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[whoisjhope]

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[bettakin]

hello hello! i was just wondering if you've noticed any color changes in Casper since you got him? he looks just like my Shion used to! Shion developed a lot of red coloration over the past few months so i was just curious if you expect the same thing from Casper. he's very beautiful c:

Yes, Casper has developed a lot of pinky-red colouration. It’s coming in in a super pretty banded, almost butterfly pattern. I do expect it to get darker in the future ^^

Your fish sounds adorable btw

[saveitlikesasuke]

midorimaseyelashes replied to your post “Why did no one tell me that sharks lay eggs”

bro how many animal documentaries have u watched in our dorm and still not know this?

...a lot. but to be fair i don’t think i watched any about sharks tho

[saveitlikesasuke]

midorimaseyelashes replied to your post “important question: why does rapinoe have to jUMP ON EVERYONE does she...”

hi yes hello it is i, rapinoe trash fuckin THANKS i did not ask 4 this but thank..... nicole i dont have time to be rapinoe trash i cant

i’m sorry bro but i don’t think there are any brakes on the rapinoe trash train so you just have to come along for the ride, friend.

[saveitlikesasuke]

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[fishy-pleasures]

hi there! lily's tank looks so beautiful, and you have a lot of the same plants i'm planning on keeping! what's your fertilizer dosing schedule like? what do you dose, how much, how often, etc?

midorimaseyelashes  Hiya! And thanks! :) I’m currently dosing with the Seachem premixed fertilizers (NPK, iron, complete, trace) and root tabs. I also use DIY CO2. Right now, my Alternanthera reineckii isn’t doing so well, so I’m playing around with my fertilizing regimen at the moment.  

My schedule is Sun (K, Fe, Trace), Mon (Com, N, P), T (Trace, K, Fe), Wed ( Com, P), Thurs (Trace, Fe, N, K), and nothing Friday. Sat is my water change day and I dose  Com, K, P, and N after the wc. I used to dose 0.5mL Fe, 0.5mL Complete, 0.8mL Potass, 0.6 mL Phosp, 1.25mL Trace, and 0.4mL Nitro. But as my plant mass increased, I’m suspecting that I’m not dosing enough because they’ve been showing signs of deficiency.

I’ve upped my dosing amounts of NPK to 1.5mL, complete to 0.75mL, trace to 1.5mL, and iron to 0.75mL. This is just me experimenting, I’ll let you know how this dosing affects my tank, algae-wise, heheh. 

[evangelicat]

i saw you recommend super naturals tahitian moon sand, and it looks really nice but i have a few questions! i really like the look of dark substrate and the functionality of sand, so i wanted to use black sand in my next planted tank. i heard that sand isn't too good for plants though? like it compacts the roots too much or something? i'm just sick of stem plants not staying put in my eco-complete, ugh. and for sand, what would you recommend to lay down underneath it for nutrients?

hmmm if you want a black/almost sand substrate that's gr8 for plants, i can't recommend activ-flora enough! or flourite, which makes a black, very fine-grain substrate ^^ 

but tahitian moon is good w/ root tabs in my experience. if you just make sure to stir/poke the sand. the issue is, if you have any larger rocks or whatnot at the bottom, they will end up on top since the sand will eventually slip through them. if youre worried about aeration, malaysian trumpet snails are good helpers~

[askscalestails]

Hi there, I was wondering if you could help me out with my tank cycle! I started about a week ago, but yesterday I decided to try out the API Quick Start stuff. I didn't think it would instantly cycle it, but maybe kickstart it as if i had seeded my filter. As of this morning, my nitrites were through the roof, so I just did a big water change today and they're still somewhere between 2 and 5 ppm. ammonia's at 0 and nitrates are between 20 and 40 ppm. what should my next steps be??

What are you adding as your source of ammonia?

Sounds like you're close to being cycled but not quite there yet, I'd continue dosing with whatever you use for ammonia and you should be done in a week or so, depending on the size of the tank. Pretty much once you can dose ammonia and it's converted to nitrite then nitrate in about a day, you're good.