Hi everyone, decided to keep a sort of online journal here, if that's ok! Wanted to share how it's been going, now that it's been...oh dear, a few months now? With my El Natural set up. How it started: I quickly realize there wasn't nearly enough plants, I had to resort to putting in carbon...

Hi everyone, I’ve been lurking here for a while, enjoying the posts in a lot of the forums, not just here in El Natural. I’ve finally decided to convert my 29g gravel substrate tank to a dirted tank. I have EPA and have been reading it, although most of the scientific stuff goes right over my...

I was recently in Bristol Tn. (flyfishing) on the Watauga River, just below the dam, and I noticed a plant growing near the bank.... I did not manage to get photos of it but will try to describe.... the water temps were about 48 degrees f. it is bottom release so temps maintain a cool temp...

It's approaching a year since I purchased my original six zebra danio glo-fish. I've only had to replace one fatality in all that time. This morning, i was surprised they were late for breakfast, failing to surface from the bottom of my bowl at the first sound of the automatic feeder. I was...

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...