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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Yea it's got to be one of my favorite plants, but at the same time one of the most painful plants to keep as it take forever to trim! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    I feel the exact same way! It's just trying to figure out the plant selections is a little tuff. If only the USA had a place that sold the Ada little cultures of mixed plants. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Yes!!! Thanks!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Its been soso long since my last update! I will be putting out new pictures very soon(early dec) just waiting to get some levels and algae that popped up during my time away for a month. I think my lat update picture was around three moths ago! Amazing how time flies! Here just a little reminder...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Oh and before I forget oh gosh I'm all over the place with posts right now lol but anyways I will be getting g my second shrimp shipment in on ether Thursday or Friday!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    I'll post more pics tomorrow. Forgot I deleted a good amount of them after using them on a different forum. [emoji28] And just for fun, look at these stems I pulled out of my emersed setup! The second pic is ar mini I promise you lol Lol I think I have some type of chemical spill in the tank...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    So I am in the process of getting all my shrimp!! I ended up going to ro/di and I must say the plants are really starting to grow in more natural every week! Here are pics of the shrimp! Ss-sss with a few s They are in a holding tank with the correct parameters for them so no substrate...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    so ill just list out the plants and try my best to say whats where! Carpeting plant is Dwarf hair grass The plant at the front of the stump and the two sides is helferi moss on driftwood is Fissidens Mini Plant that is around the whole front he of the driftwood and sides is S repens Plant...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Sure thing I'll try to get that done after my water change and what not, so let's say tomorrow ish if not tonight but my tonight is your morning almost lol so tomorrow it is =.] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Alright so it's been a very very very long time since I updated my planted tank on this forum so I thought I should!! I'm going to say it's been a good month and a half! Let me know what you guys think, good or bad all of them will help me =] So just so you know some of the pics are of the...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Just wanted to let everyone know that I was able to control and pretty much get rid of all the green water with two water changes and one day black out. Tank was looking like it was going to do it again but yesterday morning it just completely cleared up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Thanks. Ill try and get some this week or next week!!! The uv sterilizer comes in tomorrow! Pretty stoked on that :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    so daphnia will consume most of the green water as food and then obviosly they will get eaten by the fish? How many would you recommend me getting? My local fish store has them in stock all the time, and they are quit cool to watch.
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    My light period is 8 hours. I wood yen off the middle kessil, but without it on their is a good amount of dark spot from the stump cutting light from both sides, which is why I moved the lights of 7". I'm not going to worry about furthers doing the black out as te uv sterilizer comes in...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Okie here is the pictures after the water change and what not. To my surprise, after the 24hour black and and then turning the lights on for 6 hours, the green water in the morning went from being what it looked like in the video which I took this morning, to about 1/3 green water before I did...
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    Devil's Throat

    Wow... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Any recommendations on a good uv sterilizer that won't just shatter my pocket? $100 ish would be fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Just did a 80% water change, still pretty. Green! I'm tr I got the lights out for the three days with back covering on all sides and a airstone on 24/7. As for the fish, they all seem to be doing great except for one! The runny nose tetra has a white chunk of something on the top of its nose and...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Will the plants be fine for three days? Or will they start to melt????? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    And if that doesn't work I'll buy a uv sterilizer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Yea I'm going to do two 50% water changes and lower the light intensity Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Fish are doing ok, should I just do two 50% water changes back to back or what????? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    lol that's pretty bad haha! Idk why I'm laughing right now.... I guess you could say it was not a bacteria bloom lol. Any suggestions on what could have caused it would be great! I'm thinking it was the lighting and not the ferts as I was doing half the ferts and having two water changes a day...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    also i was able to get a semi good shot of my single Oto. I am working on getting the algae problem fixed and have upped my water circulation to full blast now, and the oto seems to really like to hang out where the most flow is. Also i upped my co2 because i believe that it was a little low...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Thanks =] the driftwood was boiled three times at each time being 4 hours long so I would say a good 70% of the tannins are gone since after that it soaked in a tub of water for three months. She actually collected it because she has 10 Acres of land and love the way that driftwood looks. Trust...
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    Superfish Home 60

    glad to see you back on YouTube! Also great interview with Dustin!
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    so i got my fish today! I ended up going with rummy nose tetra and green tetra! I am drip acclimating them for the next hour or so then i will add them in! Also i think i might be running into my first i guess you could say main problem. I think it mght be a potassium deficiency but i am not...
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Thanks Ryan :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    So just a little update, Wednesday I will be getting the fish, which is 6 green tetra 6 rummy nose tetra and 4 oto cats. It's been roughly two weeks now so you will see a big difference for sure when I add the pics on Wednesday!!! The kessil lights are doing great and all the plants are showing...
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    crystal red shrimp and

    so i just wanted to update everyone on what my water parameters went to with the aqua soil and what not ph-6-6.5 tds- 168 with EI ferts KH-2 GH- 8 water temp- 25* C but going to try and get it to 23* C(roughly want it at 74* F) once the shrimp arrive(try to keep the bills down as long as...
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    Tropical Bay

    love this scape!
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    I can't really say anything about the lighting yet as I'm not sure how well it will grow the plants, but I will say that if you plan to have a large peace of driftwood that it really cuts a lot of the light out since it really is one point that spreads Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Yea I'm fine with it just something that I wish I would have looked at doing. I didn't really test or how it would be so I don't want to try it lol!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Thanks :) I really wish I would I banked the soil up more toward the back, but I'll just make up for it by trimming the plants different! Can't wait to see what a week can do!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    60g High tech- first planted tank

