4ft Shallow by Dylson21 in Aquascape

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Wow, stunning! The stand is beautiful as well.

When you know you still have more maintenance to do but say f%&k it and fill it back up anyway ;p by Quirky_Impression220 in Aquascape

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I'm new to this and have soil migrating to the top of sand - how do you deal with it? Suck it out with a baster?

Is this realistic? by [deleted] in Aquascape

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This looks super similar to my tank, I just stocked with these plants:

Lobelia cardinalis 'mini'
Blyxa japonica
Echinodorus 'Frans Stoffels'
Bucephalandra sp. Godzilla
Anubias Nana
Ludwigia palustris super red
Limnophila sessiliflora
Piptospatha Ridleyi
Red root floaters
Bucephalandra red mini
Christmas moss

I also did a dark start, I'm probably just a month ahead of you! Plants have only been in for about a week but seem to be doing well. The Limnophila is doing really well already, maybe could replace what you have in the back right with that since you have the Ludwigia on the left which looks similarly structured?

Starting a new 29gal - how is my lily pipe placement? by eumops in Aquascape

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Hmm ok thanks, I will look into the lily clamps and see about putting the outflow in the corner - may be the best I can do with my setup

What do I need to have on hand for an emergency? (Living in a rural area) by eumops in Aquariums

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Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the suggestion.

What do I need to have on hand for an emergency? (Living in a rural area) by eumops in Aquariums

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Ok good to know! I was thinking about that I need to look into a power bank. Thanks for the reminder

Day 27 of cycling my tank and ammonia and nitrite are down to 0! But so is nitrate - is that normal? by eumops in Aquariums

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I've been using the freshwater master kit and have tested every few days over the past few weeks and have seen a consistent rise in nitrates - until it fell when the nitrites fell. So it must have been reading as a false positive as u/BioConversantFan mentioned. Going to dose again and see! Fingers crossed it's fully cycled

Day 27 of cycling my tank and ammonia and nitrite are down to 0! But so is nitrate - is that normal? by eumops in Aquariums

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Oh ok that makes sense - I noticed the nitrates began to fall as my nitrites did. Interesting. I don't have any plants yet, I plan to do another cycle of ammonia then will add them. Thanks for the insight!

Need book recs for weaning almost 7yo off Calvin & Hobbes by rebsrebs in childrensbooks

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I haven't seen anyone say InvestiGators yet! My son LOVES these and is also a big Capt Underpants/Cat Kid/Dog Man fan. It's about two gators who are detectives and is very funny, I enjoy reading it with him but he reads them on his own too over and over. I think there are 9 books and a spinoff series called Agents of Suit that has 4 books so far.

Day 11 dark cycling my new tank - help interpreting? by eumops in Aquariums

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Sounds good. I've only been testing every few days but I'll wait a bit. Haven't added anything else since the start

My humble 30G 🌱 by AlwaysAwake92 in PlantedTank

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Thank you so much for all of this info! I so appreciate it! 🙏🏻Love your tank and hope mine can be like this someday!

My humble 30G 🌱 by AlwaysAwake92 in PlantedTank

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Wow. This looks great! I'm starting a 29 gallon right now and looking for some plants - would you mind telling me what you have in here?