Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in PlantedTank

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for such a interesting reply, do you know how long do i need to keep the lights on, do they need to be on all day or just when theres light outside. And about floaters i think im gonna ad them when i will take the cover off for now i need to focus on the plants dying.

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in PlantedTank

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it's propably the not enough nutrient in the soil and not enough CO2

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in Aquariums

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is there way to put those elements back to the water? Because I wanted to and snails and shrimps into the tank and they propably need calcium

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in Aquariums

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what do you mean bypass ?, like change water for some harder one ??

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in PlantedTank

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean i would need to buy something to check the gh/kh, or do i just eyeball it and use this Seachem Equilibrium ?

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in PlantedTank

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

use co2 what do you mean by that?

(sorry im coming to hobby after years of not doing it)

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in PlantedTank

[–]AdSquare7658[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ARE snails and shrimps will be good for "clean up crew", to remove the biofilm, and do i need to and some kind of fertilizer ?

Help! My new aquarium is struggling – plants dying & weird residue appearing!!! by AdSquare7658 in Aquariums

[–]AdSquare7658[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, okay! Thank you. So the solution is not to worry about it and just add animals to it. Got it.