    Just thought i would share with everyone my first planted tank and first journal on this forum! Hope that everyone enjoys it!! Setup date- 5/21/15 Tank size- 60 gallon 38x19x20 inch custom CO2- Aquatek dual-gauge pressure regulator 10 pund co2 tank and Do! Aqua diffuser Filter- Hydor 450...
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    crystal red shrimp and

    Tank just got planted. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    crystal red shrimp and

    How do you put the water into the tank once it has cooled to room temp? Like what pump should I get and what not? It's a 60gallon tank so, 5gallon buckets isn't going to cut it since it would be a back breaker to bring the buckets all the way from my back room to the living room. Do I need an...
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    crystal red shrimp and

    just wanted to hear what everyone keep their crystal red shrimp tan parameters at? I plan on getting some but am worried my tank water is to hot for them. Here is my parameters tds-160ppm ph- 7.0 kh-0-1 gh- 5 my tap water comes out at around 78* F during the summer and my tank water stays at 77*...
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    Questions!

    Won't let me post a video -_- Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Questions!

    The lighting is 3 of the kesssil a160we tuna sun lights. I don't no the exact par lol for where they are at but I would guess about 60-70 par at any point of the tank. One thin I am kinda worried about is the stump being so close to the top of the water that it might get to much light causing...
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    Questions!

    I thought that if I had the lights on that the algae would be everywhere since their is no plants in the tank other than moss? How long would you put the lights on for ? 4hours? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Questions!

    Oh also wanted to thank of groomer for the good info :)! This is my first planted tank so, mistakes will happen but research can prevent most of them I hope! Researched for 8months to this day slowly buying items until now!!!! Now it's time for the fun parts to happen XD Sent from my iPhone...
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    Questions!

    Well here is the update. It's been two and a half weeks and the moss is not only fully rooted, it's also grown a good amount! I am going to Flood the tank today and turn the lights out for the next full week and do 50% water changes to help with the ammonia from the Ada Aqua soil since I have so...
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    Questions!

    :,)
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    Questions!

    Oh and what do you mean 19* is hot lol!!!!! That freezing hahha I wish my room could stay that temp :,). I live in Florida (USA) and it's already hitting upper 80* f if not 90* during the mid day! My house temp is set at 77* f and my fish tank will not get lower than like 76* f. I'm not sure how...
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    Questions!

    Alright thanks! I will do as you said and start with just the fantasy blue shrimp :)! Yea I read up on the ammonia spikes Ada soil gives. I plan to do two 50% water changes for the first two weeks. How does this sound? My only problem at this point is, idk how much frets I will have to add to...
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    Questions!

    yes i have had great luck with the ghost shrimp. That is the only other shrimp i have had, but i have had no problems with it in my tank with neon tetras and pygmy corys and also it had eggs, but since i had to move her and her two boys over to a different tank she ended up dropping all of her...
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    Questions!

    It would be nice if they bread but to be honest I'm not really worried about breeding them. I just want the colors and just love how they wander around filtering through the moss. If they did breed, great more shrimp, but I'm not in it to sell them or what not. I will get a tds meter this week...
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    Questions!

    So I was just hoping that a few of my questions could be answered. I would prefer it if you only answered one of you had experience with doing it or what not. :) So really my question is I have a 60gallon that I plan to stock with fantasy blue shrimp and blue panda shrimp. This is really my...
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    blender method for moss?

    Has anyone ever tried putting a small amount of the baby diaper crystals that absorb water into the mixture before blending the moss? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    How would allowing it to become bone dry allow it to attach? :) I know most mosses will go into a dormant stage when it gets dry so that's cool to know! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    alright glad to know! Im jsut going to go for it and if it doesnt work then i guess lesson learned lol! Hey whats life if your not on the edge lol
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    blender method for moss?

    well yesterday i took some fissidens fontanus and blended it up and put it on to a rock outside, and today i wet out to check on it and they are all attached to the rock! Idk how they could attach so fast but they are. Im going to test it on a peace of wood right now and see what my results are.
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    blender method for moss?

    It's 95% humidity and 90* F lights are on 14hours a day and I get about 80stems from the ludwigia each week! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    The reason for the rush is that I wasn't planning on doing this method until I found out about it one week ago which was after I had ordered all my plants! But I have a very good thing that I can say!!!!!! They are almost all tissue filter cups! I can't quite remember the name of the other...
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    blender method for moss?

    Yea my plan was to use the paint brush and just smear it in the crevices that run down the root system and also that run up the main stump. I might actually just use a razor blade and mix the mosses together Chopin them up semi fine then mix with yogurt and then push then in the crevices. Seeing...
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    blender method for moss?

    Damn =/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    Do you think two weeks would be enough? I might put a small peace of driftwood in the tank and put some of the moss on it as well and then on the one week mark try and sink it and see what happens :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    yea i have heard mixed results with using the yogurt and not using it. Im really now just wondering how long i have to wait to flood the tank since my plants will be in on the 1st of May
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    blender method for moss?

    whats that supposed to mean lol! Yea i know i have heard it reeks lol... Still wondring though, how long should it take to grab onto the wood? I have a max of two weeks roughly from wednesday of next week to the following friday so actually only a little over one week!
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    blender method for moss?

    Here is a picture of the scape Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    blender method for moss?

    HI all, first time on this forum and though i would give it a try=) I have a 60gallon high tech tank that i will be setting up in two week and wanted to know if anyone has any information on this method? I was told to use a scoop of greek yogurt then some water and then some moss but never got...
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