First planted tank stocking suggestions
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Thats good, i can always get a reactor if i see them dying, what tetras would be best that wont get eaten by the leaf fish?
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idk much about leaf fish, but they have big mouths correct? I'd stick with larger bodied tetras if I were you, things like congos and blackskirts and diamonds
Thanks, i was thinking about scraping the butterfly fish, and getting some hatchets
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If you are able to do co2, you'd might as well do it and add some of the more demanding kinds of plants imo. Java moss will grow in almost any conditions and swords are very hard, both nice plants but with co2 you could have more variety.
+1 on the nerite snail recommendation.
I think that a school of larger/deep bodied tetras should be ok with the leaf fish, and if the leaf starts picking them off, well... tetras are cheap
+1 on the nerite snail recommendation.
I think that a school of larger/deep bodied tetras should be ok with the leaf fish, and if the leaf starts picking them off, well... tetras are cheap
you can really only have more variety with co2 if you have the lights that match it
personally, I don't really see the point in running co2 if you aren't going to have high lights as well, most of the low to medium light stuff grows fine without it
My set-up will be high light in a few weeks and even then I won't be running co2 right away, not until I see signs that I need it
sometimes, I think of co2 more as a supplement for most plants than as a necessity
plus, I'd be more worried about what would happen if you didn't use co2 correctly than I would be about the possible benefits (if that makes sense)
I'd say only do co2 if doing high lights
personally, I don't really see the point in running co2 if you aren't going to have high lights as well, most of the low to medium light stuff grows fine without it
My set-up will be high light in a few weeks and even then I won't be running co2 right away, not until I see signs that I need it
sometimes, I think of co2 more as a supplement for most plants than as a necessity
plus, I'd be more worried about what would happen if you didn't use co2 correctly than I would be about the possible benefits (if that makes sense)
I'd say only do co2 if doing high lights
I got the brightest lights i could find, are amazon swords hearty or no?
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define "brightest lights" if you could, what kind of lights are they and if you know the spectrum that'd be swell too
amazon swords are pretty hearty, so are crypts and java fern and anubias, along with most hygrophila species
hornwort also grows like a weed from what I hear, though tbh I've never had it cause some of my fish thought it would be better as food rather than decoration
amazon swords are pretty hearty, so are crypts and java fern and anubias, along with most hygrophila species
hornwort also grows like a weed from what I hear, though tbh I've never had it cause some of my fish thought it would be better as food rather than decoration
