Recent content by macapowder

Thanks! When you say low to medium light do you mean the amount of time pf exposure to it? My LEDs are not adjustable...

Also I just realized I was reading the GH on the strip test wrong. It was at ok levels before too but now it got higher, it might be from the stone like TNG suggested, I might take it out and change it with a different rock, any suggestions?

About the sansibar stone, I picked it because it had a hole for the fish to interact with and it was the smoothest I could find at the home depot aquarium section (I didn't know the town I live in now had a local fish store until after i got the rock) and then I saw the same stones at the fish...

Hello! I set up my first aquarium about a week ago (54L will have 1 betta). It has 2 floating plants (duckweed and limnobium) and the ones that sit on the ground are plastic. I didn't have the budget to get all natural plants from the start so I'll gradually add them. I later realized my...

Hello! Thanks a lot for the suggestion. I was actually struggling to keep the GH at an ok level, it was too low for the past 3 readings, only yesterday I got an ok GH reading after adding a bit more tap water (with conditioner and dechlorinator, of course) the ph stays around 7.5. Is that okay...

Hello! I'm Maca, currently an art student and a fishtank owner, since I didn't get the fish yet. I started looking into fishkeeping when I was 14, I saw videos and pictures of very nice looking fish tanks filled with natural plants and with a couple of beautiful fish in them. I thought it would...