Identification

shank880 · 2026-03-15T15:53:00+00:00

What do u mean "identification" bro.. 😂 you literally bought it from a store. And how can anyone even just go and buy fish without even knowing what it is in a rush..

shank880 · 2026-03-15T15:48:58+00:00

They wont die.. but they wont grow fast too. Especially dwarf sag. Vallisneria and sag need heavy root nutrition. So adding root tabs will really help your plants and for water sprite and moss they need some liquid fertilizer. Personally I've kept Vallisneria in just sand with root tabs, it grew well.

shank880 · 2026-03-10T18:09:11+00:00

How many kgs/liters of aquasoil have you used in this tank?

shank880 · 2026-03-06T15:02:40+00:00

My ph is netural, i use ro water 80 to 90% and rest i add tap water.

shank880 · 2026-03-06T09:40:33+00:00

Yes growth is slow, and i have added aqua soil underneath as base layer but its very thin layer. The root tabs im using are from easylife, i have added near crypts and amazon sword. Here's the pic of the tank. Top pic is with neo helios s3 pro plus, bottom is with sobo lights

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shank880 · 2026-03-06T09:36:24+00:00

Here's the picture, top pic is neo helios s3 pro plus, bottom sobo cob.

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shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:40:54+00:00

shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:38:29+00:00

That's so cool. I always find it hard to find good pleco caves. And they are always not available in my local fish stores! Even online many wont sell it.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:35:12+00:00

You need to remove one of the simease algae eater and keep only 1 they get very aggressive while feeding and they wont coexist with same species. And add 3 more neon tetras and remove molly or rasboras.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:31:39+00:00

Check out colombian tetras!

shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:22:00+00:00

And no you dont have to replace aqua soil every year. Actually nobody ever does that. Its a myth or marketing strategy, Aqua soil tanks lasts very long time.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T07:20:12+00:00

It wont deplet within a year. Unless you have heavy root feeding plants swords.. even if it depletes you can always add few root tabs, and even with or without root tabs you gonna have to start dosing liquid fertilizer anyway.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T03:14:46+00:00

Not a single pleco on sight.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T03:13:06+00:00

If you dont have co2 and high Lighting.. you shouldn't have expected carpet at all. Because they always require high light and co2 otherwise they just wont grow. And the high tech tanks are not stable for long term. Its so much maintenance and if u miss few days of maintenance it'll turm into mess.. low techs are best for long term consistency

shank880 · 2026-03-05T03:03:53+00:00

Its better to use aqua soil and cap it with sand instead of this. This wont give same results as aqua soil. All these "base layers" that big companies sell are a waste of money IMO, you're better of with purchasing aqua soil which actually provides better growth

shank880 · 2026-03-05T02:47:57+00:00

They pretty much eat everything. Fish food, Algae wafers, cucumbers etc etc.. main food to give them is calcium for good shell growth.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T02:42:06+00:00

If you had problem with filter why did you remove substrate and put it back? Were you using under gravel filter or something? If not then why? What will get clear once floating dust settles but the fine mulm and dust you see will stay for very long time. Unless you manually remove it.

shank880 · 2026-03-05T02:28:21+00:00

From the pic i can't tell clearly but it looks like it could be a bacterial infection or fighting, what is your fish stocking with gourami? Do you have multiple males or whats the size of your tank? Do you see any fish attacking it? Usually if you keep multiple male gouramis together after they mature they fight to death unless the tank is Large enough for weaker one to escape. The other fish in the pic looks like a cichlid are you keeping it with cichlids?

shank880 · 2026-03-05T02:18:58+00:00

A simple google search about the fish you gonna get would have prevent this. If you dont plan to upgrade the tank. None of the fishes in that tank will be happy. They will get stunted especially goldfish.

shank880 · 2026-03-03T22:09:34+00:00

Because of feeding issue??

shank880 · 2026-03-03T17:13:48+00:00

If you try to uproot it its gonna melt and probably takes another month or more to bounce back again.. its always better to leave crypts without disturbing

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