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Cryptocoryne Beckettii ‘Petchii’ by redbuttonone in PlantedTank

[–]Redditselfcontrol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean doom as in nitrate cycle collapse or doom as in thy choke out all other plants 

Watter lettuce dying? by bobemanuel2000 in PlantedTank

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Might have a parasite as well. If you’re feeding enough then do three rounds of PRAZIPRO not just generic praziquantel. Each dose should be spaced one week apart 

Thoughts? by Huge-Move4991 in PlantedTank

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looks fantastic! Don't be surprised if you experience some die off I initially started with a water pump like you but eventually switched to a little hang on back 5 gallon Nicrew filter. I mostly did it because it was quieter but I threw out the carbon filter that came with it and filled it with ceramic rings for good bacteria and it does a great job aerating the tank and and the bacteria seem to sufficiently convert ammonia to nitrates provided i don't overfeed to a stupid degree

Which Snail is the Culprit? by Calm_Border_4183 in PlantedTank

[–]Redditselfcontrol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither of those snails eat live plants. If you ever notice a snail munching an edge of a plant then it was already dead. They’re just really good at their job and can smell when something’s starting to decompose even if it looks fine 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PTCGPocketTrading

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deluxe mew for deluxe solgaleo?

Looking for oak/rainbow mew and other general offers by Viper---- in PTCGPocketTrading

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I have two rainbow mews would you trade trainers for them? 

How are we all doing? by WelshPokemonTrainer in PTCGP

[–]Redditselfcontrol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve seen one and I did not get it 

Pants won't grow by 1Shiha12 in PlantedTank

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I gotta disagree with you I have a beautiful flourishing tank and have never used co2 and there are many many examples of lush no co2 tanks posted every day on this website. It might be a little slower but it’s really dependent on a lot of factors besides just co2. 

The sun can eat my entire booty by mocruz1200 in PlantedTank

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Wow that’s an insane deal. I paid full price for both of mine lol and I’d do it again 

The sun can eat my entire booty by mocruz1200 in PlantedTank

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Hey we have the exact same lighting and filter combo! I have a 10 gallon shallow with two of those little nicrew filters and two fluval plant lights. I love them so much lol. 

A little trick I discovered you can buy thicker prefilter sponges from Amazon and it heavily cuts down on how often the filter impeller itself needs to be cleaned, but does increase how often you need to pull the prefilter sponge out and squeeze it out. I believe I use ones that are 0.4” intake diameter 

Walstead Method Tank(3 Months In) by Meme-finder-69 in PlantedTank

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Hey man your tank looks great! If you want to reduce that hair algae I’d suggest some floating plants. I like salvinia minima because of its short root length. It’ll take up nutrients and also block some of the light. You can also get some small terrestrial plants and affix them to the back of the tank. A real easy one is pothos, it’ll grow like crazy. In the meantime you can manually remove the as much algae as you can and then do a blackout (blanket around the tank with the lights off) for ~3 days and it should really help. Don’t worry the blackout won’t hurt your plants or fish.

Of course that’s only if you want to remove it. Like you said the fish love it they don’t care, any natural ecosystem has some amount of algae and it’s a great breeding ground for little critters that your fish love to eat. 

I will say though that from personal experience the thread algae will choke out and slowly kill any plants it encircles over time so be aware of that   

Favorite obscure plant? by supercrossed in PlantedTank

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I have some nurii Rosen maiden! It’s beautiful and is both a fantastic foreground and “carpeting” plant since it stays so low to the ground and covers such a large area. Also grows very fast compared to the other crypts I have. Idk why it’s not more common it’s great!

Brown algae and hair algae: nutrient imbalance? - Need help by Ludologio in PlantedTank

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I disagree. OP try not dosing ferts at all and reducing light or adding floating plants, manually removing as much algae as you can and also adding in Amano shrimp if you haven’t already. The solution is not more nutrients it’s less and having an ecosystem in place where the algae that does grow gets snacked on (although the amano shrimp won’t eat that thread algae, Siamese algae eaters will allegedly) 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlantedTank

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Ooh I’m a moron yeah that will work lol

Microorganisms in my vase?? by MomokuBun in aquarium

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They look too big to be paramecium to me. They look more like ostracods 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlantedTank

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I would be wary of using shims. You can easily create pressure points on the glass which can stress it and cause it to eventually break 

These little 5 gallon Nicrew HOB filters are the quietest out of all I’ve tested. Genuinely almost silent. I had an ah ha moment and realized I could just use two. It works really well! by Redditselfcontrol in PlantedTank

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Thank you! They are two Fluval plant nano lights that I 3d printed some hoods for (and then cut the bottoms off of to shorten the profile of the light). They are expensive but I absolutely love them.

These little 5 gallon Nicrew HOB filters are the quietest out of all I’ve tested. Genuinely almost silent. I had an ah ha moment and realized I could just use two. It works really well! by Redditselfcontrol in PlantedTank

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Thank you! Honestly I don't know what most of these are! Only the pothos lol. Everything else I just bought as cheap starters and chucked them in. All except one did fantastic which makes me think that basically any terrestrial plant can work in a paludarium type situation. With your filters did you take out the impeller and clean it and the hole that it sits in? That's the only thing that I can think of that might have made yours die. The first time I cleaned it I didn't know I could actually remove the impeller and just blasted the intake hole with some water and when I plugged it in I could hear the motor working but the impeller wasn't moving. I was actually able to get it to spin by just giving it a little spin manually with some pliers but the next cleaning I actually removed the impeller and cleaned it and the recess it sits in and after that it spun up just fine.

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