I'm new to Aquarium. I have a nice tank with Sunset Hygro and some other plants like Rotala and Alternanthera Reineckii. However, after 10 days, the new & young leaves of my Sunset Hygro become misshapened and stunted like this. People suggest that it is a lack of Ca or Iron. However it does not...

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Hello APC community! First time poster here and very new with aquariums in general, i have some experience with bioactive invert vivariums, so when considering an aquarium, planted dirted tank seemed to make more sense to me. I decided to give it a small test run in an 8 liter (2 point a...

I don't have the patience for aquascaping or hardscaping and basically threw the plants into the cube on this basis of how tall they may grow :) - big at the back small at the front then let nature take its course. My aim was to put it together as cheaply as possibly using either plants to hand...

The purpose of this thread is to (1) try to gather samples and data on the amount of organic pollution (i.e. Demand) that people have in their aquarium and (2) see if there is a correlation between the amount of organics measured (as TOC) and algae growth, specifically BBA. The topic of...