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Well I recieved some plants in the mail a few days ago, and just found out those tall plants in the left corner of my tank are wisteria. I also got anacharis and some type of green crypt. Will these plants do well in low light? ~Angela

Couldn' t attach Floorplan. Here goes. ------------------------------------------------------------- [ Tall Plants ] [ Java fern ] [ Amazon Sword ] Rocks [Watersprite] ------------ ------------ ---------------- ---- Rock slab [watersprite]...

I was curious, if I were to spread more of the crypts I have around, would that help them spread out faster? The other thing is, I'm wondering what else I should do for the aquascape of my tank. The floorplan of my tank so far is attached. Any other low-moderate light plant species to...

I understand, I'll have to find those tests. My plant mass is light I guess, but I'm shooting for the goal of a dense mass of low-lights. Soon...:) My large java fern is growning a little baby on its leaf right now, and I have a few other little babies in the tank as well. The crypts are...

I typically change out 5-10 gallons every other week. I add ferts with the change usually, and during the week too.

No, but I have a really fat regular one. At least he seems thicker than the other three...:)

You're welcome! Love your avatar BTW, it's like something you'd see at a rave or dance club.~Angela

Lighting that is often included with most tank setups are usually ineffecient for plants. You want to have at least 1-2 watts per gallon for low light plants, but with the height of your tank you may need to have more, like 3 watts per gallon. The reason is because weaker light sources only...

Well, you actually almost sound like me when I first started the plant thing. If it is jut one 15w bulb, then your lighting won't be sufficient for even low light plants to do well. You need at least 1-2 watts per gallon, and lights should be on 10-12 hours per day. Try to go with a k rating of...

Besides my 55g planted tank, I live with the only two roomates I'd ever want, my leopard gecko girl "Plasma", and my quaker parrot boy "Riko". I and my parents also have a little girl wild child black lab named "Bella". She climbs my Dad like a mountain while he's laying in his recliner...

I don't have tests for N or P. However, my nitrates have stabilized at 10ppm if that has anything to do with it. I use tapwater, and I think we have a certain amount of phosphates in their. The other thing is that Flourish contains amounts of both: N...0.07% Available Phosphate...0.01%...

I think I've been over dosing my tank with liquid ferts since my lighting is low and the plants can't soak up the stuff quickly enough. How do I know this? Well, I've had an occurrance of green hair-algea on the sides of my tank and a little on the plants. Had to manually remove it, luckily, it...

I have common gravel as well, and I have java ferns, java moss, some crypts, and a ruffled amazon sword. So you should do fine, as long as the plants are hardy and undemanding. That flourite gravel is likely a good investment, but if you can't get it for whatever reason I think that the plants...

For a nice list of low light plants go to plantgeek.net , good luck.

My Dad had an outdoor pond(which was not well taken care of really) with some goldfish and a common pleco in it. I found out that plecos and goldfish don't mix well and started a quest to seperate my favorite fish from the others and give him better care than what the other fish were getting in...

I think they should be okay as long as the shark has its own retreat from the other fish. If they're already in the tank it should be fine to introduce the shark in, but don't introduce anything that can't fend for itself after the shark, because it will already have an established territory to...

My tag-team of cleaners for my 55g planted tank include kuhli loaches, red ramshorns, a few pond snails, and MTS's. They do a decent job, along with help from my constantly grazing swordtails and redtail shark. Plants help too.

No, I don't think the water temp would change too much in the decomp process. You should remove it as soon as possible so that your water quality doesn't deteriorate. That one probably wasn't adapted to cold temps, and it was very young. Your other fish sound like they're okay, and there was a...

Kittens are so sweet when they're so tiny and it's fun to watch them grow into such amazing little creatures. They've got to be one of the animals that got their design right as far as effeciency and survival is concerned. BTW, Angela I love your little Felicia avatar, she has to be one of my...

I'm in clearwater, I actually used to attend college in tampa. Graduated with an Associate's degree in animation a year ago.