Planted - first five days! Nervous.... advise please.

[jasonjleach]

Hi all, i have now planted my tank. Thanks Aquarium Gardens. I'm on day 5 and feeling nervous.....

50% water changes every other day
70% light for 7 hours
I’m using one squirt of Tropica premium nutrition per day to get started (200l tank).
Good CO2 dosing in the day
I have used some filter media from another tank to help the cycling

What do i need to be aware of? Anything else to watch?

I'm worried about melt, should io cut off leaves quickly as they die off?

Any practical tips welcome. thanks

 

[JacksonL]

Looks great! Definitely recommend dialling in CO2 before adding fish, whether that is with a drop checker or a pH pen.

 

[JacksonL]

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This is a super helpful description of how to do it if you have access to a pH meter/pen

 

[G H Nelson]

Hi
I would lower the lighting to 50% and 6 hours!
Remove melting leaves as these will compromise water quality.
You could add floating plants....or stems to help with start up.

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