Not much in the way of advice or a request for help, just a thought I had about keeping a planted tank.
When I originally got into planted tanks it was as a form of relaxation. I would think of my tank as an aquatic zen garden.
Somewhere along the line I lost sight of that. My tank became overgrown and I had a vague pride in the fact that for the frist time, plants in my charge have been growing well. But I wasn't really taking proper care of it. Most of my java ferns were dropping baby plats that would either block the filter intake or float at the surface in clumps with rogue dwarf sag.
After my Senegal Bichir died I came here looking for ideas on how to fill the space he left behind. I came across a thread that gave me the idea to redecorate my tank and in doing so I think I regained a certain degree of inner peace. I've found that I'm generally most at peace when my arm is soaked to the elbow.
Here's the thread http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125468
When I originally got into planted tanks it was as a form of relaxation. I would think of my tank as an aquatic zen garden.
Somewhere along the line I lost sight of that. My tank became overgrown and I had a vague pride in the fact that for the frist time, plants in my charge have been growing well. But I wasn't really taking proper care of it. Most of my java ferns were dropping baby plats that would either block the filter intake or float at the surface in clumps with rogue dwarf sag.
After my Senegal Bichir died I came here looking for ideas on how to fill the space he left behind. I came across a thread that gave me the idea to redecorate my tank and in doing so I think I regained a certain degree of inner peace. I've found that I'm generally most at peace when my arm is soaked to the elbow.
Here's the thread http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125468