With the new lights I needed a new hood since the Nova Extremes would not seal the top of the tank. I built a hinged hood out of oak, painted it black and installed the lights. It looks great. With the new lights I purchased some plants and I am trying to make that work. Most of them look unhealthy and have algea growing on them. At least my tank is starting to cycle where the ammonia is low (gone) but the nitrates are high (5ppm) although I purchased some Kordon stuff to reduce it. 20% water changes are done every other day so far to bring the nitrite down. No luck there but the tank has cleared. New tank additions have been an African dwarf frog, 2 phantom tetras, a fantail goldfish and two skeleton catfish. All seem to be doing well. I also started phasing out the manmade decorations with stones boiled from my back yard and have started aquascaping with the plants.
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