Hello all, been into tanks for decades now and on a different planted tank forum for years and recently found this forum that seemed more equiped to assist in my current delima. I finally got a Fluval Spec III this May and got everything set up for a betta tank. Four months later im at a...

I collected this plant from about 4-6 inches of water at the edge an airboat launch on the upper St. John's River basin 5 days ago, planted it in my 40B Walstad biotope tank (unfiltered/no CO2), and it's grown about 6 inches since. I not only don't know what it is, but... now that it's reached...

I just built my first 5 gallon natural fish tank with soil, gravel, and plants for my betta fish Poppy. I've been testing the water quality with the "API 5 in 1" test strips, which my local aquarium store says they use. The results in both my current 2.6 gallon tank (where my fish currently is)...

Hello I’m an absolute newbie who has been watching YouTube videos of Walstad style tanks for a long long time. Finally I took the plunge yesterday and started my tank. It’s a 45x27x30cm tank, with mineralised dirt substrate and a coarse sand cap. I think I added too much sand and too little...

my Java fern just started to grow some new babies, what a good way to make it grow faster?