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Hi. I'm not particularly new at fish tanks but I've never ran a freshwater planted tank before. The guy sold us flourish excel, and aquavitro envy, plus flourish tabs for the plants. He said to stick a tab by each plant, and replace every couple months. I have no idea what plants he sold us, because he made it sound really simple to run with just those three ingredients.
The tank is 60 gallon, and I have a double emperor bio wheel filter, plus the proper size heater. One bulb is purple and the other white. They've been going for a few years, and I have no idea if they're the right kelvin, or strength to keep the plants alive. I never really thought about the bulbs for proper growth until now, and really don't know what I've gotten myself into to make this successful. The water has become kind of cloudy and not really clearing up.
I don't know if I'm killing everything or what. I was told it would be ok to have gravel over the sand, bu then someone else said not have any gravel because it traps ammonia, and I should only have sand. I've added a few pictures. If anyone can help me fine tune this, I would really appreciate it.
The tank is 60 gallon, and I have a double emperor bio wheel filter, plus the proper size heater. One bulb is purple and the other white. They've been going for a few years, and I have no idea if they're the right kelvin, or strength to keep the plants alive. I never really thought about the bulbs for proper growth until now, and really don't know what I've gotten myself into to make this successful. The water has become kind of cloudy and not really clearing up.
I don't know if I'm killing everything or what. I was told it would be ok to have gravel over the sand, bu then someone else said not have any gravel because it traps ammonia, and I should only have sand. I've added a few pictures. If anyone can help me fine tune this, I would really appreciate it.





