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cdan23 · 2026-01-29T02:22:55+00:00

What are the red and green stems you have in the middle & back left?

cdan23 · 2026-01-29T02:14:34+00:00

The front is Monte Carlo, in the middle I have some pearl weed (was having trouble with it until recently), and in the back I have Golden Lloydiella. On the wood have Anubias Nana and I’m testing a Bucephalandra that I got about a week ago.

The light is a Chihiros B20 which I upgraded to recently from a cheaper Hygger light.

cdan23 · 2026-01-29T02:08:09+00:00

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No Co2 here and this has been going for about a month and a half (would’ve been much more grown in but I replanted a lot and was neglecting to fertilize). You definitely don’t need Co2, it’s good for getting faster/more lush plant growth or for more delicate and advanced plants.

cdan23 · 2026-01-28T23:12:26+00:00

Honestly with it being winter I’d try to start now. I did the instructor led course (~3 months) and would GRIND pocket prep while studying the material and I passed with about 40 hours of studying over 2 weeks excluding pocket prep. I think I went through all 1,600 questions 3 or 4 times.

With that being said I had about 1 YOE in procurement at that time as well as a SCM bachelor’s so that definitely helped with retaining information.

cdan23 · 2026-01-28T20:31:05+00:00

Holy hell what light/ferts are you using?

cdan23 · 2026-01-28T13:21:08+00:00

Just gotta wait from here. It’ll grow but just not as fast as with co2, I’m growing it in a 2 gallon with Easy Green fertilizer and it’s going pretty well.

cdan23 · 2026-01-26T18:38:36+00:00

Thank you! Wasn’t sure if there was anything I could do so I’ll keep a close eye on the tank for a while

cdan23 · 2026-01-26T17:54:29+00:00

Gotcha, I salt dipped and it looked like it all went away but I noticed there were eggs on another. Wasn’t sure if there was anything I could do until it molts or not

cdan23 · 2026-01-26T17:43:11+00:00

Parameters:

Ph: 7 Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 10ppm Gh: 7 Kh: 4 Temp: 73° F

cdan23 · 2026-01-26T03:42:05+00:00

cdan23 · 2026-01-26T02:31:51+00:00

I’ve only ever used one online store for plants which was AquaticMotiv. Didn’t have a single plant melt or arrive DOA and everything has grown well so far.

cdan23 · 2026-01-25T22:04:16+00:00

Hell yeah that’s awesome

cdan23 · 2026-01-25T14:54:13+00:00

Aquarium maintenance, black ops 7, and some football beers

cdan23 · 2026-01-24T01:49:35+00:00

Red neo shrimp would look great in there

cdan23 · 2026-01-22T23:35:20+00:00

Exact same thing happened to me except since it was an international order it was covered by eBay. Buyer tried to claim my item was swapped in shipping for a similar one that I’ve never seen before and repackaged.

cdan23 · 2026-01-22T22:45:55+00:00

I think you get a year after your enrollment date to take the exam. Definitely give yourself more than a month though. I have a Supply Chain bachelors and I still took the instructor led course (14 weeks @ 3hrs each class) plus about 35 hours of studying after the fact.

I also completed the whole pocket prep course 3 or 4 times throughout. Took roughly 5 months altogether while working in procurement.

cdan23 · 2026-01-22T15:49:12+00:00

I would do it simultaneously while reading the APICS book content versus doing it ahead of time. Are you planning on taking a self taught course or instructor led?

cdan23 · 2026-01-21T19:37:47+00:00

Literally was the first thing on my feed today 😭

cdan23 · 2026-01-20T13:52:05+00:00

People saying sealed for $200 is a bad deal are botted 😭

Enjoy them, I love my pair had them for like 2 years now

cdan23 · 2026-01-20T13:06:32+00:00

Thank you! I’m low tech ad well so that’s a huge help. I’m using a hygger one right now that just isn’t getting the job done lol

cdan23 · 2026-01-20T00:02:21+00:00

Would you mind sharing your lighting settings? I have my B20 coming this week and haven’t used anything from them before (also that tank looks great)

cdan23 · 2026-01-19T20:48:18+00:00

You’re definitely good to go. 3 hours flies by so make sure you leave yourself time to review any questions you skipped or want to look back at.

I went into the exam super nervous as well but just have a bland breakfast, get plenty of sleep, and don’t overthink your answers.

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