Recent content by Hedgely

Thanks everyone for their input regarding the filter media! I have two cartridges, one with ceramic media, and one with the filter pad. Definitely going to exchange the latter for sponges once I'm through.

Hi @Byron, thanks again! :) Re soil and pH/hardness: It's funny, I started adding the buffers because somebody at a forum advised me to do so (I don't think it was in this one). The reason was that low pH/hardness could lead to pH swings and ammonia spikes, and that could cause my fish to get...

Hey @Byron, Thanks for your long reply, for some reason I didn't get a notification so I just saw it now. My light is a Zoo Med T8 Flora Sun light for plant growth. GH is 150. Just wanted to give a quick reply, will answer in more detail tomorrow!

Hi @Avel1896, I posted some pictures in my previous posts here in the same thread. I can post more tomorrow.

@I Like Rare Fish Really? I'm going off AqAdvisor and it calculates to 70% stocking capacity for a 20g long. The CPDs were not really planned, I took them in as rescues from my neighbor a couple months ago. Would it help to add a sponge filter as second filter, or do I need to relocate fish...

Hi everyone, First of all, thank you so much for your time and all the replies, I'm taking every single one seriously! @didz04 and @Byron Good point with the aquasoil. The product is called "Ada Aqua Soil Amazonia" and has been recommended for planted tanks worldwide... Here is the link...

I added the flag fish about 6 weeks ago, and they just started clamping their fins and dying a littke over a week ago. Around the same time I added two to my existing three getrudae and nothing happened to those (same source). I had the sparklers for many months. Some died shortly after I had...

No, I usually just replace it with a new one from the box, but I rinse that in dechlorinated water before installing it