Pics of my tank and how it is struggling
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hopefully to cut out some light I will get a thick tannin stain and top water plants
what do you feed your fish? A mix of dark substrate and good food helps, to help a fish turn more
red= feed freeze dried krill (in my experience atleast) and some food with a bit of paprika
green/blue= feed it stuff enriched with spirulina
yellow= feed it things containing egg yolk
when I started feeding my fish spirulina enriched brine and crushed krill my fish began to get more color, especially my peacock gudgeons
red= feed freeze dried krill (in my experience atleast) and some food with a bit of paprika
green/blue= feed it stuff enriched with spirulina
yellow= feed it things containing egg yolk
when I started feeding my fish spirulina enriched brine and crushed krill my fish began to get more color, especially my peacock gudgeons
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Hello; In addition to a darker substrate you might try some structure so the fish have hiding spots. I have found that having cover and out of line of sight nooks and places to make the fish more at ease.
About the lights; I have been telling the story of how I grow plenty of plants with less expensive lights. I have a 55 gallon with lots of nice plants under a $ 35 LED shop light. While I can imagine how the expensive LED setups can do just as well, these have never been necessary. No point in my using up space on this unless you favor a low tech approach.
The sand is something I got away from decades ago for growing plants. I have notions as to why plants do not do well in sand, but never had much luck with sand. I prefer a dark substrate of about 3 mm to 5mm (bb size to small pea size).
If you like the look of sand and can get construction sand then my suggestion is to find or make a screen sieve and dry sift the sand. This can get rid of the very fine stuff which may be part of the cloudy water issues. In fact you can sift for size as there are many different sized particles in sand.
Your geos are pale b/c they appear to be juveniles & really don't get the good coloration you see in pics online until they mature. Plus they like very clean water - they will show their best colors in water conditions with low nitrates. Shoot for less than 10ppm
I dunno, I did 2 30 water change one day after other but my test stripe still says 30-40PPM, also my fish lose alot of color during and after a water change, also when is best to add conditioner to water during water change, i do it when I add the water.
Yup add conditioner (enough for whole tank) as you add the new water.
I would get a api master test kit, those strips are pretty much junk
As for your plant question, I would try valisneria, they grow tall and are an easy plant.
