betta tank update

Old skills and knowledge must be relearned.

I lost the entire set of aquarium plants due to "melt". It was my fault. I ordered some plants, and I was impatient put all the plants in at once. This overloaded the ecosystem, and the plants collapsed and started to rot. I managed to save the betta and the frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum), the only surviving plants.

I then bought a Nerite snail to keep algae at bay. It’s cheaper than an algae diffuser, and the snail is pretty. But I killed him too.

So I started over. I cleaned the tank, did a 60% water change, waited a few weeks and replanted it with Java moss and Anubias nana petite. I used aquarium string to tie the rheophyte rhizomes and moss in place. Things look good so far.

I do weekly water changes and use Seachem Flourish Excel (extra carbon) and Seachem Flourish Advance to help the plants.

A new snail will arrive in a few weeks.

11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8
11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8
11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8
11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8
11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8
11 September 2022 * Apple iPhone 11 Pro back triple camera 4.25mm f/1.8

Author: Khürt Williams

Gen X-er near Princeton University in Montgomery Township, New Jersey, with a passion for aquariums, terrariums, technology, and photography. I love hiking in the woods, and my eclectic musical tastes span soca, Afrobeat, calypso, 1990s rap, grunge rock, and alternative genres.

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