monte carlo

Hey all, looking for some advice with my 2 week old dry start. Panic is slowly starting to creep in so any help is well appreciated! Full view of the setup As mentioned, I'm at the 2week mark in my Monte Carlo dry start and the problems I currently have are as follows: TL/DR Some monte...

Hi, I currently have a 34gallon tank with a fluval aquasky successfully growing some low-medium light plants. However i want to grow some more challenging plants and i was wondering if instead of replacing my current light, if i could add another light into the aquarium hood to just give me...

Hello, I set up a high tech, it's been planted for 3 weeks now. I'm running CO2 (about 0.7ph drop), tropica fertilising substrate and tropica soil on-top. Lights are Chihiros WRGB2 Slim. Ammonia/nitrites/nitrates: 0/0/5 Temp: 23C Kh 4 gh4 Tds 175 Started using TNC ferts last week...

Alright everyone, First planted tank - 55 days in. See images for layout and plants. I've got 14 happy harlequin rasboras swimming around a fully cycled tank (still trying to keep nitrates down, taking almost daily water changes for that. But my carpet plants are suffering from a brown algae...

Planted my tank with a fresh batch of Monte Carlo looked amazing for the first couple of days but today it’s starting to light green instead of vivid green and now going mushy and limp any help would be much appreciated photos of when put in tank and a photo of it now Running co2 in the...

Recently Scaped a new aquarium and my Monte Carlo from day one didn’t look great but looked healthy now it’s dieing but showing good new growth it’s been about 2-3 weeks and haven’t seen much spreading would it be wise to take it all out and start again or leave it another week or two ? I have...

Hi all, I added new Monte Carlo into my new tank set up on Friday 25th Dec as that’s when I started the big project of getting the tank all ready and planted the first 7 days I I did a 50% water change I’m adding co2 into the aquarium also adding tropica plant food every morning tempture of the...

hey guys I ended up ordering tropica 1-2 grow plants from two different sites. one of them is porton aquatics and the other was aquaessentials. Porton aquatics seemed to have a good deal going on as they were doing 2 pots mix and match of tropic for £4. Its a shame they didnt have all the...

Hi New member, first post. I have setup a new 30L tank and in it I am having monte carlo, dwarf hairgrass and Marimo Moss balls. I have opened out the moss balls and glued them on to the top of half coconuts and they look pretty good! My plan was to grow a monte carlo carpet around these so...

Hi There I am undergoing a new project to create an Iwagumi style Aqua Scape aquarium. This series of posts will journal my project week to week as a progress to keep you and indeed myself in the loop! I want to use this build my skills in aquascaping by being able to reflect and critique...

hello everyone, as the title suggests I'm not sure whats wrong with my mont carlo, its been carpeting well however i have noticed some deficiency or something wrong. some leaves don't appear healthy. leaves seem to be almost transparent around the outside or darker and lighter in the middle ...

hi after much effort I managed to get my mc going. struggled with this... :oops: and now got this :D while it slowly covers the substrate to a full carpet some patches are empty others are dare I say thick. so, will a trim promote runners (faster cover) and help maintain a healthy mc or...

Wasn't happy with how the last scape was going, there were some fundamental errors in the set-up stage, so here we go again. Tank- ADA 60P Stand - DIY ADA-ish style CO2- DIY set-up with 2kg fire extinguisher. Inline UP Aqua diffuser. Heater- Hydor Inline 200w Filter- Hydor Professional 350...

Struggling for too long with this. Substrate=clay Light=2x54w t5 65cm above substrate (40cm above water) Dosing=EI CO2 via reactor then spraybay 30ppm co2 calibrated solution lime green@substrate level Circulation:even mc leafs swing in current Remaining plants doing ok New leaves appear...

Name: The Green Stream Setup Date: 13/03/2015 Description: The Green Stream was born as an idea a few months, the concept was to replicate the underwater image of a river bank with sand bed where the vegetation brings out the transition between the bed and the margin, which is the perspective in...

So the summer ended and with it my vacations, I decided to setup my new tank, and although some problems with the co2 hardware, here it goes. Im still waiting for some plants to fulfill what i want to do with this aquascape. Hope you guys enjoy it. Plants: BLYXA JAPONICA ELEOCHARIS SP...

Hi everyone, This is my first post to this forum. I was referred to this forum by John from Aquarium Plant Food UK. I have recently setup my tank ( 26 days old) and all was going well when I noticed my carpet plant (Monte Carlo) and my midground plants (Staurogyne Repens & Lobelia cardinalis...

Hello, Day 1! After many efforts of finding plants in this country, I have finally gotten my hands on some and here is the aquascape that I managed. Tank Size: 40L Substrate: JBL Manado Fertilization: EI Light (still coming): TMC GroBeam 600 with controller Plants: Eleocharis Parvula, Java...

Hi everybody, it has been awhile since I have started this project, but as I have been away for more than a month and I have been quite busy lately, I didn't have time for it. The long story short: As I really liked the hardscape I have used in Aquatics Live, I wanted to create a long..or...