Do you recommend to purchase live plants or silk plants for this tank? Do the live plants make the tank much dirtier?
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I use live plants in all my tanks. Live plants give out oxygen, remove CO2, and depending on the fish they may also snack off of them. I have never had an issue with my live plants making my tanks feel dirty and since I have switched from silk to live I'd had a much higher survival rate with my fish. Just make sure you get hardy plants that can survive with regular indoor lighting or you'll have issues with them living in this tank without making modifications.
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I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO, the "20" is a piece of junk as well....Fluval needs to start over and do it right....... I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO,... » Read More I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO, the "20" is a piece of junk as well....Fluval needs to start over and do it right....... « Show Less
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Definitely not a waste of money! You will need to buy GLO plant products, white plants don't have the same effect. And GLO fish as well. Depending on the dimensions of your tank, it may not fit.
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I believe it would look fine in a ten gallon tank. I have mine in a seven gallon tank. Initially I installed it along the back wall in a straight line, basically to observe it for a few days. The LEDS can be quite bright if you look at them directly with nothing to defuse the light. I then moved it to the bottom of the back wall and placed artificial plants and 4" castles near and over the lights. My tank now looks magical at night. I placed the small castles directly over a LED light. The plants defuse the light and the bubbles are tiny sparkles floating up through the leaves. I had to drill small holes in the tops of the castles to allow the bubbles to escape. In the day time the castles have a barely noticeable blue glow and wonderful bluish smoke bubbles rising out of the chimney. At night the castles become magically inner lit with a blue glow and the bubbles from the chimney create an intriguing blue "smoke" stream reaching towards the sky. My fish, mollies, tetras, and fancy guppies, appear to like it also. I never noticed them going in and out of the castles before I lit them up. Now they travel in and out of the castles all the time.
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Save your money!! I had the same problem and the assassin snails did nothing. The only answer is a total tank breakdown. Dispose of the gravel and clean out the filter really well. Go with artificial plants-- it's the only way to prevent snail issues.
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I know next to nothing about growing flora in the aquarium except some BS I've read in forums. I have planted a low growing and tall growing pair of plants in my 29 high tank with the appropriate sized model of this light. It is a medium populated community tank and I do not use CO2. I do dose daily with Flourish Excel. My plants appear to be doing well and some new sprouts have developed and are growing. I will take a picture and post it in the user pictures portion.
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6.6 gallons. The tank is amazing, you won't be disappointed. But please make a mental note, this tank looks amazing but VERY careful with the substrate when you clean the tank because when I say this tank scratches easily, I mean it REALLY scratches easily. I ended up ruining mine because I used a sponge to try to scrub the algae (which built up over time even with an algae eater fish) the front of the tank ended up looking like frosted glass lol! (well I laugh now but..). So it'll stay looking gorgeous and clear as long as you are SO CAREFUL when you are adding/removing gravel. I thought I was being careful but I still ended up scratching it.
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I change my tank about once a month. I have 3 Anoles in there along with the crickets that the anoles eat and cricket food and water. So depending on how dirty it gets or starts to smell, then change it out !
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I don't think you should replace the python for the gravel vac because you will need to do water changes anyway and the python will make easy for you and also clean your gravel I will buy the python first because they can do bouth clean the gravel and water change the gravel vac just clean the gravel but not change the water, and to kip the fishes healthy you need to do at least ones every two weeks you may have to do more because your tank is a small tank .
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Pew have 3 Zebra fish and 2 small algae eaters... Aldo have real plants. Tank does well.
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A year supply of food comes with the kit. I know this is random but I don't recommend getting a filter cage if you want a way to keep it clean. I have had experience with that after getting a mystery snail and wanted to keep the tank cleaned.
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Tonya. It looks exactly what I bought and 5 gals. in size. However, I paid $99 and free shipping so you might want to search a little more. Also, the photo is nice, but you should not put that many fish in it for the size of the tank and type of filter. Half the number you see would be better. There are no below gravel filters for better filtration for that size tank that I could find.
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Greetings, for a tank of little ability I do not particularly recommend it. will have too much turbulence, like a hurricane.Look for a more consistent eg 240 Koralia nano.
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Yes I do---call me lazy but my indoor plants have never looked as healthy as they do now !! ---I do soak the terracotta spikes in water before I put them in the soil for the first time. I have a friend who uses those aqua globes and she complains about the soil clogging up the hole when it is stuck down into the soil----no problem with the plant nanny.
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I was having the same issue in a very well planted aquarium. I got a good test kit and found that the pH was too high and the water was too alkaline. So, I have been slowly adding substrate and driftwood pieces that will bring the pH down and used a water softener pillow. After about a week, I think I am seeing berries - no little ones yet, but I am very hopeful.
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The sand, when wet, turns heavy, almost like clay, which is good for sandboxes to make castles, etc., but, I wouldn't use it in an aquarium as it might mess up the filters and it might cause a problem to clean the bottom of the tank. I think that you would be safer and happier with colored gravel. Happy fishing. +JMJ+
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i put artifical vines in it.. looks real nice... you could put a real plant in it, but if you do.. place some small pebbles in the bottom , since there are no water holes for drainage