Hey everyone! Yesterday, I got a little caught up in the Black Friday deals at my LFS and bought waaayy more plants than I needed! So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'm doing my first ROAK. :smile2: The item up for grabs is one 3"x5" HC mat and all that I ask is that the winner pay $6 for...

Pics: http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/jweeums/library/?sort=3&page=1 Hi everyone, I am new to this forum as well as planted tanks. I first want to say that I'm sorry if these questions are redundant to you guys, but I have been doing a lot of research and there's only a few things I need to...

Hey there - tried to search but could not find a specific answer to my simple question. It is also tough since most people refer to HC as "HC" which makes it not come up in the search function. I am currently working on a foreground of Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC) in my aquarium. In regards...

Hi, everyone I'm trying to set up a carpet of HC in a new 10 gallon, and wanted to try the emerged growth method. The only problem is, I (rather stupidly) ordered a bunch of red cherry shrimp already which should be arriving sometime next week. Would it be possible to compromise by having a...

I am setting up my first planted tank. It is a 5 gallon hex that has a bio wheel filter. So far all I have done is add a two inch layer of eco complete for the substrate. The filter was running on a mature tank for over a week so it should be cycled. I need to check the parameters though. I...