u/CalmCartoon

Soon i’ll add the community 😭 I was gifted the wrong kind of tetra (my fault) but im hoping once I adjust everything it’ll be fine, so far they’re adjusting beautifully.

Sand issue has practically resolved, just very very little left, hardly noticeable. I vaccumed the sand and went lights off for a few days with light feeding, I bought a light riser. And felt the shorter way was still too close to the tank so I did it the long way and Believe it or not, this is my light brightness at just 2% white, so im sure blasting the light at a higher percent was the culprit. Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions. imI do have Sterbai, Tetras and Threadfin Rainbow fish in Quarantine to add to the tank soon.

How do i control this? Idk where I went wrong 😭 im currently quarantining tetras and rainbowfish so i can’t get sterbai without restarting the full quarantine. I’ve added a 2nd filter for bottom flow, i added seachem phosguard and Api phos/silicate remover and vacuum the top layer constantly. My parameters are good so idk what’s going in 😭

How do you guys keep your sand clean?? Idk what happened in the last few days that I’m constantly having to vaccum the sand… i know a normal amount is expected, but it comes back practically overnight and and makes it look like I went months without cleaning. I tried to do a 50% water change but it didnt work.