Recent content by DormantGlasses_22

I ordered a few plants to add to my tank yesterday, and these came in as freebies. I assume they are still emersed forms of the plants but I can't identify what these/their names are. Can anyone help?

yupp, definitely getting a nerite to clean all that! I have to answer 'no' to the first two questions though. I haven't used any fertilizers, there's only a 1.5" soil under the sand (vermicast + garden soil + organic potting mix) The plants aren't showing any signs of deficiencies so far...

Day 1 - first set up Day 19 - plant growth, added leaves, twigs, and new plants (Polysperma, Limnophila, Pothos) Day 21 - Added floating plants (Salvinia Natans) Day 38 - Plant overgrowth, visible tannins, explosion of life (current tank pic is a little blurry, got diatoms all over the glass)

This is my planted 10 gal, and I'm planning on moving the H.Polysperma + Limnophila Sessiliflora on the back-right side somewhere else, and replacing it with Hygrophila Angustifolia instead. Your thoughts on this? The original plants weren't filling up as much space as I thought they would, I...

Back when I was setting up my planted 10 gal, I didn't really do much research regarding substrate and sand cap. I thought most sand is fine as long as they're nontoxic, and inert. So I bought 7 kilograms/15 pounds of silica sand since it was labeled as "chemically inert" and topped off 1" of...