Okay... so I set up my 20 gallon long tank for a planted tank and it's cycled... HOWEVER... now that I have my plants everything seems to be going wrong. I rinsed the substrate when I got it with dechlorinated water (the bag said that it contained live bacteria which is why it's packed in water) and yet... when you touch or disturb the substrate in any way it sends up a cloud of what seems to be dirt. This makes my filter make crazy buzzing noises and the fish none too happy I have one Female Betta fish and 2 Zebra danios in there (Yes I know they're schooling fish. They have a school but I thought it a bad idea to add 6 two inch fish to that tank all at once. It's cycled but only for one Betta fish). Now I got a shipment of plants in and the Balansae was rotting and the leaves weren't on it (something about them melting in my tank). BUT NOW THE ANUBIAS HAVE STARTED MELTING. The leaves are turning mushy (still green) but mushy. If you touch them... they fall off.
I got some Driftwood today and put it in there and currently ... can't see to the back of the aquarium for all the dust. I also got a couple bunches of lovely bushy Cobanba. Are they going to melt too? What causes melting of the leaves? How do I get the cloudiness out of my tank without killing the cycle?
Oh and (down the road) how do I sex German Blue rams? I want a pair and my LFS carries both males and females. I checked out thier stock today for future reference and want to know how to sex them. I've read that females have black in the pectoral fins and no blue in the patch on thier sides while males have elongated "mohawks", blue in the patch and less black on the pectoral fins? Yes?
I got some Driftwood today and put it in there and currently ... can't see to the back of the aquarium for all the dust. I also got a couple bunches of lovely bushy Cobanba. Are they going to melt too? What causes melting of the leaves? How do I get the cloudiness out of my tank without killing the cycle?
Oh and (down the road) how do I sex German Blue rams? I want a pair and my LFS carries both males and females. I checked out thier stock today for future reference and want to know how to sex them. I've read that females have black in the pectoral fins and no blue in the patch on thier sides while males have elongated "mohawks", blue in the patch and less black on the pectoral fins? Yes?