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Any updates on if it came back?

Well the ammonia is not supposed to be as harmful at a lower pH. If I remember correctly people would add fish all the time with ammonia from aquasoil. It's been a long time since I've have a planted aquarium though.

Those numbers seem just fine. From my experience the ammonia is from the aquasoil and will sometimes stick around for a bit.

Crazy, I video taped my neighbors bike being stolen in Berkeley. Police responded with in 20 mins, they had the bike back and the guy arrested with in the hour. The police came back later and was laughing because the video I got was so good. They said it helped get the guy for breaking into...

Any idea what your kh and gh are of your tap? Most plants tend to like lower hardness levels. The aquarium will reduce the kh and gh for a while. But that will eventually run out.

I think at this point your only choice is to do an auto tester of some sort.

Isn't it possible to fail in a low position?

What happens if this fails though? I've personally had no issues with neptunes ATO in over 3 years that I've had it. Well aside from having to change out the pump a couple times.

This tank was high light, co2, aquasoil, and NPK dosing. Also it helped to have soft SF water.

It depends on the hiding spaces available. Amano shrimp are larger so they will likely stand a better chance. Cherry shrimp reproduce fast, some will likely get eaten. But it's like getting free fish food. Even tetras and rasboras will pick off baby cherry shrimp.

Here is a picture of an old tank of mine.

I think you would have more of an issue with a Bolivian Ram than a typical apistogramma.

I don't think that will be much help. You are going to want the substrate deeper than that.

I definitely spent more time on maintenance on my planted tanks then I do with my current reef. Weekly trimmings were a pain in the butt. This is more of a problem with a high light/co2 planted tank with fast growing plants.

Yeah stay away from any encrusting montis.