My 10 gallon planted with shrimp needs help.
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My first 10 had blue gravel, plastic plants and a skeleton with a sword stuck through it that would sit up and down all day long.
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Hm... what is that fine-leaved plant in the middle-bottom of your tank?
Quick question to everyone:
I have about 3 dozen java ferns of various sizes in my 10g tank with several fish. I have gravel, so I'd like to vacuum up all the dirty stuff weekly during the water changed. I'm started to get annoyed that I have to pull out the plants and rearrange them every time. Is there a solution to this?
Quick question to everyone:
I have about 3 dozen java ferns of various sizes in my 10g tank with several fish. I have gravel, so I'd like to vacuum up all the dirty stuff weekly during the water changed. I'm started to get annoyed that I have to pull out the plants and rearrange them every time. Is there a solution to this?
The plant in the bottom of the tank is a dwarf Sagittaria.
I love my Java Ferns BECAUSE I can move them around. I have all of mine attached to rocks and chop sticks. I simply pick up the whole thing and move them around in my tanks to change the display or to get to areas for cleaning like you do. It's a simple matter to put them back or into a new arraignment.
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Hm, the rock and even chopstick idea might be what I have been looking for! That way, the ferns will be more secure, because all they have hold on to in my tank is the gravel. I will need more rocks though.. I guess I could go buy some next time I'm heading out to the LFS.
Too bad driftwood is so expensive.. MY LFS has Malaysian driftwood, but it says on their sign to soak it for a month(!) before placing it in the fish tank. Is that really necessary?
Too bad driftwood is so expensive.. MY LFS has Malaysian driftwood, but it says on their sign to soak it for a month(!) before placing it in the fish tank. Is that really necessary?
You can use rocks from just about anywhere as long as you scrub them well in hot water. Some sanitize with clorox but I don't. Maybe I'm lucky but I've never had any problems with doing that. Tie the java ferns to the rocks and sticks with cotton thread if you have it. Cotton rots away eventually but by then the roots should have taken hold.
Driftwood leaches tannins into your water. Malaysian drift leaches more than most. This will turn your water yellow then brown. Many people boil most of the tannins out in a big pot of water on the stove with good results. That will speed up the leaching out and allow you to get the wood in the tank sooner.
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Thanks for the compliments. This tank is doing better but i think its time to switch out a few rocks and to pull out the remaining Rotala. The sponge on the filter needs replacing too. The Amano shrimp are keeping the tree trimmed so I think a synergy has been achieved.
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