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Originally Posted by Silock
Okay, so I got my 10 gallon quarantine tank set up.
1 betta male
1 wisteria plant, 2 java moss, 1 hygro
Ammonia levels are reading 0 and it's been up for about 5 days. Plants aren't looking well, though. Should I add more CO2 and get a better light? It has a 20w fluorescent, but I'm not sure it's a real grow light.
Any advice?
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You put plants in your quarantine tank? Several of the meds that might require the use of a QT could hurt the plants, just FYI.
5 days isn't near long enough in most cases. Have you checked your nitrite/nitrate levels? If ammonia is reading zero but nitrate is also zero, your cycle hasn't started, let alone finished.
I would not suggest adding CO2 - at best it will do nothing in your setup, at worst it will screw up water parameters (CO2 lowers pH, sometimes rapidly). Furthermore, the plants you chose should grow well without extra CO2, especially the hygro (water wisteria and hygrophilia difformis are the same plant, BTW).
Can you give more details on your lighting? 20W isn't necessarily insufficient for a 10G tank but there are many other factors to consider other than wattage, particularly the spectral output.