stains lol

Hey so just recently I've noticed these weird holes in the silicone. Just wondering if it's a sign I should maybe re-silicone or worry at all?

Good tip Flyfisha! Thank you :)

So my ammonia has been pretty low during this cycle, but I finally got some pure ammonia to do it right. I think the test is reading 1 ppm but it's so lime green it's hard to tell lol. What do y'all think?

Day 2-4 were pretty borin. Just tested water and did water changes. On day 5 when I did the nitrite test I actually got a reading of .25! And the following day I was already seeing nitrate. On day 7 I had 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 20 nitrate. From day 1-7 I dosed the recommended amount of seachem...

Do you mean so they don't keep having babies? Lol

Is that an S repens carpet? I was eyeing down one of them fluval specs a while back but I was skeptical on the light and how good it would be for plants. Looks like your doing it right :D very nice my man. I love that red plant as well. Is that the buce Catherinae red?

Hey everyone! I have to move from a 1300 sq ft house to a 850 sq ft house. So it only made sense to downsize the ol' aquarium as well :) I have a 20 gallon set up right now, only a few real plants but I added them years after the tank was started. The fish in the 20 gallon will go in my new 8.7...

Looks great! Id personally add more easy low light background plants. They are great for the water quality

I was going to say the same thing as bigman! Everything sounds good accept the carbon only lasts a few months anyway as far as I'm aware. I never change my sponge, maybe once a year. You can ring it out and swish it around in a bucket of tank water and it will most likely come clean!

I mean I've had the fish tank for 3 years with no issues. As soon as we put the new plant in the tank we got snails. But I that is something to keep in mind for sure so thank you :) either way since I'm moving I'm downsizing the fish tank! So I just wanted to make sure I didn't bring any...

Hey there! So I've had a 20 gallon tank set up for about 3 years. And the passed 6 months I've had a pest snail problem. My wife got an aquarium plant from a friend's tank, neither of us thought anything of it and we put it in the tank instantly. But we ended up with snails :( Anyway long...

Thank you everyone so much for your replies! I appreciate all the feedback ☺️

Hey if anyone is still watching this or is interested. I did test my tap water. All tests showed 0 so it definitely wasn't the tap water. I skipped testing yesterday and tested the new aquarium again today. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5 nitrate! I don't know how it's possible but it definitely...

U Actually just purchased one of these lights (hygger 957) I had gotten the Nicrew sky led plus a week before, and after hearing all the hype about the hygger light I decided to order it aswell knowing I can return the one I don't want. Well the Nicrew sky led is noticeably brighter, the timer...