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Water change does the trick quite well if you wish to lower the PO4.

I'd go Vals or Cyrpt balansae, maybe make a nice driftwood center piece......then Powercompact FL light......maybe Excel to get things growing well for the first 2-3 months. An 18- W PC light is pretty small, they sell a number of smaller lights for PC, T5's are good/better, but will not fit...

Save it, you will just get it again in a few months if the conditions are run down. So just stay on top of things, otherwise algae, poor plant growth........

No, just do a water change about every 3 days for the next 1-2 months......once the plants fill in good, you are fine. This is what I suggest and ADA does as well.

I'm in Salmon breeding areas, we see them here every year, big stinky mess afterward..........coho, kings etc. The scouring from high water flows on gravel banks is key, so it should be a good year for them, high flows lead to high inputs from the land, which can lead to high N. But..as the...

Two client's had them breed often, with Angels, but the tank is massive and the parents raised them on the slime coat, old schooling it.

Just floats in the tank, I dip water in/out of it 2-3x a day etc. Seems to work very well for 10-20 fish, but at 80, I've had a little fungus etc. So I removed the 80 and placed them in a Q tank and treated for Fungus. Only 1-2 had it, 1 alive and the other was DOA. The fungus attacked much...

Good point and I certainly agree. I figure out what was killing them in the Q tank......fungus. Did not catch it before, but spotted one in the tray.

But but but.....it's not a control ,rigorous peer review study! You cannot possibly learn or conclude anything without setting th bar that high for any hobbyists! Well, some have stated that, hehe....... I beg to differ...........I think Hobbyists can challenge and address the myths in this...

Pennywort, Xmas moss, Anubias petite, a little bit of Bolbitus, Anubias coffeefolia. I scaped off the eggs since they mostly get eaten as the fry newly hatch by the tetras......this led to a 100% survivorship. I wait till 1 day before most hatch, then place in the tray. I'll see how well this...

Breed them I meant.........I have 9, but have raised them from little babies up to about 2", still have another 1-2 years before they mature. Sort of a boring fish behaviorally. Sturisoma? Heck, they romp around all day, nice diurnal fish, look like the fish that emulated and mimic wood branches.

Pics are helpful eh? The betta tank: The new tank, this has liberal dosing, but is 100% non cO2, no Excel dosing etc. I'd wanted to raise Zebra plecos, but they grow very slow and I moved them to a quarantine tank to feed them more/faster and keep a good eye till they are of breeding...

Some folk seem to think that EI dosing is harmful to fish, well, I've been breeding these guys for the last 6 months and rearing the fry in the tank water, the nice clean quarantine tanks and well cycled filters etc? the fry all die. I've tried 2 dozen different ways. If I simply float a nursery...

I would call that a tank with a plant, not a planted tank. Still, live plants (like water sprite) will cycle any tank even with only a few plants floating on the surface. Water changes, reasonable stocking rates.........these things are more important to the long term habits and health of the...

I said the bacteria are on the plants and the their roots. Which they are........ And plants remove NH4 directly, so why bother with FC? This is topic that is well over 15 years old on mailign list and forums and folks still think FC is some great thing or something they should tell every...

I have never fishless cycled a single tank, let alone a planted tank, I think it's simply not ever required for a planted tank........the plant roots have active bacteria and the leaves and surfaces do as well. I've never once been able to detect ANY NH4 or NO2 in any planted tank I've ever...

With ferns, Anubias or crypts, the rocks will have much less meaning. So they will be covered and produce structure under the leaves. Little edges and bit poking out here or there at random tend to give a nice effect however for wood or Rock. Nice CO2 build there. $ well spent I'd say. Nice...

I think you'd be better off focusing on CO2, and using less, not more light. I add 5ppm 3x a week of PO4 to my tanks: Falsifies the claim that PO4 causes algae. Note, does not say what causes algae, only it cannot possibly be.

Water changes 2-3 x a week, 50-70% for the next month. Crank CO2. Trim the HC like a lawn down to 1/2" or less as it grows. Maybe some fern or moss around the wood/rock interface might give a nice look. Consider that.

SAE's are about the only fish that will go for BBA, I tested Zebra Nerites, they did nothing. Some claim they do.......I've never been able to show they eat BBA.